{"id":4533,"date":"2025-06-22T06:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T06:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/4533\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T06:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T06:20:10","slug":"rihanna-jack-black-provide-best-moments-at-2025-kids-choice-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/4533\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna, Jack Black Provide Best Moments at 2025 Kids\u2019 Choice Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMy main takeaway from the 2025 Kids\u2019 Choice Awards is that kids like pretty much the same musical artists as everybody else. <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sabrina-carpenter\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sabrina-carpenter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sabrina Carpenter<\/a> won favorite album for Short n\u2019 Sweet, just as she had won the Grammy for best pop vocal album in February.<a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sza\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> SZA<\/a> and <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bruno-mars\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bruno-mars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruno Mars<\/a> won favorite female and male artist, respectively. Carpenter and <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/benson-boone\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/benson-boone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benson Boone<\/a> won favorite female and male breakout artist, respectively. These four artists could have been winners on just about any show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kendrick-lamar\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kendrick-lamar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kendrick Lamar <\/a>and SZA took favorite music collaboration for \u201cluther,\u201d which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 13 weeks and could very well be headed to a Grammy win for record of the year early next year. (The song\u2019s namesake, <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/luther-vandross\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/luther-vandross\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luther Vandross<\/a>, died in 2005, long before most of the current Kids\u2019 Choice Awards audience was even born.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWicked, which set a new record as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/broadway-musical-films-biggest-box-office-wicked\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/broadway-musical-films-biggest-box-office-wicked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top-grossing film<\/a> adapted from a Broadway musical, won for favorite movie. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ariana-grande\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ariana-grande\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ariana Grande<\/a> won favorite movie actress for playing Glinda in that blockbuster film and also took favorite song from a movie as a featured artist on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/cynthia-erivo\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/cynthia-erivo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cynthia Erivo<\/a>\u2019s \u201cDefying Gravity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOther music winners included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/stray-kids\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/stray-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stray Kids<\/a> (favorite music group), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/tyla\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/tyla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyla<\/a> (favorite global music star) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/selena-gomez\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/selena-gomez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Selena Gomez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/benny-blanco\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/benny-blanco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">benny blanco<\/a> (favorite viral song for \u201cBluest Flame\u201d).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile slime, and lots of it, is the clearly main attraction on this show, several of the winners snuck inspiring and important messages into their acceptance speeches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHere are five of the best moments from the 2025 Kids\u2019 Choice Awards.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"pmc-fallback-list-items lrv-a-unstyle-list lrv-u-margin-t-2\">\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\t<strong>Rihanna, benny blanco Seek to Inspire Their Young Fans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rihanna-2025-kids-choice-awards-billboard-embed-1240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Rihanna Kids Choice Awards 2025\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Emma McIntyre\/Getty Images for Nickelodeon\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRihanna accepted an Icon Award by video and delivered an inspiring message for her young fans. \u201cI just want to take this moment to remind all of you that wherever you are right now is significant and crucial to where you are about to go. Own your space in this world and know that you are chosen for greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tbenny blanco made a similar point when he accepted (in-person) favorite viral song for \u201cBluest Flame,\u201d a collab with his girlfriend, Selena Gomez (who wasn\u2019t present). Wearing an Aerosmith T-shirt, he said, \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted one of these since I was a kid and I just want to tell you guys \u2018Dream anything you can, as big as you can because \u2026 you guys can do anything you want.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\t<strong>Sabrina Carpenter Promises to Continue Making Clean Versions of Her Songs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSabrina Carpenter picked up three awards \u2014 favorite album for Short n\u2019 Sweet, favorite female breakout artist and favorite song for \u201cTaste.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted one of these ever since I was a little girl,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is so special to me. I just can\u2019t thank each and every one of you enough for voting. I will continue to make these clean versions of these songs for you, and I\u2019m so grateful that you\u2019re listening.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\t<strong>Auli\u2019i Caravalho\u2019s Suddenly Political Message<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAuli\u2019i Caravalho accepted the award for favorite female animated voice from a movie for Moana 2, capping her speech by saying, \u201cOur first film taught us the importance of righting the imbalance between man and nature and the second film tells us how important it is to welcome people from faraway shores.\u201d In the past, that latter comment would have seemed unremarkable, but in these highly-charged times it seemed to be touching on a hot-button issue.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\t<strong>Jack Black Does His Best Acting of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt came at the end of his acceptance speech for the King of Comedy Award, where he was inevitably slimed, yet he said, \u201cAre you kidding me? I didn\u2019t see that coming. You got me.\u201d A trouper, he stayed in position for a second sliming after they presented his second award of the night, favorite movie actor for A Minecraft Movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe King of Comedy award was presented by Black\u2019s Nacho Libre co-stars Ana de la Reguera and H\u00e9ctor Jim\u00e9nez, who, Black noted, came from Mexico to present the award. \u201cViva Mexico,\u201d Black said, another comment that would have seemed innocuous not so long ago but suddenly seemed highly topical.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\t<strong>mgk and KATSEYE Perform<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThere were two musical performances: \u201cclich\u00e9,\u201d by mgk, from his upcoming seventh studio album, Lost Americana, and \u201cGnarly,\u201d by KATSEYE, from their upcoming second EP, Beautiful Chaos. Both performances culminated in slimings. mgk (wearing a Lost Americana T-shirt) was introduced by his daughter, Casie Baker. KATSEYE was introduced by Ice Spice.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"My main takeaway from the 2025 Kids\u2019 Choice Awards is that kids like pretty much the same musical&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[5800,5801,171,5594,975,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-4533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-awards","9":"tag-billboard-family","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-kids-choice-awards","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114725573570650001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}