The 3rd TVyNovelas Awards were an academy of special awards to the best soap operas and TV shows. The awards ceremony took place on May 21, 1985 in the Centro Libanés, in Mexico City, Mexico D.F. The ceremony was televised in Mexico by

Canal de las Estrellas Las Estrellas () is a Mexican television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. Its first official broadcast took place on 21 March 1951. It airs free-to-air through affiliate stations throughout Mexico, based on XEW-TDT in Mexico City. It is co ...

. Claudia Córdoba and Juan Calderón hosted the show. ''La traición'' won 5 awards, the most for the evening, including Best Telenovela. Other winners ''La fiera'' won 2 awards and ''Amalia Batista'', ''Guadalupe'', ''La pasión de Isabela'' and ''Los años felices'' won 1 each.

Summary of awards and nominations

Winners and nominees

Telenovelas

Other Awards

Comedy and Variety Programs

Special Awards

* Best Villain of the Year:

Sergio Jiménez Sergio Jiménez (December 17, 1937 – January 3, 2007), born in Mexico City, was a Mexican actor. He became famous after portraying the character of ''El Gato'' in the film '' Los caifanes''. His last work was directing the telenovela '' La fea ...

for '' La traición'' *Best International Production: ''Los cuentos de Cri-Cri'', produced by

Miguel Alemán Velasco Miguel Alemán Velasco (born 18 March 1932) is a Mexican politician, businessman and philanthropist. He is a former senator and governor of Veracruz. Alemán Velasco is the son of former Mexican president Miguel Alemán Valdés (1946–52), t ...

*Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award:

Miguel Manzano Miguel Manzano (14 September 1907 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – 21 January 1992 in Mexico City) was a Mexican actor during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, winning an Ariel Award in 1985, for best supporting actor for the film ''Las gl ...

*International Young Singer:

Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (; born 19 April 1970) is a Mexican singer and record producer. Born in Puerto Rico to an Italian mother and a Spanish father, he is often referred to as Honorific nicknames in popular music, ''El Sol de Mexico'' ...

*Best Cabaret Show:

Diego Verdaguer Miguel Atilio Boccadoro Hernández (26 April 1951 – 27 January 2022), known professionally as Diego Verdaguer (, was an Argentine-born Mexican singer. Biography Verdaguer played the trumpet and the bandoneón. He was married to the singer ...

and

Amanda Miguel Amanda Antonia Miguel Samso (born 1 June 1956) is an Argentine singer-songwriter, pianist and Businessperson, businesswoman. With more than 36 years of artistic career, Amanda Miguel has released 12 studio albums, has sold over 15 million copies ...

Absent

People who did not attend the ceremony and were nominated in the shortlist in each category: *

Susana Alexander Suzanne Ellen Rose Alexander-Katz Kauffmann (born 3 July 1943), commonly known as Susana Alexander, is a Mexican actress, hostess, director, producer, translator, teacher and dancer. Early life Alexander was born in Mexico City, the daughter o ...

(Her mother, Brígida Alexander, received the award in her place)

References

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TVyNovelas Awards ''TVyNovelas'' is a Mexican magazine published by Editorial Televisa on a monthly basis. Like soap opera publications in the United States such as ''Soap Opera Digest'' and ''Soaps In Depth'', it mainly carries coverage of Mexican and internati ...

TVyNovelas Awards ceremonies