15th TVyNovelas Awards

Date| May 15, 1997
Location| Teatro Alameda, San Ángel, México D.F.
Hosted by| Raúl Velasco, Marco Antonio Regil, Julissa & Liza Echeverría
Most awards| Cañaveral de pasiones (10)
Most nominations| La antorcha encendida (14)
Television/radio coverage
Network| Canal de las Estrellas
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The 15th TVyNovelas Awards were an academy of special awards to the best soap operas and TV shows. The awards ceremony took place on May 15, 1997 in Teatro Alameda, San Ángel, México D.F. The ceremony was televised in Mexico by Canal de las Estrellas.

Raúl Velasco, Marco Antonio Regil, Julissa and Liza Echeverría hosted the show. Cañaveral de pasiones won 10 awards, the most for the evening, including Best Telenovela. Other winners La antorcha encendida won 9 awards, Bendita mentira, Luz Clarita and Sentimientos ajenos won 2 awards and Tú y yo won 1 award.

Juan Soler, winner for Best Actor

## Summary of awards and nominations

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Telenovela | Nominations | Awards

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La antorcha encendida |

Cañaveral de pasiones |

La sombra del otro |

Luz Clarita |

Marisol |

Bendita mentira |

Sentimientos ajenos |

Tú y yo |

Confidente de secundaria |

La culpa |

Para toda la vida |

Azul |

Canción de amor |

## Winners and nominees

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### Telenovelas

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Enrique Iglesias, winner for Male Singer of the Year Cristina Saralegui, awarded with a Special Award for Best Latin Hostess with International Projection Jacqueline Andere, awarded with a Special Award for her Career as an Actress Pedro Fernández, awarded with a Special Award for his Career as a Male Singer Best Telenovela | Best Original Story or Adaptation

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* Cañaveral de pasiones[1]
* La antorcha encendida
* Sentimientos ajenos

* Cuauhtémoc Blanco and Mª del Carmen Peña – Cañaveral de pasiones

Best Actress | Best Actor

* Daniela Castro – Cañaveral de pasiones
* Erika Buenfil – Marisol
* Leticia Calderón – La antorcha encendida

* Juan Soler – Cañaveral de pasiones
* Eduardo Santamarina – Marisol
* Rafael Rojas – La sombra del otro

Best Antagonist Actress | Best Antagonist Actor

* Chantal Andere – Sentimientos ajenos
* Ana Patricia Rojo – Bendita mentira
* Azela Robinson – Cañaveral de pasiones

* Roberto Ballesteros – Cañaveral de pasiones
* Alejandro Camacho – La sombra del otro
* Juan Ferrara – La antorcha encendida

Best Leading Actress | Best Leading Actor

* Angélica María – Bendita mentira
* Angélica Aragón – Cañaveral de pasiones
* Ofelia Medina – Para toda la vida

* Jorge Russek – Cañaveral de pasiones
* Carlos Bracho – La sombra del otro
* Pedro Armendáriz Jr. – La culpa

Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actor

* Alma Delfina – Cañaveral de pasiones
* Andrea Legarreta – La sombra del otro
* Angélica María – La antorcha encendida

* Leonardo Daniel – Cañaveral de pasiones
* Juan Peláez – La antorcha encendida
* Odiseo Bichir – La sombra del otro

Best Young Lead Actress or Actor | Best Child Performance

* Verónica Merchant – Luz Clarita
* Christian Ruiz – Marisol
* Renée Varsi – Marisol

* Daniela Luján – Luz Clarita
* Eleazar Gómez – Luz Clarita
* Paula Sánchez – La culpa

Best Female Revelation | Best Male Revelation

* Patricia Navidad – Cañaveral de pasiones
* Aylín Mújica – Canción de amor
* Nora Salinas – Confidente de secundaria

* Carlos Ponce – Sentimientos ajenos
* Gerardo Quiroz – Confidente de secundaria
* Gustavo Ganem – Azul

Best Debut Actress  | Best Debut Actor

* Galilea Montijo – Tú y yo
* Lisette Morelos – Tú y yo
* Ximena Sariñana – Luz Clarita

* Sergio Catalán – Bendita mentira
* Kuno Becker – Para toda la vida
* Ramón Valdés Urtiz – Tú y yo

Best Direction | Best Direction of the Cameras

* Benjamín Cann and Claudio Reyes Rubio – Cañaveral de pasiones

* Jesús Acuña Lee and Carlos Guerra – La antorcha encendida

### Others

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Best Production  | Excellence in Performance

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* Carlos Sotomayor – La antorcha encendida

* Ernesto Laguardia – La antorcha encendida
* Juan Ferrara – La antorcha encendida
* Juan Peláez – La antorcha encendida

Best Scenography  | Best Decor

* Isabel Cházaro, Ricardo Matamoros and Miguel Ángel Medina – La antorcha encendida

* Ricardo Brizuela – La antorcha encendida

Best Costume Design  | Best Edititng

* Cristina Sauza and Beatrice Vázquez – La antorcha encendida

* Marcelino Gómez and Roberto Nino – La antorcha encendida

### Special Awards

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* Career as an Actress: Jacqueline Andere
* Career as an Actor: Ernesto Alonso
* Female Singer of the Year: Lucero
* Male Singer of the Year: Enrique Iglesias
* Career as a Female Singer: María Victoria
* Career as a Male Singer: Pedro Fernández
* Best Latin American Hostess with International Projection: Cristina Saralegui

### Commercial Awards

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* Most Beautiful Figure: Mónika Sánchez awarded for Super Jeans Shop
* Most Beautiful Skin: Ana Patricia Rojo awarded for Lubrider

### Absent

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People who did not attend the ceremony and were nominated in the shortlist in each category:

* Benjamín Cann
* Humberto Zurita
* Jorge Russek (For health reasons, his daughters, Zully and Vanessa, received the award)

## References

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1. ^ Confirmación como mejor telenovela del año 1997

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