# Chile in the OTI Festival

The participation of Chile in the OTI Festival first began at the inaugural OTI Festival in 1972 held in Madrid and continued continuously until the last edition in 2000 held in Acapulco. Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), Canal 13, Chilevisión, Megavisión, and La Red, members of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI), were responsible in turn –or jointly– for the Chilean participation.

## History

Chile won the contest in two occasions: in 1984 with the singer-songwriter Fernando Ubiergo with the song "Agualuna", and in 1998 with the rapper and comedian Florcita Motuda with the song "Fin de siglo, es hora de inflamarse deprimirse o transformarse".
In addition to these victories, their placed second with Alberto Plaza [es] and the song "Canción contra la tristeza" in 1995. They also got three third places: in 1976 with José Alfredo Fuentes [es] and the song "Era solo un chiquillo", in 1985 with Juan Carlos Duque [es] and the song "Para poder vivir", and in 1992 with Pablo Herrera [es] and his song "Para poder vivir".
Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) and Canal 13, organised jointly the event two times: in 1978, due to the refusal of the Nicaraguan broadcaster –the previous year's winner– to organise the event because of the Nicaraguan Revolution, and in 1986. Both events were held in the Municipal Theatre of Santiago.

## National final

Chile was one of the few OTI Festival participating countries who organised an annual national final in order to select their participating entrant in the contest, produced in turn –or jointly– by TVN, Canal 13, Chilevisión, Megavisión, and La Red. The winner, who was elected by a professional jury, would later represent the country in the festival.
The Festival OTI Nacional, which was the official name of the selection process, was also very popular between the local audience and in fact, many famous musicians participated in the national final in order to represent their country in the main event.

## Participation overview

| Year | Participant | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Conductor | Place | Points |
| 1972 | TVN | Guillermo Basterrechea [es] | "Una vez, otra vez" | Eduardo TarifaGuillermo Basterrechea | Eddy Guerín | 7 | 4 |
| 1973 | TVN | Antonio Zabaleta | "Cuando tú vuelvas" | Antonio Zabaleta | Horacio Saavedra [es] | 6 | 5 |
| 1974 | TVN | José Alfredo Fuentes [es] | "Amor, volveré" | José Alfredo Fuentes | Chucho Ferrer [es] | 8 | 4 |
| 1975 | TVN | Osvaldo Díaz [es] | "Las puertas del mundo" | Luis "Poncho" Venegas | Horacio Saavedra | 5 | 5 |
| 1976 | TVN | José Alfredo Fuentes | "Era sólo un chiquillo" | José Alfredo FuentesÓscar Cáceres | Horacio Saavedra | 3 | 12 |
| 1977 | Canal 13 | Capri | "Oda a mi guitarra" | Nano Acevedo [es] | Juan Azúa [es] | 11 | 2 |
| 1978 | TVNCanal 13Canal 9UCV Televisión | Florcita Motuda | "Pobrecito mortal, si quieres ver menos televisión descubrirás que aburrido estarás por la tarde" | Florcita Motuda | Horacio Saavedra | 7 | 17 |
| 1979 | TVNCanal 13UCV TelevisiónCanal 9Red Norte | Patricia Maldonado | "La música" | Scottie Scott [es] | Juan Salazar | 14 | 10 |
| 1980 | Canal 13 | Nino García [es] | "Sin razón" | Nino García | Gonzalo García | 14 | 9 |
| 1981 | TVNCanal 13UCV TelevisiónTeleonce | Florcita Motuda | "Si hoy tenemos que cantar a tanta gente, ¡pensémoslo!" | Florcita Motuda | Juan Salazar | 5 | 10 |
| 1982 | Canal 13 | Juan Pablo Méndez | "Si no hubieras estado tú" | Juan Pablo Méndez | Francisco Aranda | 11 | 14 |
| 1983 | Teleonce | Wildo [es] | "La misma vida, el mismo modo" | Wildo | Francisco Aranda | – | – |
| 1984 | Teleonce | Fernando Ubiergo | "Agualuna" | Fernando Ubiergo | Francisco Aranda | 1 | – |
| 1985 | Canal 13 | Juan Carlos Duque [es] | "Para poder vivir" | Juan Carlos Duque | Francisco Aranda | 3 | – |
| 1986 | TVNCanal 13Canal 11 | Pancho Puelma [es] | "Desde las nubes" | Pancho Puelma | Francisco Aranda | – | – |
| 1987 | Canal 11 | Eduardo Valenzuela [es] | "Chocando paredes" | Eduardo Valenzuela | Francisco Larraín | – | – |
| 1988 | Canal 13 | Cecilia Castro | "Es mi libertad" | Loreto Valenzuela BaudrandAlfredo Sauvalle | Miguel Pizarro | 7 | 6 |
| 1989 | TVN | Catalina Telias [es] | "La movida" | Scottie Scott | Toly Ramírez | – | – |
| 1990 | Canal 11 | Osvaldo Díaz | "Si no te tuviera a ti" | Eduardo Carrasco | Miguel Zabaleta | – | – |
| 1991 | Canal 13 | Claudio Escobar | "Haciendo música" | Scottie Scott | René Calderón [es] | SF | – |
| 1992 | TVN | Pablo Herrera [es] | "Te prometo" | Pablo HerreraAlejandra Silva | Andrés Pollak | 3 | – |
| 1993 | RTU | Keko Yunge [es] | "María y Manuel" | Keko Yunge | Marc Friedler | – | – |
| 1994 | Megavisión | María Inés Naveillán [es] | "La vida va" | Luis "Poncho" Venegas | Francisco Aranda | 9 | – |
| 1995 | Canal 13 | Alberto Plaza [es] | "Canción contra la tristeza" | Alberto Plaza | Roberto Trujillo | 2 | – |
| 1996 | TVN | José Luis Moya | "Te confieso" | José Luis Ubiergo | Hugo Manzi | – | – |
| 1997 | Megavisión | Rachel | "Nunca sabrás cuánto te amo" | Alejandro Afani | René Calderón | F | – |
| 1998 | La Red | Florcita Motuda | "Fin de siglo: Es tiempo de inflamarse, deprimirse o transformarse" | Florcita Motuda | Olivia Alarcón | 1 | – |
| 1999 | Contest cancelled X | Contest cancelled X | Contest cancelled X | Contest cancelled X | Contest cancelled X | Contest cancelled X | Contest cancelled X |
| 2000 | Canal 13 | Magdalena Matthey | "Tú, naturaleza" | Magdalena Matthey | Tilo González | – | – |

## Hosting

| Year | Host broadcasters | City | Venue | Hosts |
| 1978 | TVNCanal 13Canal 9UCV Televisión | Santiago | Municipal Theatre | Raquel ArgandoñaRaúl Matas [es] |
| 1986 | TVNCanal 13Canal 11 | Santiago | Municipal Theatre | Pamela HodarCésar Antonio Santis [es] |