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The Guys Choice (formerly known as Spike Guys Choice Awards) was an awards show produced [1] by the Viacom cable channel Spike from 2007 to 2016. The winners were originally chosen based on voting by fans and viewers of the channel until 2015, when the show started presenting the honorees.

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The trophy for the award was a golden pair of antlers on a wooden pedestal, which is to symbolize the stag.

Categories

Categories vary from year to year. Examples of categories awarded more than twice include "Guy of the Year," "Jean-Claude Gahd Dam," "Biggest Ass Kicker," "Decade of Hotness," "Funniest M.F.," "Guy Movie Hall of Fame," "Guy Movie of the Year," and "Most Unstoppable Jock."

Slightly different variants of the category "Hottest (Insert Girl's Name)" also tend to recur year over year.

2000s

2007 Awards

The 2007 Guys Choice Awards were held June 9, 2007 at CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles, California while the television premiere aired June 13, 2007. [2] It was hosted by Tracy Morgan, who wore an ankle monitor during the ceremony. [3] The show featured performances by Carmen Electra and Tricia Helfer, ZZ Top and appearances by Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler, who won the Guy's Guy award, voted for by Spike viewers. Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn were also present to accept the Guy Movie Hall of Fame Award for their cult bachelor movie Swingers .

Minka Kelly was reported in Men's Fitness magazine to have been excited when she won her award, declaring "Anyone can win an Emmy, but not everyone can say they've won an award from the network responsible for Ultimate Fighter 5 and Late Night Strip." [4]

2008 Awards

The 2008 Guys Choice Awards were held May 31, 2008 at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles. Hosted by stars John Cho and Kal Penn, the show was aired on Sunday, June 22. [1]

2009 Awards

Event was held at Sony Pictures Studios on May 30, 2009 and aired June 21, 2009. [6] [7]

2010s

2010 Awards

Event was held at Sony Pictures Studios on June 5, 2010 and aired June 20, 2010.

2011 Awards

Event was held at Sony Pictures Studios on June 4, 2011 and aired June 10, 2011.

2012 Awards

Event was held at Sony Pictures Studios on June 19, 2012 and aired June 19, 2012. Foxy Shazam served as the house band for the event.

2013 Awards

Event was held at Sony Pictures Studios on June 8, 2013, and aired on June 12, 2013. [9] The house band for the 2013 show is The Heavy.

2014 Awards

The 2014 event was once again held at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California on June 7 and aired on Spike on June 11. Raphael Saadiq served as the musical performer.

2015 Awards

The 2015 event aired on June 18 at 9/8c on Spike with Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson hosting the event, making it the first time since 2008 the show included a host. PPL MVR served as the house band. The show was taped on June 6, 2015 at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California and aired on Spike on June 18 at 9/8c. Unlike the previous awards, the 2015 event presented the honorees.

2016 Awards

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