2009 Kids' Choice Awards

{{Short description|Children's television awards show program broadcast in 2009}}

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{{Infobox award

| name = 2009 Kids' Choice Awards

| image = Kids Choice Awards 2009.jpg

| host = Dwayne Johnson

| preshow_host = Lily Collins
Jeff Sutphen (as Pick Boy)
Lil' JJ

| date = March 28, 2009

| location = Pauley Pavilion

| most_awards = High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2)

| most_nominations = The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (3)
Miley Cyrus (3)

| network = Nickelodeon

| producer = Paul Flattery

| director = Beth McCarthy-Miller

| ratings = 7.68 million[https://web.archive.org/web/20090403030100/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/31/kids-choice-awards-penguins-of-madagascar-and-wwe-raw-lead-cable/15549 Kids’ Choice Awards, Penguins of Madagascar and WWE RAW lead cable - TVbytheNumbers]

| runtime = 125+ minutes

| previous = 2008

| main = {{nowrap|Kids' Choice Awards}}

| next = 2010

}}

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File:Jonas Brothers KCA.jpg performing at the Kids' Choice Awards 2009]]

The 22nd Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on March 28, 2009, on the Nell and John Wooden Court of Pauley Pavilion, with Dwayne Johnson as host.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nickkcapress.com/2009KCA|title=Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2009 Press Kit|publisher=Viacom International|date=January 9, 2009|access-date=August 21, 2009|archive-date=February 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213121556/http://www.nickkcapress.com/2009KCA/|url-status=dead}} Voting commenced on March 2, 2009. Performers and presenters for the event were announced on its official website.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nickkcapress.com/2009KCA/performers.php|title=2009 Presenters/Performers Release|work=2009 Kids' Choice Awards website|publisher=Viacom International|date=February 25, 2009|access-date=August 21, 2009}} The show marks the last time that the Nickelodeon Orange Blimp was used on the Kids' Choice Awards logo, as Nickelodeon rebranded its logo six months after the ceremony, until the 2013 show.

According to Nickelodeon, the show was broadcast in more than "228 million households across Nickelodeon's 50 channels in

Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and Latin America." It was watched by 7.7 million viewers in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/30/the-penguins-of-madagascar-draws-61-million-viewers-saturday-night/15468|title=The Penguins of Madagascar draws 6.1 million viewers Saturday night|first=Robert|last=Seidman|date=March 30, 2009|access-date=August 21, 2009|archive-date=April 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402214118/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/30/the-penguins-of-madagascar-draws-61-million-viewers-saturday-night/15468|url-status=dead}} More votes than ever were cast for this year's KCAs. A record 91.1 million votes were cast on Nickelodeon websites.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nickkcapress.com/2009KCA/winners.php|title=2009 Winners Release|work=2009 Kids' Choice Awards website|publisher=Viacom International|date=March 28, 2009|access-date=August 21, 2009|archive-date=May 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514051530/http://www.nickkcapress.com/2009KCA/winners.php|url-status=dead}}

Prior to the live telecast, Lily Collins, Pick Boy (played by Jeff Sutphen) and Lil' JJ hosted the "orange carpet", featuring celebrity interviews and a live performance by Miranda Cosgrove outside Pauley Pavilion.