Viña 2020 is the 61st edition of the International Song Festival of Viña del Mar, held between 23 and 28 February 2020, being conducted by Maria Luisa Godoy and Martin Cárcamo. It is organized by Televisión Nacional de Chile, Canal 13 and Fox Channel Latin America. That year's edition is distinguished from others because it was held, despite the tense social and political environment experienced in Chile since October 2019, so the event was fully marked by the 2019 Chilean Crisis.

Artists

As usual, the routines were divided into two types of entertainment: singing and comedy.

Singers

* Ricky Martin. * Pedro Capó. * Mon Laferte. *

Francisca Valenzuela Francisca Valenzuela (; born March 17, 1987 in San Francisco, California) is an American-born Chilean singer, poet, and multi-instrumentalist. Valenzuela was born and raised in San Francisco, California, where she resided until the age of 12, bef ...

. * Ana Gabriel. *

Pimpinela Joaquín and Lucía Galán, better known as Pimpinela (Spanish for '' pimpernel'') are an Argentine duo famous for singing romantic musical pieces and known for their original singing style. They have sold over 12 million records in Argentina ...

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Pablo Alborán Pablo Moreno de Alborán Ferrándiz (born 31 May 1989), popularly known as Pablo Alborán, is a Spanish musician and singer-songwriter. Throughout his career, Alborán has released five studio albums, two live albums, and various musical collabo ...

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Luciano Pereyra Luciano Ariel Pereyra (born September 21, 1981) is an Argentine singer. Biography In 1984, when he was three years old, his parents noticed his talent for music and gave him a guitar for Christmas. The following year, he competed in a televis ...

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Maroon 5 Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. It currently consists of lead vocalist Adam Levine, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Jesse Carmichael, lead guitarist James Valentine (musician), James Valentine, drummer Matt ...

Alexandre Pires Alexandre Pires do Nascimento (born January 8, 1976) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. Pires was previously the singer of group Só Pra Contrariar which he joined in the late 1980s. Career Pires began his career playing a new and more appellati ...

. * Ozuna. * Denise Rosenthal. * Noche de Brujas.

Comedians

* Stefan Kramer. *

Javiera Contador Javiera Contador (born June 17, 1974 in Santiago) is a Chilean actress, comedian and television hostess. She played ''Quena Gómez de Larraín'' on the television show Casado con Hijos. She studied theatre at Pontificia Universidad Católica de ...

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Ernesto Belloni Ernesto Belloni (23 August 188323 November 1938) was an Italian businessman, academic and politician who served as the first podestà of Milan from 1926 to 1928. In 1929 he was accused of corruption and condemned to leave his party and then to a 5 ...

. * Fusión Humor. * Paul Vásquez. * Pedro Ruminot.

Competitions

As every year, there is an international song competition, an international one, aimed at various musical themes of each country, and a folkloric competition, with a song typical of the folklore of the country represented. The winner is awarded with the most recognized prize of the contest: " La Gaviota de Plata". This year, the results were as follows:

International

* 1st place:: , Vicente Cifuentes «Chillán». * 2nd place:: , Johann Vera: «Perdón». * 3rd place:: , Fran Vázquez: «Bailo con mi sombra».

Folkloric

* 1st place:: , Nahuel Pennisi: «Avanzar». * 2nd place:: , Soledad del Río: «Somos el Paraíso». * 3rd place:: , Paula Arenas: «Buena para nada» .

Controversies

Political humor

Chilean comedians such as the " Fusión Humor" quartet or the humorist and imitator Stefan Kramer made comic routines laughing at controversial situations within the political-social landscape lived in Chile at the end of 2019, and early 2020. The organization was accused of censorship of humorous routines that made fun of politicians and the Government of Chile, mainly of the current president Sebastián Piñera.

Singer declarations

Popular Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel and Chilean singer Mon Laferte made political statements during their presentations. The Mon Laferte spoke about a police request for her to clarify her previous and severe accusation made against police in Chile during the protests. For its part, the Mexican singer acknowledged that she was not interested in politics, but that she was sorry that the people were harmed, comparing the situation in Chile with countries such as Nicaragua, Mexico or Venezuela.

Maroon 5

On 27 February 2020, the American rock band Maroon 5 performed. The presentation, which began 29 minutes late, was listed as "mediocre" by the specialized press, inside and outside Chile. The

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Adam Levine Adam Noah Levine (; born March 18, 1979) is an American singer and songwriter. He serves as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the pop rock band Maroon 5. Levine began his musical career in 1994 with the band Kara's Flowers, of which ...

performed the songs with "lack of energy and out of tune", adding that the disappointment of the fans increased when videos were leaked, when he was leaving the stage, showing him angry and saying that "they were deceived", that it was a concert for television, and that Viña del Mar is a "shitty city". That created an atmosphere of rejection inside and outside of his fans who were very upset by the words of disrespect from the band's leader. Levine later posted on Instagram to apologized for the incident and the band said it had experienced technical difficulties with the audio feed to Levine's ear pieces.

References

{{reflist 2020 in Chile Viña del Mar International Song Festival February 2020 events in Chile 2019–2020 Chilean protests