The awards honored the year's biggest achievements in music, film, sports, television, fashion, social media, and more, voted by viewers living in the United States, aged 13 and over, through various social media sites; primarily Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and YouTube.
The format of the show has remained the same over the years, awarding the achievements of those in the entertainment and athletic industries with non-traditional categories fixed into the ceremony.
Paris HiltonNicole Richie Hilary DuffRob Schneider Dane CookJessica Simpson Hilary DuffNick Cannon Katy PerryCory MonteithMark SallingChris ColferKevin McHale Demi LovatoKevin McHale Darren CrissLucy Hale Tyler PoseySarah Hyland Gina RodriguezJosh PeckLudacris John CenaVictoria Justice Lucy HaleDavid Dobrik[5] The show was held at the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport for its first two shows in 1999 and 2000.
On August 11, 2014, after losing his category, Vine star Cameron Dallas tweeted that the awards ceremony was "rigged", saying that he had been informed six days prior to the actual event that he had won the award, and the runners-up were told to still try to solicit votes from their followers, even though the results had already been decided.
He also tweeted "So I found out that the Teen Choice Awards were rigged and used powerful internet people for marketing.
[14] Soon after Dallas' initial tweets, Vine star Carter Reynolds stated that the Teen Choice Awards had "used everyone for promotion", using the hashtag "#TeensDontHaveAChoiceAwards", which soon began trending by fans who noticed the disclaimer at the end of the show saying that the producers reserved the right to choose the winners.
[16][17] In 2016, controversy started on Twitter when fans became upset when they found out that late pop singer Christina Grimmie won the award for Choice Web Star: Music but was not mentioned during the show.