The 48th ceremony of the People's Choice Awards was held on December 6, 2022, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Hosted for a second consecutive year by Kenan Thompson, the show was broadcast live simultaneously on NBC and E!. Nominees spanning 40 categories for film, television, music, and popular culture were announced on October 26.[1]Nope and This Is Us led the Film and Television categories respectively with six nominations each while Bad Bunny led the Music categories with seven.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was the most-awarded Film nominee, winning three awards overall, including The Movie of 2022. Stranger Things topped the Television nominees, also earning three wins, including The Show of 2022. Taylor Swift was the most-awarded nominee in the Music categories, winning the awards for Female Artist, Album, and Music Video of 2022—she won in the last two categories with Midnights (2022) and "Anti-Hero" respectively. Ryan Reynolds was honored with the People's Icon Award, Lizzo received the People's Champion Award and also won The Song of 2022 with "About Damn Time", while Shania Twain was presented with the Music Icon Award.
Performers
Shania Twain and Lauren Spencer-Smith were announced as the show's only performers on December 5, 2022.[2] Twain performed a medley of her most popular songs, including her newest single "Waking Up Dreaming" from her forthcoming sixth studio album Queen of Me (2023), against "an ever-changing backdrop of leopard prints, desert light show and fire".[3] During "That Don't Impress Me Much", the singer changed the "famous spoken-word 'Brad Pitt' line" to instead name-drop Ryan Reynolds who was in attendance as the Icon Award recipient.[4] Multiple media outlets reported Twain's appearance as the highlight of the show, with Rolling Stone writing that the singer "delivered a powerhouse performance" and "owned the stage",[3] while Billboard said that "Twain proved just what makes her a Music Icon".[4]Vulture.com described the performance as "characteristically over-the-top...full of sparkles (all the way up to her top hat), fire, cowgirl dancers, hot men playing instruments", with writer Justin Cuarto further commenting that Twain defended her title as Music Icon and was "still queen of the stage".[5]
Kenan Thompson was announced as the show's host for a second consecutive year, on October 26, 2022.[6] The complete lineup of presenters was revealed on December 5.[2]
Amy Poehler – presented The Country Artist of 2022
