Venezuela in the OTI Festival

Venezuela
Venezuela
Participating broadcaster
Participation summary
Appearances28
First appearance1972
Last appearance2000
Highest placement1st: 1982, 1987

The participation of Venezuela in the OTI Festival first began at the inaugural OTI Festival in 1972 held in Madrid and continued continuously until the last edition in 2000 held in Acapulco. Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), Venevisión, and Venezolana de Televisión, members of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI), were responsible for the Venezuelan participation in different years.

History

Venezuela won the festival on two occasions, the first one in 1982 with the teenage boy band Grupo Unicornio [es] with the song "Puedes contar conmigo".[1] The second Venezuelan victory came in 1987 in Lisbon with Alfredo Alejandro, with the song "La felicidad esá en un rincón de tu corazón". Apart from their victories, the country got two second places in 1976 and 1979 and three third places in 1974, 1975, and 1994.[2]

Many Venezuelan singers well known in all Ibero-America, such as Jose Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", her daughter Lilibeth Morillo, Mirla Castellanos, and Delia Dorta [es] represented their country in the contest with successful participations.

Venezuela hosted the contest in 1979. The venue of the festival was the Teatro del Círculo Militar [es] of Caracas and the presenters were Eduardo Serrano and Carmen Victoria Pérez [es], who presented the event in a golden and blue colored stage. The opening theme of this edition of the festival was an orchestral fantasy based on the hymn, "Alma llanera".

Participation overview

Mirla Castellanos was the very first Venezuelan representative in the OTI Festival
Maria Teresa Chacín represented her country in 1983
Jose Luis Rodríguez "El Puma" represented Venezuela in 1974
Table key
1 First place
2 Second place
3 Third place
F Finalist
SF Semi-finalist
X Contest cancelled
Year Artist Song Place Points
1972 Mirla Castellanos "Sueños de cristal y miel"[a] 4 6
1973 Mayra Martí [es] "Poema para el olvido"[b] 9 3
1974 Jose Luis Rodríguez "Vuelve"[c] 3 11
1975 Mirla Castellanos "Soy como el viento, soy como el mar"[d] 3 10
1976 Las Cuatro Monedas [es] "Soy"[e] 2 13
1977 Héctor José "Iberoamérica toda"[f] 6 3
1978 Nancy Ramos [es] "Con la suerte a mi favor"[g] 15 2
1979 Delia Dorta [es] "Cuando era niño"[h] 2 33
1980 Héctor Cabrera "Haces bien"[i] 16 8
1981 Neyda Pedromo "Aquel ciego"[j] 17 7
1982 Grupo Unicornio [es] "Puedes contar conmigo"[k] 1 43
1983 Maria Teresa Chacín "Esperanza Americana"[l] 4 –
1984 José Antonio García "Ilusión de un soñador"[m] 8 –
1985 Doris Hernández "El primer vuelo"[n] 7 –
1986 Nilda López "Un nuevo amanecer"[o] 18 –
1987 Alfredo Alejandro "La felicidad está en un rincón de tu corazón"[p] 1 –
1988 Iñaki "Hoy he vuelto a reír"[q] 14 –
1989 Salvador Pino "Caras perdidas"[r] 21 –
1990 Lilibeth Morillo "Ser mujer"[s] 12 –
1991 Jesús Alfredo Ruiz "Podría ser"[t] 8 –
1992 Karolina "Sueños"[u] 14 –
1993 Nicolás Felizola "No me arriesgo"[v] 4 –
1994 Luis Silva [es] "Enfurecida"[w][3] 3 –
1995 Rogelio Ortiz [es] "El viaje"[x] 9 –
1996 Dina "Junto a tu boca"[y] 4 –
1997 Felix valentino "Nada igual que tu amor"[z] 4 –
1998 Asdruval Astudillo "Más allá"[aa] SF –
1999 Contest cancelled X
2000 Mary Olga Rodríguez "Yo cantante"[ab] SF –

Hosting

Year City Venue Hosts
1979 Caracas Teatro del Círculo Militar [es]
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Notes

  1. ^ Translation: "Crystal and honey dreams"
  2. ^ Translation: "Poem for oblivion"
  3. ^ Translation: "Return"
  4. ^ Translation: "I'm like the wind, I'm like the sea"
  5. ^ Translation: "I am"
  6. ^ Translation: "All Ibero-America"
  7. ^ Translation: "With the luck by my side"
  8. ^ Translation: "When he was a kid"
  9. ^ Translation: "You did it well"
  10. ^ Translation: "That blind man"
  11. ^ Translation: "You can count on me"
  12. ^ Translation: "American hope"
  13. ^ Translation: "Ilussion of a dreamer"
  14. ^ Translation: "The first flight"
  15. ^ Translation: "A new sunrise"
  16. ^ Translation: "The happiness is inside a corner of your heart"
  17. ^ Translation: "Today I have laughed again"
  18. ^ Translation: "Lost faces"
  19. ^ Translation: "To be a woman"
  20. ^ Translation: "It could be"
  21. ^ Translation: "Dream"
  22. ^ Translation: "I won't risk"
  23. ^ Translation: "Furious woman"
  24. ^ Translation: "The voyage"
  25. ^ Translation: "Next to your mouth"
  26. ^ Translation: "Nothing like your love"
  27. ^ Translation: "Further away"
  28. ^ Translation: "I'm a singer"

References

  1. ^ "NOTICIAS: FALLECIÓ EX-INTEGRANTE DEL GRUPO UNICORNIO". 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  2. ^ "Recordar es vivir: Venezuela en la OTI. Por María Laura Marrero". venezuelactiva.com. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  3. ^ "Luis Silva – CORAZON LLANERO". corazonllanero.com.ve (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  4. ^ "Festival OTI de la Canción 1979". OTI Festival (in Spanish). 8 December 1979. OTI.