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Day to Day with Mariah Fill-In host Ellie Byrd talked with Paul Medford, Vice President (VP) unscripted, current series, at Nickelodeon ahead of Kids' Choice Awards 2025!
The 2025 Kids' Choice Awards ceremony, hosted by Tyla, will air live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on June 21 from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons, the Nick Jr. channel, MTV2 and CMT, and will rollout onto Nickelodeon channels around the world soon after. Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar lead the nominees. Get your vote on KidsChoiceAwards.com!
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Kids Choice Awards: How Nickelodeon’s new concept turns awards show into a slime party
by: Gio Battaglia
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — It’s almost time to get slimed — and this year, Nickelodeon is turning the classic award show on its head.
With school out and summer officially in, Nickelodeon is ditching tradition and throwing a full-blown party for this year’s Kids’ Choice Awards.
Vice President of Nickelodeon Paul J. Medford joined News 8’s Gio Battaglia to give a behind-the-scenes look at the high-energy show — from a warehouse-turned-slime-factory to music that never stops, and of course, the power of kid voters.
News 8’s Gio Battaglia: Awards are coming up this weekend. Very exciting. Tell me a little bit about what is in store for this year’s show.
Nickelodeon Vice President Paul J. Medford: We’re deep in rehearsal right now, but we’re excited to bring you this new show, and I will say that we are abandoning the ordinary award show trope, as in the stage, we walk up, we get the award, we sit down, and we are celebrating summer since school is out. So basically, we’ve taken the venue, we’ve turned it into a huge slime warehouse, and we’re throwing a party. That’s it. Our host is global music star Tyla, so that makes sense. The music will never, ever stop throughout the whole 90 minute show, and our favorite stars will show up, and of course, they’ll be slimed.
News 8’s Gio Battaglia: That slime is definitely a necessity to keep consistent. I remember watching it when I was a child, and waiting for those epic slime moments, just talk about how the show has changed over the years. But, also has kept a level of consistency.
Nickelodeon Vice President Paul J. Medford: I think it started in 1988, and it’s had many amazing hosts, from Whitney Houston to Rosie O’Donnell to Jack Black even, who’s coming back this year to accept the King of Comedy Award. But I think the main thing is that hasn’t changed is that the kids still get to vote. It is their show, and then they’re voting across film, TV, music, sport, gaming, social media. And then the joy is that we then get to bring all their favorite stars into this room, and in this case, into this huge part.
News 8’s Gio Battaglia: With the voting, there’s definitely names that kind of mix what’s on TV right now, what’s hot in music, what’s on social media. How has that kind of made it more fun for kids to vote and get involved?
Nickelodeon Vice President Paul J. Medford: I think the great thing about this show is that the kids do get to vote. That is the main thing. We go out into the field with research. We see what names are popping. The kids say who they like, and we don’t question it, and every now and again, there are names that cross over, like someone like Jack Black, who is my generation, your generation, and our kids’ generation. And that’s what’s so great about the show. That’s what’s so great about this award ceremony, is it’s not exclusive. It really is that co-viewing experience that everybody thinks exists, but it does really exist for this show.
News 8’s Gio Battaglia: What goes into putting together the show, especially with this new concept?
Nickelodeon Vice President Paul J. Medford: It’s a huge festival and huge team effort, starting from our talent team that are booking the show, from the press and putting the marketing out. And then, of course, we have a team of producers, directors, lighting people, costume people, choreographers. And then, of course, we have our slime technology team who are building whole systems under the stage for the slime to appear. Building the set, it’s a huge theatrical if you like conceit, that’s like putting on a Broadway show, but we have to put it up really quickly, and we’re only ever going to do it once, and we’re going to film it and hope that it all goes well.
News 8’s Gio Battaglia: What are you most excited about, aside from the new concept, and of course, all the slime?
Nickelodeon Vice President Paul J. Medford: I’m excited always about the winners. You know. I’m excited about who the kids pick, and then who will get to say, ‘Hey, they picked you!’
News 8’s Gio Battaglia: Just for some logistics, who or How can kids vote? And when does that end? And when does the show air?
Nickelodeon Vice President Paul J. Medford: They can vote on nick.com. The show airs on Saturday, June 21 at 8pm on Nickelodeon. NickTeens, NickTunes, Nick Jr, MTV2, CMT and on Paramount+ — incase you’re out on Saturday night.
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The 2025 Kids' Choice Awards will be hosted by singer Tyla on Saturday night on Nickelodeon at 8 pm ET and can be streamed on Paramount+. Paramount is the parent company of CBS and Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon's Vice President of Unscripted, Paul Medford, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss the show.
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Originally published: June 19, 2025.
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