The participation of Venezuela in the OTI Festival began at the first OTI Festival in 1972. The Venezuelan participating broadcasters were in turn (RCTV), , and , which were members of the (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.
History Venezuela won the festival on two occasions, the first one in 1982 with "" performed by the teenage boy band . Their second victory came in 1987 with "" 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.
Many Venezuelan singers well known in all Ibero-America, such as Jose Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", her daughter Lilibeth Morillo, Mirla Castellanos, and represented Venezuela in the festival with successful participations.
Venezuela hosted the contest in 1979. The venue of the festival was the 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".
Participation overview + Table key 1 First place 2 Second place 3 Third place F Finalist SF Semi-finalist ◇ Contest cancelled Year Song Artist Songwriter(s) Conductor Place Points 1972 "" Mirla Castellanos Pablo Schneider Eduardo Cabrera 4 6 1973 "Poema para el olvido" Eduardo Cabrera 9 3 1974 "" Jose Luis Rodríguez Pablo Schneider Aníbal Abreu 3 11 1975 "" Mirla Castellanos Luisito Rey Eduardo Cabrera 3 10 1976 "" 2 13 1977 "" Héctor José Cholo Ortiz 6 3 1978 "" Francisco Belisario 15 2 1979 "" José "Pollo" Sifontes Anibal Abreu 2 33 1980 "" Héctor Cabrera Pablo Schneider Eduardo Cabrera 18 5 1981 "" Neyda Perdomo César Menessini 17 7 1982 "" Carlos Moreán 1 43 1983 "" María Teresa Chacín Chelique Sarabia Eduardo Cabrera Top-5 1984 "" José Antonio García Hernández Arnoldo Nali colspan=2 1985 "" Doris Hernández Pablo Schneider colspan=2 1986 "" Nilda López Luis Cruz colspan=2 1987 "" Alfredo Alejandro Arnoldo Nali 1 1988 "" Iñaki William Croes 14 0 1989 "" Salvador Rafael Grecco colspan=2 1990 "" Lilibeth Rodríguez Lila Morillo Arnoldo Nali colspan=2 1991 "" Jesús Alfredo Ruiz Jesús Alfredo Ruiz 1992 "" Karolina Luis Alva colspan=2 1993 "" Nicolás Felizzola Alejandro Salas Alejandro Salas colspan=2 1994 "" 3 16 1995 "" Simón Díaz colspan=2 1996 "" Dina Jean Paul Cole colspan=2 1997 "" Félix Valentino Félix Valentino Alejandro Salas 1998 "" Asdrúbal Astudillo Erick Gabriel Alejandro Salas 1999 Contest cancelled ◇ 2000 "" Mary Olga Rodríguez Alicia Lozada
Hosting Year City Venue Hosts 1979 Caracas
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