Overview
- The live final on Oct. 5 was held at Mexico City’s Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris and aired on public media after a months-long binational competition.
- Maya won best performer by public vote, Carmen María took best composition, and Siurob received the jury’s special prize from the Mexican Music Council.
- The Culture Ministry reported 222,900 votes cast on mexicocanta.gob.mx after all finalists performed, following rules that opened balloting at the end.
- Winners receive label contracts plus LP production commitments (12-track for public prizes; six-track for the specialists’ award) through industry partnerships that include SACM, AMPROFON, Virgin Music Group and Fono/Universal.
- Reports differed on how many finalists took the stage (nine versus 11), while officials highlighted more than 15,000 registrants across Mexico and the United States and guest turns by Intocable and Majo Aguilar.