1997 Kids' Choice Awards

1997 Kids' Choice Awards
1997 Kids' Choice Awards
Date	April 19, 1997
Location	Grand Olympic Auditorium
Hosted by	Rosie O'Donnell
Television/radio coverage
Network	Nickelodeon
Viewership	2.89 million (households)
Produced by	Mark Offitzer
Directed by	Glenn Weiss

The 10th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on April 19, 1997, at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Actress Rosie O'Donnell was the host of the ceremony while Terry Bradshaw served as a guest announcer. The theme of the show that year was sports and school life considering that the Grand Olympic (which was called "The Nick-O-Drome") was a sporting center. The ceremony is also notable for leading into "Born to be Beavers", the first episode of Nick's then newest Nicktoon, The Angry Beavers.

Performers

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Savage Garden^[2]	"I Want You"
Jewel^[3]	"You Were Meant for Me"
Coolio^[4]	"The Winner"
Immature^[4]	"Watch Me Do My Thing"

Presenters

Cindy Crawford presented Favorite Movie Actor
Fran Drescher and Devon Sawa presented Favorite Movie Actress
Mara Wilson and Martin Short presented Favorite Animal Star
Desmond Howard, Matthew Lawrence and Rider Strong presented Favorite Movie
Melissa Joan Hart and Jonathan Lipnicki presented Favorite Cartoon
The cast of All That (Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, Alisa Reyes, Lori Beth Denberg, Josh Server, Katrina Johnson and Amanda Bynes) presented Favorite TV Actress
Teri Hatcher and Damon Wayans presented Favorite TV Actor
Michelle Trachtenberg, Countess Vaughn and Jean-Claude Van Damme presented Favorite TV Show
Tia and Tamera Mowry and Zachery Ty Brian (along with Tahj Mowry) presented the International Awards (going to Enrique Iglesias for Nick Latin, Backstreet Boys for Nick Germany and Spice Girls for Nick UK and Nick Australia)
Tom Arnold and Kristi Yamaguchi presented Favorite Male Athlete
Vanessa Lee Chester, Jeff Goldblum and Wane Knight presented Favorite Female Athelete
Chris Farley and Shannon Miller presented Favorite Sports Team
Taran Noah Smith and Patricia Richardson presented Favorite Music Group
Patrick Stewart and Vincent Kartheiser presented Favorite Singer
Tyra Banks, Lisa Leslie and Sinbad presented Favorite Song
Larisa Oleynik and Scott Wolf presented The Hall of Fame Award

Other appearances included Danny Tamberelli, Tommy Pickles, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans, Ross Bagley, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Mark Chmura Mike O'Malley and Madonna

Winners and nominees

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

Movies

Favorite Movie	Favorite Movie Actor
Independence Day Happy Gilmore The Nutty Professor Twister	*Jim Carrey – The Cable Guy* as Ernie "Chip" Douglas** Tom Cruise – Mission: Impossible as Ethan Hunt Will Smith – Independence Day as Captain Steven Hiller Robin Williams – Jack as Jack Powell
Favorite Movie Actress
*Rosie O'Donnell – Harriet the Spy* as Katherine "Ole Golly"** Whoopi Goldberg – Eddie as Eddie Franklin Whitney Houston – The Preacher's Wife as Julia Biggs^[5] Michelle Pfeiffer – One Fine Day as Melanie Parker

Television

Favorite TV Show	Favorite TV Actor
Home Improvement All That America's Funniest Home Videos Goosebumps	Tim Allen – Home Improvement as Timothy "Tim" Taylor Michael J. Fox – Spin City as Mike Flaherty LL Cool J – In the House as Marion Hill Jonathan Taylor Thomas – Home Improvement as Randy Taylor
Favorite TV Actress	Favorite Cartoon
Tia & Tamera Mowry – Sister, Sister as Tia Landry & Tamera Campbell Jennifer Aniston – Friends as Rachel Green Roseanne Barr – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner Courteney Cox – Friends as Monica Geller	Rugrats Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Animaniacs The Simpsons

Music

Favorite Singer	Favorite Group
Coolio Brandy LL Cool J Alanis Morissette	Fugees Boyz II Men Hootie and the Blowfish TLC
Favorite Song
"Killing Me Softly" – Fugees "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)" - Quad City DJ's "Always Be My Baby" – Mariah Carey "I Love You Always Forever" - Donna Lewis

Sports

Favorite Male Athlete	Favorite Female Athlete
Shaquille O'Neal Ken Griffey Jr. Michael Jordan Emmitt Smith	Kristi Yamaguchi Dominique Dawes Shannon Miller Dominique Moceanu
Favorite Sports Team
Green Bay Packers Chicago Bulls New York Yankees Orlando Magic

Miscellaneous

Favorite Video Game	Favorite Animal Star
NBA Jam T.E. Diddy's Kong-Quest Super Mario 64 Toy Story	Pongo – 101 Dalmatians Chance – Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco Flipper – Flipper Sassy – Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Favorite Book^[6]
Matilda by Roald Dahl How to Kill a Monster by R.L. Stine James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl The Girl Who Cried Monster by R.L. Stine

Hall of Fame

Will Smith

References

^ Cable’s Top 50 (pg. 44) - Broadcasting and Cable Magazine, April 28, 1997
^ 10th Annual Kids Choice Awards montage 1997 (Video). nickis4kids. May 23, 2009. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via YouTube.
^ You Were Meant For Me - Kids Choice awards LA, 1997 (Video). Oscar. November 17, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via Vimeo.
^ ^a ^b Dempsey, John (April 3, 1997). "Nick signs celebs for Kids' nods". Variety. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
^ "The 10th Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards". Whitney Houston Official Site. Sony Music Entertainment. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
^ "Kids have their say in Nick awards vote". March 6, 1997.

[1] Cable’s Top 50 (pg. 44) - Broadcasting and Cable Magazine, April 28, 1997

[2] 10th Annual Kids Choice Awards montage 1997 (Video). nickis4kids. May 23, 2009. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via YouTube.

[3] You Were Meant For Me - Kids Choice awards LA, 1997 (Video). Oscar. November 17, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via Vimeo.

[Variety-4] Dempsey, John (April 3, 1997). "Nick signs celebs for Kids' nods". Variety. Retrieved March 26, 2019.

[5] "The 10th Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards". Whitney Houston Official Site. Sony Music Entertainment. Retrieved April 5, 2020.

[6] "Kids have their say in Nick awards vote". March 6, 1997.

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