The 21st Iris Awards ceremony, organised by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, honoured the best in Spanish television of 2019 and took place at the Nuevo Teatro Alcalá in

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on 18 November 2019.

Awards

The 21st Iris Awards were held on 18 November 2019 at the Nuevo Teatro Alcalá in

, Spain. Hosted by

Inés Ballester María Inés Ballester Muñoz (born 28 September 1958) is a Spanish journalist and presenter. Biography With a licentiate in Journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Inés Ballester started her career at Cadena SER, and later wen ...

and Jota Abril, the ceremony was broadcast on

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. Netflix's ''

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'' was the night's biggest winner, obtaining the 5 awards it was nominated for. Besides the Iris awards conceded by the academy, the jury's and critics' Iris awards were also delivered during the ceremony. The critics' award was gifted ''ex-aequo'' to ''

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'' and ''Sálvame''. The jury's awards were gifted to Toñi Moreno, La Sexta, TVE's ''Prodigios'', CMMedia's ''Los investigadores'', and ''

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''. The awards given by the academy are listed as follows:

References

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