Taylor Swift is leading the 2026 Kids’Choice Awards with six nominations, and the competition behind her is stacked. Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter each landed five nods, with Sabrina’s total including two for collaborations. It’s a pop-heavy ballot, and the fans are the ones who decide who takes home the orange blimp.
The show airs live from Television City in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 14 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS, Nickelodeon and Paramount+. Alex Warren is hosting, making him the first male pop star to host the show since Nick Jonas in 2015. He’s also nominated, so he’ll be pulling double duty. Travis Kelce is on the ballot too, up for favorite male sports star and favorite podcast for New Heights, which means the Swift-Kelce house could be celebrating twice on the same night.
Voting opened Thursday, October 8 in 36 categories, and there are three new ones this year: watch party: kids’choice, favorite on-screen duo/trio and favorite clutch player of the year. Head to the Kids’Choice Awards site to cast your votes. Who’s getting your vote first?
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