‘El Premio de La Gente’ joins Azteca America.

Azteca América and El Premio, LLC present “Los Nominados de La Gente” a one-hour television special exclusively dedicated to previewing the 2007 nominated celebrities to “El Premio de La Gente,” a Latin music and sports awards show. Fans in the U.S. and Latin America will have an opportunity to choose their favorite music stars, athletes and teams via online voting at http://www.ElPremio.tv starting October 14th through November 14th 2007.

This year, due to popular demand, “El Premio de La Gente” has added seven sports categories alongside the seven music voting categories. Fans can vote for the most popular athletes and teams in soccer, basketball, boxing and baseball. The votes will decide the winner in each category.

Hosted by former MTV star and current E! Entertainment celebrity Daisy Fuentes, “Los Nominados de La Gente” show will closely examine each one of the categories for competition at this year’s “El Premio de La Gente”:

— Pop Artist or Group of the Year Male or Female
— Most Popular Baseball Player of the Year
— Regional Mexican Artist or Group of the Year
— Most Popular Team of the Year – Multi-category
— New Artist of the Year –Male or Female
— Athlete of the Year – Male or Female
— Tropical Artist or Group of the Year – Male or Female
— Most Popular Boxer of the Year
— Artist of the Year – Male or Female
— Most Popular Soccer Team of the Year
— Album of the Year
— Most Popular Basketball Player of the Year – NBA
— Song of the Year – Male or Female
— Most Popular International Soccer Team of the Year

“Los Nominados de La Gente” will showcase many music and sports celebrities expressing their opinions about the significance of winning ““El Premio de La Gente.” Also for the first time, music and sports fans will attend and participate in “Los Nominados de La Gente” special.

Television audiences will share the nominees’ excitement through exclusive interviews with special celebrity guests. Nominees include: Maná, Paulina Rubio, Alex Rodriguez, Shakira, Hugo Sanchez, José Feliciano, Marco Antonio Solis, Vladimir Guerrero and Calle 13, just to name a few.

“Los Nominados de La Gente” will broadcast nationwide on Azteca América on Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 7 pm /6 pm central.