THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, LA CASA DE AL LADO & EVA LUNA Up For Monte Carlo TV Festival's International Audience Award

Don Diamont, who was part of THE BOLD AND THE
BEAUTIFUL contingent in Monte Carlo in 2012 will
return again this year.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL has received its eighth consecutive nomination for the Monte Carlo Television Festival’s International TV Audience Awards in the “Telenovela/ Soap Opera” category. Winning this award for the last seven years, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL remains the most watched series in the world, in its genre.

The 8th Annual TV Audience Awards category honors the programs that garnered the highest number of viewers worldwide in 2012 across five continents. The nominees were pre-selected among the 15 best-performing foreign fiction programs in 65 countries. B&B is nominated along with Telemundo's LA CASA DE AL LADO and Univision's EVA LUNA.

The winners will be revealed at the 53nd Monte Carlo Television Festival Awards on Thursday, June 13, 2013, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

Cast members Katherine Kelly Lang (“Brooke Logan”) and Don Diamont (“Bill Spencer, Jr.”) will attend the festival in the Principality of Monaco, as guests of H.S.H. Prince Albert II, from June 9-13, 2013. The two actors are set to attend the Opening Gala and Closing Award Ceremonies, as well as television appearances, a contest winner luncheon and press days.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL is hosting contest winners from Belgium and France, who will travel to the festival as part of their grand prize package, including a winner’s luncheon on Monday, June 10th, with the actors.

The Monte Carlo Television Festival (www.tvfestival.com) is hosted under the Honorary Presidency of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, and includes press events, a jury competition and awards, premiere screenings, glamorous receptions and parties hosted by the major networks and studios. More than 200 journalists and many major creative forces in the industry from around the world will be present.