2010 Teen Choice Awards Explained

2010 Teen Choice Awards
Location:	Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, California
Date:	August 8, 2010 (ceremony) August 9, 2010 (aired)
Host:	Katy Perry, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, and Mark Salling
Network:	Fox
Previous:	2009
Main:	Teen Choice Awards
Next:	2011

The 2010 Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held on August 8, 2010, at the Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, California. Several new categories were introduced, separated into "Movie", "TV", "Music", "Summer", "Fashion" and "Other". The ceremony aired on August 9, 2010, on Fox, and was co-hosted by Katy Perry, who also performed, and Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, and Mark Salling from Glee. Alongside Katy, performers included Jason Derulo, Travie McCoy, Justin Bieber and Diddy - Dirty Money.^[1]

Presenters

The following celebrities either presented awards and/or performed at the ceremony:

Performers

listed in order of appearance

- A-Trak Katy Perry – "Teenage Dream"
Jason Derulo – "Whatcha Say" (intro) and "In My Head"
Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars – "Billionaire"
Justin Bieber – "U Smile"
Diddy - Dirty Money – "Hello Good Morning"

(Bieber's appearance was a pre-recorded performance at his Phoenix, Arizona, tour date.)

Winners and nominees

Nominees were announced in two waves.^[2] ^[3] Over 85 million votes were cast to determine winners.^[4] Winners are highlighted in bold text.

Movies

Choice Movie: Action	Choice Movie Actor: Action
Kick-Ass The Losers Robin Hood *Sherlock Holmes*	Nicolas Cage – Kick-Ass Russell Crowe – Robin Hood Matt Damon – Green Zone Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes Channing Tatum –
Choice Movie Actress: Action	Choice Movie: Sci-Fi
Cate Blanchett – Robin Hood Mila Kunis – The Book of Eli Rachel McAdams – Sherlock Holmes Sienna Miller – Zoe Saldana – The Losers	2012 *Avatar* District 9 Iron Man 2 The Time Traveler's Wife
Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi	Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi
Sharlto Copley – District 9 John Cusack – 2012 Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man 2 Jude Law – Repo Men Sam Worthington – Avatar	Scarlett Johansson – Iron Man 2 Rachel McAdams – The Time Traveler's Wife Gwyneth Paltrow – Iron Man 2 Amanda Peet – 2012 Zoe Saldana – Avatar
Choice Movie: Fantasy	Choice Movie Actor: Fantasy
Alice in Wonderland Clash of the Titans Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Johnny Depp – Alice in Wonderland Jake Gyllenhaal – Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Taylor Lautner – Robert Pattinson – Sam Worthington – Clash of the Titans
Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy	Choice Movie: Drama
Gemma Arterton – Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Clash of the Titans Rosario Dawson – Kristen Stewart – Mia Wasikowska – Alice in Wonderland Emma Watson – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	*The Blind Side* Dear John The Last Song Remember Me The Runaways
Choice Movie Actor: Drama	Choice Movie Actress: Drama
Jake Gyllenhaal – Brothers Tobey Maguire – Brothers Robert Pattinson – Remember Me Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker Channing Tatum – Dear John	Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side Miley Cyrus – The Last Song Dakota Fanning – The Runaways Amanda Seyfried – Dear John Kristen Stewart – The Runaways
Choice Movie: Romantic Comedy	Choice Movie Actor: Romantic Comedy
The Back-up Plan Just Wright Letters to Juliet The Proposal *Valentine's Day*	Gerard Butler – The Ugly Truth and The Bounty Hunter Josh Duhamel – When in Rome Joseph Gordon-Levitt – (500) Days of Summer Ashton Kutcher – Valentine's Day Ryan Reynolds – The Proposal
Choice Movie Actress: Romantic Comedy	Choice Movie: Comedy
Kristen Bell – When in Rome Sandra Bullock – The Proposal Jennifer Lopez – The Back-up Plan Queen Latifah – Valentine's Day and Just Wright Amanda Seyfried – Letters to Juliet	*Date Night* Get Him to the Greek Hot Tub Time Machine Killers She's Out of My League
Choice Movie Actor: Comedy	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy
Russell Brand – Get Him to the Greek Steve Carell – Date Night Jonah Hill – Get Him to the Greek Ashton Kutcher – Killers Chris Rock – Death at a Funeral	Kristen Bell – Couples Retreat Lizzy Caplan – Hot Tub Time Machine Tina Fey – Date Night Zoe Saldana – Death at a Funeral Emma Stone – Zombieland
Choice Movie: Horror/Thriller	Choice Movie Actor: Horror/Thriller
A Nightmare on Elm Street *Paranormal Activity* Shutter Island Splice The Stepfather	Penn Badgley – The Stepfather Adam Brody – Jennifer's Body Leonardo DiCaprio – Shutter Island Jackie Earle Haley – A Nightmare on Elm Street Micah Sloat – Paranormal Activity
Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller	Choice Movie: Animated
Katie Cassidy – A Nightmare on Elm Street Megan Fox – Jennifer's Body Audrina Patridge – Sorority Row Michelle Williams – Shutter Island Rumer Willis – Sorority Row	How to Train Your Dragon Marmaduke The Princess and the Frog Shrek Forever After *Toy Story 3*
Choice Movie: Villain	Choice Movie: Dance
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Stephen Lang – Avatar Rachelle Lefevre – Christopher Mintz-Plasse – Kick-Ass Mickey Rourke – Iron Man 2	Sandra Bullock and Betty White – The Proposal Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth – The Last Song Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man 2 Tina Fey and Steve Carell – Date Night Michael Jackson – Michael Jackson's This Is It
Choice Movie: Male Scene Stealer	Choice Movie: Female Scene Stealer
Sean Combs – Get Him to the Greek George Lopez – Valentine's Day Kellan Lutz – James Marsden – Death at a Funeral Mark Wahlberg – Date Night	Dakota Fanning – Ashley Greene – Anne Hathaway – Alice in Wonderland and Valentine's Day Anna Kendrick – and Up in the Air Betty White – The Proposal
Choice Movie: Male Breakout Star	Choice Movie: Female Breakout Star
Quinton Aaron – The Blind Side Jesse Eisenberg – Zombieland and Adventureland Liam Hemsworth – The Last Song Aaron Johnson – Kick-Ass Logan Lerman –	Gemma Arterton – Clash of the Titans Alexandra Daddario – Chloë Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass Taylor Swift – Valentine's Day Mia Wasikowska – Alice in Wonderland
Choice Movie: Chemistry	Choice Movie: Liplock
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds – The Proposal Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth – The Last Song Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift – Valentine's Day Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum – Dear John Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson –	Russell Brand and Jonah Hill – Get Him to the Greek Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds – The Proposal Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth – The Last Song Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift – Valentine's Day Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart –
Choice Movie: Hissy Fit	Choice Movie: Fight
Jessica Biel – Valentine's Day Sean Combs – Get Him to the Greek Miley Cyrus – The Last Song Giovanni Ribisi – Avatar Vince Vaughn – Couples Retreat	Sean Combs vs. Russell Brand and Jonah Hill – Get Him to the Greek Robert Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle vs. The Hammer Drones – Iron Man 2 Logan Lerman vs. Jake Abel – Mia Wasikowska vs. The Jabberwocky – Alice in Wonderland Sam Worthington vs. Stephen Lang – Avatar
Choice Summer Movie	Choice Summer Movie Star: Male
The A-Team Despicable Me Grown Ups Inception The Karate Kid Knight and Day The Last Airbender Salt The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Zac Efron – Charlie St. Cloud Taylor Lautner – Robert Pattinson – Adam Sandler – Grown Ups Jaden Smith – The Karate Kid
Choice Summer Movie Star: Female
Cameron Diaz – Knight and Day Selena Gomez – Ramona and Beezus Angelina Jolie – Salt Emma Roberts – Twelve Kristen Stewart –

Television

Choice TV Show: Drama	Choice TV Actor: Drama
90210 *Gossip Girl* Grey's Anatomy House The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Penn Badgley – Gossip Girl Ken Baumann – The Secret Life of the American Teenager Chace Crawford – Gossip Girl Daren Kagasoff – The Secret Life of the American Teenager Tristan Wilds – 90210
Choice TV Actress: Drama	Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Sophia Bush – One Tree Hill Blake Lively – Gossip Girl Leighton Meester – Gossip Girl Olivia Wilde – House Shailene Woodley – The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Fringe Lost Smallville Supernatural *The Vampire Diaries*
Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi	Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Josh Holloway – Lost Joshua Jackson – Fringe Ryan Kwanten – True Blood Tom Welling – Smallville Paul Wesley – The Vampire Diaries	Nina Dobrev – The Vampire Diaries Evangeline Lilly – Lost Hayden Panettiere – Heroes Anna Paquin – True Blood Anna Torv – Fringe
Choice TV Show: Action	Choice TV Actor: Action
24 Burn Notice Chuck Human Target	Jeffrey Donovan – Burn Notice Zachary Levi – Chuck LL Cool J – Kiefer Sutherland – 24 Mark Valley – Human Target
Choice TV Actress: Action	Choice TV Show: Comedy
Gabrielle Anwar – Burn Notice Mary Lynn Rajskub – 24 Daniela Ruah – Katee Sackhoff – 24 Yvonne Strahovski – Chuck	The Big Bang Theory *Glee* Modern Family Sonny with a Chance Wizards of Waverly Place
Choice TV Actor: Comedy	Choice TV Actress: Comedy
Steve Carell – The Office Jonas Brothers – Jonas Sterling Knight – Sonny with a Chance Cory Monteith – Glee Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory	Miranda Cosgrove – iCarly Kaley Cuoco – The Big Bang Theory Selena Gomez – Wizards of Waverly Place Demi Lovato – Sonny with a Chance Lea Michele – Glee
Choice TV Show: Animated	Choice TV Show: Reality
American Dad! The Cleveland Show *Family Guy* South Park Star Wars: The Clone Wars	The Hills Jersey Shore *Keeping Up with the Kardashians* The Price of Beauty Taking the Stage
Choice TV Show: Reality Competition	Choice TV: Personality
America's Best Dance Crew America's Next Top Model *American Idol* Dancing with the Stars Project Runway	Nick Cannon Simon Cowell Cat Deeley Mario Lopez Ryan Seacrest
Choice TV: Villain	Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer
Russell Hantz – Jane Lynch – Glee Terry O'Quinn – Lost Ian Somerhalder – The Vampire Diaries Ed Westwick – Gossip Girl	Chris Colfer – Glee Johnny Galecki – The Big Bang Theory Simon Helberg – The Big Bang Theory James Lafferty – One Tree Hill Matthew Morrison – Glee
Choice TV: Female Scene Stealer	Choice TV: Male Reality/Variety Star
Hilary Duff – Gossip Girl Bethany Joy Galeotti – One Tree Hill Kat Graham – The Vampire Diaries Shenae Grimes – 90210 Amber Riley – Glee	Paul "Pauly D" DelVocchio – Jersey Shore Lee DeWyze – American Idol Brody Jenner – The Hills Bret Michaels – Celebrity Apprentice Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino – Jersey Shore
Choice TV: Female Reality/Variety Star	Choice TV: Breakout Show
Crystal Bowersox – American Idol Kristin Cavallari – The Hills Lauren Conrad – The Hills The Kardashians – Keeping Up with the Kardashians Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi – Jersey Shore	Community Life Unexpected Modern Family *The Vampire Diaries* Victorious
Choice TV: Female Breakout Star	Choice TV: Male Breakout Star
Dianna Agron – Glee Nina Dobrev – The Vampire Diaries Sarah Hyland – Modern Family Bridgit Mendler – Good Luck Charlie Mae Whitman – Parenthood	Ken Jeong – Community Kevin McHale – Glee Rico Rodriguez – Modern Family Mark Salling – Glee Paul Wesley – The Vampire Diaries
Choice TV: Parental Unit	Choice Summer TV Show
Rob Estes and Lori Loughlin – 90210 Bethany Joy Galeotti and James Lafferty – One Tree Hill Lauren Graham – Parenthood Bruce and Kris Jenner – Keeping Up with the Kardashians Mike O'Malley – Glee	Make It or Break It *Pretty Little Liars* The Secret Life of the American Teenager So You Think You Can Dance Wipeout
Choice Summer TV Star: Male	Choice Summer TV Star: Female
Zachary Abel – Make It or Break It Ken Baumann – The Secret Life of the American Teenager Ian Harding – Pretty Little Liars Daren Kagasoff – The Secret Life of the American Teenager Stephen Moyer – True Blood	Nikki Blonsky – Huge Lucy Hale – Pretty Little Liars Josie Loren – Make It or Break It Anna Paquin – True Blood Shailene Woodley – The Secret Life of the American Teenager

Music

Choice Music: Male Artist	Choice Music: Female Artist
Justin Bieber Jason Derulo Drake Adam Lambert Usher	Miley Cyrus Ke$ha Lady Gaga Shakira Taylor Swift
Choice Music: Group	Choice Music: R&B Artist
The Black Eyed Peas Selena Gomez & the Scene Glee Cast New Boyz Young Money	Beyoncé Alicia Keys Rihanna Trey Songz Usher
Choice Music: Rap Artist	Choice Music: Rock Artist
Drake Eminem Jay Z Ludacris Pitbull	Kings of Leon MGMT Muse Paramore Train
Choice Music: Country Group	Choice Music: Male Country Artist
Gloriana Lady Antebellum Rascal Flatts Sugarland Zac Brown Band	Luke Bryan Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley Darius Rucker Keith Urban
Choice Music: Female Country Artist	Choice Music: Single
Miranda Lambert Martina McBride Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood Gretchen Wilson	"Bad Romance" – Lady Gaga "California Gurls" – Katy Perry "Can't Be Tamed" – Miley Cyrus "Nothin' on You" – B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars "Your Love Is My Drug" – Kesha
Choice Music: Country Song	Choice Music: Rap/Hip-Hop Track
"Fifteen" – Taylor Swift "The House That Built Me" – Miranda Lambert "Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum "Undo It" – Carrie Underwood "Water" – Brad Paisley	"Carry Out" – Timbaland featuring Justin Timberlake "Hello Good Morning" – Diddy - Dirty Money featuring T.I. "Find Your Love" – Drake "Love the Way You Lie" – Eminem featuring Rihanna "Wavin' Flag" – K'naan
Choice Music: Rock Track	Choice Music: Love Song
"All the Right Moves" – OneRepublic "Breakeven" – The Script "Hey, Soul Sister" – Train "Ignorance" – Paramore "You and Your Heart" – Jack Johnson	"Catch Me" – Demi Lovato "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)" – Muse "The Only Exception" – Paramore "Stay" – Nick Jonas & the Administration "When I Look at You" – Miley Cyrus
Choice Music: Country Album	Choice Music: Rap Album
Doin' My Thing – Luke Bryan Fearless – Taylor Swift The Foundation – Zac Brown Band Need You Now – Lady Antebellum Play On – Carrie Underwood	Battle of the Sexes – Ludacris – B.o.B The Blueprint 3 – Jay Z Relapse – Eminem So Far Gone – Drake
Choice Music: Rock Album	Choice Music: Pop Album
Brand New Eyes – Paramore Leave This Town – Daughtry The Resistance – Muse Save Me, San Francisco – Train To the Sea – Jack Johnson	Animal – Ke$ha The E.N.D – The Black Eyed Peas The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga Here We Go Again – Demi Lovato My World 2.0 – Justin Bieber
Choice Music: R&B Album	Choice Music: Male Breakout Artist
The ArchAndroid – Janelle Monáe The Element of Freedom – Alicia Keys Jason Derulo – Jason Derulo Rated R – Rihanna Raymond v. Raymond – Usher	Justin Bieber B.o.B Jason Derulo Drake Nick Jonas & the Administration
Choice Music: Female Breakout Artist	Choice Music: Hook-Up
Miranda Cosgrove Selena Gomez & the Scene Ke$ha Demi Lovato Nicki Minaj	"Airplanes" – B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams "I Like It" – Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull "If We Ever Meet Again" – Timbaland featuring Katy Perry "Telephone" – Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé "We'll Be a Dream" – We the Kings featuring Demi Lovato
Choice Summer Song	Choice Summer Music Star: Female
"Airplanes" – B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams "Alejandro" – Lady Gaga "Billionaire" – Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars "California Gurls" – Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg "Your Love Is My Drug" – Kesha	Miley Cyrus Kesha Lady Gaga Katy Perry Rihanna
Choice Summer Music Star: Male
Justin Bieber B.o.B Taio Cruz Drake Eminem

Fashion

Choice Female Hottie	Choice Male Hottie
Jessica Biel Megan Fox Scarlett Johansson Kim Kardashian Katy Perry	Zac Efron Taylor Lautner Kellan Lutz Robert Pattinson Ian Somerhalder
Choice Celebrity Fashion Line	Choice Female Red Carpet Fashion Icon
House of Harlow 1960 – Nicole Richie L.A.M.B – Gwen Stefani Miley & Max – Miley Cyrus and Max Azria Sean John – Sean "Diddy" Combs William Rast – Justin Timberlake	Miley Cyrus Selena Gomez Lady Gaga Eva Longoria Katy Perry
Choice Male Red Carpet Fashion Icon
Russell Brand Jonas Brothers Ashton Kutcher Taylor Lautner Justin Timberlake

Miscellaneous

Choice Comedian	Choice Male Athlete
Aziz Ansari Ellen DeGeneres Jimmy Fallon Chelsea Handler George Lopez	David Beckham Drew Brees LeBron James Apolo Anton Ohno Albert Pujols
Choice Female Athlete	Choice Male Action Sports Star
Misty May-Treanor Candace Parker Danica Patrick Lindsey Vonn Serena Williams	Travis Pastrana Kevin Pearce Ryan Sheckler Kelly Slater Shaun White
Choice Female Action Sports Star	Choice Celebrity Smile
Torah Bright Sarah Burke Ashley Fiolek Maya Gabeira Hannah Teter	Miranda Cosgrove Zac Efron Victoria Justice Taylor Lautner Cory Monteith
Choice American Idol Alum	Choice Celebrity Activist
David Archuleta Kelly Clarkson Chris Daughtry Jennifer Hudson Carrie Underwood	Leonardo DiCaprio Eva Longoria Jessica Simpson Shakira Justin Timberlake
Choice Video Game	Choice Web Star
Band Hero Halo 3 *The Sims 3* New Super Mario Bros. Wii	Greyson Chance Shane Dawson Fred Figglehorn iJustine Charles Trippy
Choice Twit	Choice Fanatic Fans
Ellen DeGeneres Kim Kardashian Ashton Kutcher George Lopez Ryan Seacrest	David Archuleta Justin Bieber Miley Cyrus Glee *The Twilight Saga*

Notes and References

Official site, June 8, 2010. "Choice 'California gurl' Katy Perry to host and perform on 'Teen Choice 2010' Monday, August 9, on Fox ". Accessed August 6, 2010.
Web site: Teen Choice Awards 2010: First Round Of Nominees Announced. Soll. Lindsay. Hollywood Crush. Viacom. June 14, 2010. August 16, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616211009/http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2010/06/14/teen-choice-awards-2010-nominees/ . June 16, 2010.
Web site: Teen Choice Awards 2010: Second (Giant) Wave Of Nominees Announced!. Milet. Sandrine. Hollywood Crush. Viacom. June 28, 2010. August 16, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100703011227/http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2010/06/28/teen-choice-2010-nominees/ . July 3, 2010.
Web site: Winners of Teen Choice 2010 announced . https://web.archive.org/web/20110329170414/http://www.teenchoiceawards.com/pdf/TC10-Winners.pdf . TeenChoiceAwards.com . August 15, 2010 . March 29, 2011.