Voting is Now Officially Open at TeenChoice.com,

Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, Through Friday, June 26

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It wouldn’t be summer without TEEN CHOICE 2015! Nominations were announced earlier this week, after 500,000 fans flocked to Twitter and unlocked them in less than 12 hours! “Furious 7,” “Pretty Little Liars” and “The Vampire Diaries” lead the TEEN CHOICE 2015 nominees with five nominations each, and hit films “Avengers,” “Insurgent,” “Pitch Perfect 2” and “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1,” as well as FOX’s hit television series EMPIRE, round out the top nominations with four each. 

Voting is now officially open via TeenChoice.com, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Starting today through Friday, June 26 at 12:00 PM PT, fans can vote once each day per category, per platform user ID, for their favorite TEEN CHOICE 2015 “Wave One” nominees at TeenChoice.com, or post a category hashtag (please see below) with their nominee’s name to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Host(s), performers, presenters and additional nominees will be announced soon.

Celebrate the hottest teen icons in television, music, film, sports, fashion, comedy and the web when the choicest, star-studded two-hour event airs live Sunday, Aug. 16 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.

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“TEEN CHOICE 2015” WAVE ONE NOMINEES – Page 2

Following are “Wave One” categories and nominees for TEEN CHOICE 2015:

MOVIES

Choice Movie: Action/Adventure (#ChoiceActionMovie)

“Furious 7”

“Insurgent” 

“Kingsman: The Secret Service”

“San Andreas”

“The Maze Runner”

“Tracers”

Choice Movie Actor: Action/Adventure (#ChoiceActionMovieActor)

Vin Diesel – “Furious 7”

Ansel Elgort – “Insurgent”

Theo James – “Insurgent”

Taylor Lautner – “Tracers”

Dylan O’Brien – “The Maze Runner”

Paul Walker – “Furious 7”

Choice Movie Actress: Action/Adventure (#ChoiceActionMovieActress)

Jordana Brewster – “Furious 7”

Alexandra Daddario – “San Andreas”

Maggie Grace – “Taken 3”

Michelle Rodriguez – “Furious 7”

Kaya Scodelario – “The Maze Runner”

Shailene Woodley – “Insurgent” 

Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy (#ChoiceSciFiMovie)

“Avengers: Age of Ultron”

“Cinderella”

“Mad Max: Fury Road”

“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1”

“Tomorrowland”

Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy (#ChoiceSciFiMovieActor)

George Clooney – “Tomorrowland”

Robert Downey, Jr. – “Avengers: Age of Ultron”

Chris Hemsworth –  “Avengers: Age of Ultron”

Liam Hemsworth “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1”

Josh Hutcherson “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1”

Channing Tatum – “Jupiter Ascending”

Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy (#ChoiceSciFiMovieActress)

Mackenzie Foy – “Interstellar”

Lily James – “Cinderella”

Scarlett Johansson – “Avengers: Age of Ultron”

Mila Kunis – “Jupiter Ascending”

Jennifer Lawrence – “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1”

Britt Robertson – “Tomorrowland”

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Choice Movie: Drama (#ChoiceDramaMovie)

“Fury”

“If I Stay”

“McFarland, USA”

“The Age of Adaline”

“The Longest Ride”

“The Theory of Everything”

Choice Movie Actor: Drama (#ChoiceDramaMovieActor)

Scott Eastwood –“The Longest Ride”

James Franco – “True Story”

Chris Hemsworth – “Blackhat”

Jonah Hill – “True Story”

Logan Lerman – “Fury”

Eddie Redmayne – “The Theory of Everything”

Choice Movie Actress: Drama (#ChoiceDramaMovieActress)

Felicity Jones – “True Story” / “The Theory of Everything”

Blake Lively – “The Age of Adaline”

Chloë Grace Moretz – “If I Stay”

Britt Robertson – “The Longest Ride”

Kristen Stewart – “Still Alice”

Reese Witherspoon – “Wild”

Choice Movie: Comedy (#ChoiceComedyMovie)

“Aloha”

“Dumb and Dumber To” 

“Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb”

“Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2”

“Pitch Perfect 2”

“The Duff”

Choice Movie Actor: Comedy (#ChoiceComedyMovieActor)

Robbie Amell – “The Duff”

Skylar Astin – “Pitch Perfect 2”

Jim Carrey – “Dumb and Dumber To”

Bradley Cooper – “Aloha”

Kevin James – “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2”

Ben Stiller – “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb”

Choice Movie Actress: Comedy (#ChoiceComedyMovieActress)

Anna Kendrick – “Pitch Perfect 2”

Raini Rodriguez – “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2”

Emma Stone – “Aloha”

Mae Whitman – “The Duff”

Rebel Wilson – “Pitch Perfect 2”

Reese Witherspoon – “Hot Pursuit”

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TELEVISION

Choice TV Show: Drama (#ChoiceDramaTVShow)

“Castle”

“Empire”

“Grey’s Anatomy”

“Nashville”

“Pretty Little Liars”

“The Fosters”

Choice TV Actor: Drama (#ChoiceDramaTVActor)

Keegan Allen “Pretty Little Liars”

Jake T. Austin “The Fosters”

Nathan Fillion – “Castle”

Ian Harding “Pretty Little Liars”

Terrence Howard – “Empire”

Jussie Smollett – “Empire”

Choice TV Actress: Drama (#ChoiceDramaTVActress)

Lucy Hale “Pretty Little Liars”

Taraji P. Henson – “Empire”

Maia Mitchell “The Fosters”

Shay Mitchell – “Pretty Little Liars”

Hayden Panettiere – “Nashville”

Kerry Washington – “Scandal”

Choice TV Show: Sci-Fi/Fantasy (#ChoiceSciFiTVShow)

“Arrow”

“Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

“Once Upon a Time”

“Sleepy Hollow”

“The 100”

“The Vampire Diaries”

Choice TV Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy (#ChoiceSciFiTVActor)

Stephen Amell – “Arrow”

Joseph Morgan “The Originals”

Bob Morley – “The 100”

Jared Padalecki – “Supernatural”

Ian Somerhalder “The Vampire Diaries”

Paul Wesley “The Vampire Diaries”

Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy (#ChoiceSciFiTVActress)

Candice Accola – “The Vampire Diaries”

Nina Dobrev “The Vampire Diaries”

Jennifer Morrison – “Once Upon A Time”

Danielle Panabaker – “The Flash”

Emily Bett Rickards – “Arrow”

Eliza Taylor – “The 100”

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Choice TV Show: Comedy (#ChoiceComedyTVShow)

“Austin & Ally”

“Awkward”

“Girl Meets World”

“New Girl”

“The Big Bang Theory”

“Young & Hungry”

Choice TV Actor: Comedy (#ChoiceComedyTVActor)

Anthony Anderson – “Black-ish”

Jaime Camil – “Jane The Virgin”

Chris Colfer – “Glee”

Ross Lynch “Austin & Ally”

Jim Parsons “The Big Bang Theory”

Andy Samberg “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”

Choice TV Actress: Comedy (#ChoiceComedyTVActress)

Dove Cameron – “Liv and Maddie”

Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting “The Big Bang Theory”

Lea Michele “Glee”

Emily Osment – “Young & Hungry”

Gina Rodriguez – “Jane the Virgin”

Zendaya- “K.C. Undercover”

Choice TV: Animated Show (#ChoiceAnimatedTVShow)

“Adventure Time”

“Family Guy”

“Gravity Falls”

“Regular Show”

“Star Wars Rebels”

“The Simpsons”

Choice TV: Reality Show (#ChoiceRealityTVShow)

“American Idol XIV”

“Dance Moms”

“Keeping Up with the Kardashians”

“Lip Sync Battle”

“Masterchef Junior”

“The Voice”

MUSIC

Choice Male Artist (#ChoiceMaleArtist)

Jason Derulo

Nick Jonas

Shawn Mendes

Pitbull

Ed Sheeran

Sam Smith

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Choice Female Artist (#ChoiceFemaleArtist)

Iggy Azalea

Selena Gomez

Ariana Grande

Demi Lovato

Rihanna

Taylor Swift

Choice Music Group: Male (#ChoiceMusicGroupMale)

5 Seconds of Summer

Fall Out Boy

Imagine Dragons

Maroon 5

One Direction

OneRepublic

Choice Music Group: Female (#ChoiceMusicGroupFemale)

Cimorelli

Fifth Harmony

Haim

Icona Pop

Little Mix

The Barden Bellas

Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Artist (#ChoiceRBHipHopArtist)

Iggy Azalea

Drake

Wiz Khalifa

Nicki Minaj

The Weeknd

Kanye West

Choice Country Artist (#ChoiceCountryArtist)

Luke Bryan

Florida Georgia Line

Hunter Hayes

Miranda Lambert

Blake Shelton

Carrie Underwood

Choice Song: Female Artist (#ChoiceSongFemaleArtist)

Kelly Clarkson – “Heartbeat Song”

Ariana Grande – “One Last Time”

Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”

Britney Spears, Iggy Azalea – “Pretty Girls”

Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”

Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”

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Choice Song: Male Artist (#ChoiceSongMaleArtist)

Nick Jonas – “Jealous”

Shawn Mendes – “Stitches”

Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”

Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”

Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber “Where Are Ü Now”
Sam Smith “Lay Me Down”

Choice Song: Group (#ChoiceSongGroup)

5 Seconds of Summer – “What I Like About You”

Echosmith – “Cool Kids”

Fall Out Boy – “Centuries”

Fifth Harmony featuring Kid Ink –“Worth It”

Maroon 5 – “Sugar”

One Direction – “Steal My Girl”

OTHER

Choice Female Hottie (#ChoiceFemaleHottie)

Miley Cyrus

Cara Delevingne
Fifth Harmony
Selena Gomez

Rihanna

Taylor Swift

Choice Male Hottie (#ChoiceMaleHottie)

5 Seconds of Summer

Justin Bieber

Ryan Guzman

Austin Mahone

Zayn Malik

One Direction

Choice Comedian (#ChoiceComedian)

Ellen DeGeneres

Jimmy Fallon

Kevin Hart

Jimmy Kimmel

George Lopez

Amy Schumer

To learn more about voting and to see a complete set of rules, visit teenchoice.com/rules.

TEEN CHOICE 2015 is executive-produced by Bob Bain and Michael Burg. Paul Flattery and Kelly Brock serve as producers and Greg Sills serves as supervising producer. “Like” TEEN CHOICE 2015 on Facebook at facebook.com/TeenChoiceAwards. Follow the action on Twitter @TeenChoiceFox and join the discussion at #teenchoice. See photos and videos on Instagram by following @teenchoicefox.

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