9th Platino Awards

In February 2022, Madrid was disclosed to be the venue of the awards,^[5] returning to the Spanish capital after the 8th edition celebrated in October 2021. Soon after, the organizing committee published the 206 pre-selections, to be cut to a shortlist of 20 candidates per category and then to the final 4 nominations for each of the 22 categories of the awards.^[7][8] Regarding the film area, Spain scooped 9% of pre-selections, followed by Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Portugal and Uruguay (all grossing a 6%).^[8] In regard of the television area, Mexico dominated with a 16% of pre-selections, followed by Spain (14%) and Argentina and Chile (both 10%).^[8] The shortlist was announced on 1 March 2022.^[9]

The nominations were announced on 31 March 2022 via YouTube from the Madrid Town Hall by Daniel Guzmán, Darío Yazbek, Edgar Vittorino, Luis Cobos, Rossy De Palma and Stephanie Cayo.^[10] Spanish film The Good Boss and Argentine TV series El reino led the nominations with eleven and six respectively.^[11] In April 2022, Carmen Maura was announced as the recipient of the honorary award,^[12] and Kany García, Lali, Nia, Pedro Fernández and Rozalén as musical performers during the gala.^[13] In addition to the aforementioned acts, the gala also featured the unannounced performance of Ana Belén singing a version of "Sólo le pido a Dios".^[14][15]

The winners and nominees are listed as follows:^[16]