Venezuela in the OTI Festival
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The participation of Venezuela in the OTI Festival began at the first OTI Festival in 1972. The Venezuelan participating broadcasters were in turn Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), Venevisión, and Venezolana de Televisión, which were members of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI). They participated in all twenty-eight editions of the festival. They won twice: in 1982 and 1987; and hosted the event once, in 1979.
- 1972–1978: Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV)
- 1979–1989: Venevisión
- 1990–2000: Venezolana de Televisión
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| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 28 |
| First appearance | 1972 |
| Last appearance | 2000 |
| Highest placement | 1st: 1982, 1987 |
| Host | 1979 |
Participation history
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History
Venezuela won the festival on two occasions, the first one in 1982 with "Puedes contar conmigo" performed by the teenage boy band Grupo Unicornio.[1] Their second victory came in 1987 with "La felicidad está en un rincón en tu corazón" by Alfredo Alejandro. Apart from their victories, the country got two second places in 1976 and 1979 and three third places in 1974, 1975, and 1994.[2]
Many Venezuelan singers well known in all Ibero-America, such as Jose Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", her daughter Lilibeth Morillo, Mirla Castellanos, and Delia Dorta represented Venezuela in the festival with successful participations.
Venezuela hosted the contest in 1979. The venue of the festival was the Teatro del Círculo Militar of Caracas and the presenters were Eduardo Serrano and Carmen Victoria Pérez, who presented the event in a golden and blue colored stage. The opening theme of this edition of the festival was an orchestral fantasy based on the hymn, "Alma llanera".
Mirla Castellanos got fourth place in 1972 and third place in 1975
Jose Luis Rodríguez "El Puma" got third place in 1974
María Teresa Chacín got a top-five place in 1983
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 | "Sueños de cristal y miel" | Mirla Castellanos | Pablo Schneider | Eduardo Cabrera | 4 | 6 |
| 1973 | "Poema para el olvido" | Mayra Martí |
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Eduardo Cabrera | 9 | 3 |
| 1974 | "Vuélvete" | Jose Luis Rodríguez | Pablo Schneider | 3 | 11 | |
| 1975 | "Soy como el viento, soy como el mar" | Mirla Castellanos | Luisito Rey | Eduardo Cabrera | 3 | 10 |
| 1976 | "Soy" | Las Cuatro Monedas |
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2 | 13 | |
| 1977 | "Iberoamérica toda" | Héctor José |
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Cholo Ortiz | 6 | 3 |
| 1978 | "Con la suerte a mi favor" | Nancy Ramos | Francisco Belisario | 15 | 2 | |
| 1979 | "Cuando era niño" | Delia Dorta | José "Pollo" Sifontes | Anibal Abreu | 2 | 33 |
| 1980 | "Haces bien" | Héctor Cabrera | Pablo Schneider | Eduardo Cabrera | 18 | 5 |
| 1981 | "Aquel ciego" | Neyda Perdomo | César Menessini | 17 | 7 | |
| 1982 | "Puedes contar conmigo" | Grupo Unicornio |
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Carlos Moreán | 1 | 43 |
| 1983 | "Esperanza americana" | María Teresa Chacín | Chelique Sarabia | Eduardo Cabrera | Top-5 | N/a |
| 1984 | "Ilusión de un soñador" | José Antonio García Hernández | Agni Mogollón | Arnoldo Nali | N/a | |
| 1985 | "El primer vuelo" | Doris Hernández | Pablo Schneider | Carlos Moreán | N/a | |
| 1986 | "Un nuevo amanecer" | Nilda López | Luis Cruz | Horacio Saavedra | N/a | |
| 1987 | "La felicidad está en un rincón en tu corazón" | Alfredo Alejandro |
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Arnoldo Nali | 1 | N/a |
| 1988 | "Hoy he vuelto a reír" | Iñaki |
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William Croes | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | "Caras perdidas" | Salvador | Rafael Grecco | N/a | ||
| 1990 | "Sé mujer" | Lilibeth Rodríguez | Lila Morillo | Arnoldo Nali | N/a | |
| 1991 | "Podría suceder" | Jesús Alfredo Ruiz | Jesús Alfredo Ruiz | Chucho Ferrer | SF | N/a |
| 1992 | "Sueños" | Karolina | Luis Alva | N/a | ||
| 1993 | "No me arriesgo" | Nicolás Felizzola | Alejandro Salas | Alejandro Salas | N/a | |
| 1994 | "Enfurecida"[3] | Luis Silva |
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3 | 16 | |
| 1995 | "El viaje" | Rogelio Ortiz | Simón Díaz | Alí Agüero | N/a | |
| 1996 | "Junto a tu boca" | Dina | Jean Paul Cole | N/a | ||
| 1997 | "Nada igual que tu amor" | Félix Valentino | Félix Valentino | Alejandro Salas | F | N/a |
| 1998 | "Mas allá" | Asdrúbal Astudillo | Erick Gabriel | Alejandro Salas | F | N/a |
| 1999 | Contest cancelled X | |||||
| 2000 | "Yo cantante" | Mary Olga Rodríguez | Alicia Lozada | SF | N/a | |