The OTI Festival 1992 (, ) was the 21st edition of the OTI Festival, held on 5 December 1992 at Teatro Principal in Valencia, Spain, and presented by Paloma San Basilio and Joaquín Prat. It was organised by the (OTI) and host broadcaster (TVE).
Broadcasters from twenty-five countries participated in the festival. The winner was the song "", written by Chema Purón, and performed by representing Spain; with "", written by Carlo de la Cima and José Luis Mota, and performed by de la Cima himself representing the United States, placing second; and "", written by Pablo Herrera and Alejandra Silva, and performed by Herrera himself representing Chile, placing third. Francisco became the only performer to have won the competition twice.
Location
The (OTI) designated (TVE) as the host broadcaster for the 21st edition of the OTI Festival, to join the events and commemorations that would take place in 1992 in Spain coinciding with the Columbus Quincentenary. TVE staged the event in Valencia. The venue selected was the Teatro Principal, a theatre opened in 1832 that was designed by Filippo da Pistoia.
Participants Broadcasters from twenty-five countries participated in this edition of the OTI festival, marking the first time that the highest number of participants was achieved. The OTI members, public or private broadcasters from Spain, Portugal, and twenty-three Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of Ibero-America signed up for the festival. From the countries that participated in the previous edition, Aruba did not return, while the Netherlands Antilles returned. Equatorial Guinea participated for the first time, which would be its only appearance at the festival.
Some of the participating broadcasters, such as those representing Chile, Cuba, the Netherlands Antilles, and the United States, selected their entries through their regular national televised competitions. Other broadcasters decided to select their entry internally. A 15 years old Shakira was initially considered to represent Colombia, but because the rules did not allow performers under 18, she was not allowed to participate.
Four performing artists had represented the same country previously: Humberto Nivi had represented the Netherlands Antilles in 1974, had won the festival for Spain in 1981, had represented Ecuador in 1985, and Cheo Zorrilla had represented the Dominican Republic in 1986.
+ Participants of the OTI Festival 1992 Country Broadcaster(s) Song Artist Songwriter(s) Language Conductor Argentina "" Spanish Bolivia "" Erick Ocampo Spanish Canada "" José Alcides Luis Geraldino Spanish Chile "" Pablo Herrera Spanish Colombia "" Alexandra Villar Spanish Costa Rica "" Rodolfo González Álvaro Esquivel Spanish Cuba ICRT "" Augusto Enríquez Spanish Dominican Republic "" Cheo Zorrilla Spanish Ecuador "" Spanish El Salvador TCS "" María Gabriela María Gabriela Jovel Spanish Equatorial Guinea TVGE "" Bessoso A. Olo Mibuy Spanish Guatemala "" Edgar David Ávalos Spanish Honduras "" Karina Nasser Spanish Mexico Televisa "" Arturo Vargas Spanish Netherlands Antilles ATM "" Humberto Nivi Spanish Nicaragua "" Cristian Somarriva Eugenio Andrade Spanish Panama RPC-TV "" Eduardo Laly Carrizo Pedro Azael Spanish Paraguay "" Óscar Benito Spanish Peru "" Tania Helfgott Spanish Óscar Cavero Portugal RTP "" Cristina Rock Portuguese Puerto Rico Telemundo Puerto Rico "" Brenda Reyes Rodolfo Barrera Spanish Spain TVE "" Chema Purón Spanish United States Univision "" Carlo de la Cima Spanish José Luis Mota Uruguay "" Mario de Azaga Spanish Venezuela "" Karolina Luis Alva Spanish
Festival overview The festival was held on Saturday 5 December 1992, beginning at 22:00 CET (21:00 UTC). It was directed by , and presented by Paloma San Basilio and Joaquín Prat. San Basilio had previously presented the festival in 1985. In between the competing songs, the show featured eight musical-theatrical scenes in homage to Spanish and Ibero-American composers by eighty musicians, fifty choristers, twenty dancers, and ten soloists such as Serafin Zubiri. The budget for organizing the event was US$7 million. The draw to determine the running order (R/O) was held a few days before the event, where for the first time it was established in advance that the host country would perform in the last position, a rule that remained in place until 1996.
The winner was the song "", written by Chema Purón, and performed by representing Spain; with "", written by Carlo de la Cima and José Luis Mota, and performed by de la Cima himself representing the United States, placing second; and "", written by Pablo Herrera and Alejandra Silva, and performed by Herrera himself representing Chile, placing third. The first prize was endowed with a monetary amount of US$50,000, the second prize of US$30,000, and the third prize of US$20,000. Francisco became the only performer to have won the competition twice. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.
+ Results of the OTI Festival 1992 Country Song Artist Place 1 Honduras "" Karina Nasser 2 Nicaragua "" Cristian Somarriva 3 Portugal "" Cristina Rock 4 Ecuador "" 5 Cuba "" Augusto Enríquez 6 Mexico "" Arturo Vargas 7 Argentina "" 8 Bolivia "" Erick Ocampo 9 United States "" Carlo de la Cima 2 10 Panama "" Eduardo Laly Carrizo 11 Canada "" José Alcides 12 Netherlands Antilles "" Humberto Nivi 13 Venezuela "" Karolina 14 Chile "" Pablo Herrera 3 15 Paraguay "" Óscar Benito 16 Colombia "" Alexandra Villar 17 El Salvador "" María Gabriela 18 Equatorial Guinea "" Bessoso 19 Costa Rica "" Rodolfo González 20 Dominican Republic "" Cheo Zorrilla 21 Guatemala "" Edgar David Ávalos 22 Peru "" Tania Helfgott 23 Puerto Rico "" Brenda Reyes 24 Uruguay "" 25 Spain "" 1
Jury The nine members of a single jury selected their favourite songs in a secret vote. The voting system was not disclosed, and only the top three places were revealed. The members of the jury were: Luis Aguilésinger-songwriter Fernando Carrilloactor José Ferrizconductor Eugenia Leónsinger, won the festival for Mexico in 1985 Massielsinger Betty Missiegosinger, represented Peru in 1972 Peretsinger-songwriter, wrote the entry representing Spain in 1991 Salomésinger Fernando Tordosinger-songwriter
Broadcast The festival was broadcast in the 25 participating countries where the corresponding OTI member broadcasters relayed the contest through their networks after receiving it live via satellite. The festival was also available through a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) channel, in what was Retevisión's first test broadcast on the recently launched Hispasat 1A 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) Televisa ATM TeleCuraçao RPC-TV TVE Univision
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