The 5th Annual Kids' Choice Sports was held on July 19, 2018, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, and was broadcast one day later on July 20 (originally scheduled to be broadcast on July 21, but was moved ahead by one day). Houston Rockets' point guard and former NBA All-Star MVP, Chris Paul hosted the show.[1]
| 2018 Kids' Choice Sports | |
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| Date | taped July 19, 2018 aired July 20, 2018 |
| Location | Barker Hangar |
| Hosted by | Chris Paul |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Nickelodeon |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Produced by |
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| Directed by | Hamish Hamilton |
Sports Council
editA Kids' Choice Sports Council was formed to "lend their expertise and experience to help inform the awards show, consult on the nominee process and give feedback on categories."[2] Committee members are:
- Baron Davis (former Hornets and two-time NBA All-Star)
- Ken Griffey Jr. (former baseball outfielder and 13-time All-Star)
- Lisa Leslie (former WNBA MVP and four-time Olympic gold medal winner)
- Cal Ripken Jr. (former shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles and 19-time All-Star)
- Deion Sanders (NFL Pro Football Hall of Famer)
- Misty May-Treanor (three-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist)
- Andy Elkin (Agent, Creative Artists Agency)
- Tracy Perlman (VP Entertainment Marketing and Promotions, NFL)
- Jeff Schwartz (President and Founder, Excel Sports Management)
- Jill Smoller (SVP, William Morris Endeavor)
- Leah Wilcox (VP, Talent Relations, NBA)
- Alan Zucker (SVP, IMG Clients Group)
- Michael Phelps (most decorated Olympian of all time)
- Tony Hawk (professional skateboarder)
- Zane Stoddard (VP, Entertainment Marketing and Content Development, NASCAR)
Host
editNominees
editWinners are highlighted in bold
Best Male Athleteedit
Best Female Athleteedit
Favorite Newcomeredit
Hands of Goldedit
Clutch Player of the Yearedit
Sickest Movesedit
Heavy Hitteredit
Winter Wondersedit
Most Valuable Most Valuable Playeredit
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Don't Try This at Homeedit
King of Swagedit
Queen of Swagedit
Best Cannonedit
Biggest Powerhouseedit
Need for Speededit
Nothing But Netedit
Biggest Kidedit
Play of the Yearedit
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Stunts and Events
editMichael Strahan hosted a dance off between Mikaela Shiffrin, P.K. Subban, P.J Tucker and Ibtihaj Muhammad.
Two children were tasked with making free-throws with basketballs. Adjacent to each hoop was a massive dunk tank filled with green slime, with basketball stars Candace Parker and Isaiah Thomas positioned above the tanks. Whichever child hit the most shots would cause the star adjacent to their basket to fall into the slime. This resulted in Parker being dunked, submerged, and totally covered in the slime.
JoJo Siwa hosted a throwing accuracy challenge between, Alex Shibutani, Maia Shibutani, Shaun White and Chloe Kim that would result in a Knight Squad cast member being dunked into the slime tanks.
Marc Summers and Liza Koshy held a game of Double Dare between host Chris Paul and Michael Phelps.[3]
Legend Award
editNASCAR racer Danica Patrick was the Legend Award winner. She was the first woman to receive the award. Patrick was then completely and overwhelmingly covered with thick gold slime that shot out from hidden jets on the ground next to her. This was a tradition that has accompanied all prior winners.[3]
References
edit- ^ "NBA Star Chris Paul to Host Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Sports Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
- ^ Amanda Kondolojy, Nickelodeon Introduces 'Kids Choice Sports 2014' Hosted by Michael Strahan, tvbythenumbers, March 13, 2014
- ^ a b "Stars Come Out For Nick Kids' Choice Sports 2018". SI Kids. Retrieved 2021-02-04.