PREMIOS LO NUESTRO

        Premios lo nuestro is a huge annual award  show for Latin Americans and a huge night too.  It's 
one of the most popular awards shows in Spanish.  It's the night when the best singers are recognized and 
there's a little bit of everything.  
        On Thursday May 6, 1999 the awards show was live on Univision.  The show opened up with a 
clip of amazing imitations by Julio Sabala.  He did imitations of Celia Cruz(the queen of salsa), Cantinflas( 
an amazing comic), Julio Iglesias, and many more..
        After that Julio Sabala came on-stage as he hosted the show. He did imitations of the biggest songs 
and hits.  Many laughed as he made fun of hits by Enrique Iglesias, Elvis Crespo, Shakira, and many more..
        The wardrobe of many singers and actors shocked many people.  Some of it shocked people in a 
good way while others in a bad way.  Many people made fun of the amazing singer and actress Patricia 
Navidad.  She was wearing a Cinderella looking dress and what looked like a yellow wig.  The amazing singer 
Shakira was also made fun of her red hair, that looked a bit uncombed.  The astonishing singer Millie amazed 
people with her sexy tight dress her amazing body.  The Merengue singer Gisselle also amazed people with her 
tight dress and her cute face.  
        The show also had some amazing performances.  Enrique Iglesias performed his hit "Esperanza."  
The performance was a bit shocking, but disappointing for others.  The guy wasn't shown much and that was a 
disappointment for the fans.  When he sang they showed clips of fans screaming and crying for him in concerts.  
Some people thought the guy wasn't really there.  
        Sergio Vargas and Gisselle sang their hit  "Lo quiero a morir."  They danced around and sang amazingly.  
Gisselle looked amazing as she moved around with her tight dress.
        Olga Tanon had an amazing performance.  She sang her hit "Tu amor," in many different music styles.  
She sang it in Merengue, Salsa, Pop, and many other styles.  The performance was pretty good, but people didn't  
like it that she was messing around with different styles and just having fun.  She did get the audience to stand 
up and dance a long.  There were other amazing performances like Pepe Aguilar "Mujeres como tu" and Carlos Ponce 
with his hit "Rezo."
        Los Tigres del norte were given a tribute award for their long years of hard work.  They have become a huge 
pride for the Latin culture.  They have never won a Grammy, but have been nominated too many times. 
        Ricky Martin won the award for "Artista Masculino Pop del ano(Male Pop artist of the year)."  Pepe Aguilar won 
the award for "Artista Masculino Regional Mexicana del ano(Male Regional Mexican artist of the year)."  Evis Crespo won 
the award for "Artista Masculino Tropical del ano(Male Tropical artist of the year)."  Ana Gabriel won the award for 
"Artista Femenina Regional Mexicana del ano(Female Regional Mexicana artist of the year)." Pablo Montero won the award for 
"Revelacion del ano Regional Mexicana(Best new artist regional Mexican)."  
        Ricky Martin won the award for "Cancion pop del ano(Pop song of the year)," for his song "La copa de la vida."  
Elvis Crespo won the award for "Album Tropical del ano(Tropical album of the year)," for his album "Suavemente."  
The group Mana won the award for "Grupo o duo del ano(Group or duo of the year)."  Then there was a tie between 
Los Temerarios and El grupo Limite.  They won the award for "Grupo o duo del ano regional Mexicana(Group or duo of 
the year regional Mexican)."  Milly Quezada and Elvis Crespo won the award for "Grupo o duo del ano Tropical(Group or 
duo of the year Tropical)."  
        Enrique Ilgesias won the award for "Video musical del ano(Music video of the year)," with hit hit "Esperanza."  
In the category he beat Shakira's "Ciega Sordomuda," Carlos Ponce's "Rezo," and many many more...
                                        Review by Roberto Carlos Martinez