Carín León Tops 2026 Premios Juventud Noms, PJ Fest Details Unveiled

Mexican vocalist Carín León performs successful performance connected July 11, 2025 successful Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Borja B. Hojas/Getty Images)

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Mexican singer-songwriter Carín León tops the nominations for this year's Premios Juventud pinch 9 nods, up of the show's first-ever version successful Europe, airing unrecorded from Marbella, Spain, connected September 3.

The Regional Mexican euphony prima is followed by Beéle, Kany García, and Rauw Alejandro, each pinch 7 nominations. Eladio Carrión, Farruko, Karol G, Manuel Turizo, Ovy On The Drums, Quevedo, Romeo Santos, Shakira and Xavi picked up six.

TelevisaUnivision unveiled the afloat nominee slate coming alongside caller specifications astir PJ Fest, a weeklong taste acquisition pinch Premios Juventud arsenic its marquee event. The announcement builds connected plans first revealed astatine the network's Upfronts successful May, filling successful specifications connected nominees and a broader show conception reshaping the franchise.

A New Category for Spain arsenic Fan Voting Begins

This year's version introduces the "Creator de España" class for the first time, recognizing Spanish integer talent. The summation reflects the show's expanding footprint and its effort to item the taste speech betwixt Spain and Latin America.

Voting is unfastened now done August 10 astatine PremiosJuventud.com, wherever fans take winners crossed 50 categories spanning music, television, streaming and integer content. As pinch erstwhile editions, fans exclusively find the winners.

The full database of nominees crossed each 50 categories is disposable connected Univision's website.

PJ Fest: Six Days, Four Cities

The 2026 version marks a structural displacement for the franchise. Premios Juventud is nary longer a single-night event. It now anchors PJ Fest, a six-day taste acquisition spanning Miami, Houston, Los Angeles and Marbella, pinch concerts, marque activations and original contented starring up to the main show.

Here is really the week breaks down:

• Aug. 29: PJ Fest kicks disconnected successful Miami pinch Bresh Party.
• Aug. 30: Houston hosts "El Bueno, La Mala y El Feo Fest," a nighttime dedicated to fans of Mexican music, streaming connected ViX, YouTube and Facebook.
• Aug. 31: Jay Wheeler headlines an exclusive backstage performance successful Miami, disposable connected ViX, YouTube and Facebook.
• Sept. 1: Piso 21 headlines an exclusive Los Angeles event, disposable connected ViX, YouTube and Facebook.
• Sept. 2: ViX Música Sessions features Morat alongside Calle y Poché, airing connected ViX, Univision and YouTube.
• Sept. 3: Premios Juventud airs unrecorded from the Starlite Auditorium successful Marbella.

Premios Juventud's Second Year Abroad

Last year's 22nd version already collapsed caller crushed arsenic the first Premios Juventud held extracurricular the U.S., airing from Panama City and mounting records pinch a 58% year-over-year summation successful engagement and much than 450 cardinal full interactions crossed platforms.

The Marbella move extends that world ​e​xpansion, pursuing a way akin to the Latin Grammys, which made their ain historical displacement to Sevilla successful 2023.

Hosts, performers and further honorees for the Marbella ceremonial are expected to beryllium announced successful the coming weeks.

The broadcast will aerial connected Univision, UNIMÁS, Galavisión and ViX astatine 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT, pinch Canal 5 carrying the show successful Mexico astatine 5 p.m.