The OTI Festival 1982 (, ) was the 11th edition of the OTI Festival, held on 27 November 1982 at the Teatro Auditorio Amauta in Lima, Peru, and presented by , , and . It was organised by the (OTI) and host broadcaster .

Broadcasters from twenty-one countries participated in the festival. The winner was the song "", written by Luis Gerardo Tovar and , and performed by representing Venezuela; with "", written by and Luis Gómez-Escolar, and performed by representing Spain, placing second; and "", written and performed by Laura Hevia representing the United States, placing third.

Location

The (OTI) designated as the host broadcaster for the 11th edition of the OTI Festival. The broadcaster staged the event in Lima. The venue selected was the Teatro Auditorio Amauta, that is the biggest multi-use indoor arena in the country. It was opened in 1946 as an open-air bullring and in 1968 it was reopened, after being remodeled and roofed, as an enclosed venue with a total capacity for 20,000 people. In 1981, bought the facility and used it to host large events such as Miss Universe 1982. For the festival, the venue had a capacity of 10,000 spectators, but it was not actually filled to capacity.

Participants Broadcasters from twenty-one countries participated in this edition of the OTI festival. The OTI members, public or private broadcasters from Spain and twenty Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of Ibero-America signed up for the festival. From the countries that participated in the previous edition, Paraguay and Portugal withdrew, while Bolivia and the Dominican Republic, returned after missing that festival.

Some of the participating broadcasters, such as those representing Chile, El Salvador, 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. Initially, (TVE) had internally selected the song "", written by Luis Gómez-Escolar and Honorio Herrero, and performed by Carmen Pascual, as its entry representing Spain. But because the rules did not allow performers under 18 to participate, the OTI did not allow her to participate, and TVE entered the song that placed second in the internal selection to the festival instead.

Two performing artists had previously represented the same country in previous editions: Félix López had represented El Salvador in 1974, and Ricardo Padilla had represented Costa Rica in 1980.

+ Participants of the OTI Festival 1982 Country Broadcaster(s) Song Artist Songwriter(s) Language Conductor Argentina Canal Once "" Luis Gonzales Spanish Horacio Malvicino Bolivia TVB "" Raúl Menacho Raúl Menacho Spanish Luis Neves Brazil SBT "" Júlio Cézar Spanish Luis Neves Chile "" Juan Pablo Méndez Juan Pablo Méndez Spanish Francisco Aranda Colombia "" Blanco y Negro Fernando Garavito Spanish Costa Rica "" Ricardo Padilla Ricardo Padilla Spanish Luis Neves Dominican Republic "" Rhina Ramírez Leonor Porcella de Brea Spanish Manuel Tejada Ecuador "" Andrés Kattan Francisco Betancourt Spanish Ricardo Antón El Salvador "" Félix López Félix López Spanish Luis Neves Guatemala "" Sandra Patricia Óscar Salazar Spanish Óscar Salazar Honduras "" Miguel Ángel Mejía Serafina de Milla Spanish Víctor Durán Mexico Televisa "" Enrique Guzmán Spanish Julio Jaramillo Netherlands Antilles ATM "" Sharon Rose Roberto Montiel Spanish Roberto Montiel Nicaragua SSTV "" Deyanira Toruño Diego Martín Aguirre Spanish Coco Betancourt Panama "" Ediza Moreno Spanish Guillermo Irribarra Peru Panamericana Televisión "" Elsa María Elejalde Spanish Víctor Cuadros Puerto Rico Canal 2 Telemundo "" Lunna Spanish Ángel "Cucco" Peña Berdiel Spain TVE "" Spanish Eddy Guerín United States SIN "" Laura Hevia Laura Hevia Spanish Héctor Garrido Uruguay "" Ana María Pascual Spanish Leslie Muliz Venezuela VTV "" Spanish Carlos Moreán

Festival overview The festival was held on Saturday 27 November 1982, beginning at 18:00 PET (23:00 UTC). It was presented by and , with introducing the jury. The musical director was Luis Neves who conducted the orchestra when required.

The winner was the song "", written by Luis Gerardo Tovar and , and performed by representing Venezuela; with "", written by and Luis Gómez-Escolar, and performed by representing Spain, placing second; and "", written and performed by Laura Hevia representing the United States, placing third. The first prize trophy was delivered by Eduardo Orrego Villacorta, mayor of Lima; the second prize trophy by Alfredo Escobar, president of the OTI programs committee; and the third prize trophy by Ruth Fernández, president of the jury. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.

+ Results of the OTI Festival 1982 Country Song Artist Points Result 1 Bolivia "" Raúl Menacho 1 20 2 Honduras "" Miguel Ángel Mejía 6 17 3 Nicaragua "" Deyanira Toruño 3 19 4 Panama "" Ediza Moreno 11 14 5 Chile "" Juan Pablo Méndez 14 11 6 Mexico "" Enrique Guzmán 22 4 7 Brazil "" Júlio Cézar 15 10 8 Guatemala "" Sandra Patricia 9 15 9 United States "" Laura Hevia 25 3 10 Spain "" 27 2 11 Netherlands Antilles "" Sharon Rose 7 16 12 Argentina "" 22 4 13 Colombia "" Blanco y Negro 18 9 14 Dominican Republic "" Rhina Ramírez 20 7 15 Ecuador "" Andrés Kattan 0 21 16 Costa Rica "" Ricardo Padilla 22 4 17 Puerto Rico "" Lunna 5 18 18 El Salvador "" Félix López 12 13 19 Uruguay "" Ana María Pascual 13 12 20 Venezuela "" 43 1 21 Peru "" Elsa María Elejalde 20 7

Detailed voting results For the first time, each participating broadcaster appointed a juror, and all jurors were present in the hall. Each juror awarded 5 points its favourite song, 4 points to the second favourite, and then between 3 and 1 points for the third- to fifth-favourite songs, except for the entry representing its own country. The jurors gave their points aloud in ascending order. In the event of a tie for first place, the jurors from the countries not affected by the tie would vote to select the winning song from among the tied ones. Had the tie persisted, the president of the jury would have decided; had the president been from one of the tied countries, the vice president would have decided.

As the jurors cast their points, these were shown onscreen. At the end of the voting, the total results for all countries were displayed and read by the presenter. Inexplicably, the final tally shown did not include the points from the Honduran juror. This did not cause any subsequent complications after the proclamation of the top three places, as their positions were not affected.

+ Detailed voting results of the OTI Festival 1982 colspan="2" rowspan="2" Voting countries Points scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="rowgroup" rowspan="21" Bolivia11 Honduras2226 Nicaragua33 Panama352111 Chile23133214 Mexico1452144122 Brazil542415 Guatemala41229 United States424433525 Spain3455315127 Netherlands Antilles527 Argentina1214524322 Colombia124215318 Dominican Republic323352220 Ecuador0 Costa Rica513152522 Puerto Rico325 El Salvador44412 Uruguay531413 Venezuela35554115334443 Peru511154320

Jurors The twenty-one jurors were:

René Noriega Martínez José Jorge Villeda Toledo Donald Aguirre Alfonso Amanza Serrato Lucho Gatica Raúl Velasco José Rodrigues Luis Felipe Valenzuela Omar Marchant Alberto Martínez Peyrou Joy Kock Ana María Arregui Graciela de Rosero Adriano Rodríguez Mariano Merchan Roberto López Jiménez Ruth Fernández (chairperson) Óscar Rolando Espinoza Walter Reyes Luis Pardi Luigi Alva

Broadcast The festival was broadcast in the 21 participating countries, where the corresponding OTI member broadcasters relayed the contest through their networks after receiving it live via satellite.

Known details on the broadcasts of the festival 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) Canal Once TVN rowspan="3" UTV UCTV Inravisión Telecentro Telecentro Canal 6 Televisa ATM TeleAruba TeleCuraçao Panamericana Televisión TVE TVE 1 SIN

Notes

References

External links 11th OTI Festival, Lima 1982 at RTVE Play