Kids’ Choice Awards 2026: Spider-Man, BTS and KPop Demon Hunters win big

The 2026 Kids’ Choice Awards handed BTS three blimps and gave KPop Demon Hunters three more, while Spider-Man: Brand New Day swept the movie categories. Here’s the full list.

The orange blimps have landed, and K-pop took a big bite out of the pile.

Nickelodeon’s 2026 Kids’ Choice Awards aired live Saturday, Nov. 14, from Television City in Los Angeles. Singer Alex Warren hosted, and for the first time the show ran on CBS at the same time as Nickelodeon.

Kids vote in every category, so the fans really do pick the winners here.

BTS walked away with three awards. KPop Demon Hunters, the Netflix movie that will not leave anybody’s playlist, also won three. And Spider-Man: Brand New Day took home every movie prize it could reach.

Which awards did BTS win at the Kids’ Choice Awards 2026?

BTS won Favorite Music Group or Duo, Favorite Song for “SWIM” and Favorite Album for “ARIRANG,” according to winners lists from Extra and Just Jared. “ARIRANG” came out in March. It’s the group’s first album since all seven members finished their military service, The Korea Times reported.

That’s a big week for the album. On Saturday in Seoul, “ARIRANG” also won Album of the Year at the Melon Music Awards, one of Korea’s biggest music shows.

K-pop showed up in other spots, too. BLACKPINK’s ROSE won Favorite Female Artist, and girl group KATSEYE won Favorite Female Breakout Artist, accepting by video from tour, according to Extra.

How did KPop Demon Hunters do at the Kids’ Choice Awards?

The Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation hit picked up three blimps.

• Favorite Female Animated Voice from a Movie: Arden Cho, the voice of Rumi

• Favorite Male Animated Voice from a Movie: Ahn Hyo-seop, the voice of Jinu

• Favorite Song from a Movie: “Golden” by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami

Favorite Animated Movie went to Disney’s Zootopia 2 instead. It also won Favorite On-Screen Duo or Trio for Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman, the voices of Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde.

Who won the movie and TV awards?

Spider-Man: Brand New Day had a very good night. It won Favorite Movie, and its stars Zendaya and Tom Holland won Favorite Movie Actress and Favorite Movie Actor. Sadie Sink won Favorite Villain for the same film.

On the TV side, Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians won Favorite Kids TV Show. Stranger Things won Favorite Family TV Show, and its star Joe Keery won Favorite Male TV Star (Family). Jenna Ortega won the female side of that category for Wednesday.

Nickelodeon kept a few prizes in the house. SpongeBob SquarePants won Favorite Cartoon, and The Thundermans: Undercover stars Kira Kosarin and Jack Griffo won the kids’ TV star awards. America’s Got Talent won the reality competition prize.

Who else won at the 2026 Kids’ Choice Awards?

Here’s the rest of the music, creator and sports list, as reported by Extra and Just Jared:

• Favorite Male Artist: Bruno Mars

• Favorite Male Breakout Artist or Group: SOMBR

• Favorite Viral Song: “Man I Need” by Olivia Dean

• Favorite Music Collaboration: “Dracula (with JENNIE)” by Tame Impala and JENNIE

• Favorite Global Music Star (Asia): BINI

• Favorite Female Creator: Salish Matter

• Favorite Male Creator: MrBeast

• Favorite Creator Family: Jordan and Salish Matter

• Favorite Female Sports Star: Alysa Liu

• Favorite Male Sports Star: Lionel Messi

• Favorite Clutch Player of the Year: Eileen Gu

• Favorite Video Game: Roblox

• Favorite Podcast: LOL Podcast

Who got slimed at the Kids’ Choice Awards?

It wouldn’t be the Kids’ Choice Awards without green goo. Chris Pratt picked up the King of Comedy Award and got slimed while accepting it, Extra reported. Warren got slimed, as did Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu, singer Ashe during her performance of “Wedding” and Savannah Bananas player Jackson Olson.

Pratt had a busy week. He also said he “would love” for James Gunn to direct a fourth Guardians of the Galaxy movie now that Gunn is leaving DC Studios, Variety reported. Marvel fans will happily read that sentence twice.

How can you watch the 2026 Kids’ Choice Awards replay?

Paramount+ said the show would be on demand starting Sunday, Nov. 15, on every U.S. plan. Saturday’s live stream needed the Premium plan.

If you’ve got a kid who voted, ask who they picked. Odds are good it was Rumi.

Article compiled and written by Kambrea Pratt (editor-in-chief), Derek Gibbs (beat editor) and the Pirates & Princesses newsroom. Pirates & Princesses is part of WebReef Media.

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Hat Tips:

• Extra (Nov. 14), full winners list and slime moments

• Just Jared (Nov. 14), winners list

• Paramount+ (Nov. 11), air times, CBS simulcast and replay details

• The Korea Times (Nov. 15), ARIRANG background and Melon Music Awards win

• Variety (Nov. 14), Chris Pratt on Guardians 4

• Netflix, KPop Demon Hunters official trailer

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