2012 Teen Choice Awards

2012 Teen Choice Awards
Date	July 22, 2012
Location	Gibson Amphitheatre, Los Angeles
Host	Demi Lovato Kevin McHale
Television/Radio coverage
Network	Fox

The 2012 Teen Choice Awards, hosted by Demi Lovato and Kevin McHale, were held on July 22, 2012 and broadcast on Fox. 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, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 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.^[2] 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.^[2] Pretty Little Liars won all five of their nominations, including Choice TV Drama.^[2]

Presenters

Adam Pally Ashley Benson Bridgit Mendler Cat Deeley Damon Wayans, Jr. Dax Shepard Gordon Ramsay Hayden Panettiere Ian Harding Jordin Sparks Justin Kirk Kevin Hart Laura Marano Lea Michele

Lucy Hale Nina Dobrev Paul Wesley Selena Gomez Shane West Shaun White Shay Mitchell Taylor Lautner Taylor Swift Troian Bellisario Tyler Posey Vanessa Marano Victoria Justice Zachary Knighton

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 highlighted in bold text.

Movie

Choice Movie: Action	Choice Movie Actor: Action	Choice Movie Actress: Action
Abduction Act of Valor Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Red Tails Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	Tom Cruise – Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Tom Hardy – Warrior Taylor Lautner – Abduction Logan Lerman – The Three Musketeers	Salma Hayek – Puss in Boots Milla Jovovich – The Three Musketeers Paula Patton – Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Noomi Rapace – Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Zoe Saldana – Colombiana
Choice Movie: Drama	Choice Movie Actor: Drama	Choice Movie Actress: Drama
Drive The Help The Lucky One The Vow We Bought a Zoo	Matt Damon – We Bought a Zoo Zac Efron – The Lucky One Ryan Gosling – Drive Channing Tatum – The Vow Justin Timberlake – In Time	Sandra Bullock – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Viola Davis – The Help Scarlett Johansson – We Bought a Zoo Rachel McAdams – The Vow Emma Stone – The Help
Choice Movie: Comedy	Choice Movie Actor: Comedy	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy
21 Jump Street American Reunion Crazy, Stupid, Love The Muppets What to Expect When You're Expecting	Jason Biggs – American Reunion Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love Jonah Hill – 21 Jump Street and The Sitter Chris Rock – What to Expect When You're Expecting Channing Tatum – 21 Jump Street	Cameron Diaz – What to Expect When You're Expecting Alyson Hannigan – American Reunion Jennifer Lopez – What to Expect When You're Expecting Emma Stone – Crazy, Stupid, Love Reese Witherspoon – This Means War
Choice Movie: Romance	Choice Movie Actor: Romance	Choice Movie Actress: Romance
The Lucky One Think Like a Man This Means War The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 The Vow	Michael Ealy – Think Like a Man Zac Efron – The Lucky One Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Chris Pine – This Means War Channing Tatum – The Vow	Miley Cyrus – LOL Meagan Good – Think Like a Man Rachel McAdams – The Vow Taylor Schilling – The Lucky One Kristen Stewart – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy	Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy	Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Avengers The Hunger Games Mirror Mirror The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Wrath of the Titans	Robert Downey Jr. – The Avengers Chris Hemsworth – The Avengers Josh Hutcherson – The Hunger Games Taylor Lautner – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1	Lily Collins – Mirror Mirror Vanessa Hudgens – Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Scarlett Johansson – The Avengers Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games Kristen Stewart – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
Choice Movie: Animated	Choice Movie: Voice	Choice Movie: Breakout
The Lorax Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Puss in Boots Rio The Smurfs	Zac Efron – The Lorax Seth MacFarlane – Ted Jesse McCartney – Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Chris Rock – Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Taylor Swift – The Lorax	Sam Claflin – Snow White and the Huntsman Julianne Hough – Rock of Ages Joe Manganiello – What to Expect When You're Expecting Noomi Rapace – Prometheus Rihanna – Battleship
Choice Movie: Chemistry	Choice Movie: Hissy Fit	Choice Movie: Liplock
Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell – Crazy, Stupid, Love Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta – Rock of Ages Jennifer Lawrence and Amandla Stenberg – The Hunger Games Will Smith and Josh Brolin – Men in Black 3 Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill – 21 Jump Street Mark Wahlberg and Ted – Ted	Steve Carell – Crazy, Stupid, Love Kevin Hart – Think Like a Man Mark Ruffalo – The Avengers Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill – 21 Jump Street Charlize Theron – Snow White and the Huntsman	Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling – The Lucky One Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson – The Hunger Games Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams – The Vow
Choice Movie Scene Stealer: Male	Choice Movie Scene Stealer: Female	Choice Movie: Fight
Chace Crawford – What to Expect When You're Expecting Chris Evans – The Avengers Kevin Hart – Think Like a Man Liam Hemsworth – The Hunger Games Kellan Lutz – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1	Elizabeth Banks – The Hunger Games Ashley Greene – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Lea Michele – New Year's Eve Nikki Reed – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Nicole Scherzinger – Men in Black 3	Chris Evans vs. Hugo Weaving – Captain America: The First Avenger Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum vs. the Kid Gang – 21 Jump Street Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson vs. Alexander Ludwig – The Hunger Games Daniel Radcliffe vs. Ralph Fiennes – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Mark Wahlberg vs. Ted – Ted
Choice Movie: Villain	Choice Summer Movie: Action	Choice Summer Movie: Comedy/Music
Jemaine Clement – Men in Black 3 Tom Hiddleston – The Avengers Rhys Ifans – The Amazing Spider-Man Alexander Ludwig – The Hunger Games Charlize Theron – Snow White and the Huntsman	The Amazing Spider-Man The Avengers Men in Black 3 Prometheus Snow White and the Huntsman	Katy Perry: Part of Me Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Rock of Ages Ted That's My Boy
Choice Summer Movie Star: Male	Choice Summer Movie Star: Female
Robert Downey Jr. – The Avengers Andrew Garfield – The Amazing Spider-Man Chris Hemsworth – Snow White and the Huntsman and The Avengers Adam Sandler – That's My Boy Will Smith – Men in Black 3	Scarlett Johansson – The Avengers Leighton Meester – That's My Boy Kristen Stewart – Snow White and the Huntsman Emma Stone – The Amazing Spider-Man Charlize Theron – Snow White and the Huntsman and Prometheus

Music

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

TV

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

Fashion

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

Sports

Choice Female Athlete	Choice Male Athlete
Kelly Clark Maria Sharapova Hope Solo Lindsey Vonn Serena Williams	David Beckham Kobe Bryant Albert Pujols Tim Tebow Shaun White

Miscellaneous

Choice Book	Choice Comedian
The Divergent trilogy – Veronica Roth The Giver – Lois Lowry The Hunger Games trilogy – Suzanne Collins 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	Justin Bieber Miley Cyrus Jimmy Fallon Demi Lovato Ryan Seacrest
Choice Video Game	Choice Web Star
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Just Dance 3 Mass Effect 3 NBA 2K12 The Sims 3 Showtime: Katy Perry Collector's Edition	Ryan Beatty Cimorelli Elle and Blair Fowler Karmin Sophia Grace and Rosie
Ultimate Choice Award	Acuvue Inspire Award
The Twilight Saga	Miranda Cosgrove

Multiple nominations and awards

The following received multiple nominations: 11 nominations – The Avengers and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 8 nominations – The Vampire Diaries, The Hunger Games and Justin Bieber 7 nominations – Katy Perry, New Girl and Channing Tatum 6 nominations – Snow White and the Huntsman, The Lucky One and Rihanna 5 nominations – Taylor Swift, Pretty Little Liars, American Idol, Gossip Girl, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Revenge, and Jennifer Lopez 4 nominations – Emma Stone, Demi Lovato, The Amazing Spider-Man, Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, Seth MacFarlane, Jonah Hill, The Wanted, Zac Efron, and Glee 3 nominations – One Direction, Teen Wolf, Prometheus, Robert Downey Jr., Selena Gomez, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Nicki Minaj

The following received multiple awards: Seven – The Hunger Games Six — The Vampire Diaries Five – Taylor Swift and Pretty Little Liars Four – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Justin Bieber Three – Kristen Stewart, One Direction, and Glee Two – Emma Stone, Zac Efron, Demi Lovato, and Ian Somerhalder, Katy Perry

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.^[3]

References

1. ""Glee's" Kevin McHale to Join Demi Lovato as Co-Host of "TEEN CHOICE 2012"". teenchoiceawards.com. July 12, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
2. "Teen Choice Awards 2012: ‘Hunger Games,’ ‘Twilight’ and Justin Bieber Win Big". ABC News. The Walt Disney Company. July 23, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
3. Bibel, Sara (July 24, 2012). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'The Bachelorette', 'Big Brother' Adjusted Up; 'After The Final Rose', 'Teen Choice Awards' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 24, 2012.

External links

• Official TCA Website