Justin Timberlake vowed to "break
the slime barrier" at Saturday's 20th Annual Nickelodeon Kids'
Choice Awards and the show's host sure did deliver the green
goo.
Timberlake, who won the award for favorite male singer, was slimed
both at the beginning and end of the show.
During the opening number, Timberlake, dressed in a tuxedo and an
orange scarf, sang: "You'll never get a drop of slime on old J.T."
but was soon covered with it.
Other stars who got drenched with the green stuff included Mandy
Moore, Tobey Maguire, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn, Chris Tucker, and
Jackie Chan. Even Nicole Kidman got slightly slimed when she
accepted the award for the animated movie Happy Feet. (The actress,
who voiced a character in the film, was there on behalf of the
film's director, George Miller.)
The show, which featured performances by Gwen Stefani and Maroon 5,
also featured a 23-story bungee jump into a giant vat of green
slime.
Early in raucous show, Charlotte's Web star Dakota Fanning won for
favorite female movie star and the Black Eyed Peas won for favorite
musical group.
"I consider all of you my friends!" said Fanning, who was presented
with the award by Blades of Glory stars Will Ferrell and John
Heder.
Other awards went to Ben Stiller, who took home the night's top
honor, the Wannabe Award, Adam Sandler for favorite male film actor
and American Idol for favorite the TV show. Idol judges Randy
Jackson and Paula Abdul were on hand to accept the award.
Sandler, who won for favorite male movie star in 2003 and 2005 as
well, accepted the award while speaking in his Happy Gilmore and
thanked the crowd "for not making fun of me for talking like this
every speech I do."
As for the biggest burp Timberlake gave up the title after he was
challenged by the entire 12,000 person crowd to a burp-off. With
the help of some special effects, everyone in the at Pauley
Pavilion burped at once, and defeated the singer.
At the end of the show, Timberlake, with the help of Vince Vaughn,
used a "detonator" to release a giant surge of slime that came up
through the floor, spraying much of the audience and the
actors.
Awards are determined by kids who vote to pick the winners.
Approximately 40 million votes were cast this year, according to
Nickelodeon.