Argentina in the OTI Festival
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| Argentina in the OTI Festival | |
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| OTI Festival | |
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| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 27 |
| First appearance | 1972 |
| Last appearance | 2000 |
| Highest placement | 1st: 1979, 1988, 1991, 1994 |
| Host | 1980, 1988 |
Participation history
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The participation of Argentina in the OTI Festival began at the first OTI Festival in 1972. The Argentinian participating broadcasters were Argentina Televisora Color (ATC)[a] and Teleonce[b], which were members of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI). They participated in twenty-seven of the twenty-eight editions, only missing the 1974 festival. They won the festival four times: in 1979, 1988, 1991, and 1994; and ATC hosted the event twice: in 1980 and 1988. All Argentinian entries were selected internally.
Argentina was one of the most successful countries in the history of the OTI Festival. The two broadcasters managed to win the contest on four occasions. The first win came in 1979 with the song "Cuenta conmigo" sung by Daniel Riolobos, which turned into a hit. Some years later, in 1988 they won the festival for second time with the song "Todavía eres mi mujer" sung by Guillermo Guido. In 1991, they won for a third time with "¿Adónde estás ahora?" by Claudia Brant. Three years later, in 1994, the country won for fourth and last time with "Canción despareja" by Claudia Carenzio.
Apart from their victories, Argentina achieved second place on another four occasions: in 1981 with "Súbete a mi nube" by Marianella, in 1985 with "Y tu, prohibida" by Marcelo Alejandro, in 1996 with "Cuanto te amo" by Guillermo Guido, and in 1998 with "Sin amor" by Alicia Vignola. Argentina also achieved two third places in 1980 with "Dime adiós" by Luis Ordóñez and 1986 with "A ti no te ha dicho" by Hugo Marcel.
Guillermo Guido's three appearances are of note, as he returned to the event in 1996 and 2000 after his victory in 1988.
Participation overview
| 1 | First place |
| 2 | Second place |
| 3 | Third place |
| F | Finalist |
| SF | Semi-finalist |
| X | Contest cancelled |
| Year | Song | Artist | Songwriter(s) | Conductor | Place | Points |
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| 1972 | "Sabes que estamos aquí América" | Víctor Heredia | Víctor Heredia | Augusto Algueró | 9 | 3 |
| 1973 | "Dije que te quiero" | Juan Eduardo |
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Horacio Malvicino | 9 | 3 |
| 1974 | Did not participate | |||||
| 1975 | "Dos habitantes" | Marty Cosens |
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Jonathan Zarzosa | 10 | 3 |
| 1976 | "¿Cómo olvidar que te quise tanto?" | Adriana Santamaría | 8 | 3 | ||
| 1977 | "Jugar a vivir" | Jerónimo |
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Javier Iturralde | 6 | 3 |
| 1978 | "Dijeron que era un niño" | Carlos Bazán | Diego Armando Fittipaldi | Osvaldo Requena | 11 | 7 |
| 1979 | "Cuenta conmigo" | Daniel Riolobos | Raúl Parentella | 1 | 43 | |
| 1980 | "Dime adiós" | Luis Ordóñez | Mario Clavell | Horacio Malvicino | 3 | 31 |
| 1981 | "Súbete a mi nube" | Marianella |
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Mike Ribas | 2 | 40 |
| 1982 | "Canción para dar las gracias" | Magdalena León | Luis Gonzales | Horacio Malvicino | 4 | 22 |
| 1983 | "Charlaciones" | Silvina Garré | Litto Nebbia | Horacio Malvicino | N/a | |
| 1984 | "La luz de mi escritorio no se enciende" | Alan y Roy |
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Body Mc.Claskis | N/a | |
| 1985 | "Y tú prohibida" | Marcelo Alejandro |
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Mike Ribas | 2 | N/a |
| 1986 | "A ti no te ha dicho" | Hugo Marcel |
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Mike Ribas | 3 | N/a |
| 1987 | "Todavía la vida" | Lalo Márquez y Daniel Altamirano |
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Fernando Correia Martins | N/a | |
| 1988 | "Todavía eres mi mujer" | Guillermo Guido | Carlos Castellón | Oscar Cardozo Ocampo | 1 | 26 |
| 1989 | "Te quedarás en mí" | Mónica Cruz |
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N/a | ||
| 1990 | "Quédate chiquilín" | Trío San Javier |
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William Sánchez | N/a | |
| 1991 | "¿Adónde estás ahora?" | Claudia Brant |
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Chucho Ferrer | 1 | N/a |
| 1992 | "Lo vivido" | Horacio Molina |
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N/a | ||
| 1993 | "Yo soy el otro" | Marcelo San Juan |
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José Fabra | N/a | |
| 1994 | "Canción despareja" | Claudia Carenzio | Bibi Albert | 1 | 31 | |
| 1995 | "Si se pierden las canciones" | Inés Rinaldi y Fernando Porta |
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Oscar Cardozo Ocampo | N/a | |
| 1996 | "Cuánto te amo" | Guillermo Guido | Carlos Castellón | Carlos Castellón | 2 | N/a |
| 1997 | "Sin tu mitad" | Raúl Lavié |
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Víctor Salazar | SF | N/a |
| 1998 | "Sin amor" | Alicia Vignola |
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Álvaro Esquivel | 2 | N/a |
| 1999 | Contest cancelled X | |||||
| 2000 | "Amar es tan simple" | Guillermo Guido | Alejandro Szwarcman | José Ogivieki | F | N/a |