The 1988 Chilean telethon was the eighth version of the solidarity campaign conducted in

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, which took place on 2 and 3 December 1988. The theme of this version was "It's Everybody's Task," and the official theme song ''Soy tu amigo'' (I'm your friend), was sung by Miguel Zabaleta and

Cecilia Echenique Cecilia Echenique (October 28, 1957) is a Chilean singer-songwriter. Among Chilean musicians, she is one of the most versatile and thus remains vigent in the current Chilean musical landscape. She studied at the "Instituto de Música" de la Pon ...

. The poster boy was Rodrigo Caceres, who is remembered for having memorized all the companies sponsoring the event. The morning newscast was in charge of Radio Cooperativa, they therefore resorted to the announcer Sergio Campos, for the first time, on television. He read the news as if he was in a radio studio. One of the stories of this edition was that the children's section of the programme was issued fully recorded, unlike previous years. This campaign initially seemed likely to fail, the slowness of the Chileans to donate made the program directors lengthen the schedule by about 1 hour, thus giving time to reach the goal at 0030 on Sunday, 4 December. The amount collected was: CL$ 525,801,100 later after the telethon ended the figure of CL$ 711,712,019 was reached The telethon was held two months after the well-remembered and historic plebiscite of 5 October that year and was the last telethon which took place under the

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of Augusto Pinochet. And of course, it marked Teleton's 10th year.

Artists

Nationals

* Juan Antonio Labra * Los Huasos Quincheros * Gloria Simonetti * Luis Jara * Andrea Tessa *

Alberto Plaza Alberto is the Romance languages, Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic languages, Germanic ''Albert (given name), Albert''. It is used in Italian language, Italian, Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, ...

* Peter Rock * Patricia Frías *

Miguel Piñera 280px, Miguel ''Negro'' Piñera. 280px, Negro Piñera in Bierfest Valdivia. José Miguel Carlos Piñera Echenique, known in Chile by his nickname "Negro" Piñera (born October 18, 1954) is a Chilean celebrity, night club owner and amateur musi ...

* Patricio Renán * Eduardo Fuentes *

Roberto Vander Roberto Vander (born Frans Robert Jan van der Hoek; September 20, 1950) is a Dutch-Chilean actor and singer. Biography After living in different Latin American countries such as Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil, he settled in Mexico in 19 ...

* Sergio Lillo * Roberto Viking Valdés *

Jorge Eduardo Jorge Eduardo Pedro Júnior (born 8 September 1994), known as Jorge Eduardo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Cambodian Visakha in the Cambodian Premier League. Career Born in São Paulo, Jorge Eduardo joined Audax São Paul ...

* Wildo * Irene Llanos * Lorena *

Pachuco Pachucos are male members of a counterculture associated with zoot suit fashion, jazz and swing music, a distinct dialect known as '' caló'', and self-empowerment in rejecting assimilation into Anglo-American society that emerged in El Paso ...

* Alejandro De Rosas * María Inés Naveillán * Claudia Muñoz * Cristóbal *

Eduardo Gatti Eduardo Gatti Benoit (born 1949) is a Chilean singer-songwriter in the tradition of Nueva Canción and Nueva Trova Nueva Trova (, "new trova") is a movement in Cuban music that emerged around 1967/68 after the Cuban Revolution of 1959 ...

* Keko Yungue * José Luis Arce * Ginette Acevedo * Mónica De Calixto * Lucho Muñoz * Álvaro Scaramelli

International

* Chayanne *

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* Fito Páez *

Al Di Meola Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his works in jazz fusion and world music, he began his career as a guitarist of the group Return to Forever in 1974. Between the 1970s and 1980s, albums such as ' ...

Víctor Manuel Víctor Manuel San José Sánchez (born July 7, 1947) is a Spanish singer-songwriter. He has been married to the Spanish singer and actress Ana Belén since 1972. He and his wife are considered symbols of the Spanish Transition, and his songs ...

Ángela Carrasco Ángela Altagracia Carrasco Rodríguez (born January 23, 1951) is a People of the Dominican Republic, Dominican singer. Carrasco was born in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic. At age 7, she first appeared in an advertising world, singing the th ...

Amaya Uranga Amaya Uranga Amezaga (born 18 February 1947) is a Spanish singer from Bilbao, best known for the 15 years she spent as a member of the Basque folk/pop sextet Mocedades. She is a cousin of director Pablo Berger. Biography Uranga formed Moced ...

* Las Primas * Franco *

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Miguel Bosé Luis Miguel González Bosé (born 3 April 1956), usually known as Miguel Bosé, is a Spanish pop new wave singer and actor. Early life Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of Italian actress Lucia Bosè (19 ...

* Viento y Marea * Sandra Mihanovich * Celeste Carvallo * Orlando Netti *

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Comedians

* José Luis Giogia *

Coco Legrand Alejandro Javier González Legrand, better known as Coco Legrand (Santiago, July 28, 1947), is a Chilean comedian, actor and TV presenter. His repertoire consists mainly of monologues that show daily experiences that allow us to review the most ty ...

* Ricardo Meruane *

Jorge Navarrete Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος ('' Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...

* Pepe Tapia * Checho Hirane *

Álvaro Salas Álvaro Reinaldo Salas Carvajal (born 27 December 1952) is a Chilean comedian and television personality. Biography He was born in the port city of Valparaíso. He spent his childhood on the San Juan de Dios Hill, where he began to develop his ...

* Jorge Cruz * Carlos Helo * Sergio Feito * Lucho Arenas * Clavel * Gigi Martin

Magazine

* BAFOCHI * Hugo Urrutia *

Gloria Benavides Gloria Angélica Benavides Nicolás (born April 5, 1948), is a Chilean actress, singer and comedian. Biography Personal life She was born in Loncoche in 1948, daughter of Juan Luis Benavides Oliva and Nieves Elena Nicolás Gacitúa. At the age ...

* Tamare Tahiti * Mario Buqueño *

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Ramón Núñez Ramón Fernando Núñez Reyes (born 14 November 1985) is an international footballer who last played for the Mesquite Outlaws in the Major Arena Soccer League. Núñez plays primarily as an attacking midfielder. He can also play as a winger o ...

In Children's Section

* El Profesor Rossa * Patio Plum *

Cachureos ''Cachureos'' (Chilean Spanish for ''odds and ends'') was a Chilean television program created in 1983 by Marcelo Hernández. Show Cachureos is like a game show where the host, "Tío Marcelo", gives prizes to the kids who win the competitions. ...

* Pipiripao *

Alejandro Rojas Alejandro Rojas (born 6 January 1962) is a Chilean rower. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seou ...

In Adult's Section

* Bambi * Cristina Tocco * Maripepa Nieto

Transmission

* UCV Televisión * Televisión Nacional de Chile * Canal 9 Señal 2 de Televisión Nacional de Chile * Universidad de Chile Televisión * Universidad Católica de Chile Televisión *

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* Red TV Cable

External links

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