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Ecuador
Ecuador
Participating broadcaster	Teleamazonas; Ecuavisa
Participation summary
Appearances	25
First appearance	1974
Highest placement	2nd in 1985; 2nd in 1987
External links
	Teleamazonas website; Ecuavisa website

Ecuador and its two OTI member stations, Teleamazonas and Ecuavisa debuted in the OTI Festival in 1974 in the third edition of the festival, which was held in the coastal city of Acapulco, with the singer Hilda Murillo with her song "Las mariposas" (The butterflies). Since then, the Andean country took part in the contest util the last edition in 2000 which was held again in Acapulco.

History

Ecuador's history in the Latin American song contest did not yield any victories. Teleamazonas and Ecuavisa, however, achieved a number of top 5 finishes.

The Ecuatorian debut in the OTI Festival was successful because of Hilda Murillo's fifth place. After that, the country didn't repeat that success, and in the following two years, the delegation ended in the bottom five of the scoreboard. However, in 1977 the female singer Marielisa with her song "Sonreir cuando quiero llorar" (To smile when I want to cry) took the Ecuadorian broadcasters back to fifth place. In contrast, in 1978, 1979 and 1980, Ecuador registered its worst placings ever with two last places with zero points.

After some unsuccessful participations, in 1985 in Seville, the indigenous Quechua singer Jesús Fichamba recorded a second-place finish for Ecuador for the first time with his song "La pinta, la niña y la Santa María" in a reference to the three boats led by Christopher Columbus, who discovered America.^[1] The performer, who appeared on stage with the traditional Quechua suit, was acclaimed.

Two years later in Lisbon, the Andean country repeated the success with another indigenous singer, Gustavo Velázquez, and his ethnic pop song "Mi amigo el condor" (My friend the Condor).^[2]

National Final

Ecuavisa and Teleamazonas also organised an annual national contest in order to select the Ecuatorian participant in the OTI Festival.^[2] As in the other participating countries who opted for this way of selecting their entrants, the winner was selected by a professional jury.

Contestants

Year	Artist	Song	Placement;	Pts
2000	Danilo Rosero	Canto por ti, por amor (I Sing for you, my love)
1998	Evelyn y Fabricio	Fijate (Look at it)
1997	Luis Caicedo	Te quiero (I love you)
1996	Duo Agualuna	Vuela vuela (Fly fly)
1995	Tierra Buena	Mira (Look)
1994	Juan Carlos y P. Terán	Temporada baja (Off season)
1993	Pericles	Él tiene razón (He is right)
1992	Jesús Fichamba	Una canción para dos mundos (A song for two worlds)
1991	Juan Carlos Córdova	Para escribir una canción (To write a song)
1990	Patricio Lopez	Por amor al arte
1989	Hnos. Miño Naranjo	Mi campesina (My farmer girl)
1988	Ketty Pazmiño	Juan Cansino
1987	Gustavo Velázquez	Mi amigo el cóndor (My friend the condor)	2
1986	Tannya López	Pobres niños, pobre mundo (Poor children, poor world)
1985	Jesús Fichamba	La Pinta, la Niña y la Santa María	2
1984	Alfredo Mármol	Déjame saber (Let me know)	5
1983	Nicky Bravo	Menos de ti (Less from you)	20
1982	André Katan	Aprenderé (I will learn)	21	0
1981	Los Hnos. Diablo	América	12	11
1980	Jeanneth Salgado	En un instante (In a moment)	21	3
1979	Miguel A. Guevara	Cómo tener tu cariño (How to have your tenderness)	21
1978	Gracian	Juan, el infeliz (Juan, the unhappy man)	18
1977	Maríelisa	Sonreír cuando quiero llorar (To smile when I want to cry)	5
1976	Tito Del Salto	Mis veinte años (My twenty years)	15
1975	Miriam Constante	Yo quiero componer el mundo con mis manos (I want to create the world with my own hands)	17
1974	Hilda Murillo	Las mariposas (The butterflies)	5