Saturday, September 15, 2012

Nickelodeon UK To Premiere Brand New Episodes Of The Hit Nickelodeon Show "Victorious" As Part Of Nickelodeon UK's Autumn/Winter 2012 highlights!

Nickelodeon UK has announced the Nickelodeon UK News that Nickelodeon UK is planning to premiere and show brand new episodes of the popular Nickelodeon comedy series "Victorious", including the brand new "Victorious" episodes "Andre's Horrible Girl" and "Blooptorious", and the brand new two-part "Victorious" special "Tori Goes Platinum", on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK between September 2012 and November 2012, as part of Nickelodeon UK's Autumn/Winter 2012 highlights!

Nickelodeon's "Victorious" (stylised as "VICTORiOUS") is an North American sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series revolves around aspiring singer Tori Vega (portrayed by Victoria Justice), a teenager who attends a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts High School, after taking her older sister Trina's (Daniella Monet) place in a showcase, while getting into screwball situations on a daily basis. On her first day at Hollywood Arts, she meets Andre Harris (Leon Thomas III), Robbie Shapiro (Matt Bennett), Rex Powers (Robbie's puppet), Jade West (Elizabeth Gillies), Cat Valentine (Ariana Grande), and Beck Oliver (Avan Jogia). The series premiered on Nickelodeon USA on March 27, 2010 after the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards.

In the brand new episode of "Victorious" called "Andre's Horrible Girl", Tori notices that Andre's new girlfriend Hope is bossy and worries that he is changing to please her. He tells her that he is only dating her because her dad is a famous record producer. Andre wants to break up with her because he knows it is wrong, but does not want to miss the chance to perform at her birthday in front of her dad. After her breakup with Beck, Jade decides to help Cat earn easy-money by dog-sitting her mother's boss's dog in Beverly Hills. Things, however, go awry when Jade accidentally damages the boss's guitar autographed by Elvis Presley which leads them to turn to Robbie and Beck for help. Guest Stars: Meagan Holder as Hope Quincy and Susan Chuang as Mrs. Lee; Song Featured: "Countdown".

The brand new "Victorious" episode titled "Blooptorious", Christopher Cane, the actor who plays Rex Powers, is the host for an in-depth look into the stars of the series and their hilarious outtakes (click here to watch two sneak peek online streaming video clips).

In the brand new two-part "Victorious" special "Tori Goes Platinum", Tori wins a contest to sing the opening number at the Platinum Music Awards! But, there's just one catch, the show's producer, Mason Thornesmith, and his team want to reinvent her look and personality. Tori has to dress crazy and act mean. Also, Tori is not allowed to tell anyone about this, not even her friends and family, even though her friends at school are shocked by it. It becomes a problem for Tori. Eventually, Beck finds out about Tori's secret by himself, because he knows that Tori wouldn't change so much on purpose. Beck and Tori almost kiss before being interrupted by Mrs. Vega. Although Tori initially agree, she soon finds that she doesn't like her new image. But then Tori ends up telling Mason and the producers that she can't take it anymore, which results in Mason not letting her appear in the Platinum Music Awards anymore. So they give Jade that chance instead, because they know her from her own audition, which they liked. After Cat accidentally leaves a video chat on, Jade sees Tori and Beck discussing that Tori shouldn't be kissing a friend's ex (with Beck and Jade breaking up, Beck trying to kiss Tori, and Tori and Jade finally becoming friends). Later, Tori goes to meet Jade at the Boomerang Theatre to talk to her about her chat with Beck. Jade then lets Tori perform herself, while Jade goes into the audience. Even though Tori was fired, she performs "Make It In America", which Mason sees. He was annoyed at first, as he had dismissed Tori, but then he eventually likes it. Song Featured: "Make It In America" by Victoria Justice.

To celebrate Nickelodeon and "VicTORIous" star Victoria Justice traveling to the UK, Nickelodeon UK will be holding a special exclusive "Victorious Fan Screening" event In London, where Nickelodeon UK will be giving competition winners the chance to attend an exclusive VIP event in London, UK, where they'll not only get to meet-up and watch a brand new special episode of "Victorious" called "Tori Goes Platinum" before anyone else in the UK, winners will also be invited to attend a very special question and answer session with Victoria Justice herself!

"Fred: The Show" Star Lucas Cruikshank Records Special Message Especially For Nickelodeon UK Viewers!

To celebrate Nickelodeon UK premiering and showing the brand new Nickelodeon series "Fred: The Show", which is based on the adventures of Fred Figglehorn, a character created and played by internet sensation Lucas Cruikshank, every Friday at 4.30pm on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK (repeated at 5.30pm on Nick UK's plus one (+1) timeshift channel Nick Replay UK), the Nickelodeon Star of "Fred: The Show", Lucas Cruikshank, has recorded a very special message especially for Nickelodeon UK fans and viewers, which you can watch in the online streaming video below (with transcript)!:

Hey Nickelodeon Tweeps!

Find yourself a comfy spot on your sofa and tune into Fred: The Show on Nickelodeon to watch some crazy, outrageous, hilarious moments! And while you're watching it, you can Tweet #FredTheShow and tell everyone what you think, and all the good moments, and that sort of thing. I can't wait for everyone in the UK to finally see it!
Also, Tweeted (posted) by Nickelodeon UK and Ireland on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonUK):
A special message from @LucasCruikshank ahead of #fredtheshow 4.30pm TONIGHT! Check it out! :) http://twitvid.com/BZ9EH.

Nickelodeon USA Unveils "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Billboard In New York Cities Times Square

Nickelodeon's official "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Twitter profile page, TMNT Master (@TMNTMaster), which reports all things "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", as reported from inside the walls of Nickelodeon, has Tweeted (posted) a exclusive TMNT photograph of Nickelodeon USA's brand new "Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Saturday 9.29 11AM" billboard which Nickelodeon USA have put up in the middle of New York City's famous Times Square (in New York City, New York, USA) near Foot Locker's Times Square, NYC, NY, USA store branch which is located at 1530 Broadway, Times Square, New York, NY, United States and directly opposite Nickelodeon USA's/Viacom's/MTV's New York offices and studios (address: 1515 Broadway, New York, NY, United States) to celebrate and advertise that Nickelodeon USA will be premiering Nickelodeon's brand new CGI-animated "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in North America on Saturday 29th September 2012, At 11.00am (ET/PT)!:

Looks like Times Square got a facelift over the weekend #929 pic.twitter.com/5Hz7p91X - Monday 10th September 2012.
Nickelodeon also put up a "New House of Anubis" billboard near the same location in December 2012 to advertise and promote that Nickelodeon USA would be premiering brand new episodes from the second season of the popular live-action Nickelodeon mystery series "House of Anubis" from Monday January 9th 2012.

Nickelodeon's Chief Marketing Officer, Pam Kaufman, And The Cast Of Nickelodeon's Brand New CGI-Animated "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell On Friday 14th September 2012

The NickALive! blogpost below, which features Nickelodeon News about Nickelodeon's Chief Marketing Officer, Pam Kaufman, and Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello from the cast of Nickelodeon's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ringing the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell on Friday 14th September 2012 to celebrate the North American debut of Nickelodeon's brand new CGI-animated "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on Nickelodeon USA on Saturday 29th September 2012, At 11:00 A.M. (ET/PT) is based on this Viacom/NASDAQ OMX Press Release on GlobeNewswire.com:
Viacom Inc. [VIA] [VIAB] Visit NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square, in New York City, New York

Pam Kaufman, Chief Marketing Officer at Nickelodeon and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

ADVISORY, Sept. 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Viacom Inc., a leading global entertainment content company, visited the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square.

Viacom, Inc. [VIA], is home to the world's premier entertainment brands such as MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, BET, CENTRIC, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick at Nite, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV Land, Spike TV, Tr3s and Paramount Pictures, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square.

In honor of the occasion, Pam Kaufman, Chief Marketing Officer at Nickelodeon, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rung the Closing Bell. Nickelodeon's all-new, CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will premiere on Nickelodeon USA Saturday, September 29, at 11:00 a.m. (ET/PT) with a special one-hour television event, "Rise of the Turtles."

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Friday, September 14th, 2012 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

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Date: September 13, 2012 10:00 ET
Following Nickelodeon attending the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell ceremony Friday 14th September 2012, where Nickelodeon's Chief Marketing Officer, Pam Kaufman, and Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello from the cast of Nickelodeon's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" rung the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell, Nickelodeon USA and Nickelodeon's official "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Twitter feeds shared a photograph of Nickelodeon's Chief Marketing Officer Pam Kaufman and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" at the event.

Tweeted (posted) by Nickelodeon USA on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonTV):
The #NickTurtles were at @NASDAQ today to ring the closing bell! pic.twitter.com/pPA8Lhta.

Also, Tweeted (posted) by Nickelodeon's official "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Twitter stream (@TMNTMaste):
NASDAQ + #NickTurtles = The best closing bell ceremony ever #BOOYAKASHA! pic.twitter.com/wIfZrhGL.

Nickelodeon Australia's SLIMEFEST Event Makes A Guinness World Records Splash In A Night Filled With Slime, Music, And A Poignant Display Of Positivity From Kids And Celebs!

Below is a Nickelodeon Australia Press Release featuring Nickelodeon News about Nickelodeon's first ever SLIMEFEST event, where on Saturday 15th September 2012, Nickelodeon Australia took over and rocked the roof of Sydney's Hordern Pavilion when they held a very special concert called "SLIMEFEST", Australia's first music festival just for kids, tweens and teenagers, which combined all the best bits from the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards with Australian celebrities, and of course, lots and lots of Nickelodeon's world famous SLIME! From Nickelodeon Australia's official SLIMEFEST press website:

SLIMEFEST MAKES A GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS SPLASH IN A NIGHT FILLED WITH SLIME, MUSIC, AND A POIGNANT DISPLAY OF POSITIVITY FROM KIDS AND CELEBS

Stan Walker leads the crowd to "throw a square in the air" to take a stand against meanies; Commando Steve dropped into slime dunk tank as voted by kids

Saturday September 15, Sydney – In the tradition of the hugely popular Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, the inaugural SLIMEFEST made a huge splash on its audience today, breaking a Guinness World Record for "Most People Slimed Simultaneously" amongst crazy slime games led by celebrities and electrified music performances. The two 90-minute music concerts at 11.00am and 5.00pm took place at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney and broadcast around the country at 6.00pm on Nickelodeon.

A Guinness World Records Official witnessed and verified that 3026 Australian kids and tweens were slimed simultaneously from the two SLIMEFEST music concerts, via an epic slime-storm that rained down upon the 'sloshpit' from the giant "SLIMEFEST-ATRON" periscope.

The show opened with JUSTICE CREW bringing some "Boom Boom" into the room, hyping the crowd and setting the high-energy scene for what was to come. Show hosts LUKE & WYATT teased kids with a "SLIME SPINNER", used to determine the slime games of the night, before JESSICA MAUBOY had kids rocking along to "Inescapable" and her current hit from The Sapphires soundtrack, "Gotcha".

The first slime-tastic game of the night, Balloon Blitz, divided the crowd into two teams: The Orange All-Stars and the Wyatt Warriors. Kids worked together to move giant balloons filled with flutter, feathers and slime to celebrities CHARLOTTE DAWSON, JESSICA MAUBOY, BRIAN MCFADDEN and E-MAN from JUSTICE CREW, who burst them in spectacular fashion on spikes on stage. Another hilariously star-studded game called Shooting Stars featured RACHAEL FINCH, TIFFANY HALL, REECE MASTIN and JOHNNY RUFFO, with kid competition winners shooting slime from a cannon at the celebs down the "splatwalk"!

In true Nickelodeon style, SLIMEFEST included several show-stopping moments, but the most touching and uplifting moment of the night came from DARE TO BE SQUARE. Celebrities ROVE, DELTA GOODREM, LISA WILKINSON, KARL STEFANOVIC, RUBY ROSE and CODY SIMPSON introduced the new pro-social campaign for positivity, inspired by the ever-optimistic SpongeBob SquarePants. A newly-blonde STAN WALKER sang "Dynamite", with the lyrics re-versioned to lead the 5000-strong crowd to "throw their squares up in the air sometime". Square photos sent in by both kids and celebrities flashed up on the big screen while kids in the audience threw up their own square symbols, creating an amazing moment of solidarity against meanies - a touching display representing positivity and inclusiveness.

In the most highly-anticipated sliming of the night, it was revealed that kids had voted for COMMANDO STEVE to beat out fellow celeb nominees RICHARD WILKINS, CHARLOTTE DAWSON and BRIAN MCFADDEN for the honour of being ceremoniously dunked into a dunk tank, for Nickelodeon's first full-body slime submersion! Then it was time for the giant slip'n'slide, with special guests RACHAEL FINCH and TIFFANY HALL joining JOHNNY RUFFO, COMMANDO STEVE, REECE MASTIN and Nick competition winners competing to slime the winning half of the sloshpit.

The 5.00pm show featured a bonus surprise performance from GUY SEBASTIAN singing his feel-good hits, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" and "Gold". Other music medleys that rocked the crowd included the massively popular REECE MASTIN with "Shut UP and Kiss Me", "Shout It Out" and "Goodnight"; JOHNNY RUFFO with "On Top of the World" and a cover of "Call Me Maybe"; STAN WALKER with "Light It Up", "Loud" "Music Won't Break Your Heart"; and CHRISTINA PARIE represented the spirit of the audience demographic with "16 and Unstoppable" in between her backstage hosting duties.

The evening ended with a splash-tacular grand finale slime fight with kids and stars sharing a joyous celebration of the green goodness to the tune of "Good Time" - capping off what looks to be the beginning of an exciting new SLIMEFEST tradition!

SLIMEFEST press site
(press releases and hi-res publicity images available on the night):
www.nickelodeon.com.au/SLIMEFESTpress

Media contacts for further information or interview requests:

Nickelodeon

Vasinee Jordan – PR & Communications Manager
Ph: 02 9813 6262 | 0408 159 035
vasinee.jordan@nickaus.com.au

Jaye Sellen – Publicity Coordinator
Ph: 02 9813 6246 | 04233 20588
jaye.sellen@nickaus.com.au

eckfactor

Adam Cubito – Account Manager
Ph: 02 8570 5570 | 0403 876 338
SLIMEFEST@eckfactor.com

Greg Vekiarellis – Account Manager
Ph: 02 8570 5569| 0401 873 217
SLIMEFEST@eckfactor.com

About Nickelodeon Networks

Now in its 33rd year globally and 17th year in Australia, Nickelodeon is the number one entertainment brand for kids and the company has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. Nickelodeon Australia has been named Channel of The Year twice by the ASTRA Awards and won numerous other awards for local productions, events and digital applications. Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels air 24 hours a day, seven days a week and are seen in over 2.2 million households via Foxtel. The company portfolio extends across television, online, mobile, theme parks, consumer products and music. www.nickelodeon.com.au.
Nickelodeon Australia's official SLIMEFEST website on the official Nick Oz website, The Nick Shack at Nickelodeon.com.au, has unveiled a selection of exclusive online streaming video clips from the Nickelodeon Australia's SLIMEFEST event, including of Christina Parie getting slime dunked and EMan getting slimed, which you can watch here on Nickelodeon.com.au/slimefest! Nickelodeon Australia have also opened up an exclusive SLIMEFEST online shop/online store, where SLIMEFEST fans can buy exclusive SLIMEFEST merchandise and souvenirs, including SLIMEFEST T-shirts, SLIMEFEST bandana's (bandanna's) , a SLIMEFEST pendant, a SLIMEFEST Slapband, and a "Dare To Be Square" bracelet featuring Silhouettes of Nickelodeon megastar SpongeBob SquarePants, which you can purchase here at slimefestmerch.com.au! You can also view a selection of Hi-res SLIMEFEST photographs and media wall imagery here on nickpress.openphoto.me! Nickelodeon Australia has also released a SLIMEFEST soundtrack CD featuring songs from SLIMEFEST in Australia.