1998 Kids' Choice Awards

1998 Kids' Choice Awards
Date	April 4, 1998
Location	Pauley Pavilion
Hosted by	Rosie O'Donnell
Television/radio coverage
Network	Nickelodeon
Viewership	5.27 million
Produced by	Marilyn Seabury
Directed by	Glenn Weiss

The 11th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on April 4, 1998, at Pauley Pavilion at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. Pop band Hanson won the most awards of the night, with wins for Favorite Group & Favorite Song. The ceremony is also notable for leading into "Dog Gone", the first episode of Nickelodeon's then newest Nicktoon, CatDog. This is the first show to take place at the Pauley Pavilion in California.

The theme was "Kid Power" as several kids (who were also the winners of the Kids' Choice Sweepstakes) presented the awards with the celebrities and the winners were announced in strange Rube Goldberg machines)

Summer Sanders also presented some awards with Kevin Kopelow, Erin Dean, Jeffrey "J" Dumas and Lori Beth Denberg on the set of Figure it Out

Performers

• Aerosmith performed "Pink"
• Cleopatra performed "Cleopatra's Theme (Comin' at Ya)"
• Puff Daddy performed a medley of "Mo Money Mo Problems" and "All About the Benjamins"
• Hanson performed "Weird"

Presenters

• Jonathan Taylor Thomas presented Favorite Movie Actress
• Drew Barrymore presented Favorite Movie Actor
• Madonna presented Favorite Movie
• Scott Wolfe, Lacey Chabert and Robbie the Robot presented Favorite Cartoon
• Shawn and Marlon Wayans presented Favorite TV Actress
• Madonna and Rosie introduced Cleopatra
• Heather Locklear presented Favorite TV Actor
• Rider Strong and Larisa Oleynik presented Favorite TV Show
• Alicia Silverstone (and the Backstreet Boys via pre-recorded message) presented Favorite Animal Star
• Katie Holmes and Brandon Hammond presented Favorite Male Athlete
• Melissa Joan Hart and Alex D Linz presented Favorite Female Athlete
• Kristen Johnson and Cammi Granato presented Favorite Sports Team
• Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell presented Favorite Singer
• Amanda Bynes and Tom Arnold presented Favorite Music Group
• Aerosmith presented Favorite Song
• Tahj Mowry and Babyface presented The Hall of Fame Award

Other appearances were from Billy Zane, Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster, Angelica Pickles, Dana Delany, Robert Loggia, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Zegers, Penny Marshall, Kristi Yamaguchi, Michael Jordan, Leon Frierson and Christy Knowings

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, in bold. Other nominees are in alphabetical order.

Movies

Favorite Movie	Favorite Movie Actor
Titanic Batman & Robin Liar Liar Men in Black	Will Smith – Men in Black as James Darrell Edwards III / Agent J Tim Allen – Jungle 2 Jungle as Michael Cromwell Jim Carrey – Liar Liar as Fletcher Reede Robin Williams – Flubber as Professor Philip Brainard
Favorite Movie Actress
Alicia Silverstone – Batman & Robin as Barbara Wilson / Batgirl Beverly D'Angelo – Vegas Vacation as Ellen Griswold Christina Ricci – That Darn Cat as Patti Randall Uma Thurman – Batman & Robin as Dr. Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy

Television

Favorite TV Show	Favorite TV Actor
Kenan & Kel Home Improvement Sabrina the Teenage Witch Sister, Sister	Jonathan Taylor Thomas – Home Improvement as Randy Taylor Tim Allen – Home Improvement as Timothy "Tim" Taylor Kenan Thompson & Kel Mitchell – Kenan & Kel as Kenan Rockmore & Kel Kimble Marlon & Shawn Wayans – The Wayans Bros. as Marlon & Shawn Williams
Favorite TV Actress	Favorite Cartoon
Melissa Joan Hart – Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Sabrina Spellman Kirstie Alley – Veronica's Closet as Veronica Chase Brandy – Moesha as Moesha Mitchell Tia & Tamera Mowry – Sister, Sister as Tia Landry & Tamera Campbell	Rugrats Hey Arnold! King of the Hill The Simpsons

Music

Favorite Singer	Favorite Music Group
Puff Daddy Mariah Carey Celine Dion Will Smith	Hanson Backstreet Boys No Doubt Spice Girls
Favorite Song
"MMMBop" – Hanson "Don't Speak" – No Doubt "I'll Be Missing You" – Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112 "Men in Black" – Will Smith

Sports

Favorite Male Athlete	Favorite Female Athlete
Michael Jordan Troy Aikman Shaquille O'Neal Tiger Woods	Kristi Yamaguchi Dominique Dawes Michelle Kwan Lisa Leslie
Favorite Sports Team
Chicago Bulls Atlanta Braves Green Bay Packers San Francisco 49ers

Miscellaneous

Favorite Video Game	Favorite Animal Star
Super Mario 64 Diddy's Kong-Quest Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Star Fox 64	Salem – Sabrina the Teenage Witch Buddy – Air Bud Mouse – MouseHunt Willy – Free Willy 3: The Rescue
Favorite Book
Goosebumps: Deep Trouble II – R.L. Stine The Alien – K.A. Applegate Falling Up – Shel Silverstein The Giver – Lois Lowry

Hall of Fame

• Tia Mowry
• Tamera Mowry

External links

• 1998 Kids' Choice Awards at IMDb