The Kids Choice Awards winners for 2026 were led by BTS and “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”, after a ceremony in Los Angeles that aired on CBS and Nickelodeon at the same time for the first time.
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” took four awards, the most of any film on the night, while BTS won three. The show, hosted by singer Alex Warren, was held on November 14 at Television City in Los Angeles and streamed live on Paramount+.
The Kids Choice Awards winners are picked by fan voting, and the night handed out the orange blimp trophies across movies, television, music, sports and digital categories.
Kids Choice Awards winners in film
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” won Favorite Movie, and its two leads took the acting prizes: Tom Holland won Favorite Movie Actor and Zendaya won Favorite Movie Actress.
“Zootopia 2” won Favorite Animated Movie ahead of “KPop Demon Hunters”, “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender” and “Toy Story 5”. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” won Favorite Movie ahead of “Avatar: Fire and Ash”, “How to Train Your Dragon”, “Jurassic World Rebirth”, “Lilo & Stitch”, “Moana”, “Superman” and “Wicked: For Good”.
“KPop Demon Hunters” collected three awards. Arden Cho won Favorite Female Animated Voice from a Movie for voicing Rumi, Ahn Hyo-seop won the male voice award for playing Jinu, and “Golden”, performed by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, won Favorite Song From a Movie.
The Kids Choice Awards winners in film also included the night’s most decorated title. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” finished with four trophies, ahead of BTS and “KPop Demon Hunters” on three each. “SpongeBob SquarePants” won Favorite Cartoon.
The show’s categories also covered sports stars, gamers and online creators, alongside film, television and music. The full list ran to 36 categories, and every winner was chosen by fan vote.
Kids Choice Awards winners in television and music
“Stranger Things” won Favorite Family TV Show, and Joe Keery won Favorite Male TV Star (Family) for playing Steve Harrington. “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” won Favorite Kids TV Show, and Jenna Ortega was recognised for “Wednesday”.
BTS won Favorite Music Group or Duo, ahead of BLACKPINK, the Jonas Brothers and Maroon 5. The group also won Favorite Song for “Swim” and Favorite Album for “Arirang”. ROSÉ won Favorite Female Artist.
The Kids Choice Awards winners in music showed the reach of K-pop with young voters. BTS took all three of the music prizes it was up for, while “KPop Demon Hunters” won in the film categories.
Alex Warren hosts the show
The Kids Choice Awards winners were announced from Television City, where the show was staged. The broadcast ran from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Pacific time, and from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Eastern. Nickelodeon carried the show live, and CBS carried it at the same time, the first simulcast in the show’s history.
Warren, a three-time Kids’ Choice Awards nominee, hosted the 39th edition of the show. Chris Pratt was on hand to collect the King of Comedy Award and was covered in slime, and Warren was slimed during the show as well.
The Kids Choice Awards winners took home orange blimp trophies, the show’s signature prize. The ceremony streamed live on Paramount+ for Premium subscribers, with on-demand viewing available the next day.
How the winners are chosen
The nominees were announced and voting opened on October 8, 2026. Fans voted in every category, and the results were announced live during the broadcast from Television City. The show kept its usual mix of celebrity appearances, musical performances and green slime moments.
“Stranger Things” led the nominations with seven. The Kids Choice Awards winners list covered 36 categories, from Favorite Movie and Favorite Song to prizes for sports stars, gamers and online creators.
The show closed with the winners carrying off their orange blimps, after a night in which the fan vote put a superhero sequel and a K-pop group at the top of the list.