The participation of Paraguay in the OTI Festival began at the seventh OTI Festival in 1978. The Paraguayan participating broadcaster was , which was member of the (OTI). After its debut, it participated for twenty-one editions, only missing the 1982 festival. Its best result in the festival was second achieved in 1988; and it hosted the event in 1995.
History Just like most of the participating in the OTI Festival, selected all its entries internally. Its first entry in the festival was "" by veteran Rolando Percy, who got a disappointing 18th place with zero points. The same singer would return to the event in 1990 and 1995 with disappointing placings. The Paraguayan participation in the festival was not very successful, but in 1981, it reached the top 10 for first time with "" by Alberto de Luque which placed 8th.
After a withdrawal in 1982, the next year it recorded one of its most successful entries with "" by the folk singer Marco de Brix which placed fourth. The same singer, five years later, returned to the event in 1988 with his song "" which was even more successful than his previous entry achieving second place with 25 points. Since then, it never managed to reach the top 10 again.
Participation overview + Table key 2 Second place F Finalist SF Semi-finalist ◇ Contest cancelled
Year Song Artist Songwriter(s) Conductor Place Points 1978 "" Rolando Percy 18 0 1979 "" Derlis Esteche Derlis Esteche 16 4 1980 "" Carlos Albospino Antonio Medina Oscar Cardozo Ocampo 17 7 1981 "" 8 15 1982 colspan="6" 1983 "" Antonio Medina Boselli Héctor Garrido Top-5 1984 "" Valencia Casto Darío Casto Darío colspan=2 1985 "" colspan=2 1986 "" Rocío Cristal Casto Darío Martínez colspan=2 1987 "" Rolando Ojeda Ricardo "Pilo" Lloret Fernando Correia Martins colspan=2 1988 "" Marco de Brix Antonio Medina Boselli Oscar Cardozo Ocampo 2 25 1989 "" Rodolfo González Friedman Ricardo "Pilo" Lloret colspan=2 1990 "" Rolando Percy Rolando Percy William Sánchez colspan=2 1991 "" Adrián Barreto Adrián Barreto 1992 "" Óscar Benito colspan=2 1993 "" Danny Durán Willy Suchard colspan=2 1994 "" Cristina Vera Díaz 1995 "" Rolando Percy Palito Miranda colspan=2 1996 "" Jorge Castro Alberto Aguilera Mauricio Cardozo Ocampo colspan=2 1997 "" Cecilia Kunert Augusto Barreto Oscar Cardozo Ocampo 1998 "" Americanta Álvaro Esquivel 1999 Contest cancelled ◇ 2000 "" Lenys Paredes Lenys Paredes
Hosting Year City Venue Hosts 1995 San Bernardino
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