Being a twenty-something watching the Teen Choice Awards is like intruding in your little sister’s party. You’re lucky to be let in, but you don’t understand most of what’s going on.
Like, why did Robert Pattinson still win the Choice Vampire award? I thought Twilight was so five minutes ago? (For now, at least, since the first Breaking Dawn movie has yet to come out, and I haven’t seen frantic Twilight fans go out on the streets in ages.) And the fact that teenagers picked him rather than, say, True Blood‘s Alexander Skarsgard or The Vampire Diaries‘ Ian Somerhalder…
Then again, it wasn’t a bad night for TVD, as the show scooped five awards, including a sweep of the Fantasy/Sci-Fi TV category. It’s pretty much a repeat of last year’s Teen Choice Awards, really, except for the fact that Paul Wesley did not win; Ian did.
Still on the TV side of things, Glee also pulled off an unsurprising big win, with three awards, including Choice TV Breakout Star for Darren Criss. (Interestingly, Chord Overstreet was with the cast when they accepted their awards.) Gossip Girl, NCIS: Los Angeles and Pretty Little Liars also won big in their categories.
Elsewhere, Taylor Swift was given the Ultimate Choice Award, apart from winning a bunch of music categories. Same goes for tween it couple Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, who won a bunch of music and TV awards (Selena for The Wizards of Waverly Place, Justin for his role on CSI — yes, apparently he’s more evil than Sue Sylvester). The Harry Potter franchise got a lovely, albeit rushed, send-off — at least it beat Twilight this year numbers-wise — while Demi Lovato continued her comeback with the Choice Inspire Award.
Check out the full list of nominees below:
TELEVISION WINNERS
Choice TV Drama: Gossip Girl
Choice TV Drama Actor: Chace Crawford, Gossip Girl
Choice TV Drama Actress: Blake Lively, Gossip Girl
Choice TV Fantasy/Sci-Fi: The Vampire Diaries
Choice TV Fantasy/Sci-Fi Actor: Ian Somerhalder, The Vampire Diaries
Choice TV Fantasy/Sci-Fi Actress: Nina Dobrev, The Vampire Diaries
Choice TV Action: NCIS: Los Angeles
Choice TV Action Actor: Shane West, Nikita
Choice TV Action Actress: Linda West, NCIS: Los Angeles
Choice TV Comedy: Glee
Choice TV Comedy Actor: Cory Monteith, Glee
Choice TV Comedy Actress: Selena Gomez, The Wizards of Waverly Place
Choice TV Reality: Jersey Shore
Choice TV Reality Competition: American Idol
Choice TV Personality: Jennifer Lopez, American Idol
Choice TV Male Reality/Variety Star: Paul “Pauly D” Del Vecchio, Jersey Shore
Choice TV Female Reality/Variety Star: The Kardashians, Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Choice TV Summer Show: Pretty Little Liars
Choice Male Summer TV Star: Ian Harding, Pretty Little Liars
Choice Female Summer TV Star: Lucy Hale, Pretty Little Liars
Choice Animated TV Show: The Simpsons
Choice TV Villain: Justin Bieber, CSI
Choice TV Male Scene-Stealer: Michael Trevino, The Vampire Diaries
Choice TV Female Scene-Stealer: Katerina Graham, The Vampire Diaries
Choice TV Breakout Show: The Voice
Choice TV Breakout Star: Darren Criss, Glee
MOVIE WINNERS
Choice Action Movie: Fast Five
Choice Action Movie Actor: Johnny Depp, The Tourist
Choice Action Movie Actress: Angelina Jolie, The Tourist
Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Actor: Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Choice Sci-Fi Fantasy Movie Actress: Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Choice Drama Movie: Black Swan
Choice Drama Movie Actor: Robert Pattinson, Water for Elephants
Choice Drama Movie Actress: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Choice Romantic Comedy Movie: Easy A
Choice Romantic Comedy Movie Actor: Ashton Kutcher, No Strings Attached
Choice Romantic Comedy Movie Actress: Emma Stone, Easy A
Choice Comedy Movie: Bad Teacher
Choice Comedy Movie Actor: Justin Timberlake, Bad Teacher
Choice Comedy Movie Actress: Cameron Diaz, Bad Teacher
Choice Summer Movie: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Choice Summer Movie Actor: Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Choice Summer Movie Actress: Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Choice Male Movie Scene Stealer: Kellan Lutz, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Choice Female Movie Scene Stealer: Ashley Greene, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Choice Male Movie Breakout: Alex Pettyfer, I Am Number Four and Beastly
Choice Female Movie Breakout: Brooklyn Decker, Just Go With It
Choice Horror Movie: Paranormal Activity 2
Choice Animated Movie Voice: Johnny Depp, Rango
Choice Movie Chemistry: Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, Just Go With It
Choice Movie Liplock: Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Choice Movie Hissy Fit: Ed Helms, The Hangover 2
MUSIC WINNERS
Choice Male Artist: Justin Bieber
Choice Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Choice Group: Selena Gomez and the Scene
Choice Breakout Artist: Bruno Mars
Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Artist: Eminem
Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Track: “Run the World (Girls)” by Beyonce Knowles
Choice Rock Group: Paramore
Choice Rock Track: “Monster” by Paramore
Choice Male Country Artist: Keith Urban
Choice Female Country Artist: Taylor Swift
Choice Country Group: Lady Antebellum
Choice Country Single: “Mean” by Taylor Swift
Choice Summer Male Music Star: Bruno Mars
Choice Summer Female Music Star: Katy Perry
Choice Summer Song: “Skyscraper” by Demi Lovato
Choice Single: “Who Says” by Selena Gomez and the Scene
Choice Love Song: “Love You Like A Love Song” by Selena Gomez
Choice Break-Up Song: “Back to December” by Taylor Swift
OTHER WINNERS
Choice Male Athlete: Shaun White
Choice Female Athlete: Shawn Johnson
Choice Comedian: Ellen DeGeneres
Choice Twit: Justin Bieber
Choice Web Star: Rebecca Black
Choice Vampire: Robert Pattinson
Choice Male Red Carpet Fashion Icon: Zac Efron
Choice Female Red Carpet Fashion Icon: Taylor Swift
Choice Male Hottie: Justin Bieber
Choice Female Hottie: Selena Gomez
SPECIAL AWARDS
Ultimate Choice Award: Taylor Swift
Choice Inspire Award: Demi Lovato
(Image courtesy of Fox)
Staff Writer, BuddyTV
