Mexico in the OTI Festival 1982

Mexico in the
OTI Festival 1982
OTI Festival 1982
Participating broadcasterTelevisa
Country Mexico
Selection processNational OTI Festival
Selection date26 September 1982
Competing entry
Song"Con y por amor"
ArtistEnrique Guzmán
Songwriters
Placement
Final result4th, 22 points
Participation chronology
◄1981 1982 1983►

Mexico was represented at the OTI Festival 1982 with the song "Con y por amor", written by Mario Molina Montes and Chamín Correa, and performed by Enrique Guzmán. The Mexican participating broadcaster, Televisa, selected its entry through a national selection with several phases. The song, that was performed in position 6, placed fourth with 22 points, tying with the entries from Argentina and Costa Rica, out of 21 competing entries.

National stage

Televisa held a national selection with four televised qualifying rounds and a final to select its entry for the 11th edition of the OTI Festival. This eleventh edition of the National OTI Festival featured forty songs, of which ten reached the final. In addition to the general competition, awards were given for Best Male Performer, Best Female Performer, Best Musical Arrangement, Breakout Male Artist, Breakout Female Artist, and Breakout Duo among all the competing artist.

The shows were held at Teatro de la Ciudad in Mexico City, were presented by Raúl Velasco, and were broadcast on Canal 2. The musical director was Chucho Ferrrer, who conducted the orchestra when required.

Qualifying rounds

The four qualifying rounds were held on Saturdays 21 and 28 August, and 4 and 11 September 1982. Each round featured ten entries, and the ten highest-scoring entries among the 40 competing advanced to the final. Several expert jurors present in the hall and five remote provincial juries scored all the entries in each round.

  Qualifier
Detailed Vote of the first qualifying round[1]
R/O Song Provincial juries
Jurors in the hall
Total
Nuevo Laredo
Veracruz
Guadalajara
Hermosillo
Mazatlán
1 "El tiempo aquel" 5 4 4 3 4 68 88
2 "Hoy por ti" 5 5 6 5 6 69 96
3 "Yo te diré" 4 5 3 4 3 63 82
4 "Culpable" 6 6 5 5 7 73 102
5 "Galopando" 4 4 6 5 4 79 102
6 "A partir de ti" 6 6 7 5 7 91 122
7 "Soy un pasado de moda" 5 7 6 4 5 84 111
8 "Creo en ti" 5 5 5 4 4 75 98
9 "Ecuación entre dos" 4 4 4 2 2 43 59
10 "El momento es hoy" 5 4 4 4 4 66 87
Detailed Vote of the second qualifying round[3]
R/O Song Provincial juries
Jurors in the hall
Total
Torreón
Acapulco
Puebla
Irapuato
Oaxaca
1 "Pero me amas" 3 5 4 2 2 81 97
2 "Y te daré" 5 3 3 5 3 64 83
3 "Amor de paso" 4 5 5 5 3 80 102
4 "Te digo adiós" 4 3 3 3 4 63 80
5 "Y hablando de nostalgia" 5 4 5 6 4 71 95
6 "Sólo contigo" 4 3 3 4 3 66 83
7 "Gaviota perdida" 5 5 3 7 6 82 108
8 "Tímido" 3 3 2 4 4 70 86
9 "Mi amor criticado" 6 5 5 5 5 77 103
10 "A ciegas" 3 5 6 6 6 80 106
Detailed Vote of the third qualifying round[4]
R/O Song Provincial juries
Jurors in the hall
Total
Mérida
León
Ciudad Juárez
Tuxtla
Monterrey
1 "Oye" 3 5 3 3 4 62 80
2 "Vamos jugando" 5 5 4 2 5 63 84
3 "Amorcito" 2 4 6 5 6 63 86
4 "Muchas gracias" 4 5 3 4 4 71 91
5 "Simplemente una mujer" 3 6 3 2 4 79 97
6 "Soñador" 4 5 4 5 4 53 75
7 "Alza tu voz" 3 4 4 3 3 73 90
8 "Con y por amor" 4 7 6 6 5 90 118
9 "Si hoy me quieres olvidar" 4 7 5 4 5 95 120
10 "Así de loco" 5 5 6 7 6 90 119
Detailed Vote of the fourth qualifying round[5]
R/O Song Provincial juries
Jurors in the hall
Total
Saltillo
Tepic
Reinosa
Aguascalientes
Querétaro
1 "Llueve tupido el recuerdo" 4 4 5 3 4 61 81
2 "Adonde vaya" 6 6 7 5 6 69 99
3 "Nunca, nunca" 5 4 6 4 5 81 105
4 "Siempre habrá golondrinas"' 6 3 4 2 4 89 108
5 "Pierdo" 5 5 5 5 4 85 109
6 "Suavemente" 6 5 6 5 3 86 111
7 "Dueña y señora" 4 5 5 6 4 92 116
8 "Víctima o ladrón" 5 5 7 7 6 93 123
9 "Ámame y entrégate o déjame" 4 3 6 3 5 61 82
10 "Madera en la piel" 7 7 6 6 5 77 108

Final

The ten-song final was held on Sunday 26 September 1982. After all the competing entries were performed, each of the fifteen jurors announced aloud one vote for their favourite entry.

The winner was "Con y por amor", written by Mario Molina Montes and Chamín Correa, and performed by Enrique Guzmán. The three songs with the most votes were awarded first, second, and third prize. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.

  Winner

Merit awards

In the final, the fifteen jurors voted aloud for the Best Male and Female Performer, Best Musical Arrangement, and Breakout Male, Female Artist and Duo among the three shortlisted artist in each category.

Enrique Guzmán received the Best Male Performer Award, Arianna the Best Female Performer Award, Sergio Andrade the Best Musical Arrangement Award for "Alza tu voz", Gil Rivera the Breakout Male Artist Award, María de los Ángeles the Breakout Female Artist Award, and Jerónimos the Breakout Duo Award.

Best Male Performer
Artist Votes Result
Enrique Guzmán 7 1
Víctor Yturbe 2 3
Johnny Laboriel 6 2
Best Female Performer
Artist Votes Result
Sola 3 3
Arianna 8 1
Carminna 4 2
Best Musical Arrangement
Song Arranger Votes Result
"Alza tu voz" Sergio Andrade 8 1
"A partir de ti" Rodolfo "Popo" Sánchez 5 2
"Tímido" Enrique Neri 2 3
Breakout Male Artist
Artist Votes Result
Valerio 3 2
Jesús 2 3
Gil Rivera 10 1
Breakout Female Artist
Artist Votes Result
Crystal 3 2
Ángeles Ochoa 3 2
María de los Ángeles 9 1
Breakout Duo
Artist Votes Result
Bacará 0 3
Jerónimos 8 1
Hermanos Urbán 7 2

Official album

Las 10 triunfadoras del Festival OTI 82 is the official compilation album of the eleventh edition of the Mexican National OTI Festival, released by Gamma in 1982. The vinyl LP features the studio version of the ten songs qualified for the final.[7]

At the OTI Festival

On 27 November 1982, the OTI Festival was held at the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru, hosted by Panamericana Televisión, and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. Enrique Guzmán performed "Con y por amor" in position 6, with Julio Jaramillo conducting the event's orchestra, and placing fourth with 22 points, tying with the entries from Argentina and Costa Rica, out of 21 competing entries.[8]

Voting

Each participating broadcaster appointed a juror who awarded 5–1 points to his five favourite songs in order of preference. The Mexican juror was Raúl Velasco.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Roberto Cantoral replaced the original performer, Guadalupe Jimena, who had to be absent due to feeling unwell.

References

  1. ^ a b Primera eliminatoria del XI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1982 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 21 August 1982.
  2. ^ a b "Resultados del Festival OTI 82". Tele Guía (in Spanish). 1982 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ a b Segunda eliminatoria del XI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1982 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 28 August 1982.
  4. ^ a b Tercera eliminatoria del XI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1982 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 4 September 1982.
  5. ^ a b Cuarta eliminatoria del XI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1982 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 11 September 1982.
  6. ^ Final del XI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1982 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 26 September 1982.
  7. ^ Las 12 triunfadoras del Festival OTI 82 (Media notes). Various artists. Gamma. 1982. PEGX-01-1294.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ XI Festival de la canción OTI 1982 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Lima, Peru: Panamericana Televisión. 27 November 1982.
  9. ^ "Hoy Festival OTI de la Canción por TV". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia. 27 November 1982. p. 16-C. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via Google Books.