Colombia in the OTI Festival

The participation of Colombia in the OTI Festival began at the first OTI Festival in 1972. The Colombian participating broadcaster was Inravisión through programadoras such as Caracol Televisión, Punch, RTI Televisión, RCN Televisión, JES, and Datos y Mensajes, which were members of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI). They participated in twenty-seven of the twenty-eight editions, only missing the 2000 festival. Their best result in the festival was second achieved in 1991.

Inravisión participated in the OTI Festival through programadoras such as Caracol Televisión, Punch, RTI Televisión, RCN Televisión, JES, and Datos y Mensajes. All the Colombian entries were internally selected except from 1992 when a national final was held.

During the Colombian history in this festival, they got two third places, in 1975 with "Campesino de ciudad" by Leonor González Mina and in 1973 with "Tú pueblo y mi pueblo" by Jaime Mora. They also managed to get the second place in 1991 with "Consejos, canción a mi hijo" by Juan Carlos Coronel.

In 1992 Shakira was initially considered to represent Colombia in the festival but she could not compete because she was under age.