Chile in the OTI Festival
| Chile in the OTI Festival | |
|---|---|
| OTI Festival | |
| Participating broadcaster | |
| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 28 |
| First appearance | 1972 |
| Last appearance | 2000 |
| Highest placement | 1st: 1984, 1998 |
| Host | 1978, 1986 |
The participation of Chile in the OTI Festival began at the inaugural OTI Festival in 1972. The Chilean participating broadcasters, Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), Universidad Católica de Chile Televisión (UCTV), and Universidad de Chile Televisión (UTV),[a] participated jointly in the event; with Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Televisión (UCVTV), Megavisión, and Compañía Chilena de Televisión (CCT) occasionally joining. They were members of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI), and participated in all twenty-eight editions of the festival. They won the festival two times: in 1984 and 1998; and they hosted the event also two times: in 1978 and 1986.
History
Chile won the OTI Festival in two occasions: in 1984 with the song "Agualuna" by singer-songwriter Fernando Ubiergo,[1] and in 1998 with the song "Fin de siglo, éste es el tiempo de inflamarse, deprimirse o transformarse" by rapper and comedian Florcita Motuda.[2]
In addition to these victories, their placed second with "Canción contra la tristeza" by Alberto Plaza in 1995. They also got three third places: in 1976 with "Era sólo un chiquillo" by José Alfredo Fuentes, in 1985 with "Para poder vivir" by Juan Carlos Duque, and in 1992 with "Te prometo" by Pablo Herrera.
Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), Universidad Católica de Chile Televisión (UCTV), and Universidad de Chile Televisión (UTV), organised jointly the event two times: in 1978 and in 1986. Both events were held in the Municipal Theatre of Santiago.
National final
Chile was one of the countries that regularly held an annual national final in order to select its entry in the OTI Festival, produced in turn –or jointly– by TVN, UCTV, UTV, Megavisión, and Compañía Chilena de Televisión (CCT). The winner, who was elected by a professional jury, would later represent the country in the festival.
The Festival OTI Nacional, which was the official name of the selection process, was also very popular between the local audience and in fact, many famous musicians participated in the national final in order to represent Chile in the main event.
Participation overview
| 1 | First place |
| 2 | Second place |
| 3 | Third place |
| F | Finalist |
| SF | Semi-finalist |
| X | Contest cancelled |
| Year | Participant[b] | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Conductor | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | TVN | Guillermo Basterrechea | "Una vez, otra vez"[c] |
|
Eddy Guerín | 7 | 4 |
| 1973 | TVN | Antonio Zabaleta | "Cuando tú vuelvas"[d] | Antonio Zabaleta | Horacio Saavedra | 6 | 5 |
| 1974 | TVN | José Alfredo Fuentes | "Amor, volveré"[e] | José Alfredo Fuentes | Chucho Ferrer | 7 | 4 |
| 1975 | TVN | Osvaldo Díaz | "Las puertas del mundo"[f] | Luis "Poncho" Venegas | Horacio Saavedra | 5 | 5 |
| 1976 | TVN | José Alfredo Fuentes | "Era sólo un chiquillo"[g] |
|
Horacio Saavedra | 3 | 12 |
| 1977 | UCTV | Capri | "Oda a mi guitarra"[h] | Nano Acevedo | Juan Azúa | 11 | 2 |
| 1978 |
|
Florcita Motuda | "Pobrecito mortal, si quieres ver menos televisión, descubrirás qué aburrido estarás por la tarde"[i] | Florcita Motuda | Horacio Saavedra | 7 | 17 |
| 1979 |
|
Patricia Maldonado | "La música"[j] | Scottie Scott | Juan Salazar | 14 | 10 |
| 1980 | UCTV | Nino García | "Sin razón"[k] | Nino García | Gonzalo García | 14 | 9 |
| 1981 |
|
Florcita Motuda | "Si hoy tenemos que cantar a tanta gente, pensémoslo"[l] | Florcita Motuda | Juan Salazar | 5 | 18 |
| 1982 | UCTV | Juan Pablo Méndez | "Si no hubieras estado tú"[m] | Juan Pablo Méndez | Francisco Aranda | 11 | 14 |
| 1983 | UTV | Wildo | "La misma vida, el mismo modo"[n] | Wildo | Francisco Aranda | — | |
| 1984 | UTV | Fernando Ubiergo | "Agualuna"[o] | Fernando Ubiergo | Francisco Aranda | 1 | — |
| 1985 | UCTV | Juan Carlos Duque | "Para poder vivir"[p] |
|
Francisco Aranda | 3 | — |
| 1986 |
|
Pancho Puelma | "Desde las nubes"[q] | Pancho Puelma | Francisco Aranda | — | |
| 1987 | UTV | Eduardo Valenzuela | "Chocando paredes"[r] | Eduardo Valenzuela | Francisco Larraín | — | |
| 1988 | UCTV | Cecilia Castro | "Es mi libertad"[s] |
|
Miguel Pizarro | 7 | 6 |
| 1989 | TVN | Catalina Telias | "La movida"[t] | Scottie Scott | Toly Ramírez | — | |
| 1990 | UTV | Osvaldo Díaz | "Si no te tuviera a ti"[u] | Eduardo Carrasco | Miguel Zabaleta | — | |
| 1991 | UCTV | Claudio Escobar | "Haciendo música"[v] | Scottie Scott | René Calderón | F | — |
| 1992 | TVN | Pablo Herrera | "Te prometo"[w] |
|
Andrés Pollak | 3 | — |
| 1993 | RTU | Keko Yunge | "María y Manuel"[x] | Keko Yunge | Marc Friedler | — | |
| 1994 | Megavisión | María Inés Naveillán | "La vida va"[y] | Luis "Poncho" Venegas | Francisco Aranda | 9 | 3 |
| 1995 | UCTV | Alberto Plaza | "Canción contra la tristeza"[z] | Alberto Plaza | Roberto Trujillo | 2 | — |
| 1996 | TVN | José Luis Moya | "Te confieso"[aa] | José Luis Ubiergo | Hugo Manzi | — | |
| 1997 | Megavisión | Rachel | "Nunca sabrás cuánto te amo"[ab] | Alejandro Afani | René Calderón | F | — |
| 1998 | CCT | Florcita Motuda | "Fin de siglo, éste es el tiempo de inflamarse, deprimirse o transformarse"[ac] | Florcita Motuda | Olivia Alarcón | 1 | — |
| 1999 | Contest cancelled X | ||||||
| 2000 | UCTV | Magdalena Matthey | "Tú, naturaleza"[ad] | Magdalena Matthey | Tilo González | SF | — |
Hosting
| Year | Host broadcasters | City | Venue | Hosts | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 |
|
Santiago | Municipal Theatre |
|
[3] |
| 1986 |
|
[4] |
Notes
- ^ a b As Red de Televisión de la Universidad de Chile (RTU) in 1991–1993 and Chilevisión since 1994.
- ^ Broadcaster(s) that staged the national selection.
- ^ Translation: "On again, off again"
- ^ Translation: "When you return"
- ^ Translation: "My love, I will return"
- ^ Translation: "The doors of the world"
- ^ Translation: "He was just a little child"
- ^ Translation: "Ode to my guitar"
- ^ Translation: "Poor average guy, If you want to see less TV you will discover how bored you'll be in the afternoon"
- ^ Translation: "The music"
- ^ Translation: "Reasonless"
- ^ Translation: "If we have to sing about so many people, let's think about it!"
- ^ Translation: "If you wouldn't have been there"
- ^ Translation: "The same life, the same way"
- ^ Translation: "Moonwater"
- ^ Translation: "To be able to live"
- ^ Translation: "From the clouds"
- ^ Translation: "Colliding walls"
- ^ Translation: "It's my freedom"
- ^ Translation: "The moving"
- ^ Translation: "If I didn't have you"
- ^ Translation: "Making music"
- ^ Translation: "I promise you"
- ^ Translation: "María and Manuel"
- ^ Translation: "Life goes by"
- ^ Translation: "Song against the sadness"
- ^ Translation: "I confess to you"
- ^ Translation: "You'll never know how much I love you"
- ^ Translation: "End of century: It's time to get wild, to depress or to transform ourselves"
- ^ Translation: "You, nature"
References
- ^ "Ubiergo desclasifica archivos de su triunfo en la OTI". mercuriovalpo.cl. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "La Nación Digital. El País". wvw.nacion.com. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Festival OTI de la Canción 1978". OTI Festival (in Spanish). 2 December 1978. Televisión Nacional de Chile / Canal 13 / Canal 9 / UCV Televisión / OTI.
- ^ "Festival OTI de la Canción 1986". OTI Festival (in Spanish). 15 November 1986. Televisión Nacional de Chile / Canal 13 / Canal 11 / OTI.