1997 Kids' Choice Awards

The 10th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on April 19, 1997, at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Actress Rosie O'Donnell was the host of the ceremony while Terry Bradshaw served as a guest announcer. The theme of the show that year was sports considering that the Grand Olympic Auditorium (which was called "The Nick-O-Drome") was a sporting center. The ceremony is also notable for leading into "Born to be Beavers", the first episode of The Angry Beavers.

Presenters

 * Cindy Crawford presented Favorite Movie Actor
 * Fran Drescher and Devon Sawa presented Favorite Movie Actress
 * Mara Wilson and Martin Short presented Favorite Animal Star
 * Desmond Howard, Matthew Lawrence and Rider Strong presented Favorite Movie
 * Melissa Joan Hart and Jonathan Lipnicki presented Favorite Cartoon
 * The cast of All That (Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, Alisa Reyes, Lori Beth Denberg, Josh Server, Katrina Johnson and Amanda Bynes) presented Favorite TV Actress
 * Teri Hatcher and Damon Wayans presented Favorite TV Actor
 * Michelle Trachtenberg, Countess Vaughn and Jean-Claude Van Damme presented Favorite TV Show
 * Tia and Tamera Mowry and Zachery Ty Brian (along with Tahj Mowry) presented the International Awards (going to Enrique Iglesias for Nick Latin, Backstreet Boys for Nick Germany and Spice Girls for Nick UK and Nick Australia)
 * Tom Arnold and Kristi Yamaguchi presented Favorite Male Athlete
 * Vanessa Lee Chester, Jeff Goldblum and Wayne Knight presented Favorite Female Athlete
 * Chris Farley and Shannon Miller presented Favorite Sports Team
 * Taran Noah Smith and Patricia Richardson presented Favorite Music Group
 * Patrick Stewart and Vincent Kartheiser presented Favorite Singer
 * Tyra Banks, Lisa Leslie and Sinbad presented Favorite Song
 * Larisa Oleynik and Scott Wolf presented The Hall of Fame Award

Other appearances included Danny Tamberelli, Tommy Pickles, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans, Ross Bagley, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Mark Chmura Mike O'Malley and Madonna

Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, in bold. Other nominees are in alphabetical order.

Hall of Fame

 * Will Smith