The participation of Colombia in the OTI Festival began at the first OTI Festival in 1972. The Colombian participating broadcasters were , (PUNCH), (RTI), , , and , which were members of the (OTI). They participated in twenty-seven of the twenty-eight editions, only missing the 2000 festival. Their best result in the festival was second achieved in 1991.
History The , (PUNCH), and (RTI), joined in 1986 by , , and , participated together in the OTI Festival representing Colombia; broadcasting the event in the country through Inravisión. They selected their entry for the festival through either a televised national competition or internally.
During the Colombian history in this festival, they got two third places, in 1975 with "" by Leonor González Mina and in 1973 with "" by Jaime Mora. They also managed to get the second place in 1991 with "" by Juan Carlos Coronel.
In 1992 Shakira was initially considered to represent Colombia in the festival but she could not compete because she was under age.
Participation overview + Table key 2 Second place 3 Third place SF Semi-finalist ◇ Contest cancelled Year Song Artist Songwriter(s) Conductor Place Points 1972 "" Christopher Armando Velázquez 9 3 1973 "" Claudia Osuna Alfonso de la Espriella 9 3 1974 "" Luis Gabriel Naranjo 15 1 1975 "" Leonor González Mina Armando Velásquez 3 10 1976 "" Amparito Jimmy Salcedo 4 9 1977 "" Ximena Diego Rodríguez 14 1 1978 "" Billy Pontoni Eduardo Cabas Alberto Nieto 16 1 1979 "" Paola Evelina Porto de Mejía Mario Cuesta 18 2 1980 "" Jaime Valencia Armando Velázquez 11 13 1981 "" Jaime D'Alberto Jaime D'Alberto 5 18 1982 "" Blanco y Negro Fernando Garavito 9 18 1983 "" Jaime Mora Álvaro Ortiz 3 1984 "" Christopher y Ximena Carlos González Mario Agustín Cuesta Domínguez colspan=2 1985 "" Grupo Café Raúl Rosero Polo colspan=2 1986 "" Noemí Alfonso de la Estriella Carlos Montoya colspan=2 1987 "" Marta Patricia Yepes colspan=2 1988 "" Harold Orozco Jaime Rodríguez 7 6 1989 "" Yolanda González Cristian Vega Riveros Cristian Vega Riveros colspan=2 1990 "" Daniel Abadía Álex González Mario Cuesta colspan=2 1991 "" Conrado Marrugo Vélez Chucho Ferrer 2 1992 "" Alexandra Villar colspan=2 1993 "" Alexa Hernández José Fabra colspan=2 1994 "" Jorge Hernán Baena Francesco 1995 "" César Mora César Mora Milton Salcedo colspan=2 1996 "" Duo Voz en Off Daniel Betancourt Claudio Jácome Harb colspan=2 1997 "" Andrés Cabas 1998 "" Natalia Ramírez Diego Delgado 1999 Contest cancelled ◇ 2000 colspan="6"
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