Jack Black to Receive King of Comedy Award at 2025 Kids’ Choice Awards

Entertainment

June 13, 2025

Comedy superstar Jack Black will receive the iconic King of Comedy Award during the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025, live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. to air Wednesday, June 25 at 16:00 WAT on Nickelodeon, DStv Channel 305 and GOtv Channel 87. Recognized for his illustrious career across film, television, music and more, Black will accept his Silver Blimp from the KCA stage, before getting decimated in Nickelodeon’s iconic Slime.

Additionally, Alex Warren, Auliʻi Cravalho, Benny Blanco, Ice Spice, Jack Griffo, Jacob Rodriguez, Katelyn West, Kel Mitchell, Kira Kosarin, Maia Kealoha, Renee Montgomery, SeanDoesMagic, Samantha Lorraine, Tony Hawk and Victoria Monét have joined the growing list of star-studded talent scheduled to appear on Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025. Previously announced show participants include: KATSEYE, who will perform their hit single, “Gnarly.”

Hosted by Tyla, Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025 will continue to put kids and families in control at the biggest party of the summer with exciting star-studded collaborations, legendary skateboarding stunts, the latest in music with high-energy dancing, and Nickelodeon’s signature orange blimp trophy and epic slimings. The show will simulcast across Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons, the Nick Jr. channel, MTV2 and CMT, and also air on Nickelodeon channels around the world.

Black is no stranger to Nickelodeon, having hosted the annual awards show in 2006, 2008 and 2011. Last year, he won a coveted KCA orange blimp for his voiceover work as “Bowser” in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. He also won “Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie” for his work in Kung Fu Panda in 2009. For bio information on Jack Black, click HERE.

Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025 is sponsored by Instacart and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.

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Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025 is produced by Nickelodeon Productions and overseen by: Ashley Kaplan, Executive Vice President, Nickelodeon & Awesomeness Unscripted & Digital Franchise Studio; Paul J Medford, Vice President, Unscripted Current Series; Luke Wahl, Vice President, Unscripted Creative; and Jennifer Bernstein, Vice President, Talent. Guy Carrington & Kevin Hermanson of Done and Dusted serve as executive producers, with Rob Paine serving as co-executive producer. The show is directed by James Merryman.

About Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon, now in its 46th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location-based experiences, publishing and feature films. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon is a part of Paramount’s (Nasdaq: PARA, PARAA) global portfolio of multimedia entertainment brands.

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