FIRST WAVE OF “TEEN CHOICE 2016” NOMINEES ANNOUNCED AND #1 VOTED SURFBOARD REVEALED V

TEEN CHOICE 2016 ^TM, the summer’s hottest show is back with a brand new wave of nominees! “Pretty Little Liars” leads the television category with six nods, followed by “The Vampire Diaries” with five. FOX’s EMPIRE earned four, and SCREAM QUEENS, “Jane the Virgin” and “The Flash” each received three nominations. ”Captain America: Civil War” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” lead the TEEN CHOICE 2016 film category with four nominations each. Musical artists Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber round out the music category tied with three nominations each. Host(s), performers, presenters and additional nominees will be announced soon.

Additionally, teens flocked to social media earlier this month to vote on the TEEN CHOICE 2016 surfboard design, revealing the final look and logo of this summer’s choicest show. Check it out here.

Voting is officially open via TeenChoice.com, the FOX NOW app and Twitter. Starting today through Thursday, June 2 at 12:00 PM PT, fans can vote once each day per category, per platform user ID, for their favorite TEEN CHOICE 2016 Wave One nominees. Vote via Twitter by tweeting a category hashtag (please see below) with the nominees name (either @nominee or if the nominee does not have a Twitter account use #nominee). You may only vote for one Teen Choice nominee per Tweet.

For voting rules and more information, visit teenchoice.com/rules and FAQs at teenchoice.com/faqs.

Celebrate this year’s top teen icons in television, music, film, sports, fashion, comedy and digital when the choicest, star-studded two-hour event airs LIVE Sunday, July 31 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.

Choices Under the Music Category

Choice Male Artist (#ChoiceMaleArtist)

Charlie Puth

Drake

Justin Bieber

Nick Jonas

Shawn Mendes

Zayn Malik

Choice Female Artist (#ChoiceFemaleArtist)

Ariana Grande

Beyoncé

Demi Lovato

Rihanna

Selena Gomez

Taylor Swift

Choice Music Group: (#ChoiceMusicGroup)

5 Seconds of Summer

DNCE

Fall Out Boy

Fifth Harmony

One Direction

The Chainsmokers

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

Beyoncé

Drake

Iggy Azalea

Jason Derulo

Nicki Minaj

The Weeknd

Choice Country Artist (#ChoiceCountryArtist)

Blake Shelton

Carrie Underwood

Hunter Hayes

Kelsea Ballerini

Luke Bryan

Sam Hunt

Choice Song: Female Artist (#ChoiceSongFemaleArtist)

Adele – “Hello”

Ariana Grande – “Dangerous Woman”

Demi Lovato – “Confident”

Meghan Trainor – “NO”

Selena Gomez – “Hands To Myself”

Taylor Swift – “New Romantics”

Choice Song: Male Artist (#ChoiceSongMaleArtist)

Charlie Puth – “One Call Away”

Flo Rida – “My House”

Justin Bieber – “Sorry”

Nick Jonas – “Close” (feat. Tove Lo)

Troye Sivan – “YOUTH”

Zayn Malik – “PILLOWTALK”

Choice Song: Group (#ChoiceSongGroup)

5 Seconds of Summer – “She’s Kinda Hot”

DNCE – “Cake By The Ocean”

Fifth Harmony – “Work from Home” (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)

One Direction – “Home”

The Vamps – “Wake Up”

twenty one pilots – “Stressed Out”