# 15th TVyNovelas Awards

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.

## Summary of awards and nominations

| Telenovela | Nominations | Awards |
| La antorcha encendida | 14 | 9 |
| Cañaveral de pasiones | 12 | 10 |
| La sombra del otro | 5 | 0 |
| Luz Clarita | 4 | 2 |
| Marisol | 4 | 0 |
| Bendita mentira | 3 | 2 |
| Sentimientos ajenos | 3 | 2 |
| Tú y yo | 3 | 1 |
| Confidente de secundaria | 2 | 0 |
| La culpa | 2 | 0 |
| Para toda la vida | 2 | 0 |
| Azul | 1 | 0 |
| Canción de amor | 1 | 0 |

## Winners and nominees
### Telenovelas

| Best Telenovela | Best Original Story or Adaptation |
| Cañaveral de pasiones 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

| Best Production | Excellence in Performance |
| 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 Editing |
| Cristina Sauza and Beatrice Vázquez – La antorcha encendida | Marcelino Gómez and Roberto Nino – La antorcha encendida |

### Special Awards

* 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

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

### Absent

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)