Panama in the OTI Festival
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The participation of Panama in the OTI Festival began at the first OTI Festival in 1972. The Panamanian participating broadcaster was RPC Televisión (RPC-TV), which was member of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI). It participated in all twenty-eight editions of the festival, and is best result was second achieved in 1972.
| Panama in the OTI Festival | |
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| OTI Festival | |
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| Participating broadcaster | RPC Televisión (RPC-TV) |
| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 28 |
| First appearance | 1972 |
| Last appearance | 2000 |
| Highest placement | 2nd in 1972 |
Participation history
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History
Although Panama never withdrew from the event, never managed to achieve victory, although in its debut year, "Oh señor" performed by Basilio came second.[1]
In spite of its promising start, the following participations were not as satisfactory. In 1978, Panama ended in the top 5 for the last time. From then on, its trajectory was lustreless as happened with most of the Central American countries with the exception of Nicaragua.
Participation overview
| 2 | Second place |
| SF | Semi-finalist |
| ◇ | Contest cancelled |
| Year | Song | Artist | Songwriter(s) | Conductor | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | "Oh señor" | Basilio |
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Augusto Algueró | 2 | 8 |
| 1973 | "Soy feliz" | Orlando Morales | Mary Jean Wright | Ivan Paulo | 12 | 2 |
| 1974 | "La tierra es de todos" | Orlando Morales and Marcos Rodríguez | Gee Karlshonn | Gee Karlshonn | 15 | 1 |
| 1975 | "Tú y yo" | Pablo Azael | Pablo Azael | Jack del Río | 14 | 2 |
| 1976 | "Gracias amor" | Pablo Azael | 8 | 3 | ||
| 1977 | "Canta a la vida" | Leopoldo Hernández | Leopoldo Hernández | Rafael Ibarbia | 11 | 2 |
| 1978 | "Te cantaré, yo te amaré" | Roger Barés | Roger Barés | 5 | 18 | |
| 1979 | "Sueños" | Tony Espino | Pedro Azael | Eduardo Cabrera | 13 | 12 |
| 1980 | "Puede ser" | Solinka | Simón Abadi | Alexis Castillo | 16 | 8 |
| 1981 | "Pero ayer fuiste sólo María" | Roger Barés | Pablo Azael | 17 | 7 | |
| 1982 | "Mi pueblito" | Ediza Moreno |
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Guillermo Irribarra | 14 | 11 |
| 1983 | "Recuerdos" | Betzaida | Edwin Silvera | Toby Muñoz | N/a | |
| 1984 | "Hagamos un pacto" | Dini y Dany |
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Toby Muñoz | N/a | |
| 1985 | "Con las manos atadas" | Rafael Della Serra |
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Toby Muñoz | N/a | |
| 1986 | "Quizás no es el momento" | Paulette | Paulette Thomas | Cristobal Muñoz | N/a | |
| 1987 | "Blanco y negro" | Olga Cecilia |
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Toby Muñoz | N/a | |
| 1988 | "Ven" | Paulette |
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Oscar Cardozo Ocampo | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | "Era tan solo ayer" | Christian | Christian | N/a | ||
| 1990 | "Dos amigas" | Vielka Plummer | Edwin Silvera | William Sánchez | N/a | |
| 1991 | "Océano y gaviota" | Juan Carlos Rodríguez y Loló Ledezma | Juan Carlos Rodríguez | Chucho Ferrer | SF | N/a |
| 1992 | "Memorias" | Eduardo Laly Carrizo | Pedro Azael | N/a | ||
| 1993 | "Canción a mi madre" | Tony Cheng | Lali Carrizo | Edgardo Quintero | N/a | |
| 1994 | "Mi ciudad" | Armando Valdivieso |
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SF | N/a | |
| 1995 | "Has hecho trampa" | Tony Cheng | Augusto César Esucdero | Oscar Cardozo Ocampo | N/a | |
| 1996 | "Sin tu cielo azul" | Omar Argel Espinosa | Darío Espinosa | N/a | ||
| 1997 | "¿De qué nos vale?" | Ricardo y Alberto | SF | N/a | ||
| 1998 | "Por la vida" | Luis Arteaga |
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Álvaro Esquivel | SF | N/a |
| 1999 | Contest cancelled ◇ | |||||
| 2000 | "Un mañana mejor" | Jorge Bordanea |
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SF | N/a | |