42nd People's Choice Awards

The 42nd People's Choice Awards, honoring the best in popular culture for 2015, were held January 6, 2016, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, and were broadcast live on CBS. The ceremony was hosted by Jane Lynch. Nominations were announced on November 3, 2015.

42nd People's Choice Awards
Date	January 6, 2016 (2016-01-06)
Location	Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Jane Lynch
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS
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Performances

• Shawn Mendes — "Stitches"
• Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello — "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
• Jason Derulo — "Get Ugly", "Want to Want Me"
• Jordan Smith, accompanied by David Foster — "You Are So Beautiful"

Presenters

• Melissa Benoist
• Mayim Bialik
• Jack Black
• Betsy Brandt
• Priyanka Chopra
• Chris D'Elia
• Adam DeVine
• Vin Diesel
• Natalie Dormer
• Mike Epps
• Meagan Good
• Clark Gregg
• Colin Hanks
• Marcia Gay Harden
• Josh Holloway
• Kate Hudson
• Cheyenne Jackson
• Raza Jaffrey
• Dakota Johnson
• Taylor Kinney
• Nia Long
• Lea Michele
• Christina Milian
• Kunal Nayyar
• The Pink Ladies of Grease: Live (Julianne Hough, Vanessa Hudgens, Keke Palmer, Kether Donohue and Carly Rae Jepsen)
• Melissa Rauch
• Gina Rodriguez
• Abigail Spencer
• John Stamos
• Meghan Trainor
• Amber Valletta
• Ming-Na Wen
• Ed Westwick
• Alison Brie
• Shemar Moore

Source^[1]

Winners and nominees

The full list of nominees was announced on November 3, 2015.^[2] Winners are listed first and in boldface.^[3][4]

Movies

Favorite Movie	Favorite Action Movie
Furious 7 Avengers: Age of Ultron Inside Out Jurassic World Pitch Perfect 2	Furious 7 Avengers: Age of Ultron The Divergent Series: Insurgent Jurassic World Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Favorite Comedic Movie	Favorite Dramatic Movie
Pitch Perfect 2 The DUFF Spy Ted 2 Trainwreck	The Martian The Age of Adaline Fifty Shades of Grey The Longest Ride Straight Outta Compton
Favorite Movie Actor	Favorite Movie Actress
Channing Tatum Johnny Depp Robert Downey Jr. Chris Pratt Will Smith	Sandra Bullock Anne Hathaway Scarlett Johansson Melissa McCarthy Meryl Streep
Favorite Action Movie Actor	Favorite Action Movie Actress
Chris Hemsworth Vin Diesel Robert Downey Jr. Dwayne Johnson Chris Pratt	Shailene Woodley Emily Blunt Scarlett Johansson Michelle Rodriguez Charlize Theron
Favorite Comedic Movie Actor	Favorite Comedic Movie Actress
Kevin Hart Jack Black Robert De Niro Will Ferrell Mark Wahlberg	Melissa McCarthy Anna Kendrick Amy Schumer Sofía Vergara Rebel Wilson
Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor	Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress
Johnny Depp George Clooney Matt Damon Will Smith Channing Tatum	Dakota Johnson Blake Lively Jennifer Lopez Rachel McAdams Kate Winslet
Favorite Animated Movie Voice	Favorite Family Movie
Selena Gomez – Hotel Transylvania 2 as Mavis Sandra Bullock – Minions as Scarlet Overkill Amy Poehler – Inside Out as Joy Rihanna – Home as Tip Tucci Adam Sandler – Hotel Transylvania 2 as Dracula	Minions Cinderella Home Hotel Transylvania 2 Inside Out
Favorite Thriller Movie
Taken 3 The Boy Next Door Insidious: Chapter 3 Poltergeist Unfriended

Television

Favorite TV Show	Favorite Network TV Comedy
The Big Bang Theory Game of Thrones Grey's Anatomy The Voice The Walking Dead	The Big Bang Theory 2 Broke Girls Mike & Molly Modern Family New Girl
Favorite Network TV Drama	Favorite Network TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Grey's Anatomy Empire Gotham How to Get Away with Murder Scandal	Beauty & the Beast Arrow Once Upon a Time Supernatural The Vampire Diaries
Favorite Cable TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show	Favorite TV Crime Drama
Outlander American Horror Story: Hotel Game of Thrones Teen Wolf The Walking Dead	Person of Interest Bones Castle Criminal Minds NCIS
Favorite Comedic TV Actor	Favorite Comedic TV Actress
Jim Parsons Johnny Galecki Matthew Perry Andy Samberg Jesse Tyler Ferguson	Melissa McCarthy Kaley Cuoco Zooey Deschanel Anna Faris Sofía Vergara
Favorite Dramatic TV Actor	Favorite Dramatic TV Actress
Taylor Kinney Justin Chambers Scott Foley Terrence Howard Jesse Williams	Ellen Pompeo Viola Davis Taraji P. Henson Sara Ramirez Kerry Washington
Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor	Favorite TV Crime Drama Actress
Nathan Fillion Jim Caviezel Mark Harmon LL Cool J Shemar Moore	Stana Katic Emily Deschanel Mariska Hargitay Lucy Liu Pauley Perrette
Favorite Cable TV Comedy	Favorite Cable TV Drama
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Baby Daddy Faking It Real Husbands of Hollywood Young & Hungry	Pretty Little Liars Bates Motel The Fosters Rizzoli & Isles Suits
Favorite Competition TV Show	Favorite Cable TV Actor
The Voice America's Got Talent American Ninja Warrior Dancing with the Stars MasterChef	Kevin Hart Eric Dane Adam DeVine Taye Diggs Christian Slater
Favorite Cable TV Actress	Favorite Premium Cable TV Show
Sasha Alexander Ashley Benson Hilary Duff Lucy Hale Shay Mitchell	Homeland Girls Masters of Sex Shameless Veep
Favorite Premium Cable TV Actor	Favorite Premium Cable TV Actress
Dwayne Johnson Joshua Jackson Nick Jonas Matt LeBlanc Justin Theroux	Kristen Bell Claire Danes Julia Louis-Dreyfus Lisa Kudrow Emmy Rossum
Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor	Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress
Jensen Ackles Misha Collins Sam Heughan Ian Somerhalder David Tennant	Caitriona Balfe Emilia Clarke Ginnifer Goodwin Lady Gaga Jennifer Morrison
Favorite Daytime TV Host	Favorite Daytime Talk Show Hosting Team
Ellen DeGeneres Steve Harvey Dr. Oz Rachael Ray Wendy Williams	The Talk Good Morning America Live! with Kelly and Michael Today The View
Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host	Favorite Streaming Series
Jimmy Fallon Stephen Colbert James Corden Jimmy Kimmel Conan O'Brien	Orange Is the New Black House of Cards The Mindy Project Transparent Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Favorite Actor In A New TV Series	Favorite Actress In A New TV Series
John Stamos Chace Crawford Zachary Levi Rob Lowe Josh Peck	Priyanka Chopra Jamie Lee Curtis Marcia Gay Harden Lea Michele Emma Roberts
Favorite Animated TV Show	Favorite New TV Comedy
The Simpsons American Dad! Bob's Burgers Family Guy South Park	Scream Queens Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Grandfathered Life in Pieces The Muppets
Favorite New TV Drama
Supergirl Blindspot Code Black Heroes Reborn Quantico

Music

Favorite Male Singer	Favorite Female Singer
Ed Sheeran Justin Bieber Luke Bryan Nick Jonas The Weeknd	Taylor Swift Lana Del Rey Selena Gomez Demi Lovato Madonna
Favorite Group	Favorite Breakout Artist
Fifth Harmony Fall Out Boy Imagine Dragons Maroon 5 One Direction	Shawn Mendes Fetty Wap Halsey Tori Kelly The Weeknd
Favorite Male Country Artist	Favorite Female Country Artist
Blake Shelton Dierks Bentley Luke Bryan Brad Paisley Keith Urban	Carrie Underwood Miranda Lambert Reba McEntire Kacey Musgraves Cassadee Pope
Favorite Country Group	Favorite Pop Artist
Lady Antebellum The Band Perry Florida Georgia Line Little Big Town Zac Brown Band	Taylor Swift Kelly Clarkson Selena Gomez Demi Lovato Ed Sheeran
Favorite Hip-Hop Artist	Favorite R&B Artist
Nicki Minaj Big Sean Drake Kendrick Lamar Wiz Khalifa	The Weeknd Chris Brown Ciara Janet Jackson Ne-Yo
Favorite Song	Favorite Album
"What Do You Mean?", Justin Bieber "Bad Blood", Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar "Can't Feel My Face", The Weeknd "Love Me like You Do", Ellie Goulding "See You Again", Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth	Title, Meghan Trainor American Beauty/American Psycho, Fall Out Boy Beauty Behind the Madness, The Weeknd If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons
Favorite Music Icon
Madonna Paul McCartney Prince Steven Tyler Stevie Wonder

Digital

Favorite Social Media Celebrity	Favorite Social Media Star
Britney Spears Beyoncé Dwayne Johnson Anna Kendrick Taylor Swift	Matt Bellassai Cameron Dallas Frankie Grande Nash Grier Lele Pons
Favorite Mobile Game	Favorite Video Game
Candy Crush Saga Despicable Me: Minion Rush Fruit Ninja Plants vs. Zombies Temple Run	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Batman: Arkham Knight Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Grand Theft Auto V Minecraft
Favorite YouTube Star	The DailyMail.com Seriously Popular Award
Connor Franta Grace Helbig Jenna Marbles Miranda Sings Tyler Oakley	Maddie Ziegler Cara Delevingne Kylie Jenner Bella Thorne Ruby Rose

Controversy

When The Talk won Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team, host and creator Sara Gilbert was interrupted by 20-year-old aspiring rapper Zacari Nicasio. Nicasio grabbed the mic and said "My name is Zacari Nicasio. Shout out to Kevin Gates he has an album; Yeezy jumped over the jumpman yes sir..." Shortly after Nicasio grabbed the mic, Sharon Osbourne kicked him twice, and then Sheryl Underwood told Niciasio "You ain't gonna pull no Steve Harvey up in here [no] no sir, no sir. Security!" After Gilbert continued her speech, Aisha Tyler joked about the incident when Gilbert said they are the "Mötley Crüe of misfits" which Tyler replied "But that guy is not in our club." Osbourne added to the joke saying "Get the **** off my stage!" Osbourne also flipped off Nicasio twice as he was taken away by security during Gilbert's speech.^[5] Julie Chen told Entertainment Tonight moments after the incident "[Osbourne] always said you mess with one of us you mess with all of us."^[6] The incident was heavily talked about on their show following the awards. After ranting about his behavior, Osbourne warned him on The Talk, “If I see him again, I'd kick him again!" Tyler told him to "practice yo speech in the bathroom dude" if he was going interrupt an award show and also mocked his speech on the show as well saying "Imma give a shout out to Spooky and them and I like cheese sandwiches." Gilbert said about being interrupted "When he first came up I just thought oh somebody's trying to steal the spotlight and it's kinda funny even though it's not right because we wanna speak to our fans and you know all of that. But there was something amusing about it. When it was unintelligible I got scared there was something wrong with him."^[7] Underwood also mentioned on The Talk that Harvey gave Underwood permission to use that joke because she had been saying it a lot and didn't want to hurt his feelings as he is a personal friend of Underwood. Underwood also stated she almost pushed Nicasio off the stage but she didn't as she feared of a lawsuit saying "When our boy was coming up to the stage I was like 'Oh hell no' and then I thought if I got on this dude and knocked him down the stairs then maybe its a lawsuit and we all get sued and network close down. For then I thought if I strong-armed the dude and kinda push him off and get him out of here."^[8]

Niciasio had no remorse over the incident but asked Osbourne to apologize and take him to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory.^[9][10]

On March 3, 2016, Gilbert, Underwood, and Osbourne brought up the incident again on The Talk during their conversation of a woman defending herself at gunpoint in a convenience store. Glibert said "I was thinking about [the woman defending herself] when I was watching how I would react and then I realized how I would react because we had it not a criminal situation but the guy [Niciasio] that came up during the People's Choice Awards. You two [Osbourne and Underwood] were kicking [Niciasio] off the stage and I was scared and just went quiet. You know I would just shut down and hand him the money." Osbourne joked "We were just scared that [Niciasio] was gonna sing. That would have been much scarier."

On June 13, 2016, Sara Gilbert brought up the incident again with Mike Epps who was a guest on The Talk.

Ironically, six months prior to the awards, Tyler was asked by Jason Derulo at the 2015 Ubisoft E3 press conference to dance with him after Tyler remarked that she was glad to not dance up there with him as she pointed out she is not a good dancer. Derulo jokingly was disappointed that Tyler didn't crash his performance.^[11]

References

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5. People's Choice. "The People's Choice for Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team is The Talk". YouTube. CBS. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
6. Entertainment Tonight. "Watch Sharon Osbourne Kick Man Who Crashed 'The Talk' People's Choice Speech - Twice!". YouTube. Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
7. The Talk. "The Talk – Mrs. O Warns 'People's Choice' Stage Crasher: 'If I see him again, I'd kick him again!'". YouTube. CBS. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
8. The Talk. "The Talk - Sheryl Underwood Explains, 'Don't Pull A Steve Harvey' Remark on 'People's Choice Awards'". YouTube. CBS. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
9. Niciasio, Zacari. "You know I had to do it.. 2016 I'm taking over 💯 @future @privatekanye @balmainparis @zara @iamkevingates #2016 #peopleschoiceawards #yeezy". Instagram. Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
10. Stutz, Colin. "People's Choice Awards' Stage Crasher Zacari Nicasio's 5 Best Media Moments". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
11. YouTube. "Just Dance 2016 Ubisoft Conference at E3 2015 - Presentation". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 14 March 2016.