2012 Teen Choice Awards Explained

2012 Teen Choice Awards
Location:	Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, California
Date:	July 22, 2012
Host:	Demi Lovato Kevin McHale
Network:	Fox
Previous:	2011
Main:	Teen Choice Awards
Next:	2013

The 2012 Teen Choice Awards ceremony, hosted by Demi Lovato and Kevin McHale, was held on July 22, 2012, at the Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, California. The awards celebrated the year's achievements in music, film, television, sports, fashion, comedy, and the Internet, and were voted on by teenage viewers aged 13 through 19. Over 134 million votes were cast.^[1]

Taylor Swift had the most individual wins with five, including Choice Female Artist and Female Country Artist. Kristen Stewart obtained three awards, including the "Ultimate Choice" award which she shared with Twilight co-stars Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson. Although the actors received most awards, won four out of 11 nominations as a whole, including the "Ultimate Choice", bringing the entire series' Teen Choice Award totals to 41.^[2] The Hunger Games won seven of its eight nominations, including Choice Book, Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie, and Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Actor, for Josh Hutcherson's work. The Vampire Diaries won six of its eight nominations, including Choice Fantasy/Sci-Fi TV Show, Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi TV Show and Male Hottie for its star, Ian Somerhalder. Pretty Little Liars won all five of their nominations, including Choice TV Drama.

Presenters

• Zooey Deschanel and Selena Gomez—presented Choice Comedian
• Shaun White and Dax Shepard—presented Choice TV Show: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
• Hayden Panettiere and Will.i.am—introduced No Doubt
• Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Ian Harding and Shay Mitchell–presented Choice Movie Actor: Drama
• Zachary Knighton, Adam Pally and Damon Wayans Jr.—presented Choice Hotties
• Kevin Hart and Nina Dobrev—presented Choice Music Group
• Jordin Sparks, Adam Rodriguez and Paul Wesley—presented Choice Movie: Comedy
• Laura Marano, Vanessa Marano and Stefano—introduced Flo Rida
• Zachary Levi—presented Ultimate Choice
• Victoria Justice and Chris Colfer—presented Acuvue Inspire Award
• Tyler Posey and Lea Michele—presented Choice Female Artist
• Bridgit Mendler and Shane West—introduced Justin Bieber
• Taylor Swift—presented Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
• Justin Kirk and Gordon Ramsay—presented Choice Summer Music Star: Group
• Zoe Saldana and Taylor Lautner—presented Choice Summer Movie Star: Male
• Cat Deeley, Demi Lovato, and Kevin McHale—introduced Carly Rae Jepsen

Performers

• Pauly D (DJ host)
• No Doubt – "Settle Down"
• Flo Rida – "Whistle" and "Wild Ones" with Stayc Reigns
• Justin Bieber – "Boyfriend" and "As Long as You Love Me" with Big Sean
• Carly Rae Jepsen – "Call Me Maybe"

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold text.^[3]

Movies

Choice Movie: Action	Choice Movie Actor: Action
Abduction Act of Valor Red Tails	Taylor Lautner – Abduction Tom Cruise – Robert Downey Jr. – Tom Hardy – Warrior Logan Lerman – The Three Musketeers
Choice Movie Actress: Action	Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Zoe Saldana – Colombiana Salma Hayek – Puss in Boots Milla Jovovich – The Three Musketeers Paula Patton – Noomi Rapace –	The Hunger Games The Avengers Mirror Mirror Wrath of the Titans
Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy	Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Josh Hutcherson – & The Hunger Games Robert Downey Jr. – The Avengers Chris Hemsworth – The Avengers Taylor Lautner – Robert Pattinson –	Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games Lily Collins – Mirror Mirror Vanessa Hudgens – Scarlett Johansson – The Avengers Kristen Stewart –
Choice Movie: Drama	Choice Movie Actor: Drama
The Lucky One Drive The Help The Vow We Bought a Zoo	Zac Efron – The Lucky One Matt Damon – We Bought a Zoo Ryan Gosling – Drive Channing Tatum – The Vow Justin Timberlake – In Time
Choice Movie Actress: Drama	Choice Movie: Comedy
Emma Stone – The Help Sandra Bullock – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Viola Davis – The Help Scarlett Johansson – We Bought a Zoo Rachel McAdams – The Vow	21 Jump Street American Reunion Crazy, Stupid, Love The Muppets What to Expect When You're Expecting
Choice Movie Actor: Comedy	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy
Channing Tatum – 21 Jump Street Jason Biggs – American Reunion Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love Jonah Hill – 21 Jump Street Chris Rock – What to Expect When You're Expecting	Emma Stone – Crazy, Stupid, Love Cameron Diaz – What to Expect When You're Expecting Alyson Hannigan – American Reunion Jennifer Lopez – What to Expect When You're Expecting Reese Witherspoon – This Means War
Choice Movie: Romance	Choice Movie Actor: Romance
The Lucky One Think Like a Man This Means War The Vow	Zac Efron – The Lucky One Michael Ealy – Think Like a Man Robert Pattinson – Chris Pine – This Means War Channing Tatum – The Vow
Choice Movie Actress: Romance	Choice Movie: Voice
Kristen Stewart – Miley Cyrus – LOL Meagan Good – Think Like a Man Rachel McAdams – The Vow Taylor Schilling – The Lucky One	Taylor Swift – The Lorax Zac Efron – The Lorax Seth MacFarlane – Ted Jesse McCartney – Chris Rock –
Choice Movie: Villain	Choice Movie: Scene Stealer – Male
Alexander Ludwig – The Hunger Games Jemaine Clement – Men in Black 3 Tom Hiddleston – The Avengers Rhys Ifans – The Amazing Spider-Man Charlize Theron – Snow White and the Huntsman	Liam Hemsworth – The Hunger Games Chace Crawford – What to Expect When You're Expecting Chris Evans – The Avengers Kevin Hart – Think Like a Man Kellan Lutz –
Choice Movie: Scene Stealer – Female	Choice Movie: Breakout
Ashley Greene – Elizabeth Banks – The Hunger Games Lea Michele – New Year's Eve Nikki Reed – Nicole Scherzinger – Men in Black 3	Rihanna – Battleship Sam Claflin – Snow White and the Huntsman Julianne Hough – Rock of Ages Joe Manganiello – What to Expect When You're Expecting Noomi Rapace – Prometheus
Choice Movie: Chemistry	Choice Movie: Liplock
Jennifer Lawrence & Amandla Stenberg – The Hunger Games Steve Carell & Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love Jonah Hill & Channing Tatum – 21 Jump Street Will Smith & Josh Brolin – Men in Black 3 Mark Wahlberg & Seth MacFarlane – Ted	Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson – The Hunger Games Zac Efron & Taylor Schilling – The Lucky One Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone – Crazy, Stupid, Love Rachel McAdams & Channing Tatum – The Vow Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson –
Choice Movie: Hissy Fit	Choice Summer Movie: Action
Charlize Theron – Snow White and the Huntsman Steve Carell – Crazy, Stupid, Love Kevin Hart – Think Like a Man Jonah Hill & Channing Tatum – 21 Jump Street Mark Ruffalo – The Avengers	The Avengers The Amazing Spider-Man Men in Black 3 Prometheus Snow White and the Huntsman
Choice Summer Movie: Comedy/Music	Choice Summer Movie Actor
Rock of Ages Ted That's My Boy	Chris Hemsworth – The Avengers & Snow White and the Huntsman Robert Downey Jr. – The Avengers Andrew Garfield – The Amazing Spider-Man Adam Sandler – That's My Boy Will Smith – Men in Black 3
Choice Summer Movie Actress
Kristen Stewart – Snow White and the Huntsman Scarlett Johansson – The Avengers Leighton Meester – That's My Boy Emma Stone – The Amazing Spider-Man Charlize Theron – Snow White and the Huntsman & Prometheus

Television

Choice TV Show: Drama	Choice TV Actor: Drama
Pretty Little Liars Bones Gossip Girl Revenge Touch	Ian Harding – Pretty Little Liars Penn Badgley – Gossip Girl David Boreanaz – Bones Kiefer Sutherland – Touch Ed Westwick – Gossip Girl
Choice TV Actress: Drama	Choice TV Show: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Lucy Hale – Pretty Little Liars Emily Deschanel – Bones Sarah Michelle Gellar – Ringer Leighton Meester – Gossip Girl Emily VanCamp – Revenge	The Vampire Diaries Fringe Once Upon a Time Supernatural True Blood
Choice TV Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy	Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ian Somerhalder – The Vampire Diaries Jensen Ackles – Supernatural Joshua Jackson – Fringe Jared Padalecki – Supernatural Paul Wesley – The Vampire Diaries	Nina Dobrev – The Vampire Diaries Ginnifer Goodwin – Once Upon a Time Kat Graham – The Vampire Diaries Anna Paquin – True Blood Anna Torv – Fringe
Choice TV Show: Action	Choice TV Actor: Action
Chuck Hawaii Five-0 Nikita	Adam Rodriguez – Daniel Dae Kim – Hawaii Five-O Zachary Levi – Chuck LL Cool J – Shane West – Nikita
Choice TV Actress: Action	Choice TV Show: Comedy
Linda Hunt – Lyndsy Fonseca – Nikita Grace Park – Hawaii Five-O Maggie Q – Nikita Yvonne Strahovski – Chuck	Glee 2 Broke Girls The Big Bang Theory Modern Family New Girl
Choice TV Actor: Comedy	Choice TV Actress: Comedy
Chris Colfer – Glee Ty Burrell – Modern Family Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother Ashton Kutcher – Two and a Half Men Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory	Lea Michele – Glee Miranda Cosgrove – iCarly Kaley Cuoco – The Big Bang Theory Zooey Deschanel – New Girl Sofía Vergara – Modern Family
Choice TV: Animated Show	Choice TV: Reality Competition
The Simpsons Beavis and Butt-head Bob's Burgers Family Guy Robot Chicken	The X Factor America's Next Top Model American Idol The Voice
Choice TV: Reality Show	Choice TV Personality: Male
Punk'd Dance Moms Jersey Shore Keeping Up with the Kardashians Tia & Tamera	Simon Cowell – The X Factor Nick Cannon – America's Got Talent CeeLo Green – The Voice Gordon Ramsay – Hell's Kitchen Steven Tyler – American Idol
Choice TV Personality: Female	Choice TV: Villain
Jennifer Lopez – American Idol Christina Aguilera – The Voice Tyra Banks – America's Next Top Model Carrie Ann Inaba – Dancing with the Stars Jessica Simpson – Fashion Star	Janel Parrish – Pretty Little Liars Joseph Morgan – The Vampire Diaries Lana Parrilla – Once Upon a Time Krysten Ritter – Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 Michelle Trachtenberg – Gossip Girl
Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer	Choice TV: Female Scene Stealer
Michael Trevino – The Vampire Diaries Max Greenfield – New Girl Gabriel Mann – Revenge James Van Der Beek – Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 Damon Wayans Jr. – Happy Endings	Candice Accola – The Vampire Diaries Dianna Agron – Glee Sarah Hyland – Modern Family Francia Raisa – The Secret Life of the American Teenager Casey Wilson – Happy Endings
Choice TV: Breakout Show	Choice TV Breakout Performance – Male
The X Factor Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 New Girl Revenge Smash	Beau Mirchoff – Awkward. Josh Bowman – Revenge Josh Dallas – Once Upon a Time Jake Johnson – New Girl Lamorne Morris – New Girl
Choice TV Breakout Performance - Female	Choice TV Reality Star – Male
Hannah Simone – New Girl Beth Behrs – 2 Broke Girls Sutton Foster – Bunheads Katharine McPhee – Smash Dreama Walker – Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23	Paul "Pauly D" DelVocchio – Jersey Shore Rob Dyrdek – Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory William Levy – Dancing with the Stars Scotty McCreery – American Idol Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino – Jersey Shore
Choice TV Reality Star – Female	Choice Summer TV Show
The Kardashians – Keeping Up with the Kardashians Lauren Alaina – American Idol Melanie Amaro – The X Factor Tia & Tamera Mowry – Tia & Tamera Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi – Jersey Shore	Teen Wolf America's Got Talent The Secret Life of the American Teenager So You Think You Can Dance Workaholics
Choice Summer TV Star: Male	Choice Summer TV Star: Female
Tyler Posey – Teen Wolf Ken Baumann – The Secret Life of the American Teenager Jean-Luc Bilodeau – Baby Daddy Michael Ealy – Common Law Daren Kagasoff – The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Troian Bellisario – Pretty Little Liars Chelsea Kane – Baby Daddy Crystal Reed – Teen Wolf Ashley Rickards – Awkward. Shailene Woodley – The Secret Life of the American Teenager

Music

Choice Male Artist	Choice Female Artist
Justin Bieber Drake Bruno Mars Pitbull Blake Shelton	Taylor Swift Adele Jennifer Lopez Katy Perry Rihanna
Choice Music Group	Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Artist
Selena Gomez & the Scene Gym Class Heroes Lady Antebellum LMFAO The Wanted	Nicki Minaj Beyoncé Flo Rida Pitbull Kanye West
Choice Rock Group	Choice Country Music Artist: Male
fun. The Black Keys Foo Fighters Foster the People Linkin Park	Hunter Hayes Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Scotty McCreery Blake Shelton
Choice Country Music Artist: Female	Choice Country Group
Taylor Swift Lauren Alaina Miranda Lambert Kellie Pickler Carrie Underwood	Lady Antebellum The Band Perry Eli Young Band Rascal Flatts Thompson Square
Choice EDM Artist	Choice Single: Male
David Guetta deadmau5 Calvin Harris Kaskade Skrillex	"Boyfriend" – Justin Bieber "Give Me Everything" – Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack, and Nayer "Good Feeling" – Flo Rida "It Will Rain" – Bruno Mars "Take Care" – Drake feat. Rihanna
Choice Single: Female	Choice Single: Group
"Eyes Open" – Taylor Swift "Dance Again" – Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull "Part of Me" – Katy Perry "Set Fire to the Rain" – Adele "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" – Kelly Clarkson	"We Are Young" – fun. feat. Janelle Monáe "Ass Back Home" – Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch "Hit the Lights" – Selena Gomez & the Scene "Moves Like Jagger" – Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera "Party Rock Anthem" – LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
Choice Country Song	Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song
"Sparks Fly" – Taylor Swift "Crazy Girl" – Eli Young Band "God Gave Me You" – Blake Shelton "Storm Warning" – Hunter Hayes "Tattoos on This Town" – Jason Aldean	"Starships" – Nicki Minaj "Love on Top" – Beyoncé "Take Care" – Drake feat. Rihanna "Wild Ones" – Flo Rida feat. Sia "Without You" – David Guetta feat. Usher
Choice Rock Song	Choice Love Song
"Paradise" – Coldplay "Lonely Boy" – The Black Keys "Pumped Up Kicks" – Foster the People "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye feat. Kimbra "We Are Young" – fun. feat. Janelle Monáe	"What Makes You Beautiful" – One Direction "Die in Your Arms" – Justin Bieber "Give Your Heart a Break" – Demi Lovato "Home" – Phillip Phillips "I Won't Give Up" – Jason Mraz
Choice Break-Up Song	Choice Music: Breakout Artist
"Payphone" – Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa "Climax" – Usher "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye feat. Kimbra "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" – Kelly Clarkson "Wide Awake" – Katy Perry	Carly Rae Jepsen Gotye Ellie Goulding Kimbra Phillip Phillips
Choice Music: Breakout Group	Choice Summer Song
One Direction Eli Young Band fun. Karmin The Wanted	"Call Me Maybe" – Carly Rae Jepsen "All Around the World" – Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris "Give Your Heart a Break" – Demi Lovato "Glad You Came" – The Wanted "Scream" – Usher
Choice Summer Music Star: Male	Choice Summer Music Star: Female
Justin Bieber Flo Rida David Guetta Pitbull Usher	Demi Lovato Carly Rae Jepsen Jennifer Lopez Katy Perry Rihanna
Choice Summer Music Group
One Direction Coldplay Gym Class Heroes Maroon 5 The Wanted

Fashion

Choice Hottie: Male	Choice Hottie: Female
Ian Somerhalder Justin Bieber Ryan Gosling Liam Hemsworth Robert Pattinson	Miley Cyrus Selena Gomez Katy Perry Rihanna Kate Upton
Choice Fashion Icon: Male	Choice Fashion Icon: Female
Justin Bieber Chris Colfer CeeLo Green Justin Timberlake will.i.am	Katy Perry Miley Cyrus Zooey Deschanel Jennifer Lopez Nicki Minaj

Miscellaneous

Choice Book	Choice Comedian
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins Divergent – Veronica Roth The Giver – Lois Lowry The Lucky One – Nicholas Sparks The Twilight Saga – Stephenie Meyer	Ellen DeGeneres Jimmy Fallon Andy Samberg Daniel Tosh Kristen Wiig
Choice Social Network	Choice Twit
Facebook Instagram Pinterest Tumblr Twitter	Demi Lovato Justin Bieber Miley Cyrus Jimmy Fallon Ryan Seacrest
Choice Video Game	Choice Web Star
Just Dance 3 Mass Effect 3 NBA 2K12 The Sims 3 Showtime: Katy Perry Collector's Edition	Sophia Grace & Rosie Ryan Beatty Cimorelli Elle and Blair Fowler Karmin

Television ratings

The 2012 Teen Choice Awards received a 1.0 rating, a 3 share among viewers aged 18–49 and was watched by 3.02 million viewers.^[4]

External links

• Official TCA Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Glee's" Kevin McHale to Join Demi Lovato as Co-Host of "TEEN CHOICE 2012". July 12, 2012. teenchoiceawards.com. July 12, 2012.
2. Web site: Teen Choice Awards 2012: ‘Hunger Games,’ ‘Twilight’ and Justin Bieber Win Big. July 23, 2012. ABC News. The Walt Disney Company. July 23, 2012.
3. News: MTV. Teen Choice Awards 2012: Complete Winners List. https://web.archive.org/web/20140907112855/http://www.mtv.com/news/1690174/teen-choice-awards-winners-list/. dead. September 7, 2014. 10 August 2016.
4. Web site: Sunday Final Ratings: 'The Bachelorette', 'Big Brother' Adjusted Up; 'After The Final Rose', 'Teen Choice Awards' Adjusted Down. https://web.archive.org/web/20120727011129/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/24/sunday-final-ratings-the-bachelorette-big-brother-adjusted-up-after-the-final-rose-teen-choice-awards-adjusted-down/142369/. dead. July 27, 2012. Bibel. Sara. July 24, 2012. TV by the Numbers. July 24, 2012.