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Telemundo announces La Voz Kids Season 2 premiere date

La Voz Kids Season 2 will premiere Sunday, March 16, at 8pm ET on Telemundo, the network announced today. Daisy Fuentes and Jorge Bernal will return as hosts, with Roberto Tapia and Prince Royce back as music coaches. Tapia and Royce are joined by new coach Natalia Jiménez (the three coaches are pictured below). This season, the show will be produced out of Universal Studios Florida. Mexican TV personality Paola Pedroza will serve as the show’s digital reporter on telemundo.com. Season 1 of La Voz Kids was a big hit for Telemundo, reaching over 14.5 million total viewers. In Season […]

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Competition

Hispanic celebrities vie for cooking crown in Telemundo’s new “Top Chef Estrellas”

“This is the moment for Spanish television,” said Daniel Cubillo, Telemundo’s VP of content development, non scripted, at a press event earlier this year announcing the new series Top Chef Estrellas, which premieres Feb. 16 at 8pm ET on Telemundo. “This is the moment to bring to our audience the best shows, the best franchises, well‑known franchises and maybe some others that we would like to implement from scratch. This is very special for us. It’s the second time that we are using a property from NBCUniversal. We did it with The Voice, with La Voz Kids.” La Voz Kids […]

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TV News & Program Updates

Miss Universe 2013 – date, time, TV channel

What: Miss Universe 2013 When and Where: In the United States, the Miss Universe 2013 pageant will air Saturday, Nov. 9, from 9pm-11pm ET on NBC and Telemundo. Telemundo will have exclusive Spanish-language coverage, and will begin its coverage with a pre-show at 8pm ET. About: One of the world’s top beauty pageants features contestants from more than 80 countries, judged in three categories — swimsuit, evening gown and interview — with Miss Universe 2012, Olivia Culpo, crowning her successor at the end of the evening. Miss Universe 2013 comes live from Crocus City Hall in Moscow, with musical performers […]

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Sports

Leon vs Toluca on Telemundo: Liga MX playoff berth on the line

Telemundo will have live coverage of Club Leon vs Toluca in a Liga MX Apertura 2013 match this Saturday, Oct. 26, at 9pm ET. A postseason playoff berth is on the line for both teams as they face off at Nou Camp Stadium (Leon needs a win to advance, while Toluca can also clinch with a win and a Veracruz and Puebla tie or loss). Andres Cantor will call the Leon vs Toluca action, alongside Sammy Sadovnik. Leon is currently in third place with 25 points, seven behind tournament leader America, with three matches and a total of nine points […]

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Telemundo coverage of Mexico vs Costa Rica World Cup qualifier reaches 8 million total viewers

Although they lost the World Cup-qualifying match with Costa Rica on Tuesday, Mexico still managed to stay alive for possible inclusion in the 2014 World Cup by virtue of the USA defeating Panama via two goals late in their match on the same night. Mexico will now face New Zealand in a home-and-away playoff in November (Mexico will host a match Nov. 13 or 14, then play in New Zealand Nov. 20), with a 2014 World Cup berth at stake. As exciting and suspenseful a night it was for fans of Mexico on Tuesday, it was every bit as exciting […]

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Competition

Telemundo announces La Voz Kids Season 2 auditions

Telemundo will begin auditions for La Voz Kids Season 2 at the end of October, the network announced today. La Voz Kids is a singing competition series spun off from NBC’s The Voice, and features children competing for its singing title. Season 1 of La Voz Kids, which was won by Paola Guanche (pictured, in pink), was a hit for Telemundo, reaching 14.6 million viewers over the course of its 13-week run. RELATED: LA VOZ KIDS SEASON 2 PREMIERE DATE Auditions for La Voz Kids Season 2 will be open to children between the ages of 7-15. Contestants are not permitted to register themselves; only the parent or […]

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Sports

World Cup qualifier: Mexico vs Costa Rica on Telemundo

Mexico kept its World Cup hopes alive last Friday with a thrilling win over Panama, courtesy of Raul Jimenez’s spectacular bicycle kick goal, and now goes to Costa Rica’s National Stadium in San Jose, where a draw with Costa Rica (which has already obtained one of the direct berths in the 2014 World Cup) would guarantee Mexico fourth place in the Hexagonal and a berth in the World Cup playoff against New Zealand next month. A win, along with some help from Jamaica in defeating Honduras, might even help get Mexico to Brazil 2014 directly. The Mexico vs Costa Rica […]

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Awards Shows

2013 Billboard Mexican Music Awards – date, time, channel

What: 2013 Billboard Mexican Music Awards When and Where: Oct. 9 live at 7pm ET on Telemundo. About: The Billboard Mexican Music Awards is the only awards show on a major network that honors the albums, songs and most popular singers of Regional Mexican music. The 2013 Billboard Mexican Music Awards is the third annual ceremony, and celebrates all types of Mexican music, including Banda, Norteño, Ranchero, Mariachi, Duranguense, Grupero and Cumbia. Finalists and winners of the Billboard Mexican Music Awards are determined by chart performance as chronicled in Billboard Magazine and on billboard.com during the eligibility period of Aug. 18, […]

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Sports

Telemundo Hispanic Heritage Month special looks at Hispanic NFL players

A one-hour Telemundo special premiering Sept. 28, called Futbol Americano, Celebrando el Mes de la Herencia Hispana, will look at the life and times of some of the most prominent Hispanic NFL players. Airing as part of Hispanic Heritage Month, the program also takes a glimpse inside the NFL’s command center, and features an appearance from La Voz Kids winner Paola Guanche, who sang the national anthem before the Bears/Steelers game this past Sunday night. Included during Futbol Americano, Celebrando el Mes de la Herencia Hispana is an interview with Manny Ramirez and Louis Vasquez, the Hispanic duo that plays for the Denver Broncos […]

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Music

“La Voz Kids” winner Paola Guanche to sing national anthem before Sunday Night Football

As part of the NFL’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Paola Guanche — winner of the first season of Telemundo’s hit singing competition series La Voz Kids — will perform the national anthem before the game between the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 22. The 12-year-old Guanche will be flanked by a U.S. Army color guard of Hispanic soldiers as she sings before an audience of nearly 24 million viewers for NBC’s nationally televised Sunday Night Football game. From Miami, Paola Guanche comes from a family of well-known Cuban singers and performers. She began acting and singing in […]