Colombia in the OTI Festival
| Colombia in the OTI Festival | |
|---|---|
| OTI Festival | |
| Participating broadcaster | Inravisión[a] |
| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 27 |
| First appearance | 1972 |
| Last appearance | 1998 |
| Highest placement | 2º in 1991 |
Participation history
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The participation of Colombia in the OTI Festival began at the inaugural OTI Festival in 1972. The Colombian participating broadcaster was Inravisión through programadoras such as Caracol Televisión, Punch, RTI Televisión, RCN Televisión, JES, and Datos y Mensajes, which were members of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI). They participated in twenty-seven of the twenty-eight editions, only missing the 2000 festival. Their best result in the festival was second achieved in 1991.
History
Inravisión participated in the OTI Festival through programadoras such as Caracol Televisión, Punch, RTI Televisión, RCN Televisión, JES, and Datos y Mensajes. All the Colombian entries were internally selected except from 1992 when a national final was held.
During the Colombian history in this festival, they got two third places, in 1975 with "Campesino de ciudad" by Leonor González Mina and in 1973 with "Tú pueblo y mi pueblo" by Jaime Mora. They also managed to get the second place in 1991 with "Consejos, canción a mi hijo" by Juan Carlos Coronel.
In 1992 Shakira was initially considered to represent Colombia in the festival but she could not compete because she was under age.
Participation overview
| Year | Artist | Song | Place | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Natalia Ramírez | Amor por Latinoamérica (Love for Latin America | SF | |
| 1997 | Andrés Cabas | Mis amigos (My friends) | SF | |
| 1996 | Voz en Off | Eres (You are) | ||
| 1995 | César Mora | Sólo por hoy (Just for today) | ||
| 1994 | Jorge Hernán Baena | Quiero saber (I want to know) | SF | |
| 1993 | Alexia Hernández | Cómo volver a amar (How to love again) | ||
| 1992 | Alexandra Villar | Yo no sé si estoy de moda (I don't know if I'm fashionable) | ||
| 1991 | Juan Carlos Coronel | Consejos, canción a mi hijo (Advices, a song for my son) | 2 | |
| 1990 | Daniel Abadía | Más que a mi madre (More than my mother) | ||
| 1989 | Yolanda González | El artista (The artist) | ||
| 1988 | Harold Orozco | Latinoamérica (Latin America) | 7 | 6 |
| 1987 | Marta Patricia Yepes | Vengan a mi hogar (Come to my home) | ||
| 1986 | Noemí | Ausencia (Absence) | ||
| 1985 | Hermanos Gutiérrez | Mi señora campesina (My peasant lady) | ||
| 1984 | Christopher y Ximena | Por lo que habías jurado (For what you had promised) | ||
| 1983 | Jaime Mora | Tu pueblo y mi pueblo (My people and your people) | 3 | |
| 1982 | Blanco y Negro | Así (Like this) | 9 | 18 |
| 1981 | Jaime D'Alberto | Si nací por amor, yo viví para amar
(If I was born because of love, I lived to love) |
5 | 18 |
| 1980 | Jaime Valencia | Por cuanto tiempo (For how much time...) | 11 | 13 |
| 1979 | Paola | A cualquier hora (At any time) | 19 | 2 |
| 1978 | Billy Pontoni | Joven (Young) | 16 | 1 |
| 1977 | Ximena | Cantando (Singing) | 14 | 1 |
| 1976 | Amparito | Son de tambores (Made of drums) | 4 | 9 |
| 1975 | Leonor González Mina | Campesino de ciudad (City farmer) | 3 | 10 |
| 1974 | Isadora | Porque soy la mujer, esperé
(I waited because I'm the wife) |
15 | 1 |
| 1973 | Claudia Osuna | Una orquídea, un amor (One Orchidea, one love) | 9 | 3 |
| 1972 | Christopher | Volverás a mis brazos (You will return to my arms) | 9 | 3 |
Notes
- ^ Through programadoras such as Caracol Televisión, Punch, RTI Televisión, RCN Televisión, JES, and Datos y Mensajes.