The OTI Festival 1989 (, ) was the 18th edition of the OTI Festival, held on 18 November 1989 at the theater of the James L. Knight Center in Miami, United States, and presented by Lucy Pereda, Antonio Vodanovic, Verónica Castro, Carlos Mata, María Conchita Alonso, Emmanuel, and Don Francisco. It was organised by the (OTI) and host broadcaster Univision.
Broadcasters from twenty-two countries participated in the festival. The winner was the song "", written by Jesús Monárrez, and performed by Analí representing Mexico; with "", written and performed by representing Spain, placing second; and "", written by Juan Luis Guerra, and performed by Maridalia Hernández representing the Dominican Republic, placing third.
Location
The (OTI) designated Univision as the host broadcaster for the 18th edition of the OTI Festival. The broadcaster staged the event in Miami. The venue selected was the theater of the James L. Knight Center, which is a venue with a capacity of 4,605 seats within a entertainment and convention complex.
Participants Broadcasters from twenty-two 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 signed up for the festival. From the countries that participated in the previous edition, the Netherlands Antilles did not return, while Aruba participated in the festival for the first time since the country gained independence from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986.
Some of the participating broadcasters, such as those representing Aruba, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States, selected their entries through their regular national televised competitions. Other broadcasters decided to select their entry internally.
Two artists returned to the festival representing other countries: Eduardo Fabián representing Uruguay, had won the festival representing the United States in 1986, along Dámaris Carbaugh and ; while Aldo Matta representing Puerto Rico had represented the United States in 1981.
+ Participants of the OTI Festival 1989 Country Broadcaster(s) Song Artist Songwriter(s) Language Conductor Argentina ATC "" Mónica Cruz Spanish Aruba TeleAruba "" Edwin Abath Spanish Franklin Granadillo Bolivia "" Milton Cortez Spanish Chile "" Spanish Toly Ramírez Colombia "" Yolanda González Cristian Vega Riveros Spanish Cristian Vega Riveros Costa Rica Teletica "" Allan McPherson Allan McPherson Spanish Dominican Republic "" Maridalia Hernández Juan Luis Guerra Spanish Manuel Tejeda Ecuador "" Spanish El Salvador TCS "" Johnny Calderón Spanish William Sánchez Guatemala "" Roberto Rey Orlando Coronado Spanish Honduras "" Antonio Paredes Erick Mondragón Spanish Mexico Televisa "" Analí Jesús Monárrez Spanish Nicaragua "" Salvador y Katia Cardenal Salvador Cardenal Spanish Panama "" Christian Christian Spanish Paraguay "" Rodolfo González Friedman Ricardo "Pilo" Lloret Spanish Peru "" Mache Spanish Portugal RTP "" Marco Paulo Portuguese Puerto Rico Telemundo Puerto Rico "" Aldo Matta Spanish Eddie Hernández Spain TVE "" José Manuel Soto Spanish Gualberto García Pérez United States Univision "" Iris y Margie Margarita Andino Spanish Uruguay "" Eduardo Fabián Spanish Venezuela "" Salvador Rafael Grecco Spanish
Festival overview The festival was held on Saturday 18 November 1989, beginning at 18:00 EST (23:00 UTC). It was presented by Lucy Pereda, Antonio Vodanovic, Verónica Castro, Carlos Mata, María Conchita Alonso, Emmanuel, and Don Francisco. The show featured Emmanuel, Yuri, and Xuxa as guest artists.
The winner was the song "", written by Jesús Monárrez, and performed by Analí representing Mexico; with "", written and performed by representing Spain, placing second; and "", written by Juan Luis Guerra, and performed by Maridalia Hernández representing the Dominican Republic, placing third. For the first time, the first prize was endowed with a monetary amount of US$20,000, the second prize of US$15,000, and the third prize of US$10,000, to be distributed each 60% to the songwriter and 40% to the performer. The first prize was delivered by Guillermo Cañedo, president of OTI, and Xavier Suarez, major of Miami. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.
+ Results of the OTI Festival 1989 Country Song Artist Place 1 El Salvador "" 2 Dominican Republic "" Maridalia Hernández 3 3 Nicaragua "" Salvador y Katia Cardenal 4 Peru "" Mache 5 Aruba "" Edwin Abath 6 Paraguay "" Rodolfo González Friedman 7 Colombia "" Yolanda González 8 Guatemala "" Roberto Rey 9 Bolivia "" 10 Chile "" 11 Honduras "" Antonio Paredes 12 Ecuador "" 13 Argentina "" Mónica Cruz 14 Mexico "" Analí 1 15 Portugal "" Marco Paulo 16 Spain "" 2 17 United States "" Iris y Margie 18 Uruguay "" Eduardo Fabián 19 Puerto Rico "" Aldo Matta 20 Costa Rica "" Allan McPherson 21 Venezuela "" Salvador 22 Panama "" Christian
Jury Each of the ten members of the single jury selected their favourite songs in a secret vote, and only the top three places were revealed at the end. The members of the jury were: Celia Cruzsinger Emilio Estefanproducer singer Brauliosinger-songwriter Ángela Carrascosinger singer-songwriter Ednita Nazariosinger, represented Puerto Rico in 1979 Libertad Lamarqueactress Lola Beltránactress Silvia Pinalactress
Broadcast The festival was broadcast in the 22 participating countries where the corresponding OTI member broadcasters relayed the contest through their networks after receiving it live via satellite. It was reported that it was also broadcast in the Soviet Union and Bulgaria.
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) ATC TeleAruba Inravisión Teletica Televisa RTP RTP1 TVE TVE 2 Alaska Univision
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