Teen Choice Awards Adds New Categories And Nominees

July 8, 2008 9:59 p.m. EST

New York, NY (CNS) - Miley Cyrus will host the Teen Choice 2008 Awards this year, where winners receive coveted Teen Choice surfboard awards in categories such as Choice Male Hottie and Choice Hook-Up. The show will air Monday, August 4 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Fox has said that more categories and nominees have been added to the award show. The network is also giving fans a sneak peek at the celebrities scheduled to appear at the awards show. They include Chris Brown, Scarlett Johansson, Zac Efron, Pink, Jaime Pressly, Danica Patrick, Selena Gomez, JoJo, Minka Kelly, Jesse McCartney, Chad Michael Murray, Chace Crawford, Kristen Bell, Drake Bell, Mischa Barton, Brittany Snow and Hayden Panettiere.

Additional performers and presenters will be announced soon.

New award categories include Choice MySpacer and Choice Most Fantastic Fan.

The new Choice MySpacer award will recognize a celebrity who creatively uses their MySpace page to connect with their fans through blogs, bulletins or status updates; while the new Choice Most Fanatic Fan honors the celebrity whose fans are truly fanatical.

Also, for the first time ever on Teen Choice, a few lucky fans will get to interact with the Jonas Brothers by submitting video recorded questions via MySpace. If chosen, their video question will then be answered by the Jonas Brothers during the show. Teens can find more information and upload their video questions at www.myspace.com/teenchoice2008.

A full list of nominees in all categories is available at www.teenchoiceawards.com.