Josh Duhamel to host Kids’ Choice Awards

NEW YORK, N.Y. – There’s plenty of green slime in Josh Duhamel’s future.

The star of Transformers: Dark of the Moon on Wednesday was named host of Nickelodeon’s 26th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards, which will be broadcast from the Galen Center in Los Angeles on March 23.

Duhamel, who starred on the NBC drama Las Vegas, has already been inducted into Nickelodeon’s Arm Fart Hall of Fame and showered in green goo.

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The Kids’ Choice Awards honour kids’ favourites in film, music, sports and television by tallying the votes of kids online and via mobile devices. Canada’s Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen and Drake are among the nominees.

During the show, green slime is routinely dumped on celebrities and winners receive trophies shaped like blimps.

The green slime originated on the Ottawa-produced series You Can’t Do That On Television, which aired on Nickelodeon in the U.S.

Duhamel was in Toronto on Monday to promote his latest film, Safe Haven.

Last year’s awards, hosted by Will Smith, attracted 6.2 million viewers.

With files by Global News.