The participation of Guatemala in the OTI Festival began at the third OTI Festival in 1974. The Guatemalan participating broadcaster was , which was member of the (OTI). It participated in twenty-five editions after its debut, only missing the 1978 festival. Its best result was second achieved in 1974.
The participation of Ricardo Arjona, who represented Guatemala in 1988, is of particular note. Although he only managed to get 12th place, he rose quickly to stardom.
History
Although sent some well known names to the OTI Festival, it had a lusterless trajectory in the festival. It never managed to win the festival, and only placed second in 1974, in its debut entry. It managed to reach the top 10 again in 1976 and in 1980. Since then, it got only moderate placings.
National Final Following the example of the participating broadcasters in Mexico and Chile, Televisiete also created its own national selection process. The Guatemalan National OTI festival was celebrated every year in Guatemala City since the debut in the festival.
As the other broadcaster which organized a preselection, the winner act, who would represent the country in the festival was elected by a professional jury who voted for their favourite entries.
Participation overview + Table key 2 Second place F Finalist SF Semi-finalist ◇ Contest cancelled
Year Song Artist Songwriter(s) Conductor Place Points 1974 "" Tanya Zea Roberto Porter 2 14 1975 "" Mario Vides Mario Vides Roberto Porter 14 2 1976 "" Hugo Leonel Baccaro 8 3 1977 "El verbo amar" Mildred y Manolo Julio César del Valle Rafael Ibarbia 17 0 1978 colspan="6" 1979 "" and Pirámide Luis Galich Porta Vinicio Quezada 12 13 1980 "" Madrigal Band Óscar Eduardo Conde Vinicio Quesada 9 19 1981 "" Sergio Iván Hilda Cofiño 21 1 1982 "" Sandra Patricia Óscar Salazar Óscar Salazar 15 8 1983 "" Óscar Rolando Ortega Óscar Rolando Ortega Óscar Salazar colspan=2 1984 "" Julio Enrique Óscar Salazar Óscar Salazar colspan=2 1985 "" Gloria Marina colspan=2 1986 "" Rodolfo Yela Chaty Bosschini colspan=2 1987 "" Chito Ordóñez Chito Ordóñez Fernando Correia Martins colspan=2 1988 "" Ricardo Arjona Ricardo Arjona Vinicio Quezada 12 1 1989 "" Roberto Rey Orlando Coronado colspan=2 1990 "" Annaby Luis Fernando Qujivix colspan=2 1991 "" Sergio Iván María Antonieta Gámez Carlos Soto 1992 "" Edgar David Ávalos colspan=2 1993 "" Mario Vides José Fabra colspan=2 1994 "" Noris Álvaro R. Aguilar 1995 "" Mario Mejía Nelson Leal Roberto Estrada colspan=2 1996 "" Álvaro Aguilar Álvaro Aguilar Roberto Estrada colspan=2 1997 "" Fernando Scheel Roberto Estrada 1998 "" Nelson Leal Roberto Estrada 1999 Contest cancelled ◇ 2000 "" Lico Vadelli Fernando Scheel
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