49th Martín Fierro Awards

The 49th Annual Martín Fierro Awards, presented by the Asociación de Periodistas de la Televisión y Radiofonía Argentina (APTRA), was held on June 23, 2019. It was held at the Hilton Buenos Aires located in Buenos Aires. During the ceremony, APTRA announced the Martín Fierro Awards for 2018 Argentine television and radio programs. The ceremony was hosted by Marley and was broadcast on Telefe. Telefe had broadcast the previous years awards.

49th Annual Martín Fierro Awards
Awarded forMartín Fierro Awards for 2018 Argentine television and radio programs
Sponsored byAsociación de Periodistas de la Televisión y Radiofonía Argentina
DateJune 23, 2019 (2019-06-23)
LocationHilton Buenos Aires
CountryArgentina
Hosted byMarley
Act(s)Tini
Reward(s)Martín Fierro Awards
First awarded2019
Television/radio coverage
NetworkTelefe
← 2018

The shortlists were announced on May 13 on the Cortá por Lozano [es] program.

The singer Tini opened the ceremony with a musical act, performing her song "22".

Awards

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Other nominations are listed in alphabetic order.[1]

Best daily fiction Best miniseries
Best lead actor in daily fiction/comedy Best lead actress in daily fiction/comedy
Best lead actor in miniseries Best lead actress in miniseries
Best supporting actor Best supporting actress
Best writer Best newcomer
Best humoristic program Best cultural/educational TV program
Best sports program Best cooking program
Best journalistic program Best news reporter
Best male journalist Best female journalist
Best panelist Best TV program for kids
Best TV News Best entertaining program
Best reality show Best general interest program
Best magazine Best work in humor
Best director Best general production
Best male TV host Best female TV host
Best advertisement Best opening theme
Plaque Martín Fierro Award: Lifetime Achievement

In recognition of 60th anniversary of APTRA:

Golden Martín Fierro Award

In Memoriam

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As is tradition an in memoriam segment tribute was paid to the artists who had died between June 2018 and June 2019. The Venezuelan singer Ricardo Montaner sung the song "Cuando un amigo se va [es]" authored by the singer-songwriter Alberto Cortez who was one of those artist being remembered. The song was sung while images of the deceased artists were shown.

However, a number of names were missing from the list, including Guillermo Bredeston. Before the Golden Martín Fierro announcement president of APTRA, Luis Ventura [es], got on stage to apologize blaming a digital error for the omissions before playing the video again with the missing artists added.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Todos los nominados a los Martín Fierro de televisión" [All the nominees for the Martín Fierro on television] (in Spanish). Infobae. May 13, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  2. ^ "Papelón en el In Memoriam de los Martín Fierro: Luis Ventura subió a pedir disculpas" [Papelón in the In Memoriam of the Martín Fierro: Luis Ventura went up to apologize] (in Spanish). Clarín. June 10, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  3. ^ "Controversia por los olvidados en el homenaje a los artistas que murieron este año: APTRA debió pedir disculpas" [Controversy over the forgotten in the tribute to the artists who died this year: APTRA should have apologized] (in Spanish). Infobae. June 10, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2022.