Ironically, given Derek Savage's glee over other awards shows "tanking" as far as ratings are concerned, viewership for the 420 Awards has gone steadily down each year.
Unlike the previous two years in this year's event the viewers didn't have a chance to vote for their favorites, Also the nominees were not announced in advance. This year Derek Savage only released a video where he announced the categories "Best Kick-Ass movie", "Hottest Male Actor" and "Hottest Female Actress", in which he asked the people to suggest a few nominees. The nominees and all categories were only announced at the actual show and in the video description.
Unlike in the previous award shows this year there are no Cool Cat related projects nominated or any other Derek Savage productions.
Originally Lady Gaga-impersonator Tierney Allen from Las Vegas was announced for the show, especially due to the winning of the 420 award for "Favorite Female Singer", along with her husband Travis, impersonating Elvis Presley. At the end they both didn't appear in the show. Derek Savage said, it is due to the regulations in Las Vegas.
Several people from this year were already nominees in previous award shows, including Robert Downey Jr. as "Hottest Actor", Lady Gaga as "Favorite Female Singer" and Snoop Dog as "Favorite Male Singer".