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.

Winners and nominees

Telenovelas

Best TelenovelaBest Original Story or Adaptation
El manantial
Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Víctor Manuel Medina and María del Carmen Peña – El manantial
Best ActressBest 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 ActressBest 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 ActressBest 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 ActressBest 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 ActressBest 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 RevelationBest 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-

    Special Awards

    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: