Latin Grammys gala is Thursday with 40 acts and two tributes
Roselyn Sánchez hosts the 27th edition from Las Vegas, with tributes to Willie Colón and José Alfredo Jiménez and performances by Karol G, Rosalía and Daddy Yankee.
The 27th Latin Grammy Awards air Thursday from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The Latin Recording Academy set the telecast for 8 p.m. ET, with a one-hour preshow at 7 p.m. In Mexico City, that is 7 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Roselyn Sánchez hosts the three-hour show, which airs on Univision, UNIMÁS and Galavisión and streams on ViX. The Academy lists no Mexican channels.
Most categories are decided hours earlier, at the Latin Grammy Premiere. The main telecast keeps the major awards and the performances.
Who performs
On Nov. 5 the Academy filled out the lineup with 14 more acts, among them Karol G, Bizarrap, Nathy Peluso, Bad Gyal, Luis Enrique, Jay Wheeler and Grupo Niche. They join Rosalía, Daddy Yankee, Anitta, Juanes, Feid, Jorge Drexler, Reik, Carín León, Cristian Castro and Milo J, among others.
Mexican music has a strong showing: Reik, Silvana Estrada, Carín León, Grupo Frontera, Vivir Quintana, Camila Fernández and Banda Los Recoditos all take the stage. Lila Downs is one of 15 presenters the Academy named Tuesday, alongside Pablo Alborán, Camila Cabello and Luísa Sonza.
Two tributes
Willie Colón gets a musical tribute with his original band, 13 members under the baton of Ennio Gatti. José Alfredo Jiménez gets one too, with Edgar Barrera producing.
Barrera also arrives as the most-nominated artist of the year, with 10 nominations. Daddy Yankee, this year's Person of the Year, also performs.
Viewers who want the big awards should tune in for the main telecast: by then, nearly all the gramophones will already have been handed out.
