# Honduras in the OTI Festival

Honduras, as most of the Central American countries, took part for the first time in the OTI Festival in the edition of 1974, which was held in the Mexican coastal city of Acapulco. TNH (Televisión Nacional de Honduras), the OTI member broadcaster of that country selected Moisés Canelo as their first entrant, who achieved a respectable ninth place. After a withdrawal in 1975, the Honduran broadcaster rejoined the event and participated every year till the last show, which was held again in Acapulco.

## History

As many Central American countries in the OTI Festival, Honduras didn't really have a successful participation in the contest. In fact, TNH never managed to get a victory for Honduras during their history in the event, but reached the top ten on six occasions.
In 1976 Wilson Reynoot and his song "Por cantarle al mar" (For singing to the sea) placed eighth in Acapulco.
In 1978 in Santiago, the singer Domingo Trimarchi also placed eighth with the song "Por esas pequeñas cosas" (For those little things), a song written by the successful Mexican composer Chucho Ferrer.
One year later, in Caracas, Honduras placed seventh with Gloria Janeth and the song "Hermano hispanoamericano" (Hispanic American brother), which is considered to be a call for Latin American unity and solidarity.
Moisés Canelo, the first Honduran contestant, who placed ninth for TNH in 1974, returned to the contest five years later in 1980 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, placing seventh with his song "Tú, siempre tú (You, Always you). One year later, in Mexico City, the Honduran delegation placed seventh for the third time with Oneyda and the song "Ven" (Come). Since then, Honduras struggled in the contest and never managed to get a top ten place again.

## Contestants

| Year | Artist | Song | Place | Pts |
| 2000 | Diana Lara | Te entregué mi corazón (I gave you my heart) | SF | |
| 1998 | Carlos Alberto Durón | Mi otra mitad (My ogher side) | SF | |
| 1997 | Tony Castellanos | ¿Dónde está el amor? (Where is the love?) | | |
| 1996 | Millicent Viera | Rosas y espinas (Roses and thorns) | | |
| 1995 | Carlos Brizzio | La casa de Pablo (Pablo's house) | | |
| 1994 | Delma Adriana Reyes | Espera hasta que den las tres (Wait until three o'clock) | SF | |
| 1993 | Carlos Alberto | Sale el sol (Sun rises) | | |
| 1992 | Karina Nasser | El otro muro (The other wall) | | |
| 1991 | Max Jovel Argueta y Mauricio Medina | Sembrando cantos (Spreading songs) | SF | |
| 1990 | Patricia Ramírez | Qué fácil es (Wow easy it is) | | |
| 1989 | Antonio Paredes | Al fin lo encontré (Finally I found it) | | |
| 1988 | Gloria Janet | Te amo (I love you) | 14 | |
| 1987 | Rodolfo Torres | Uno más (One more) | | |
| 1986 | Víctor Donayre | Soy como soy (I am who I am) | | |
| 1985 | Dúo Tú y Yo | Una historia tantas veces contada (One history so many times told) | | |
| 1984 | Carlos Brizio | Andar tan sólo por andar (To walk just for walking) | | |
| 1983 | Jorge Gómez | Empieza (Start) | | |
| 1982 | Miguel Ángel Mejía | Año dos mil (The year two thousand) | 17 | 6 |
| 1981 | Oneyda | Ven (Come) | 7 | 16 |
| 1980 | Moisés Canelo | Tú, siempre tú (You, Always you) | 7 | 22 |
| 1979 | Gloria Janeth | Hermano hispanoamericano (Hispanic-American friend) | 7 | 19 |
| 1978 | Domingo Trimarchi | Por esas pequeñas cosas (For those little things) | 8 | 12 |
| 1977 | Tony Morales | El hombre (The man) | 17 | |
| 1976 | Wilson Reynoot | Por cantarle al mar (For singing to the sea) | 8 | |
| 1974 | Moisés Canelo | Río viejo, río amigo (Old river, friend river) | 10 | 3 |