Nickelodeon has announced the international nominations for the Kids’ Choice Awards 2015. This year’s new nominees include Iggy Azalea, Sam Smith, Angelina Jolie, 5 Seconds of Summer, Channing Tatum, Meryl Streep, Meghan Trainor and Chris Pratt.

Superstar nominees Beyoncé, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Ariana Grande, Hugh Jackman, Bruno Mars, Nicki Minaj, Ben Stiller, One Direction, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Garner, Maroon 5, Scarlett Johansson have also made the shortlist. Multi-talented singer/songwriter and actor Nick Jonas will host the celebration live on Saturday, 28th March from The “Fabulous” Forum in Inglewood, California.

UK audiences can watch the 2015 Kids’ Choice Awards on Nickelodeon on Sunday, 29th March from 5:00pm and on Channel 5 on Sunday, 5th April.

Kids can now cast their votes across the seven already announced UK categories and the 21 international categories, including new additions: Favourite Talent Competition Show, Favourite Family TV Show, Most Addicting Game and Favourite New Artist, across all of Nickelodeon’s digital platforms including kca.nick.co.uk/vote, on The Nick App and via Twitter using the hashtag #KCA. Furthermore, fans can join in on the slime-fest by going to kca.nick.co.uk the official destination for everything Kids’ Choice Awards featuring news, hilarious videos, quizzes, photo galleries and weekly polls.

Superheroes dominated the movie categories this year with The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and X-Men: Days of Future Past going head-to-head with five nominations each. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 webbed noms for Favourite Movie, Emma Stone for Favourite Movie Actress, Andrew Garfield for Favourite Male Action Star and Jamie Foxx for Favourite Villain and Favourite Movie Actor. X-Men: Days of Future Past garnered nominations for Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry and Ellen Page who will battle it out for Favourite Female Action Star and Hugh Jackman for Favourite Movie Actor and Favourite Male Action Star. Receiving four nominations are Guardians of the Galaxy, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Maleficent whose star, Angelina Jolie, earned two nominations for Favourite Movie Actress and Favourite Villain.

In the music categories, Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea both scored three nominations. Taylor Swift will go up against Ariana Grande for Favourite Female Singer, while Iggy Azalea and Meghan Trainor duel for Favourite New Artist. Favourite Male Singer Justin Timberlake returns to defend his title against Sam Smith, Pharrell Williams, Nick Jonas, Blake Shelton and Bruno Mars.
The 2015 Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards will roll out across the globe within hours of airing live in the United States, Canada and Australia, giving kids around the world the opportunity to tune into their local Nickelodeon channel to enjoy the show. Voting for the 2015 KCAs will span six continents across 19 localized voting sites in addition to Twitter hashtag voting (#KCA) giving kids practically everywhere the chance to decide who takes home a coveted blimp.

The nominees for Nickelodeon’s 28th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards are (*new categories):

Favourite Talent Competition Show*
America’s Got Talent
American Idol
America’s Next Top Model
Dancing with the Stars
So You Think You Can Dance
The Voice

Favourite Family TV Show*
Gotham
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Modern Family
Once Upon a Time
The Big Bang Theory
The Flash

Most Addicting Game*
Angry Birds Transformers
Candy Crush Saga
Disney Infinity 2.0
Mario Kart 8
Minecraft
Skylanders: Trap Team

Favourite New Artist*
5 Seconds of Summer
Echosmith
Fifth Harmony
Iggy Azalea
Jessie J
Meghan Trainor

Favourite Kids TV Show
Austin & Ally
Dog with a Blog
Every Witch Way
Henry Danger
Jessie
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn

Favourite TV Actor
Benjamin Flores Jr. (The Haunted Hathaways)
Charlie McDermott (The Middle)
Grant Gustin (The Flash)
Jack Griffo (The Thundermans)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Ross Lynch (Austin & Ally)

Favourite TV Actress
Chloe Bennet (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
Debby Ryan (Jessie)
Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time)
Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting (The Big Bang Theory)
Kira Kosarin (The Thundermans)
Laura Marano (Austin & Ally)

Favourite Cartoon
Adventure Time
Phineas & Ferb
SpongeBob SquarePants
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teen Titans Go!
The Fairly OddParents

Favourite Reality Show
American Ninja Warrior
Cupcake Wars
Dance Moms
MasterChef Junior
Shark Tank
Wipeout

Favourite Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy
Maleficent
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Favourite Villain
Angelina Jolie (Maleficent)
Cameron Diaz (Annie)
Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1)
Jamie Foxx (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
Lee Pace (Guardians of the Galaxy)
Meryl Streep (Into the Woods)

Favourite Movie Actor
Ben Stiller (Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb)
Hugh Jackman (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Jamie Foxx (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
Mark Wahlberg (Transformers: Age of Extinction)
Steve Carell (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day)
Will Arnett (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Lego Movie)

Favourite Movie Actress
Angelina Jolie (Maleficent)
Cameron Diaz (Annie)
Elle Fanning (Maleficent)
Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
Jennifer Garner (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day)
Megan Fox (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Favourite Animated Movie
Big Hero 6
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Penguins of Madagascar
Rio 2
The Lego Movie
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Favourite Male Action Star
Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
Channing Tatum (Jupiter Ascending)
Chris Evans (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy)
Hugh Jackman (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1)

Favourite Female Action Star
Ellen Page (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Evangeline Lilly (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies)
Halle Berry (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Scarlett Johansson (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Favourite Music Group
Coldplay
Fall Out Boy
Imagine Dragons
Maroon 5
One Direction
OneRepublic

Favourite Male Singer
Blake Shelton
Bruno Mars
Justin Timberlake
Nick Jonas
Pharrell Williams
Sam Smith

Favourite Female Singer
Ariana Grande
Beyoncé
Katy Perry
Nicki Minaj
Selena Gomez
Taylor Swift

Favourite Song Of The Year
“All About That Bass” (Meghan Trainor)
“Bang Bang” (Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj)
“Dark Horse” (Katy Perry)
“Fancy” (Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX)
“Problem” (Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea)
“Shake It Off” (Taylor Swift)

Favourite Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Divergent series
The Heroes of Olympus series
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
The Fault in Our Stars
The Maze Runner

UK Favourite Music Act
Ed Sheeran
Jessie J
Little Mix
One Direction

UK Favourite Celebrity Animal
Hot Lips (Lady Di, Eastenders)
Pippin & Percy (Zoella’s Guinea Pigs)
Pudsey the Dog
Prince Essex (Joey Essex’s Cat)

UK Favourite Football Star
Alexis Sánchez
Diego Costa
Raheem Sterling
Wayne Rooney

UK Favourite Tipster
The Diamond Mine Cart
Sean Thorne (Fun Kids Radio)
Spencer FC
Mr. Stampy Cat

UK Favourite Breakthrough
Ella Henderson
Ella Eyre
George Ezra
Rixton

UK Favourite Fan Family
Arianators
Directioners
Swifties
Vampettes

UK Favourite Vlogger
Alfie Deyes
Caspar Lee
Niomi Smart
Zoella