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Festival OTI De La Canción
OTI Festival (, ), often known simply as La OTI, was an international song competition, organised annually between 1972 and 2000 by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI), featuring participants representing primarily Ibero-American countries. Each participating OTI member broadcaster submitted an original song primarily in Spanish or Portuguese to be performed on live television and transmitted to all OTI broadcasters via satellite. It was preceded by the Festival Mundial de la Canción Latina, held in 1969 and 1970 in Mexico. The festival was an Ibero-American spin-off of the Eurovision Song Contest. The first edition was held at the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos auditorium in Madrid on 25 November 1972 and the last one was held on 20 May 2000 in Acapulco. Since then, it has been cancelled due to the questioning of the voting system of the latter contests, the lack of sponsors, the low quality of the entrants and the withdrawal of some of the most iconic co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be performed and broadcast live to all of them via the Eurovision (network), Eurovision and Euroradio networks, and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. The contest was inspired by and based on the Italian Sanremo Music Festival, held in the Italian Riviera since 1951. Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (except for due to the COVID-19 pandemic), making it the longest-running international music competition on television and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU and invited associate members are eligible to compete; broadcasters from List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest, 52 countries hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia In The OTI Festival
Bolivia debuted in the OTI Festival in 1972 and since then, the country participated uninterruptedly till the last edition of the show in 2000. Bolivia is one of the least lucky countries participating in the event. In fact, Bolivisión and Televisión Boliviana, the two Bolivian OTI full member stations only managed to enter the top 10 on two occasions: The first one in Madrid 1972 with Arturo Quesada and his entry "No volveré a pasar por allí" (I won't pass by there again) composed by the Spaniards Manuel De la Calva and Ramón Arcusa, (Members of Dúo Dinámico). Their second and last top 10 position came in 1994 in Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ... with Gilka Gutierrez and her song "Para poder hablar de amor" (To be able to talk about love) which go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OTI Festival 1974
OTI Festival 1974 (, ) was the third edition of the annual OTI Festival. It was held in Acapulco, Mexico, following the country's victory at the 1973 contest with the song "Que alegre va María" by Imelda Miller. Organised by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) and host broadcaster Televisa, the contest was held at the Ruiz de Alarcón Theatre on Saturday 26 October 1974 and was hosted by Raul Velasco and Lolita Ayala. This festival was marked by the debut of seven countries, which led to a sudden rise in the number of participating entries. The winner was Puerto Rico with the song "Hoy canto por cantar", performed by Nydia Caro. Background According to the original rules of the OTI Festival, the winning country would organize and host the festival the following year. In this case, Mexico and its representative, Imelda Miller, were the winners of the event in 1973. This meant that Televisa, the Mexican national broadcaster, had to organize the subsequent ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico In The OTI Festival
The participation of Mexico in the OTI Festival first began at the second OTI Festival in OTI Festival 1973, 1973 held in Belo Horizonte and continued continuously until the last edition in 2000 held in Acapulco. Televisa, member of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI), was responsible for the Mexican participation. During the contest’s run, it was one of the most successful countries with a record six wins, including a back-to-back victory in 1989 and 1990, and fourteen top 3 finishes. History Mexico had initially expressed its desire to take part in the first OTI Festival in OTI Festival 1972, 1972 held in Madrid. In fact, Telesistema Mexicano, had selected Alberto Ángel "El Cuervo" as their representative with the song "Yo no voy a la guerra" composed by Roberto Cantoral, but the entry was disqualified because both the OTI and some voices in Francoist Spain felt that the song had political intentions, which made it unsuitable to compete in the contest. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OTI Festival 1973
The OTI Festival 1973 (, ) was the second edition of the annual OTI Festival. It was held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, following the country's victory at the previous contest with the song "Diálogo" by Claudia Regina and Tobías. Organised by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) and host broadcaster Rede Tupi throughout its affiliate TV Itacolomi, the contest was held at the on Saturday 10 November 1973 and was hosted by Walter Forster and . Fourteen countries took part, with Mexico competing for the first time and joining the original thirteen participating countries from the previous contest. Ecuador, who was also going to join for the first time, made a late withdrawal. It was precisely the Mexican entrant who won the festival with the song "Qué alegre va María". Background According to the initial rules of the OTI Festival, the winning country of the previous edition would host the contest the next year. Brazil, which was the winning country of the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuela In The OTI Festival
The participation of Venezuela in the OTI Festival first began at the inaugural OTI Festival in 1972 held in Madrid and continued continuously until the last edition in 2000 held in Acapulco. Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), Venevisión, and Venezolana de Televisión, members of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI), were responsible for the Venezuelan participation in different years. History Venezuela won the festival on two occasions, the first one in 1982 with the teenage boy band with the song "Puedes contar conmigo". The second Venezuelan victory came in 1987 in Lisbon with Alfredo Alejandro, with the song "La felicidad esá en un rincón de tu corazón". Apart from their victories, the country got two second places in 1976 and 1979 and three third places in 1974, 1975, and 1994. Many Venezuelan singers well known in all Ibero-America, such as Jose Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", her daughter Lilibeth Morillo, Mirla Castellanos, and represented their count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay In The OTI Festival
Uruguay and its Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana, OTI member station Teledoce, was one of the founders and main launchers of the OTI Festival. The country debuted in the contest in the first show in Madrid in 1972. Since then, the Uruguayan broadcaster took part every year until the last show which was held in Acapulco in 2000. History Uruguay debuted in the OTI Festival in 1972 with Ronayr Franco and his song "Busco mi destino" (I look for my destiny) created by the Spanis people, Spanish composer Augusto Algueró. Since their debut the Uruguayan trajectory in the OTI Festival was only moderate and only managed to reach the top 10 in five occasions. Although Teledoce was unable to win the contest, it achieved a significant result with Daniel Mantero and his song "Secreto enamorado" (A secret in love) which turned into a hit in the South American country. Since then, the Uruguayan TV channel never managed to reach again the top ten. Contestants References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
