OTI Festival 1974
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- 26 October 1974
Centro de Convenciones
Acapulco, Mexico
| OTI Festival 1974 | |
|---|---|
| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Teatro Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Centro de Convenciones Acapulco, Mexico |
| Organization | |
| Organizer | Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) |
| Host broadcaster | Televisa |
| Musical director | Jesús Rodriguez de Hijar |
| Presenters | |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 19 |
| Debuting countries |  Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Netherlands Antilles United States |
| Non-returning countries |  Argentina Portugal |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country had 5 jurors and each of them voted for their favorite entry. |
| Winning song |  Puerto Rico"Hoy canto por cantar" |
OTI Festival 1974 (Spanish: Tercer Gran Premio de la Canción Iberoamericana, Portuguese: Terceiro Grande Prêmio da Canção Ibero-Americana) was the third edition of the OTI Festival, held on 26 October 1974 at the Teatro Juan Ruiz de Alarcón of the Centro de Convenciones in Acapulco, Mexico, and presented by Raúl Velasco and Lolita Ayala. It was organised by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) and host broadcaster Televisa, who staged the event after winning the 1973 festival for Mexico with the song "Que alegre va María" by Imelda Miller.
Broadcasters from nineteen countries participated in the festival, seven of them making their debut. The winner was the song "Hoy canto por cantar" performed by Nydia Caro representing Puerto Rico, with "Yo soy" by Tania Zea representing Guatemala placing second, and "Vuélvete" by José Luis Rodríguez representing Venezuela placing third.
According to the rules of the OTI Festival at the time, the winning broadcaster of the previous edition would host the festival the following year. The Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) designated Televisa, which was the winning broadcaster of the previous edition with the song "Que alegre va María" by Imelda Miller representing Mexico, as the host broadcaster of the 1974 edition.
The broadcaster staged the event in Acapulco, instead of Mexico City, as was initially planned. The venue selected was the Teatro Juan Ruiz de Alarcón of the Centro de Convenciones. This theatre was a highly vanguardist building opened in 1973 with a seating capacity for over 2,000 people.[1]
Participants
Broadcasters from nineteen countries participated in this edition of the OTI Festival. The OTI members, public or private broadcasters from Spain, and eighteen Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of Ibero-America signed up for the festival. From the countries that participated in the previous edition, Argentina and Portugal decided to withdraw, while seven countries made their debut: Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Netherlands Antilles, and the United States. This caused the number of participants to increase from 14 to 19 countries in one year.
Some of the participating broadcasters, such as those representing Guatemala and Mexico, selected their entries through their regular national televised competitions. Other broadcasters decided to select their entry internally.[2][3]
| Country | Broadcaster | Song | Artist | Songwriter(s) | Language | Conductor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bolivia |
"Los muros" | Jenny | Spanish | |||
 Brazil |
"Porque?" | Agnaldo Rayol | Portuguese | |||
 Chile |
TVN | "Amor, volveré" | José Alfredo Fuentes | José Alfredo Fuentes | Spanish | |
 Colombia |
Inravisión | "Porque soy la mujer, esperé" | Isadora | Spanish | ||
 Dominican Republic |
"Alexandra" | Charytín Goyco | Spanish | |||
| Ecuador |
"Las tres mariposas" | Hilda Murillo | Spanish | |||
| El Salvador |
"Todo será de nosotros" | Félix López | Spanish | |||
 Guatemala |
"Yo soy" | Tania Zea | Julio César del Valle | Spanish | ||
| Honduras |
"Río viejo, río amigo" | Moisés Canelo | Spanish | |||
 Mexico |
Televisa | "Quijote" | Enrique Cáceres | Roberto Cantoral | Spanish | |
| Netherlands Antilles |
ATM | "Quédate" | Humberto Nivi | Spanish | ||
| Nicaragua |
"Gaviota" | Hernaldo Zúñiga | Hernaldo Zúñiga | Spanish | ||
 Panama |
"La tierra es de todos" | Marcos Rodríguez | Spanish | |||
 Peru |
"Mujer primera" | César Altamirano | Spanish | |||
| Puerto Rico |
WKAQ-Telemundo | "Hoy canto por cantar" | Nydia Caro |
|
Spanish | |
 Spain |
TVE | "Lapicero de madera" | Lia Uyá | Lia Uyá | Spanish | Rafael Ibarbia |
| United States |
SIN | "Pero... mi tierra" | Rosita Perú | Spanish | ||
 Uruguay |
Sociedad Televisora Larrañaga | "La montaña de la vida" | María Elisa | Spanish | ||
 Venezuela |
"Vuélvete" | José Luis Rodríguez | Spanish | Pablo Schneider |
Festival overview
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The festival was held on Saturday 26 October 1974, beginning at 17:00 CST (23:00 UTC). It was presented by Raúl Velasco and Lolita Ayala. The musical director was Jesús Rodriguez de Hijar who conducted the Acapulco Philharmonic Orchestra when required. The draw to determine the running order (R/O) was held a few days before the festival. The opening act featured Imelda Miller performing her previous year's winning song "Que alegre va María".
The winner was the song "Hoy canto por cantar" performed by Nydia Caro representing Puerto Rico, with "Yo soy" by Tania Zea representing Guatemala placing second, and "Vuélvete" by José Luis Rodríguez representing Venezuela placing third.[5] The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.
| R/O | Country | Song | Artist | Votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominican Republic |
"Alexandra" | Charytín Goyco | 7 | 5 |
| 2 | Spain |
"Lapicero de madera" | Lia Uyá | 9 | 4 |
| 3 | Bolivia |
"Los muros" | Jenny | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Guatemala |
"Yo soy" | Tania Zea | 14 | 2 |
| 5 | Uruguay |
"La montaña de la vida" | María Elisa | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | United States |
"Pero...mi tierra" | Rosita Peru | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Honduras |
"Río viejo, río amigo" | Moisés Canelo | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Netherlands Antilles |
"Quédate" | Humberto Nivi | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Panama |
"La tierra es de todos" | Marcos Rodríguez | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | El Salvador |
"Todo será de nosotros" | Félix López | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | Ecuador |
"Las tres mariposas" | Hilda Murillo | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | Brazil |
"Porque?" | Agnaldo Rayol | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | Mexico |
"Quijote" | Enrique Cáceres | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | Chile |
"Amor, volveré" | José Alfredo Fuentes | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | Nicaragua |
"Gaviota" | Hernaldo Zúñiga | 4 | 7 |
| 16 | Puerto Rico |
"Hoy canto por cantar" | Nydia Caro | 18 | 1 |
| 17 | Peru |
"Mujer primera" | César Altamirano | 0 | 18 |
| 18 | Colombia |
"Porque soy la mujer, esperé" | Isadora | 1 | 15 |
| 19 | Venezuela |
"Vuélvete" | José Luis Rodríguez | 11 | 3 |
Detailed voting results
Each participating broadcaster assembled a national jury located in its respective country, composed of five members each. Each juror gave one vote to its favorite entry and could not vote for the entry representing its own country. Each participating broadcaster had also a delegate present in the hall to stand in for its jury if it was not receiving the event live, or in case of communication failure during the broadcast or voting.
