The OTI Festival 1985 (, ) was the 14th edition of the OTI Festival, held on 21 September 1985 at Teatro Lope de Vega in Seville, Spain, and presented by Paloma San Basilio and Emilio Aragón. It was organised by the (OTI) and host broadcaster (TVE).
Broadcasters from twenty-one countries participated in the festival, with Brazil not participating for the first time. The winner was the song "", written by , and performed by Eugenia León representing Mexico; with "", written by Alejandro Vezzani and Miguel Lorena, and performed by Marcelo Alejandro representing Argentina, and "", written by , and performed by representing Ecuador, both placing second; and "", written by Hernán Duque and , and performed by Juan Carlos Duque himself representing Chile, placing third.
Location
The (OTI) designated (TVE) as the host broadcaster for the 14th edition of the OTI Festival. TVE staged the event in Seville. The venue selected was the , a theatre built as part of the Pavilion of Seville at the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. The event made use of both the theatre and the that formed the Pavilion, that was designed by Vicente Traver y Tomás.
TVE had initially planned to hold the event outdoors at the old Roman amphitheatre in Italica, but the idea was scrapped due to the impossibility of guaranteeing that it would not rain during the event or during the weeks of preparations and rehearsals.
Participants Broadcasters from twenty-one countries participated in this edition of the OTI festival. The OTI members, public or private broadcasters from Spain, Portugal, and twenty Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of Ibero-America initially signed up for the festival, with Uruguay returning after having missed the previous edition. Brazil, who had initially signed up, ultimately did not participate for the first time because the winner of its national selection was under 18, and the performers at the festival had to be over that age. The OTI member in Bolivia justified its absence by lacking the financial resources required to participate.
Some of the participating broadcasters, such as those representing Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, the Netherlands Antilles, and the United States, selected their entries through their regular national televised competitions. Other broadcasters decided to select their entry internally.
+ Participants of the OTI Festival 1985 Country Broadcaster(s) Song Artist Songwriter(s) Language Conductor Argentina "" Marcelo Alejandro Spanish Chile "" Spanish Pancho Aranda Colombia "" Grupo Café Spanish Raúl Rosero Polo Costa Rica "" Edgar Eduardo Vega Rodolfo Emilio Morales Spanish Dominican Republic "" Gina D'Alessandro Cheo Zorrilla Spanish Bertico Sosa Ecuador "" Spanish Gustavo Pacheco El Salvador "" Óscar Alejandro Óscar Alejandro Spanish Eduardo Leiva Guatemala "" Gloria Marina Spanish Eduardo Leiva Honduras "" Dúo tú y yo Alberto Valladares Spanish Víctor Durán Mexico Televisa "" Eugenia León Spanish Netherlands Antilles ATM "" Melania van der Veen Erroll Colina Spanish Erroll Colina Nicaragua SSTV "" María Eugenia Urroz Mario Montenegro Spanish Raúl Martínez Panama "" Rafael Della Serra Spanish Toby Muñoz Paraguay "" Spanish Eduardo Leiva Peru "" Luis Alonso Manuel Cortez Spanish Víctor Cuadros Portugal RTP "" Portuguese Puerto Rico Canal 2 Telemundo "" Juan Manuel Lebrón Lou Briel Spanish Luis García Spain TVE "" Caco Senante Spanish Eduardo Leiva United States SIN "" Zobeida and Frank Spanish Héctor Garrido Uruguay "" Nelson Candia Mario de Azagra Spanish Julio Frade Venezuela "" Doris Hernández Pablo Schneider Spanish
Festival overview The festival was held on Saturday 21 September 1985, beginning at 23:30 CEST (21:30 UTC). It was directed by Francisco Navarrete and presented by Paloma San Basilio and Emilio Aragón. The musical director was , who conducted the 47-piece orchestra when required. The draw to determine the running order (R/O) was held on 20 August at La Rábida Friary in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva). Participants began rehearsing at the Teatro Lope de Vega on 16 September.
The show was opened with the hosts singing together "". In between the competing songs, the Ciudad de Sevilla ballet made a performance dancing sevillanas and Paloma San Basilio sang the song "". The interval act featured a star guest performance by Rocío Jurado singing the songs "" and "", and a medley of her hits "", "", "", "", and "", accompanied by the orchestra conducted by José Luis Sanesteban. Due to a three-way tie for first place during the voting, Rocio Jurado had to improvise and extend her performance to give the jury time to determine the result.
The winner was the song "", written by , and performed by Eugenia León representing Mexico; with "", written by Alejandro Vezzani and Miguel Lorena, and performed by Marcelo Alejandro representing Argentina, and "", written by , and performed by representing Ecuador, both placing second; and "", written by Hernán Duque and , and performed by Juan Carlos Duque himself representing Chile, placing third. There was a trophy for each of the first three places. The first prize trophy was delivered by Guillermo Cañedo, president of OTI; the second prize trophy by Manuel del Valle, mayor of Seville; and the third prize trophy by Nicanor González, president of the OTI programs committee. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry followed by all the participants singing together "".
+ Results of the OTI Festival 1985 Country Song Artist Place 1 El Salvador "" Óscar Alejandro 2 Costa Rica "" Edgar Eduardo Vega 3 Uruguay "" Nelson Candia 4 Venezuela "" Doris Hernández 5 United States "" Zobeida and Frank 6 Puerto Rico "" Juan Manuel Lebrón 7 Honduras "" Dúo tú y yo 8 Mexico "" Eugenia León 1 9 Colombia "" Grupo Café 10 Argentina "" Marcelo Alejandro 2 11 Netherlands Antilles "" Melania van der Veen 12 Paraguay "" 13 Peru "" Luis Alonso 14 Chile "" 3 15 Nicaragua "" María Eugenia Urroz 16 Panama "" Rafael Della Serra 17 Guatemala "" Gloria Marina 18 Portugal "" 19 Spain "" 20 Ecuador "" 2 21 Dominican Republic "" Gina D'Alessandro
Jury Each of the seven members of the single jury awarded 5–1 points to its five favourite songs in a secret vote. Initially the jury was composed of eight members, but Raúl Velasco had to return hastily to Mexico due to the 1985 Mexico City earthquake that had occurred two days earlier. Only the top three places were revealed, with second place awarded to two songs jointly. The members of the jury were: Luis Miguel Dominguínbullfighter Alberto Cortezsinger-songwriter Lola Floressinger Teresa Sánchez Lópezmodel, Miss Spain 1984 Antoniodancer Adelaide Ferreirasinger, represented Portugal in 1984 Fernando Ubiergosinger-songwriter, won the festival for Chile in 1984
Broadcast The festival was broadcast in the 21 participating countries and in Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, and Haiti, where the corresponding OTI member broadcasters relayed the contest through their networks after receiving it live via satellite.
Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
+ Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) TVN rowspan="3" UTV UCTV Telecentro Telecentro Canal 6 rowspan="3" Telenac Teletica Televisa ATM TeleCuraçao RTP RTP1 TVE SIN
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References
External links 14th OTI Festival, Sevilla 1985 at RTVE Play