Netherlands Antilles in the OTI Festival 1983
| Netherlands Antilles in the OTI Festival 1983 | ||||
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| OTI Festival 1983 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Antilliaanse Televisie Maatschappij (ATM) | |||
| Country | Netherlands Antilles | |||
| Selection process | Antillean OTI Festival | |||
| Selection date | 25 September 1983 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "En cada nota cantará tu voz" | |||
| Artist | Claudius Philips | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | Top-5 | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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The Netherlands Antilles was represented at the OTI Festival 1983 with the song "En cada nota cantará tu voz", written by Ricardo del Carmen González and Claudius Philips, and performed by Philips himself. The Netherlands Antillean participating broadcaster, Antilliaanse Televisie Maatschappij (ATM), selected its entry through a televised national final. The song, that was performed in position 21, placed in the top-5, out of 21 competing entries. It was the best-ever place of the Netherlands Antilles in the festival.
National stage
Antilliaanse Televisie Maatschappij (ATM), held a national final to select its entry for the 12th edition of the OTI Festival. Sixteen songs would be selected for the televised final, seven each from Aruba and Curaçao, and one each from Bonaire and the Dutch Windward Islands.[1] Eventually, eight each were selected in the Aruban and Curaçaoan pre-selections.
Curaçaoan pre-selection
TeleCuraçao organized a televised pre-selection to select its eight songs for the national final. It was staged on Saturday 3 September 1983 at ATM studios in Willemstad, beginning at 18:00 AST (22:00 UTC).[2]
Aruban pre-selection
The Aruban pre-selection was held on Sunday 11 September 1983 at the Aruba Palmbeach Hotel in Palm Beach, to select eight songs for the national final from among sixteen candidates. Beginning at 20:00 AST (00:00+1 UTC), it was presented by Gerda Salas and Tico Kuiperi. The show was opened with Sharon Rose, who had won the national final the previous year, guest performing the national anthem, and the sixteen participants singing the festival theme song "Cantante canta".[3]
The sixteen competing acts were Teddy Phillips, Doodle Sofia, Marienne, Papito Rafael, Beatrix Ras, Daphney Martijn, Dennis Raghunath, Marcelino Paesch, Edwin Abath, Olivia Murray, Tommy and Francis, Efrem Benita, Jeanice Tromp, Juancho Ignacio, Claudius Philips, and The Young Voices.[3]
The jury consisted of Martha Figaroa, Sharon Rose, Tirso Steba, and Rafi Camacho, and Gemma Orman, who assisted chairman Ivan Jansen.[4]
Edwin Abath won both Voz di oro and Voz supreme male awards with "Deja cantar a mi pueblo"; but since the rules didn't allow receiving both titles, the Voz di oro male award went to Claudius Philips with "En cada nota cantará tu voz". Jeanice Tromp won the Voz supreme female award with "Amor sin contratos" and Olivia Murray won the Voz di oro female award with "Sólo una vez". Franklin Granadillo won the award for best arranger, Roberto Montiel for best conductor, and Jeanice Tromp for most popular singer. The songs performed by Dennis Raghunath, Marcelino Paesch, Edwin Abath, Olivia Murray, Tommy and Francis, Efrem Benita, Claudius Philips, and The Young Voices qualified for the national final.[4]
National final
ATM held the national final on Sunday 25 September 1983, beginning at 18:00 AST (22:00 UTC), at its studio 1 in Willemstad. It was broadcast live on both TeleCuraçao and TeleAruba.[5]
The winner was "En cada nota cantará tu voz", written by Ricardo del Carmen González and Claudius Philips, and performed by Philips himself.[6]
| R/O | Song | Artist | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Deja cantar a mi pueblo" | Edwin Abath | ||
| "En cada nota cantará tu voz" | Claudius Philips | 1 | |
| "Sólo una vez" | Olivia Murray | ||
| Efrem Benita | |||
| Marcelino Paesch | |||
| Dennis Raghunath | |||
| Tommy and Francis | |||
| The Young Voices |
At the OTI Festival
On 29 October 1983, the OTI Festival was held at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., United States, hosted by the Spanish International Network (SIN), and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. Claudius Philips performed "En cada nota cantará tu voz" in position 21, with Franklin Granadillo conducting the event's orchestra. At the end, only the top five places were announced, and the Netherlands Antillean entry was one of them.[8]
The festival was broadcast live on TeleAruba[9] and TeleCuraçao.[10]
Voting
Each participating broadcaster, or group of broadcasters that jointly participated representing a country, appointed a juror who secretly scored each entry in a scale of 5–1 points, except for the entry representing its own country. The Netherlands Antillean juror was Joy Kock.
Notes
- ^ Incomplete list of the sixteen competing entries.
References
- ^ "OTI Aruba op 3 september". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 2 June 1983. p. 5 – via Delpher.
- ^ "Extra programma's door Telecuracao ingelast". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 24 August 1983. p. 8 – via Delpher.
- ^ a b "Pre-festival voor OTI". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 7 September 1983. p. 5 – via Delpher.
- ^ a b "Edwin Abath goed voor de dag bij songfestival". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 12 September 1983. p. 5 – via Delpher.
- ^ "OTI Antilias direct op tv". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 24 September 1983. pp. 5, 2 – via Delpher.
- ^ "OTI winaar". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 26 September 1983. p. 3 – via Delpher.
- ^ Antilliaans OTI-festival 1983 (Television programme) (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao: ATM. 25 September 1983.
- ^ XII Festival de la canción OTI 1983 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Washington, D.C., United States: Spanish International Network. 29 October 1983.
- ^ "Agenda Aruba". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 29 October 1983. p. 5 – via Delpher.
- ^ "Agenda Curaçao". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 29 October 1983. p. 2 – via Delpher.