Yemi Alade, Funke Akindele, others earn ‘Favourite African Star” nomination

Nickelodeon has announced the nominees for the 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards, the only live event where kids’ votes count.

Celebrating kids’ favorites from across the worlds of film, television, music and pop culture.

This year’s all-star list of nominations include Yemi Alade, Funke Akindele Bello, Trevor Noah, Lupita Nyong’O, Pearl Thusi and Wayde van Niekerk – all nominated in the “Favourite African Star” category.

Highly regarded as an unpredictable, celebrity-filled fest, the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards this year features nine new categories guaranteed to be unique to this awards season, like “Favourite Frenemies”, “Most Wanted Pet” and “#Squad”.

The Awards ceremony comes up next month.