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

Winners and nominees

Telenovelas

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
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

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