Lisboa hosts International Emmy Awards semi-final

For the third consecutive year, Lisbon will once again host two semi-finals of the International Emmy Awards, an initiative that rewards the main television works worldwide.

Last Friday, September 14, the Lisboa City Hall received the jury panel, composed by several personalities from the Portuguese and Brazilian television industry, in order to elect the finalists in the categories of Best Telenovela and Best Female Actor. The winners will be revealed at the 46th International Emmy Awards ceremony in New York, on 19 November.

SP Televisão was very well represented among the jury, through the participation of João Pedro Lopes, CEO of the production company, Pedro Lopes, General Director of Content, Adriano Luz, Artistic Director, and Hugo Xavier, Project Coordinator.

After an afternoon of voting, the commemorative gala followed, which took place at the Capitol, and which brought together the main faces of Portuguese television. The ceremony was presented by Catarina Furtado, Vasco Palmeirim, Cláudia Vieira, Ricardo Pereira, Rita Pereira and Pedro Teixeira.

The initiative counted with the collaboration of the three national generalist television stations, joined by Globo, represented by the Brazilian actors António Fagundes and Juliana Paes.