Cuba in the OTI Festival 1992
| Cuba in the OTI Festival 1992 | ||||
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| OTI Festival 1992 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT) | |||
| Country | Cuba | |||
| Selection process | OTI 92, de La Habana a Valencia | |||
| Selection date | 4 October 1992 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Sólo para mí" | |||
| Artist | Augusto Enríquez | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | Finalist | |||
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Cuba was represented at the OTI Festival 1992 with the song "Sólo para mí", written by Julián Fernández, Emilio Vega, and Augusto Enríquez, and performed by Enríquez himself. The Cuban participating broadcaster, the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT), selected its entry through a national televised competition. The song, that was performed in position 5, was not among the top-three places revealed.
National stage
The Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT) held a national televised competition to select its entry for the 21st edition of the OTI Festival. This second edition of the national OTI festival, titled OTI 92, de La Habana a Valencia, featured twenty-one songs in a semi-final, of which ten qualified for the final. The broadcaster opened a three-month registration period in which it received 1,466 songs.[1]
The shows were staged at the Karl Marx Theatre in Havana, were presented by Carlos Otero, Rakelita Mayedo, Susana Pérez, and Rafael Robledo, and were broadcast live on Cubavisión and Radio Progreso. All the competing entries were performed with live vocals and pre-recorded music. Each of the music videos that the broadcaster made of the entries, accompanied by a statement from the songwriter, had been broadcast one per day in a 5-minute slot in prime time on Cubavisión during the previous weeks.
The jury was composed of Demetrio Muñiz, Enriqueta Almanza, Héctor Quintero, Lourdes Torres, Luis Ríos Vega, Miguel Patterson, and Eugenio Pedraza Ginori.
| Song | Artist | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Abandonar un sueño" | Irene Alpízar | Francisco Escorcia |
| "Algo más que amigos" | Aymée Nuviola and Francisco Céspedes |
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| "Anoche descubrimos el amor" | Belkis Ramos | Mario Pino |
| "Calendario" | Manuel Marín |
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| "Callada" | Mayra de la Vega | Carlos Miguel Ojeda |
| "Como campanas de amor" | Pedro José | Orlando Quesada |
| "Como lluvia en primavera" | Lourdes Nuviola |
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| "¿Dónde estás?" | Blanca Estrella | José Luis Fernández |
| "El buen amor" | Dayami Grasso | Sergio Morales |
| "Más allá del horizonte que buscaba" | Maureen García | Raúl Baydes |
| "Mejor será decirnos adiós" | Giselle Valdés | José Valladares |
| "Mi luna de miel" | Guillermo Alberto | Guillermo Alberto |
| "No me provoques" | Paulo FG | Clemente Delgado |
| "Para el nuevo año" | Alina Izquierdo |
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| "Porque existes" | Miguel Ángel Céspedes | Rolando Fernández |
| "Qué pena de querer" | Esther Llanes | Carol Quintana |
| "¿Qué será de esta noche sin ti?" | Evelyn García Márquez | Evelyn García Márquez |
| "Sigo vivo y puedo amar" | José Antonio Duany | Samuel Concepción |
| "Sólo para mí" | Augusto Enríquez |
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| "Soñaba" | Rafael Sánchez Yero | José Valladares |
| "Y si tú no estás" | Raúl Araújo | Raúl Araújo |
Semi-final
The semi-final was held on Saturday 3 October 1992. The twenty-one competing entries were performed in the semi-final.
| R/O | Song | Artist | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Abandonar un sueño" | Irene Alpízar | N/a | |
| "Algo más que amigos" | Aymée Nuviola and Francisco Céspedes[a] | Qualified | |
| "Anoche descubrimos el amor" | Belkis Ramos | Qualified | |
| "Calendario" | Manuel Marín | N/a | |
| "Callada" | Mayra de la Vega | Qualified | |
| "Como campanas de amor" | Pedro José | N/a | |
| "Como lluvia en primavera" | Lourdes Nuviola | N/a | |
| "¿Dónde estás?" | Blanca Estrella | N/a | |
| "El buen amor" | Dayami Grasso | Qualified | |
| "Más allá del horizonte que buscaba" | Maureen García | N/a | |
| "Mejor será decirnos adiós" | Giselle Valdés | N/a | |
| "Mi luna de miel" | Guillermo Alberto | N/a | |
| "No me provoques" | Paulo FG | N/a | |
| "Para el nuevo año" | Alina Izquierdo | Qualified | |
| "Porque existes" | Miguel Ángel Céspedes | Qualified | |
| "Qué pena de querer" | Esther Llanes | Qualified | |
| "¿Qué será de esta noche sin ti?" | Evelyn García Márquez | Qualified | |
| "Sigo vivo y puedo amar" | José Antonio Duany | N/a | |
| "Sólo para mí" | Augusto Enríquez | Qualified | |
| "Soñaba" | Rafael Sánchez Yero | Qualified | |
| "Y si tú no estás" | Raúl Araújo | N/a |
Final
The final was held on Sunday 4 October 1992.
The winner was "Sólo para mí", written by Julián Fernández, Emilio Vega, and Augusto Enríquez, and performed by Enríquez himself; with "Para el nuevo año", written by Ondina Mateo and Rafael Espín and performed by Alina Izquierdo, placing second; and "Soñaba", written by José Valladares and performed by Rafael Sánchez Yero, placing third.[3]
| R/O | Song | Artist | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Algo más que amigos" | Aymée Nuviola and Francisco Céspedes[a] | N/a | |
| "Anoche descubrimos el amor" | Belkis Ramos | N/a | |
| "Callada" | Mayra de la Vega | N/a | |
| "El buen amor" | Dayami Grasso | N/a | |
| "Para el nuevo año" | Alina Izquierdo | 2 | |
| "Porque existes" | Miguel Ángel Céspedes | N/a | |
| "Qué pena de querer" | Esther Llanes | N/a | |
| "¿Qué será de esta noche sin ti?" | Evelyn García Márquez | N/a | |
| "Sólo para mí" | Augusto Enríquez | 1 | |
| "Soñaba" | Rafael Sánchez Yero | 3 |
At the OTI Festival
On 5 December 1992, the OTI Festival was held at Teatro Principal in Valencia, Spain, hosted by Televisión Española (TVE), and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. Augusto Enríquez performed "Sólo para mí" in position 5. The song was not among the top-three places revealed.[5]
References
References
- ^ de la Hoz, Pedro (3 October 1992). "Hoy y mañana OTI'92". Granma (in Spanish).
- ^ Semifinal del OTI 92, de La Habana a Valencia (Television programme) (in Spanish). Havana, Cuba: ICRT. 3 October 1992.
- ^ "Ganó Sólo para mí". Trabajadores (in Spanish). 5 October 1992.
- ^ Final del OTI 92, de La Habana a Valencia (Television programme) (in Spanish). Havana, Cuba: ICRT. 4 October 1992.
- ^ XXI Festival de la canción OTI 1992 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Valencia, Spain: Televisión Española (TVE). 5 December 1992.