The People's Choice Awards

Adam Levine of Maroon 5, who is known for bashing award ceremonies, was actually present last night at the 2012 People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles to receive the award for Favorite Band. Maroon 5 beat out rock bands like the Foo Fighters and Linkin Park to take home the award and honor. Levine, who is gearing up for a second season as a coach on The Voice, accepted the award saying "This is incredible ... thanks to our fans, the greatest fans on earth." He closed out his quick "thank you" by shouting out his parents saying, "Thanks to mom and dad for making me, that was cool."

Meanwhile, Demi Lovato was shocked to win the People's Choice Award for Favorite Pop Artist. While still out of breath after performing "Give Your Heart a Break," Demi accepted the award and said she couldn't believe she was chosen over four other artists she was a huge fan of. Lovato was chosen over Beyonce, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Rihanna for the win.

While they were absent from the big awards show, Rihanna and Lady Gaga were big winners at last night's People's Choice Awards. Rihanna beat out Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown, and Ne-Yo and was named Favorite R&B Artist. Lady Gaga's Born This Way was up against albums from Adele, Beyonce, Lady Antebellum, and Britney Spears ... but was named Favorite Album of the Year.

Although she backed out of her appearance at the show, Katy Perry won big ... taking the awards for Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Music Video, Song of the Year, Favorite Tour Headliner, and Favorite TV Guest Star for her stint on How I Met Your Mother.
The winners:
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST - Bruno Mars
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST - Katy Perry
FAVORITE SONG OF THE YEAR - "E.T." – Katy Perry, featuring Kanye West
FAVORITE HIP-HOP ARTIST - Eminem
FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO - "Last Friday Night" – Katy Perry
FAVORITE TOUR HEADLINER - Katy Perry
FAVORITE POP ARTIST - Demi Lovato
FAVORITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Lady Gaga – "Born This Way"
FAVORITE R&B ARTIST - Rihanna
FAVORITE TV GUEST STAR - Katy Perry – "How I Met Your Mother"