Overview

• APTRA’s 53rd Martín Fierro TV awards were held on Sept. 29 at the Hilton Buenos Aires, hosted by Santiago del Moro and broadcast by Telefe across 35 categories with extended red-carpet and digital Streams Telefe coverage.
• Del Moro took the top honor, the Martín Fierro de Oro, while Gran Hermano 2024 won Best Reality and Margarita was crowned Best Fiction.
• Key individual winners included Isabel Macedo (Best Actress, Margarita), Gabriel Goity (Best Actor, El Encargado), Julia Calvo (Best Supporting Actress, Margarita) and Marco Antonio Caponi (Best Supporting Actor, Iosi); Bake Off Famosos won Big Show and David Kavlin was named Best Panelist.
• The ceremony featured high-profile tributes to Mirtha Legrand and the late Jorge Lanata, alongside an In Memoriam segment that drew prolonged ovations.
• Debate over nomination choices persisted as APTRA president Luis Ventura defended the process and finances, with union protests outside the venue acknowledged from the stage.