Netherlands Antilles in the OTI Festival 1982

Netherlands Antilles in the
OTI Festival 1982
OTI Festival 1982
Participating broadcasterAntilliaanse Televisie Maatschappij (ATM)
Country Netherlands Antilles
Selection processAntillean OTI Festival
Selection date16 October 1982
Competing entry
Song"Alguien que no seas tú"
ArtistSharon Rose
SongwriterRoberto Montiel
Placement
Final result16th, 7 points
Participation chronology
◄1981 1982 1983►

The Netherlands Antilles was represented at the OTI Festival 1982 with the song "Alguien que no seas tú", written by Roberto Montiel, and performed by Sharon Rose. The Netherlands Antillean participating broadcaster, Antilliaanse Televisie Maatschappij (ATM), selected its entry through a televised national final. The song, that was performed in position 11, placed sixteenth out of 21 competing entries with 7 points.

National stage

Antilliaanse Televisie Maatschappij (ATM), held a national final to select its entry for the 11th edition of the OTI Festival. Eighteen songs were selected for the televised final, seven each from Aruba and Curaçao, and two each from Bonaire and the Dutch Windward Islands.[1]

Aruban pre-selection

The Aruban pre-selection was held on Saturday 2 October 1982 at the Aruba Palmbeach Hotel in Palm Beach, to select seven songs for the national final from among fifteen candidates. It was presented by Gerda Salas and Ruben Garcia. The show was opened with Efrem Benita, who had won the national final the previous year, guest performing the national anthem, and Jeanice Tromp the festival theme song "Cantante canta". After all the competing entries were performed, a tribute was paid to the choir Vivons en Chantant, which celebrated its silver jubilee.[2]

The jury consisted of Magda Laclé-Figaroa, Lila Kock-Richardson, Hilda Wijnaar, Boei Heronimo, Rubén Geerman, Ricardo del Carmen González, and Gemma Orman, who was assistant to jury chairman Rufo Odor.[3]

Faritah Luidens won the Voz di oro female award with "Veo visiones" and Walter de Cuba won the Voz di oro male award with "La que quiso ser mujer". Sharon Rose won the Voz supreme female award with "Alguien que no seas tú" and Juancho Ignacio won the Voz supreme male award with "Viva la música". Daphney Martijn won the award for most popular singer with "Esta vez", Franklin Granadillo for best arranger, and Roberto Montiel for best conductor.[3] In addition to "Alguien que no seas tú" by Sharon Rose, "Veo visiones" by Faritah Luidens, "La que quiso ser mujer" by Walter de Cuba, and "Viva la música" by Juancho Ignacio; "Amor es algo bello" by Francis Jacobs, "Dame tu mundo de amor" by Olivia Murray, and "Juzgada estás" by Eddy Kroon, also qualified for the national final.[3]

National final

ATM held the national final on Saturday 16 October 1982, beginning at 18:00 AST (22:00 UTC), at its studios in Oranjestad.[4] It was broadcast live on TeleAruba. Efrem Benita guest performed the winning songs of the previous four Antillean national finals.[5]

The winner was "Alguien que no seas tú", written by Roberto Montiel, and performed by Sharon Rose. Trophies were presented by minister of culture Leslie Navarro, provincial executive Nelson Oduber, and TeleAruba director Mayra Maduro-Arends.[5]

  Winner

At the OTI Festival

On 27 November 1982, the OTI Festival was held at the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru, hosted by Panamericana Televisión, and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. Sharon Rose performed "Alguien que no seas tú" in position 11, with Roberto Montiel conducting the event's orchestra, placing sixteenth out of 21 competing entries with 7 points.[7]

The festival was broadcast live on TeleAruba,[8], and on delay at 19:30 AST (23:30 UTC) on TeleCuraçao.[9]

Voting

Each participating broadcaster, or group of broadcasters that jointly participated representing a country, appointed a juror who awarded 5–1 points to their five favourite songs in order of preference.[10]

Notes

  1. ^ Incomplete list of the eighteen competing entries.

References

  1. ^ "Voor selectie voor Antilliaans OTI festival". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 21 July 1982. p. 5 – via Delpher.
  2. ^ "Morgen Arubaanse aflevering OTI festival". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 1 October 1982. p. 5 – via Delpher.
  3. ^ a b c "Voz supreme en Voz di oro festival - Vlot verlopen en geslaagd". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 12 October 1982. p. 5 – via Delpher.
  4. ^ "Agenda Aruba". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 16 October 1982. p. 5 – via Delpher.
  5. ^ a b "Tele-Aruba zendt OTI-festival uit". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 18 October 1982. p. 3 – via Delpher.
  6. ^ Antilliaans OTI-festival 1982 (Television programme) (in Dutch). Oranjestad, Aruba: ATM. 16 October 1982.
  7. ^ XI Festival de la canción OTI 1982 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Lima, Peru: Panamericana Televisión. 27 November 1982.
  8. ^ "Agenda Aruba". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 27 November 1982. p. 5 – via Delpher.
  9. ^ "Agenda Curaçao". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 27 November 1982. p. 2 – via Delpher.
  10. ^ "Hoy Festival OTI de la Canción por TV". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia. 27 November 1982. p. 16-C. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via Google Books.