Colombia in the OTI Festival
| Colombia in the OTI Festival | |
|---|---|
| OTI Festival | |
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| Participating broadcaster | |
| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 27 |
| First appearance | 1972 |
| Last appearance | 1998 |
| Highest placement | 2nd in 1991 |
The participation of Colombia in the OTI Festival began at the first OTI Festival in 1972. The Colombian participating broadcasters were programadoras Caracol Televisión, Producciones Nacionales Colombianas de Hoy (PUNCH), Radio Televisión Interamericana (RTI), RCN Televisión, Producciones 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
The programadoras Caracol Televisión, Producciones Nacionales Colombianas de Hoy (PUNCH), and Radio Televisión Interamericana (RTI), joined in 1986 by RCN Televisión, Producciones JES, and Datos y Mensajes, participated together in the OTI Festival representing Colombia; broadcasting the event in the country through Inravisión.[1] They selected their entry for the festival through either a televised national competition or internally.
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 "Tu 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.[2][3]
In 1992 Shakira was initially considered to represent Colombia in the festival but she could not compete because she was under age.
Participation overview
| 2 | Second place |
| 3 | Third place |
| SF | Semi-finalist |
| ◇ | Contest cancelled |
| Year | Song | Artist | Songwriter(s) | Conductor | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | "Volverás a mis brazos" | Christopher |
|
Armando Velázquez | 9 | 3 |
| 1973 | "Una orquídea, un amor" | Claudia Osuna | Alfonso de la Espriella | Jimmy Salcedo | 9 | 3 |
| 1974 | "Porque soy la mujer, esperé por ti" | Isadora | Luis Gabriel Naranjo | Chucho Ferrer | 15 | 1 |
| 1975 | "Campesino de ciudad" | Leonor González Mina |
|
Armando Velásquez | 3 | 10 |
| 1976 | "Son de tambores" | Amparito |
|
Jimmy Salcedo | 4 | 9 |
| 1977 | "Cantando" | Ximena | Raúl Rosero Polo | Diego Rodríguez | 14 | 1 |
| 1978 | "Joven" | Billy Pontoni | Eduardo Cabas | Alberto Nieto | 16 | 1 |
| 1979 | "A cualquier hora" | Paola | Evelina Porto de Mejía | Mario Cuesta | 18 | 2 |
| 1980 | "¿Por cuánto tiempo?" | Jaime Valencia |
|
Armando Velázquez | 11 | 13 |
| 1981 | "Si nací por amor, yo nací para amar" | Jaime D'Alberto | Jaime D'Alberto | 5 | 18 | |
| 1982 | "Así" | Blanco y Negro | Fernando Garavito | Raúl Rosero Polo | 9 | 18 |
| 1983 | "Tu pueblo y mi pueblo" | Jaime Mora |
|
Álvaro Ortiz | 3 | N/a |
| 1984 | "Por lo que habías jurado" | Christopher y Ximena | Carlos González | Mario Agustín Cuesta Domínguez | N/a | |
| 1985 | "Mi señora campesina" | Grupo Café | Raúl Rosero Polo | Raúl Rosero Polo | N/a | |
| 1986 | "Ausencia" | Noemí | Alfonso de la Estriella | Carlos Montoya | N/a | |
| 1987 | "Vengan a mi hogar" | Marta Patricia Yepes |
|
Josep Mas Portet | N/a | |
| 1988 | "Latinoamérica" | Harold Orozco | Harold Orozco | Jaime Rodríguez | 7 | 6 |
| 1989 | "El artista" | Yolanda González | Cristian Vega Riveros | Cristian Vega Riveros | N/a | |
| 1990 | "Más que a mi madre" | Daniel Abadía | Álex González | Mario Cuesta | N/a | |
| 1991 | "Consejos, canción a mi hijo" | Juan Carlos Coronel | Conrado Marrugo Vélez | Chucho Ferrer | 2 | N/a |
| 1992 | "Yo no sé si estoy de moda" | Alexandra Villar |
|
N/a | ||
| 1993 | "Como volver a amar" | Alexa Hernández | Marcelo Cezán | José Fabra | N/a | |
| 1994 | "Quiero saber" | Jorge Hernán Baena | Francesco | SF | N/a | |
| 1995 | "Sólo por hoy" | César Mora | César Mora | Milton Salcedo | N/a | |
| 1996 | "Eres" | Duo Voz en Off | Daniel Betancourt | Claudio Jácome Harb | N/a | |
| 1997 | "Mis amigos" | Andrés Cabas | SF | N/a | ||
| 1998 | "Amor por Latinoamérica" | Natalia Ramírez |
|
Diego Delgado | SF | N/a |
| 1999 | Contest cancelled ◇ | |||||
| 2000 | Did not participate | |||||
References
- ↑ "Nuevas programadoras en la OTI". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia. 17 April 1986. p. Elenco-28. Retrieved 9 August 2026 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Buigues, Joan Carles (3 December 2020). "Historia del festival de la OTI I (1972-1979)". eurovision-spain.com (in Spanish).
- ↑ Buigues, Joan Carles (3 December 2020). "Festival de la OTI 2 (1980-1990)". eurovision-spain.com (in Spanish).