Press Release
Friday 14th September 2007

Become the ‘Host With the Most’these School Holidays

One lucky Kiwi kid could be presenting for Nickelodeon NZ at this year’s Nickelodeon Australian Kid’s Choice Awards, at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in October.

Nickelodeon NZ and Mainland Munchables are running a competition calling for kids to join the Nickelodeon film crew these September school holiday’s to record an audition in front of the Nick cameras. The kid with the best audition will win tickets to the Kids Choice Awards, where they get to walk the orange carpet, attend the exclusive after party and present from the awards show for Nickelodeon NZ.

“Nick is 100% kids, so it’s appropriate that our local kiwi presenter at the show is a Kiwi kid,” says Lauren Nola, Marketing Manager Nickelodeon NZ. “We’re looking for a bubbly kid between 8 and 15yrs to walk the walk and talk the talk with the Australian celebs at the slimiest, messiest awards show on the Australian awards calendar.”

The Nickelodeon film crew will be out and about in three cities in the first week of the school holidays to conduct the auditions. All kids need to do is complete and cut out the entry form from Woman’s Day Magazine, (issue on sale from week commencing September 17), and bring it to one of three audition booths around the country. Then they simply show off their personality in front of the Nick cameras by describing an event or funny story that they saw or were involved in.

Nick will be at the below cinema locations during the school holidays to film entries:

AUDITION DAYS – 11am – 3pm:

Go crazy in Christchurch:
~ Monday 24th September @ Reading Cinemas, The Palms.

Get wacky in Wellington
~ Tuesday 25th September @ Reading Cinemas, Courtenay Place

And boogie down in Auckland
~ Wednesday 26th September @ Berkeley Cinemas, Botany Downs.

Kids outside of the three audition cities can enter online at www.nicknz.co.nz or by post to Private Bag 92244 AMSC.

The Nickelodeon Australian Kid’s Choice Awards will screen on Nickelodeon NZ, SKY Channel 41, on Saturday October 27 at 4pm and repeated Sunday 28th at 9am and 2pm, and Monday 29th at 7pm. This year the show is hosted by twin sister pop duo, The Veronicas and Hollywood heart throb Zac Efron. Nominees are voted on by kids around Australia and include Bindy Irwin nominated as Biggest Greenie, The Veronicas as Fave Celebrity Duo and Hugh Jackman and Rove McManus as Fave Aussie.

The nominees for the Nickelodeon Australia Kids’ Choice Awards 2007 are:

Music
Fave Singer (F)
Amy Pearson
Kate Miller-Heidke
Missy Higgins
Ricki-Lee

Fave Singer (M)
Anthony Callea
Dean Geyer
Guy Sebastian
Shannon Noll

Fave Band
Operator Please
Rogue Traders
Sneaky Sound System
The Veronicas

Fave International Singer
Hilary Duff
Justin Timberlake
Mika
Pink

Fave International Band
Good Charlotte
Hinder
Maroon 5
Panic! At The Disco

Fave Song
Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend
Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
Naked Brothers Band – Crazy Car
Rihanna - Umbrella

TV
Fave Nick Show
Camp Orange
Drake & Josh
Unfabulous
Zoey 101

Fave Toon
Avatar
Ben 10
SpongeBob SquarePants
The Simpsons

Fave TV Show
Australia’s Funniest Home Videos
Australian Idol
Big Brother
Home and Away

Fave TV Star (F)
Bree Amer
Caitlin Stasey
Indiana Evans
Sophie Luck

Fave TV Star (M)
Adam Hills
Bobby Morley
Mike Goldman
Rove McManus

People
Fave Hottie
Dean Geyer
Jennifer Hawkins
Lucas Neill
Natalie Bassingthwaighte

Fave Celebrity Duo
Hamish & Andy
James Mathison & Andrew G
Maude & Kyle
The Veronicas

Movies
Fave Movie
Happy Feet
Nancy Drew
Night At The Museum
Shrek 3

Fave Movie Star
Emma Roberts
Nicole Kidman
Shia LaBeouf
Zac Efron

The Big 3
So Hot Right Now
High School Musical 2
Naked Brothers Band
Silverchair & Powderfinger
WWE Raw

Biggest Greenie
Bindi Irwin
Ian Thorpe
John Butler
Peter Garrett

Fave Aussie
Bindi Irwin
Hugh Jackman
Kate Ritchie
Rove McManus

ENDS