The participation of Panama in the OTI Festival began at the first OTI Festival in 1972. The Panamanian participating broadcaster was (RPC-TV), which was member of the (OTI). It participated in all twenty-eight editions of the festival, and is best result was second achieved in 1972.
History Although Panama never withdrew from the event, never managed to achieve victory, although in its debut year, "" performed by Basilio came second.
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 + Table key 2 Second place SF Semi-finalist ◇ Contest cancelled Year Song Artist Songwriter(s) Conductor Place Points 1972 "" Augusto Algueró 2 8 1973 "" Orlando Morales Mary Jean Wright Ivan Paulo 12 2 1974 "" Orlando Morales and Marcos Rodríguez Gee Karlshonn Gee Karlshonn 15 1 1975 "" Pablo Azael Pablo Azael Jack del Río 14 2 1976 "" Pablo Azael 8 3 1977 "Canta a la vida" Leopoldo Hernández Leopoldo Hernández Rafael Ibarbia 11 2 1978 "" Roger Barés Roger Barés 5 18 1979 "" Tony Espino Pedro Azael Eduardo Cabrera 13 12 1980 "" Simón Abadi Alexis Castillo 16 8 1981 "" Roger Barés Pablo Azael 17 7 1982 "" Ediza Moreno Guillermo Irribarra 14 11 1983 "" Betzaida Edwin Silvera Toby Muñoz colspan=2 1984 "" Dini y Dany Toby Muñoz colspan=2 1985 "" Rafael Della Serra Toby Muñoz colspan=2 1986 "" Paulette Paulette Thomas Cristobal Muñoz colspan=2 1987 "" Olga Cecilia Toby Muñoz colspan=2 1988 "" Paulette 14 0 1989 "" Christian Christian colspan=2 1990 "" Vielka Plummer Edwin Silvera William Sánchez colspan=2 1991 "" Juan Carlos Rodríguez y Loló Ledezma Juan Carlos Rodríguez 1992 "" Eduardo Laly Carrizo Pedro Azael colspan=2 1993 "" Tony Cheng Lali Carrizo Edgardo Quintero colspan=2 1994 "" Armando Valdivieso 1995 "" Tony Cheng Augusto César Esucdero Oscar Cardozo Ocampo colspan=2 1996 "" Omar Argel Espinosa Darío Espinosa colspan=2 1997 "" Ricardo y Alberto 1998 "" Luis Arteaga Álvaro Esquivel 1999 Contest cancelled ◇ 2000 "" Jorge Bordanea
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