Venezuela in the OTI Festival
| Venezuela in the OTI Festival | |
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| OTI Festival | |
| Participating broadcaster |
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| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 28 |
| First appearance | 1972 |
| Last appearance | 2000 |
| Highest placement | 1st: 1982, 1987 |
| Host | 1979 |
Participation history
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The participation of Venezuela in the OTI Festival began at the first OTI Festival in 1972. The Venezuelan participating broadcasters were in turn Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), Venevisión, and Venezolana de Televisión, which were members of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI). They participated in all twenty-eight editions of the festival. They won twice: in 1982 and 1987; and hosted the event once, in 1979.
History
Venezuela won the festival on two occasions, the first one in 1982 with "Puedes contar conmigo" performed by the teenage boy band Grupo Unicornio.[1] Their second victory came in 1987 with "La felicidad está en un rincón en tu corazón" by Alfredo Alejandro. Apart from their victories, the country got two second places in 1976 and 1979 and three third places in 1974, 1975, and 1994.[2]
Many Venezuelan singers well known in all Ibero-America, such as Jose Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", her daughter Lilibeth Morillo, Mirla Castellanos, and Delia Dorta represented Venezuela in the festival with successful participations.
Venezuela hosted the contest in 1979. The venue of the festival was the Teatro del Círculo Militar of Caracas and the presenters were Eduardo Serrano and Carmen Victoria Pérez, who presented the event in a golden and blue colored stage. The opening theme of this edition of the festival was an orchestral fantasy based on the hymn, "Alma llanera".
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Mirla Castellanos got fourth place in 1972 and third place in 1975
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Jose Luis Rodríguez "El Puma" got third place in 1974
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María Teresa Chacín got a top-five place in 1983
Participation overview
| 1 | First place |
| 2 | Second place |
| 3 | Third place |
| F | Finalist |
| SF | Semi-finalist |
| X | Contest cancelled |
| Year | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Conductor | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Mirla Castellanos | "Sueños de cristal y miel" | Pablo Schneider | Eduardo Cabrera | 4 | 6 |
| 1973 | Mayra Martí | "Poema para el olvido" |
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Eduardo Cabrera | 9 | 3 |
| 1974 | Jose Luis Rodríguez | "Vuélvete" | Pablo Schneider | 3 | 11 | |
| 1975 | Mirla Castellanos | "Soy como el viento, soy como el mar" | Luisito Rey | Eduardo Cabrera | 3 | 10 |
| 1976 | Las Cuatro Monedas | "Soy" |
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2 | 13 | |
| 1977 | Héctor José | "Iberoamérica toda" |
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Cholo Ortiz | 6 | 3 |
| 1978 | Nancy Ramos | "Con la suerte a mi favor" | Francisco Belisario | 15 | 2 | |
| 1979 | Delia Dorta | "Cuando era niño" | José "Pollo" Sifontes | Anibal Abreu | 2 | 33 |
| 1980 | Héctor Cabrera | "Haces bien" | Pablo Schneider | Eduardo Cabrera | 18 | 5 |
| 1981 | Neyda Perdomo | "Aquel ciego" | César Menessini | 17 | 7 | |
| 1982 | Grupo Unicornio | "Puedes contar conmigo" |
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Carlos Moreán | 1 | 43 |
| 1983 | María Teresa Chacín | "Esperanza americana" | Chelique Sarabia | Eduardo Cabrera | Top-5 | N/a |
| 1984 | José Antonio García Hernández | "Ilusión de un soñador" | Agni Mogollón | Arnoldo Nali | N/a | |
| 1985 | Doris Hernández | "El primer vuelo" | Pablo Schneider | Carlos Moreán | N/a | |
| 1986 | Nilda López | "Un nuevo amanecer" | Luis Cruz | Horacio Saavedra | N/a | |
| 1987 | Alfredo Alejandro | "La felicidad está en un rincón en tu corazón" |
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Arnoldo Nali | 1 | N/a |
| 1988 | Iñaki | "Hoy he vuelto a reír" |
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William Croes | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | Salvador | "Caras perdidas" | Rafael Grecco | N/a | ||
| 1990 | Lilibeth Rodríguez | "Sé mujer" | Lila Morillo | Arnoldo Nali | N/a | |
| 1991 | Jesús Alfredo Ruiz | "Podría suceder" | Jesús Alfredo Ruiz | Chucho Ferrer | SF | N/a |
| 1992 | Karolina | "Sueños" | Luis Alva | N/a | ||
| 1993 | Nicolás Felizzola | "No me arriesgo" | Alejandro Salas | Alejandro Salas | N/a | |
| 1994 | Luis Silva | "Enfurecida"[3] |
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3 | 16 | |
| 1995 | Rogelio Ortiz | "El viaje" | Simón Díaz | Alí Agüero | N/a | |
| 1996 | Dina | "Junto a tu boca" | Jean Paul Cole | N/a | ||
| 1997 | Félix Valentino | "Nada igual que tu amor" | Félix Valentino | Alejandro Salas | F | N/a |
| 1998 | Asdrúbal Astudillo | "Mas allá" | Erick Gabriel | Alejandro Salas | F | N/a |
| 1999 | Contest cancelled X | |||||
| 2000 | Mary Olga Rodríguez | "Yo cantante" | Alicia Lozada | SF | N/a | |
Hosting
| Year | City | Venue | Hosts | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Caracas | Teatro del Círculo Militar | [4] |
References
- ^ "NOTICIAS: FALLECIÓ EX-INTEGRANTE DEL GRUPO UNICORNIO". 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ^ "Recordar es vivir: Venezuela en la OTI. Por María Laura Marrero". venezuelactiva.com. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
- ^ "Luis Silva – CORAZON LLANERO". corazonllanero.com.ve (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ^ "Festival OTI de la Canción 1979". OTI Festival (in Spanish). 8 December 1979. OTI.