Key takeaways: BTS won three awards at the 2026 Kids’ Choice Awards, including favorite group, favorite song for “Swim” and favorite album for ARIRANG. ROSÉ became the first K-pop artist to win favorite female artist. KPop Demon Hunters won multiple awards, including favorite song from a movie for “Golden.” The televised show lasted 90 minutes and presented only a dozen of the many awards. The 2026 Kids’ Choice Awards showed how fans voted and which winners appeared during the broadcast.

K-pop artists and releases featured prominently among the winners at the 2026 Kids’ Choice Awards, which aired on CBS for the first time on Saturday, Nov. 14. BTS won three major awards, but the group did not attend the taping at Television City in Hollywood or accept any awards by video, unlike ROSÉ and “global girl group” KATSEYE.

BTS won favorite group for a record-extending fifth time, favorite song for a second time with “Swim” and favorite album for the first time with ARIRANG. The group previously won favorite song five years ago for “Dynamite.” The only other group or duo to win twice in the category is One Direction, which won back-to-back awards in 2013 and 2014 for “What Makes You Beautiful” and “Story of My Life.” The Kids’ Choice Awards began in 1987.

ROSÉ became the first K-pop artist to win favorite female artist. She beat nominees including Ariana Grande, who has won the category a record five times; Taylor Swift, a three-time winner; and Miley Cyrus, who has won twice.

JENNIE, ROSÉ’s Blackpink bandmate, shared the favorite music collaboration award with Tame Impala for their hit “Dracula.”

KPop Demon Hunters also won multiple awards. “Golden” won favorite song from a movie, beating songs including Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” from Toy Story 5. The actors who voiced Rumi and Jinu in KPop Demon Hunters won favorite female and male animated voice from a movie, respectively.

Alex Warren hosted the fast-paced show, which ran for just 90 minutes. In one brief segment, he dressed as a janitor and mopped up the slime. Only a dozen of the many awards were presented during the broadcast; producers selected winners who were willing and able to appear. As a result, viewers who watched the show would not have known that BTS had won three awards.

The broadcast also did not reveal that Bruno Mars won favorite male artist for the second consecutive year, Sombr won favorite new male artist or Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” won favorite viral song. “Man I Need” was expected to contend for record and song of the year at the 2027 Grammy Awards.

KATSEYE won favorite female breakout artist/group, while Bini, a Filipino girl group, won favorite global music star.

Several musical performances added to the show. Ashe performed her current top 30 Hot 100 hit, “Stop the Wedding!,” wearing a wedding gown. At the end of the performance, she was covered in slime, as were many others during the show.

Jamie Miller performed “Babydoll,” which had spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart and was climbing the Hot 100. Sofi Tukker performed “Tsunami,” and JYT appeared briefly at the end of the opening segment, which featured dance hits from several decades beginning in the 1980s.

Music and entertainment stars also presented awards, including Stella Lefty, who was slimed, Ice Spice and Teyana Taylor. Television veteran Keke Palmer commented on the elaborate set: “I’ve watched a lot of Kids’ Choice Awards. Y’all have some money this year. I see you, CBS.”

Spider-Man: Brand New Day won favorite movie. Its stars, Tom Holland and Zendaya, won favorite movie actor and favorite movie actress, respectively.

Howie Mandel accepted the favorite TV show reality competition award for America’s Got Talent. He joked that his castmates were supposed to attend and fly to Los Angeles on Friday, then feigned confusion about why they had not made it. He added that he had emailed them on Thursday to remind them.

Chris Pratt received the King of Comedy Award. He joked, “My four kids were the greatest thing that ever happened to me – until tonight,” as he looked at the miniature orange blimp he received. He added, “This is the closest I’ll ever get to an Oscar. When I was a kid, I got in trouble for making kids laugh and now I’m getting an award for it.”

The show was rated PG, though its entertainment was described as suitable for a general audience. The broadcast included plenty of slime and consistently positive messaging. Chris Pratt said jokes can make people laugh but can also hurt, adding that “kind comedy is the best kind of comedy.”

The complete list of 2026 Kids’ Choice Awards winners is available below.