# 20th TVyNovelas Awards

The 20th TVyNovelas Awards were an academy of special awards to the best soap operas and TV shows. The awards ceremony took place on July 4, 2002, in Mexico D.F. The ceremony was televised in Mexico by Canal de las Estrellas.
Raúl Velasco, Ernesto Laguardia, Luis de la Corte and Gloria Calzada hosted the show. El manantial won 10 awards, the most for the evening, including Best Telenovela. Other winners Amigas y rivales and Salomé won 2 awards and Entre el amor y el odio and Sin pecado concebido won 1 each.

## Summary of awards and nominations

| Telenovela | Nominations | Awards |
| El manantial | 14 | 10 |
| Salomé | 8 | 2 |
| Entre el amor y el odio | 7 | 1 |
| Sin pecado concebido | 6 | 1 |
| Amigas y rivales | 5 | 2 |
| Aventuras en el tiempo | 1 | 0 |
| El juego de la vida | 1 | 0 |

## Winners and nominees
### Telenovelas

| Best Telenovela | Best Direction |
| El manantial Salomé Sin pecado concebido | Mónica Miguel – El manantial |
| Best Actress | Best Actor |
| Adela Noriega – El manantial Angélica Rivera – Sin pecado concebido Edith González – Salomé | Mauricio Islas – El manantial César Évora – Entre el amor y el odio Guy Ecker – Salomé |
| Best Antagonist Actress | Best Antagonist Actor |
| Itatí Cantoral – Sin pecado concebido Joana Benedek – Amigas y rivales Karyme Lozano – El manantial | Alejandro Tommasi – El manantial Alberto Estrella – Entre el amor y el odio Sergio Goyri – Sin pecado concebido |
| Best Leading Actress | Best Leading Actor |
| Daniela Romo – El manantial Beatriz Aguirre – Sin pecado concebido Marga López – Entre el amor y el odio | Eric del Castillo – Amigas y rivales Joaquín Cordero – Sin pecado concebido Manuel Ojeda – El manantial |
| Best Co-lead Actress | Best Co-lead Actor |
| Patricia Navidad – El manantial María Sorté – Entre el amor y el odio Patricia Reyes Spíndola – Salomé | Jorge Poza – El manantial Aarón Hernán – Salomé Luis Roberto Guzmán – Entre el amor y el odio |
| Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actor |
| Niurka – Salomé Carmen Salinas – Entre el amor y el odio Sylvia Pasquel – El manantial | Rodrigo Vidal – Salomé Rafael Inclán – Amigas y rivales Raymundo Capetillo – El manantial |
| Best Female Revelation | Best Male Revelation |
| Susana González – Entre el amor y el odio Angélica Vale – Amigas y rivales Sara Maldonado – El juego de la vida | Gabriel Soto – Amigas y rivales Christopher Uckermann – Aventuras en el tiempo Rafael Amaya – Salomé |
| Best Original Story or Adaptation |
| Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Víctor Manuel Medina and María del Carmen Peña – El manantial |

### Others

| Best Reality Show | Best Melodramatic Show |
| Pedro Torres – Big Brother | Silvia Pinal – Mujer, casos de la vida real |
| Best Comedy Actress | Best Comedy Actor |
| Consuelo Duval – La hora pico | Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo – Cero en conducta |

### Special Awards

* "Silvia Derbez" Award: Olivia Bucio for El manantial
* Artistic Career: Carmen Salinas
* Career as an Animator: Don Francisco
* Career as a Comedian: Sergio Corona
* Career as a Singer: Marco Antonio Solís
* Singer of the Year: Paulina Rubio
* Best Ranchero Singer: Pepe Aguilar
* Ranchero Singer with Highest International Projection: Pedro Fernández
* Most Charismatic Host of Hoy: Alfredo Adame

## International Segment

This ceremony was held 20 years the magazine rewards the actors Televisa counting as interviewers Maxine Woodside, it tells the story in which TVyNovelas points to the winning soap operas every year, too to stories or adaptations of them, and even the actors they won.

## Recognition Awards

The magazine "Recordar es vivir" selected each of the actors in full revelation recognition in each category and, therefore, as part of the commemoration of the 20 years of the TVyNovelas Awards that every year they won the award for category rewarding only one of each annual ceremony, among them are:
* Laura Flores (1983)
* Ernesto Alonso (1984)
* Victoria Ruffo (1985)
* Arturo Peniche (1986)
* Marco Antonio Muñiz (1987)
* Sebastián Ligarde (1988)
* Jacqueline Andere (1989)
* Ludwika Paleta (1990)
* Eduardo Capetillo (1991)
* Diana Bracho (1992)
* María Sorté (1993)
* Enrique Rocha (1994)
* Natalia Esperón (1995)
* Javier López "Chabelo" (1996)
* Juan Soler (1997)
* Jorge Salinas (2000)
* Helena Rojo (2001)
* Sergio Corona (2002)