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Aylin Mujica, Rafael Amaya and Daniel Sarcos to Host 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards
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The 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards presented by State Farm® will be hosted by Aylin Mujica, Rafael Amaya, and Daniel Sarcos. With a winning combination of experience, beauty and fast rising fame, the trio will host a star-studded show jam-packed with live performances and awards, honoring the best of Latin music. The awards show is preceded by the red carpet special “La Alfombra Roja de los Premios Billboard Presentado por State Farm” which will be hosted by Rashel Díaz and Omar Germenos, with Jorge Bernal and Azucena Cierco. The 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards presented by State Farm® is the longest running and most prestigious awards show in the Latin music industry and it will take place on Thursday, April 28, starting with the red carpet at 7PM/6c on Telemundo, from BankUnited Center in Miami, Florida.
Renowned actress and TV host Aylin Mujica possesses an exceptional talent that has landed her roles in successful Telemundo novelas like “Marina,” “Sin Senos No Hay Paraíso,” “Niños Ricos Pobres Padres” and “Aurora;” she has also worked on other important TV productions such as “La Dueña,” “Canción de Amor,” “Señora,” “Agua y Aceite” and “La Heredera.” Known for her charisma and artistic versatility, Aylin Mujica has also hosted the Billboard Latin Music Awards for three consecutive years.
Rafael Amaya has become one of the favorite leading men in telenovelas. The fame of the attractive Mexican actor who was once part of the famous musical group Garibaldi, has risen in and beyond the United States, thanks to his recent successful role in “La Reina del Sur” with Kate del Castillo, playing the character of El Güero Dávila. Rafael, who has also had successful roles in television series from Spain, played the famous character of Dr. Julián García, the assassin in Telemundo’s hit novela “Alguien Te Mira.”
Renowned Venezuelan host, Daniel Sarcos, was the face of the show “Súper sábado Sensacional” (Super Sensational Saturday) for 12 consecutive years, in addition to hosting the Miss Venezuela beauty pageant for five years. Along with Viviana Gibelli, he also co-he hosted the show “La Guerra de los Sexos” (Battle of the Sexes) which aired in several Latin American countries. In 2008, Sarcos was hired by Gama TV in Ecuador to host “El Familión de Nestlé,” the Spanish language version of “Deal or No Deal.” Today, Sarcos is a co-host of Telemundo’s popular morning show “Levantate.”
Telemundo’s highest rated music special begins at 7PM ET/PT with “La Alfombra Roja de los Premios Billboard Presentado por State Farm,” the highly anticipated red carpet arrivals pre-show, which features the best in fashion and interviews with the stars as they parade down the carpet moments before the big show. “La Alfombra Roja de los Premios Billboard Presentado por State Farm” will be hosted by Rashel Díaz and Omar Germenos, with Jorge Bernal and Azucena Cierco. The red carpet pre-show is followed by the prestigious awards gala at 8PM ET/PT.
The star-studded line up of performers at the 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards presented by State Farm® include Juanes, Lucero, Marc Anthony, Chino y Nacho, Dyland & Lenny, Roberto Tapia, Maná, Luis Fonsi, Cristian Castro, Jencarlos Canela, Gloria Trevi, Pitbull, Camila, Don Omar, T-Pain, Fidel Rueda and Banda El Recodo.
Viewers can access www.Telemundo.com/PremiosBillboard, the official site of the 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards Presented by State Farm for the latest information and details of this impressive event. Fans can also follow the event on Twitter: @LatinBillboards and on Facebook: Facebook.com/PremiosBillboardTelemundo.
The awards show caps off the 22nd annual Billboard Latin Music Conference presented by State Farm in association with AT&T. The event, taking place on April 26 – 28 at the Eden Roc Renaissance in Miami Beach, will unite today’s top Latin music artists as well as key industry executives for informative panel discussions, live musical showcases, networking receptions and The Billboard Bash – a pre-Billboard Latin Music Awards show celebration featuring performances by some of this year’s finalists. For details on The Billboard Latin Music Conference, visit: www.BillboardLatinConference.com.
About Billboard:
Now in its 117th year, Billboard is the world’s premier music brand consisting of Billboard magazine, Billboard.biz, Billboard conferences and events, and Billboard.com—the online destination of choice for millions of music fans. The Billboard brand is built on its exclusive charts and unrivaled reporting on the latest news, issues and trends across all genres of music. The brand reaches tens of millions of consumers daily through many strategic relationships with major companies including Reuters, SanDisk, Telemundo, Motorola, Microsoft Zune, Napster, GTech, AT&T, Sony Music Entertainment, MySpace Music and Amazon. These relationships leverage Billboard’s brand recognition, proprietary chart data and information resources to develop products, live events and print, television, radio, digital and mobile platforms. Billboard is owned by Prometheus Global Media, a diversified company with leading assets in the media and entertainment arenas, including: Music (Billboard and its related conferences and events, including The Billboard Latin Music Awards), Entertainment (The Hollywood Reporter, Backstage, ShoWest, ShowEast, Cineasia, and CineEurope); and Advertising & Marketing (Adweek, Mediaweek, Brandweek, Adweek Conferences and The CLIO Awards).
About Telemundo:
Telemundo Communications Group, LLC & Subsidiaries (“Telemundo”), a division of NBCUniversal, is a world-class media company, leading the industry in the production and distribution of high-quality Spanish-language content across its multiplatform portfolio to U.S. Hispanics and audiences around the world. Telemundo’s multiple platforms include Telemundo, a Spanish-language television network featuring original productions, theatrical motion pictures, news and first-class sports events, reaching 94% of U.S. Hispanic viewers in 210 markets through its 14 owned stations, 1 independent station (WKAQ in Puerto Rico), 46 broadcast affiliates, and over 1,000 cable affiliates; mun2, the preeminent voice for bicultural Hispanics in the U.S., reaching over 35 million U.S. TV households nationwide on digital and analog cable, satellite and free television; Telemundo Digital Media, which leverages Telemundo’s original content for distribution across digital and emerging platforms including mobile devices and www.telemundo.com and www.holamun2.com; and Telemundo Internacional, the company’s international distribution arm which has positioned Telemundo as the second largest provider of Spanish-language content worldwide by syndicating content to more than 100 countries in over 35 languages.
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Posted on: April 22nd, 2011
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