# 2009 Viña del Mar International Song Festival

The 2009 Viña del Mar International Song Festival was held from Monday 23 February until Saturday 28 February. This festival was the number 50, and had a special award for the 50 years, the "Gold Song", elected between the winner songs from 2001 to 2008 versions of Festival. Finally, "Gold song" in the folk contest was "Cuecas Al Sol" (2005 winner), and in the international contest was "Ayer te vi" (2001 winner).
The television channels from the festival this year is "Canal 13" and "TVN", and was held in Viña del Mar, Chile

## Hosts

* Soledad Onetto
* Felipe Camiroaga

## Acts
### Monday 23

| Artist | Awards |
| Joan Manuel Serrat | "Silver Torch" |
| Contest Folk | — |
| Camila | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Contest International | — |
| La Noche | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |

### Tuesday 24

| Artist | Awards |
| Verónica Villarroel | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Juanes | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Contest Folk | — |
| Fernando Ubiergo | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Contest International | — |
| KC and the Sunshine Band | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |

### Wednesday 25

| Artist | Awards |
| Carlos Santana | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Contest Folk | — |
| Leonardo Farkas | "Silver Torch" |
| Contest International | — |
| Dinamita Show | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Roger Hodgson | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |

### Thursday 26

| Artist | Awards |
| Folkloric Ballet | — |
| Simply Red | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Contest Folk | — |
| Paolo Meneguzzi | — |
| Contest International | — |
| Manpoval | — |
| R.K.M & Ken-Y | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |

### Friday 27

| Artist | Awards |
| Luis Fonsi | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Folk Competition Final | — |
| International Competition Semifinal | — |
| Daddy Yankee | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |

### Saturday 28

| Artist | Awards |
| Natalino | "Silver Torch" & "Golden Torch" |
| Marc Anthony | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |

## Appearances

* Antonio Vodanovic did a special appearance at the opening of the festival to say goodbye to the audience, taking the "Silver Torch", after leaving the animation of the festival in 2004.
* Verónica Villarroel appeared at the opening of the second day as a surprise for the 50 years of the festival.
* On the third night, the Chilean businessman Leonardo Farkas did a surprise appearance, which lasted 15 minutes approximately.

## Trivia

* The singer of KC and the Sunshine Band, Harry Wayne Casey, suffered a drop in the presentation of the band.
* The Italian-Swiss singer Paolo Meneguzzi suffered failures of sound at the start of his presentation after to the annoyance of the public by the end of the presentation of Simply Red.

## Gold Song
### International

| Country | Artist | Song | Year |
| Argentina | Víctor Heredia | "Ayer Te Vi" | 2001 |
| Argentina | Ricardo Pald & Valeria Lynch | "Soy Tu Angel" | 2002 |
| Spain | Chema Puron | "Este Amor Es Tuyo" | 2003 |
| Chile | Alexis Venegas | "Tus Ojos" | 2004 |
| Peru | Jessica Sarango | "Mi Alma Entre Tus Manos" | 2005 |
| Costa Rica | Humberto Vargas | "Dilo De Una Vez" | 2006 |
| Spain | Pedro Fernández | "Cuando Quieras Volver" | 2007 |
| Italy | Doménico Protino | "La Guerra De Los 30 Años" | 2008 |
* Winner: Argentina — Victor Heredia — "Ayer te ví"
* Awards: "Golden Lyre"

### Folk

| Country | Artist | Song | Year |
| Chile | Danny Rodríguez | "Whipala" | 2001 |
| Peru | Carlos Rincón | "Juramento" | 2002 |
| Argentina | Fernando Barrientos | "Pintadita" | 2003 |
| Argentina | Víctor Heredia | "Bailando Con Tu Sombra" | 2004 |
| Chile | Isabel Parra | "Cueca Al Sol" | 2005 |
| Chile | Elizabeth Morris | "Canción De Agua y Viento" | 2006 |
| Colombia | Leonardo Gómez & Diana Hernández | "Me Duele El Alma" | 2007 |
| Peru | Damaris Mallma | "Tusuy Kusum" | 2008 |
* Winner: Chile — Camila Méndez & Isabel Parra — "Cuecas Al Sol"
* Awards: "Golden Lyre" (Contest Folk), "Silver Seagull" (Best Interpreted)

## Jury
### International

* Juanita Parra
* Paolo Meneguzzi
* Catherine Fulop
* Martín Cárcamo
* Fernando Ubiergo
* Bastián Bodenhöfer
* Leonardo Farkas

### Folk

* Rafael Zamarripa
* Katherine Salosny
* Fernanda Hansen
* Piero
* Sergio Campos

## Queen of the Festival

| Catherine Fulop (Jury) | 181 votes |
| Nicole Pérez (as Jennifer's) | 15 votes |
| Lucila Vit | 40 votes |
| Lucía Pérez (Contest International) | 29 votes |
* Winner: Catherine Fulop

## Ugly King

* Leonardo Farkas (Jury)
* Paolo Meneguzzi (Jury)
* Leo Rey (Singer of "La Noche")
* Augusto Schuster (Singer of "Amango")
* Winner: Leo Rey

## International Coverage

* A&E Latin America
* CMI Televisión
* ATB Red Nacional
* Telesistema Dominicano
* Televicentro Nicaragua
* Televisa
* Televicentro Honduras
* Canal 2
* Telefé
* Canal 11 SERTV
* Tlñ
* Repretel
* Canal 13 Guatemala
* TV Cerro Corá