April 17, 2000 – Will Smith, the Backstreet Boys, Adam Sandler, Smashmouth and Shaquille O'Neal were among the celebrities who received coveted Kids' Choice Blimp Awards at Nickelodeon's 13th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, emceed by Rosie O'Donnell and co-hosted by LL Cool J, David Arquette, Mandy Moore and Frankie Muniz. The Hollywood Bowl was filled with more than 17,000 cheering kids and families gathered to honor this year's winners. This year's show taped on Friday, April 14 and aired on Saturday, April 15 at 8:00 PM ET/PT.

From February 28 to March 27, a record-breaking 15 million kids participated in the voting, up from last year's 6.2 million. For the first time in Kids Choice history, ten categories were exclusive to online voters. Online voting increased by over 100 percent vs. last year's awards show.

A highlight of the evening occurred when actress Jennifer Love Hewitt presented the Hall of Fame Award to Rosie O'Donnell, who also won for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie (Tarzan). The show's grand finale featured the Sliming of Will Smith, who took three orange Blimp Awards home for Favorite Male Singer, Favorite Song and Favorite Song From A Movie. Smith's achievements were duly capped off by the traditional Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sliming.

Musical performances by 'N Sync, Jennifer Lopez, the Goo Goo Dolls, and Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey rocked the Bowl. Other celebrities participating in the awards show included Robert DeNiro, Mel Gibson, Ray Romano, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bill Goldberg, Jamie Foxx, 98 Degrees, LFO, Ben Savage, Rider Strong, Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Melissa Joan Hart, Amanda Bynes, Nick Cannon, Lindsay Felton and Steve Burns.

The Nickelodeon's 13th Annual Kids' Choice Awards winners follow:

Favorite Movie	Big Daddy
Favorite Movie Actor	Adam Sandler - Big Daddy
Favorite Musical Group	Backstreet Boys
Favorite Female Singer	Britney Spears
Favorite Male Singer	Will Smith
Favorite Band	Smashmouth
Favorite Song	Wild, Wild West (Will Smith)
Favorite TV Show	All That
Favorite Song from a Movie	Wild, Wild West
Favorite Cartoon	Rugrats
Favorite New Music Artist	Jennifer Lopez
Favorite TV Actress	Amanda Bynes - The Amanda Show
Favorite TV Actor	Kenan Thompson - All That
Favorite Female Sports Star	Tara Lipinski
Favorite TV Friends	Ben Savage & Rider Strong - Boy Meets World
Favorite Video Game	Pokemon
Favorite Male Sports Star	Shaquille O'Neal
Favorite Book	Harry Potter Series
Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie	Rosie O'Donnell - Tarzan
Favorite Rising Star	Mandy Moore
Favorite Movie Couple	Freddie Prinze Jr.& Rachael Leigh Cook - She's All That
Favorite MVP	Cynthia Cooper
Favorite Animal Star	Salem the Cat - Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
Favorite Sports Team	New York Yankees
Favorite Movie Actress	Melissa Joan Hart - You Drive Me Crazy
Hall of Fame	Rosie O'Donnell

Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards has emerged as one of the biggest events in Hollywood, boasting a massive popular vote and sweeping audience participation. It is the only awards show that gives kids the power to vote for their favorites in movies, television, music, sports and much more – and honors their opinions with a live show filled with the stars they love.

Nickelodeon's 13th Annual Kids Choice Awards was produced by Nickelodeon Productions, a unit of Viacom's MTV Networks. Albie Hecht and Mark Offitzer served as executive producers. Burger King, Gateway and Johnson & Johnson were co-sponsors of Nickelodeon's 13th Annual Kids' Choice Awards.

Nickelodeon, which celebrated its 20th birthday in 1999, has built a diverse global business by putting kids first in everything it does. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 75 million households and has been the number one rated cable network for four consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.