Mexico in the OTI Festival 1982
| Mexico in the OTI Festival 1982 | ||||
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| OTI Festival 1982 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Televisa | |||
| Country | Mexico | |||
| Selection process | National OTI Festival | |||
| Selection date | 26 September 1982 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Con y por amor" | |||
| Artist | Enrique Guzmán | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 4th, 22 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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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.
| Song | Artist | Songwriter(s) | Conductor |
|---|---|---|---|
| "A ciegas" | Víctor Yturbe |
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Rodrigo Álvarez |
| "Adonde vaya" | María de los Ángeles | Irasema | |
| "Alza tu voz" | Amparo Rubín | Amparo Rubín | Sergio Andrade |
| "Ámame y entrégate o déjame" | Enrique Mottola | Hernán Rocha | |
| "Amor de paso" | Massías |
|
Eduardo Magallanes |
| "Amorcito" | Doris |
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| "Así de loco" | Joan Sebastian | Joan Sebastian | Rodolfo "Popo" Sánchez |
| "A partir de ti" | Carminna | Francisco Javier Longitud | Rodolfo "Popo" Sánchez |
| "Con y por amor" | Enrique Guzmán |
|
Julio Jaramillo |
| "Creo en ti" | Natalia Baeza | Sonia Rivas | |
| "Culpable" | Magdalena | Guillermo Méndez Guiú | |
| "Dueña y señora" | Gil Rivera |
|
Eduardo Magallanes |
| "Ecuación entre dos" | Olinsser | Olinsser | |
| "El momento es hoy" | Roberto Jordán | Roberto Jordán | |
| "El tiempo aquel" | Polly |
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| "Galopando" | Valerio |
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| "Gaviota perdida" | Roberto Cantoral[a] | Roberto Cantoral | Eduardo Magallanes |
| "Hoy por ti" | Héctor and Ernesto |
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| "Llueve tupido el recuerdo" | Ramiro José Esperanza | Ramiro José Esperanza | |
| "Madera en la piel" | Johnny Laboriel |
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| "Mi amor criticado" | Alondra |
|
Manuel Cervantes |
| "Oye" | Ángeles Ochoa | Margarita Saavedra | |
| "Muchas gracias" | Jerónimos |
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| "Nunca, nunca" | Hermanos Urbán |
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| "Pero me amas" | Aurora | Roxana Rosas | Arturo Castro |
| "Pierdo" | José Alberto Fuentes | José Alberto Fuentes | Chucho Ferrer |
| "Si hoy me quieres olvidar" | Arianna |
|
Jonathán Zarzosa |
| "Siempre habrá golondrinas" | Sola | Candelario Macedo | |
| "Simplemente una mujer" | Rossana Resquín | Paco Michel | |
| "Sólo contigo" | Jorge Luke | Hernán Rocha | Guillermo Méndez Guiú |
| "Soñador" | Oskar | Alfredo Arroyo | |
| "Soy un pasado de moda" | Mario Pintor | Mario Pintor | Luigi Lazareno |
| "Suavemente" | Crystal | Sergio Andrade | Sergio Andrade |
| "Te digo adiós" | Jesús |
|
Eduardo Magallanes |
| "Tímido" | Los Baby's |
|
Enrique Neri |
| "Vamos jugando" | David Haro | David Haro | |
| "Víctima o ladrón" | María Medina | Amparo Rubín | Sergio Andrade |
| "Y hablando de nostalgia" | Prisma | Candelario Macedo | Luigi Lazareno |
| "Y te daré" | Bacará | Fernando Acosta | Salomón Jiménez |
| "Yo te diré" | Óscar Athié | Óscar Athié |
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.
| R/O | Song | Artist | Points | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First qualifying round – 21 August 1982[1][2] | ||||
| 1 | "El tiempo aquel" | Polly | 88 | N/a |
| 2 | "Hoy por ti" | Héctor and Ernesto | 96 | N/a |
| 3 | "Yo te diré" | Óscar Athié | 82 | N/a |
| 4 | "Culpable" | Magdalena | 102 | N/a |
| 5 | "Galopando" | Valerio | 102 | N/a |
| 6 | "A partir de ti" | Carminna | 122 | Qualified |
| 7 | "Soy un pasado de moda" | Mario Pintor | 111 | Qualified |
| 8 | "Creo en ti" | Natalia Baeza | 98 | N/a |
| 9 | "Ecuación entre dos" | Olinsser | 59 | N/a |
| 10 | "El momento es hoy" | Roberto Jordán | 87 | N/a |
| Second qualifying round – 28 August 1982[3][2] | ||||
| 1 | "Pero me amas" | Aurora | 97 | N/a |
| 2 | "Y te daré" | Bacará | 83 | N/a |
| 3 | "Amor de paso" | Massías | 102 | N/a |
| 4 | "Te digo adiós" | Jesús | 80 | N/a |
| 5 | "Y hablando de nostalgia" | Prisma | 95 | N/a |
| 6 | "Sólo contigo" | Jorge Luke | 83 | N/a |
| 7 | "Gaviota perdida" | Roberto Cantoral | 108 | N/a |
| 8 | "Tímido" | Los Baby's | 86 | N/a |
| 9 | "Mi amor criticado" | Alondra | 103 | N/a |
| 10 | "A ciegas" | Víctor Yturbe | 106 | N/a |
| Third qualifying round – 4 September 1982[4] | ||||
| 1 | "Oye" | Ángeles Ochoa | 80 | N/a |
| 2 | "Vamos jugando" | David Haro | 84 | N/a |
| 3 | "Amorcito" | Doris | 86 | N/a |
| 4 | "Muchas gracias" | Jerónimos | 91 | N/a |
| 5 | "Simplemente una mujer" | Rossana Resquín | 97 | N/a |
| 6 | "Soñador" | Oskar | 75 | N/a |
| 7 | "Alza tu voz" | Amparo Rubín | 90 | N/a |
| 8 | "Con y por amor" | Enrique Guzmán | 118 | Qualified |
| 9 | "Si hoy me quieres olvidar" | Arianna | 120 | Qualified |
| 10 | "Así de loco" | Joan Sebastian | 119 | Qualified |
| Fourth qualifying round – 11 September 1982[5] | ||||
| 1 | "Llueve tupido el recuerdo" | Ramiro José Esperanza | 81 | N/a |
| 2 | "Adonde vaya" | María de los Ángeles | 99 | N/a |
| 3 | "Nunca, nunca" | Hermanos Urbán | 105 | N/a |
| 4 | "Siempre habrá golondrinas" | Sola | 108 | Qualified |
| 5 | "Pierdo" | José Alberto Fuentes | 109 | Qualified |
| 6 | "Suavemente" | Crystal | 111 | Qualified |
| 7 | "Dueña y señora" | Gil Rivera | 116 | Qualified |
| 8 | "Víctima o ladrón" | María Medina | 123 | Qualified |
| 9 | "Ámame y entrégate o déjame" | Enrique Mottola | 82 | N/a |
| 10 | "Madera en la piel" | Johnny Laboriel | 108 | N/a |
| R/O | Song | Provincial juries | Jurors in the hall
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Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nuevo Laredo
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Veracruz
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Guadalajara
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Hermosillo
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Mazatlán
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| 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 |
| R/O | Song | Provincial juries | Jurors in the hall
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Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Torreón
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Acapulco
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Puebla
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Irapuato
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Oaxaca
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| 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 |
| R/O | Song | Provincial juries | Jurors in the hall
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Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mérida
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León
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Ciudad Juárez
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Tuxtla
|
Monterrey
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| 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 |
| R/O | Song | Provincial juries | Jurors in the hall
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Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saltillo
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Tepic
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Reinosa
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Aguascalientes
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Querétaro
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| 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.
| R/O | Song | Artist | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Si hoy me quieres olvidar" | Arianna | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | "Suavemente" | Crystal | 0 | N/a |
| 3 | "Soy un pasado de moda" | Mario Pintor | 0 | N/a |
| 4 | "Víctima o ladrón" | María Medina | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | "Así de loco" | Joan Sebastian | 0 | N/a |
| 6 | "A partir de ti" | Carminna | 0 | N/a |
| 7 | "Siempre habrá golondrinas" | Sola | 0 | N/a |
| 8 | "Con y por amor" | Enrique Guzmán | 7 | 1 |
| 9 | "Dueña y señora" | Gil Rivera | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | "Pierdo" | José Alberto Fuentes | 1 | 4 |
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.
| Artist | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Enrique Guzmán | 7 | 1 |
| Víctor Yturbe | 2 | 3 |
| Johnny Laboriel | 6 | 2 |
| Artist | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Sola | 3 | 3 |
| Arianna | 8 | 1 |
| Carminna | 4 | 2 |
| 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 |
| Artist | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Valerio | 3 | 2 |
| Jesús | 2 | 3 |
| Gil Rivera | 10 | 1 |
| Artist | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Crystal | 3 | 2 |
| Ángeles Ochoa | 3 | 2 |
| María de los Ángeles | 9 | 1 |
| 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]
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Notes
- ^ Roberto Cantoral replaced the original performer, Guadalupe Jimena, who had to be absent due to feeling unwell.
References
- ^ a b Primera eliminatoria del XI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1982 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 21 August 1982.
- ^ a b "Resultados del Festival OTI 82". Tele Guía (in Spanish). 1982 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Segunda eliminatoria del XI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1982 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 28 August 1982.
- ^ a b Tercera eliminatoria del XI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1982 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 4 September 1982.
- ^ a b Cuarta eliminatoria del XI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1982 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 11 September 1982.
- ^ Final del XI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1982 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 26 September 1982.
- ^ 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) - ^ XI Festival de la canción OTI 1982 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Lima, Peru: Panamericana Televisión. 27 November 1982.
- ^ "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.