The Television Academy announces the finalists for the Iris Awards

The awards that were born during the presidency of Antonio Mercero celebrate 20 years of history.

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences today announced the professionals and finalist programs to the Iris Awards 2018 among the more than 450 candidates presented by television stations, producers and members of the Academy, a hundred more than the last edition.

The winners will be voted by the academics among all the nominees, secretly and before a notary, and will be announced at the end of October during the awards ceremony.

This year marks two decades since the birth of the Television Academy Awards, which were created in 1998 during the presidency of Antonio Mercero to recognize the excellence of television professionals and programs in Spain.

In the coming weeks, along with the awards that are voted on before a notary by academics, a jury of renowned professionals will choose the Iris Jury Awards from among the different professions and professional areas of television. In addition, a committee of television critics and commentators will once again award the most valued professionals and programs of the season with the Iris Critics' Award.

The Academy Council, made up of representatives of the Board of Directors, television networks and rights management entities, will be in charge of choosing the Iris Autonomous Awards. It will also be the Council of the Institution that will award, once again, the 2018 Lifetime Award, in recognition of a professional career linked to the television medium.

Iris Award Finalists

BEST ACTOR

• Ginés García Millán for The Truth (Telecinco)
• Jaime Blanch for The Ministry of Time (TVE's La 1)
• Javier Gutiérrez for I'm alive (TVE's La 1)
• Javier Rey for Fariña (Antena 3 TV)
• Oriol Pla for Tomorrow (Movistar +)
• Quim Gutiérrez for The Accident (Telecinco)

BEST ACTRESS

• Alba Flores by Vis a Vis (FOX)
• Aura Garrido for The Day After Tomorrow (Movistar +)
• Inma Cuesta for The Accident (Telecinco)
• Michelle Jenner for The Cathedral of the Sea (Antena 3)
• Patricia López Arnaiz for The Other Look (TVE's La 1)
• Úrsula Corberó for Money Heist (Antena 3 TV)

BEST ADDRESS

• Carlos Sedes and Jorge Torregrosa for Fariña (Antena 3 TV)
• Patricia Fernández and Hugo Tomás on Masterchef (La 1 de TVE)
• Survivientes management team (Telecinco)
• Jesús Colmenar, Sandra Gallego, David Molina and Jesús Rodrigo for Vis a Vis (FOX)
• Joanna Pardos by Radio Gaga (#0 by Movistar+)
• Mariano Barroso for The Day After Tomorrow (Movistar+)

BEST FICTION

• The accident (Telecinco)
• The day after tomorrow (Movistar +)
• I'm alive (La 1 de TVE)
• Fariña (Antena 3 TV)
• The paper house (Antena 3 TV)
• Paquita Salas (Netflix)

BEST SCRIPT

• Alberto Gonzalez Vázquez, Manuel Gay Moreno, Raquel Haro Pérez, Diego Saucedo Tejado, Yaiza Nuevo Ojeda, Olalla Granja Rodríguez, Irene Varela Maestre, Mikel Uribe-Etxeberria, Miguel Cuervo Pérez, Juan Carlos Córdoba Paredes, Iratxe Fernández de Velasco Sanz, David Dato Pérez, Carles Sánchez, David César, Paco Páez for El Intermedio (laSexta)
• Daniel Écija, Jesús Mesas, Guillermo Cisneros, Jon de la Cuesta, Federico Muñoz, Andrés Martín, Guillermo Clua, Jaime Palacios, Mercedes Cruz and Adriana Rivas for I am alive (La 1 de TVE)
• Eloy Salgado, Gabriel García Soto, Víctor López, Óscar Arenas, María Vega, Estefanía Losada, Quique Peinado, Nuria Roca, Amando Cabrero, Amador Moreno, Vanesa Pino, Juanjo Muñoz and Quique Sanz for Zapeando (laSexta)
• Inés París, Guillermo Cisneros, Adriana Rivas, Carlos Asorey, Eduardo Zaramella for The Accident (Telecinco)
• Mariano Barroso and Alejandro Hernández for The Day After Tomorrow (Movistar +)
• Ramón Campos, Teresa Fernández-Valdés, Gema R. Neira, Cristóbal Garrido, Diego Sotelo and David Moreno for Fariña (Antena 3 TV)

BEST INFORMATIVE

• Al Rojo Vivo (laSexta)
• Antena 3 Noticias 1 (Antena 3 TV)
• La 2 Noticias (TVE's La 2)
• TD 2- Newscast 2nd Edition (La 1 de TVE)

BEST NEWS PRESENTER

• Antonio García Ferreras for Al Rojo Vivo (laSexta)
• Lourdes Maldonado for Telenoticias 1 (Telemadrid)
• Mónica López for El Tiempo (TVE's La 1)
• Sandra Golpe on Antena 3 Noticias 1 (Antena 3 TV)
• Vicente Vallés Antena 3 Noticias 2 (Antena 3 TV)

BEST PROGRAM PRESENTER

• Alberto Chicote for Nightmare in the Kitchen (laSexta)
• David Broncano for La Resistencia (Movistar+ #0)
• Iñaki López for laSexta Noche (laSexta)
• Lara Álvarez for Supervivientes (Telecinco)Raquel Sánchez Silva for Masters of Sewing (La 1 de TVE)
• Roberto Leal for Operación Triunfo (TVE's La 1)
• Susanna Griso for Public Mirror (Antena 3 TV)

BEST PRODUCTION

• Belén Giménez, Daniel Gariboti and Ramón Pellicer for Conquistadores: Adventvm (#0 of Movistar+)
• Elena Hortelano for Al Rojo Vivo Special Oct 1: Objective Catalonia (laSexta)
• Macarena Rey and Begoña Rumeu for Masters of Sewing (TVE's La 1)
• Survivor Team (Telecinco)
• Jaume Banacolocha and Joan Bas for La Catedral del Mar (Antena 3 TV)
• Josep Cister, Aitor Montánchez, Luis Santamaría, Mª Ángeles Caballero for The Other Look (La 1 de TVE)
• Pablo Motos and Jorge Salvador for El Hormiguero 3.0 (Antena 3 TV)

BEST PROGRAM

• Boom (Antena 3 TV)
• That is not asked (Telemadrid)
• First Dates (Cuatro)
• Masterchef (La 1 de TVE)
• Operación Triunfo (La 1 de TVE)
• Survivors (Telecinco)
• Zapping (laSexta)

BEST PROGRAM PRODUCED IN SPAIN FOR A THEMATIC CHANNEL

• Alaska & Mario (Paramount Network España, MTV Networks Europe)
• Homozapping (Neox)
• The chanante years (Comedy Central Spain)
• Pool Fiction (Movistar+)
• I was a murderer: the crime of the katana (DMAX)

BEST PERFORMANCE

• FAMA production team to dance (#0 of Movistar+)
• Joan Carles García Flores by Late Motiv (#0 of Movistar+)
• Juan Carlos Carrasco and Luis Cachón on MasterChef (La 1 de TVE)
• María Zarazúa and production team for Zapeando (laSexta)
• Mônica Artigas San José by Ninja Warrior (Antena 3 TV)
• Seli Martínez for My house is yours (Telecinco)