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 AwardsEl manantial 1410Salomé 82Entre el amor y el odio 71Sin pecado concebido 61Amigas y rivales 52Aventuras en el tiempo 10El juego de la vida 10

Winners and nominees

Telenovelas

Best Telenovela Best Original Story or Adaptation El manantial Salomé Sin pecado concebido Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Víctor Manuel Medina and María del Carmen Peña – 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 Direction Mónica Miguel – 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 The ceremony marked the 20th anniversary of the magazine's soap opera awards, hosted by Maxine Woodside. Highlights included recognizing winners in main categories, such as Best Telenovela, Best Original Story or Adaptation, Best Actress and Best Actor.

Recognition Awards As part of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the TVyNovelas Awards, the magazine "Recordar es vivir" selected each of the rising stars who won the award in each category per year, awarding only one from 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)

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