The OTI Festival 1991 (, ) was the 20th edition of the OTI Festival. It consisted of a semi-final on 13 December, presented by Eduardo Capetillo, , and Rebecca de Alba, and a final on 14 December 1991, presented by Raúl Velasco, held at the of the in Acapulco, Mexico. It was organised by the (OTI) and host broadcaster Televisa.
Broadcasters from twenty-four countries participated in the festival. The winner was the song "", written by Claudia Brant and , and performed by Brant herself representing Argentina; with "", written by Conrado Marrugo Vélez, and performed by representing Colombia, placing second; and "", written by Sergio Esquivel, and performed by Rodolfo Muñiz representing Mexico, placing third.
Location
The (OTI) designated Televisa as the host broadcaster for the 20th edition of the OTI Festival. The broadcaster staged the event in Acapulco. The venue selected was the of the , which is a multipurpose hall with an area of within the convention and exhibition center.
Participants Broadcasters from twenty-four countries participated in this edition of the OTI Festival. The OTI members, public or private broadcasters from Spain, Portugal, and twenty-two Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of Ibero-America signed up for the festival. From the countries that participated in the previous edition only the Netherlands Antilles was absent; with Aruba, Bolivia, and Canada returning; and Cuba participating for the first time.
Some of the participating broadcasters, such as those representing Argentina, Aruba, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and the United States, selected their entries through their regular national televised competitions. Other broadcasters decided to select their entry internally.
Three performing artists had previously represented the same country in previous editions: Sergio Iván had represented Guatemala in 1981, Alberto Olivera had represented Canada in 1987, and Daniel Montero had represented Uruguay in 1988. In addition, Trío Huazteca representing Aruba had represented the Netherlands Antilles in 1978.
+ Participants of the OTI Festival 1991 Country Broadcaster(s) Song Artist Songwriter(s) Language Conductor Argentina "" Claudia Brant Spanish Chucho Ferrer Aruba TeleAruba "" Trío Huazteca Spanish Amado Rosina Bolivia "" Grupo Solocanto Spanish César Scotta Canada "" Alberto Olivera Alberto Olivera Spanish Chucho Ferrer Chile "" Claudio Escobar Spanish Colombia "" Conrado Marrugo Vélez Spanish Chucho Ferrer Costa Rica Teletica "" Angelus Spanish Jorge Castro Ruiz Cuba ICRT "" Delia Díaz de Villegas Rolando Ojeda Spanish Miguel Patterson Dominican Republic "" Jackeline Estévez Anthony Ríos Spanish Chucho Ferrer Ecuador "" Juan Carlos Córdova Spanish Richard Anton El Salvador TCS "" Rosa María Inés de Viaud Spanish Chucho Ferrer Guatemala "" Sergio Iván María Antonieta Gámez Spanish Carlos Soto Honduras "" Max Jovel Argueta y Mauricio Medina Mauricio Medina Spanish Alfonso Flores Mexico Televisa "" Rodolfo Muñiz Sergio Esquivel Spanish Chucho Ferrer Nicaragua "" Martha Baltodano Roger Fischer Spanish César Prado Panama "" Juan Carlos Rodríguez y Loló Ledezma Juan Carlos Rodríguez Spanish Chucho Ferrer Paraguay "" Adrián Barreto Adrián Barreto Spanish Chucho Ferrer Peru "" Eva Ayllón y Fahed Mitre Spanish Miguel Figueroa Portugal RTP "" Dulce Pontes Portuguese Puerto Rico Telemundo Puerto Rico "" José Juan Tañón José Juan Tañón Spanish Ito Serrano Spain TVE "" Joel Peret Spanish Alfredo Domenech United States Univision "" Elsa Ozuna Lucho Neves Spanish Lucho Neves Uruguay "" Daniel Mantero Daniel Mantero Spanish Julio Frade Venezuela "" Jesús Alfredo Ruiz Jesús Alfredo Ruiz Spanish Chucho Ferrer
Festival overview The festival consisted for the first time of a semi-final on Friday 13 December and a final on Saturday 14 December 1991. The musical director was , who conducted the orchestra, made up of professionals from the Single Union of Music Workers of Mexico, when required.
Semi-final The semi-final was held on Friday 13 December 1991, beginning at 16:00 CST (22:00 UTC). It was presented by Eduardo Capetillo, , Rebecca de Alba. The presenters introduced each of the competing entries with a speech praising the country it represented. Each participating artist took the stage accompanied by a child dressed in a Mexican traditional costume carrying the flag of the participating country. The show featured several performances by a traditional Mexican folkloric ballet directed by Javier Arias and Alonso Navarrete.
The twenty-four participating entries were performed in the semi-final, of which only ten advanced to the final, with Mexico having a guaranteed place in the final as the host country. The qualifying songs were announced in order of performance, with the performer taking the stage and drawing a ball from an opaque bowl to determine the running order (R/O) in the final, with the exception of Mexico, which was announced last and took the remaining spot. Since Colombia was incorrectly assigned position six when it drew the ball nine, when Chile drew the ball six, it was assigned position nine.
+ Results of the semi-final of the OTI Festival 1991 Country Song Artist Result 1 Peru "" Eva Ayllón y Fahed Mitre 2 Panama "" Juan Carlos Rodríguez y Loló Ledezma 3 El Salvador "" Rosa María 4 Paraguay "" Adrián Barreto 5 Colombia "" Qualified 6 Honduras "" Max Jovel Argueta y Mauricio Medina 7 Cuba "" Delia Díaz de Villegas Qualified 8 Canada "" Alberto Olivera Qualified 9 Costa Rica "" Angelus Qualified 10 Puerto Rico "" José Juan Tañón 11 Uruguay "" Daniel Mantero 12 Dominican Republic "" Jackeline Estévez 13 Ecuador "" Juan Carlos Córdova 14 Mexico "" Rodolfo Muñiz Qualified 15 Spain "" Joel Qualified 16 Bolivia "" Grupo Solocanto 17 Chile "" Claudio Escobar Qualified 18 Argentina "" Claudia Brant Qualified 19 Venezuela "" Jesús Alfredo Ruiz 20 Portugal "" Dulce Pontes Qualified 21 Aruba "" Trío Huazteca 22 Guatemala "" Sergio Iván 23 United States "" Elsa Ozuna Qualified 24 Nicaragua "" Martha Baltodano
Final The final was held on Saturday 14 December 1991, beginning at 16:00 CST (22:00 UTC). It was presented by Raúl Velasco. Velasco had previously presented the festival in 1974, 1976, 1981, and 1984. The show featured guest performances by José Luis Perales, Yuri, and Magneto; and a medley of well-known songs performed by nine participants of the Mexican Youth Values Festival.
The winner was the song "", written by Claudia Brant and , and performed by Brant herself representing Argentina; with "", written by Conrado Marrugo Vélez, and performed by representing Colombia, placing second; and "", written by Sergio Esquivel, and performed by Rodolfo Muñiz representing Mexico, placing third. There were three medals, gold, silver and bronze, for the top three performers. The first prize was delivered by Guillermo Cañedo, president of OTI; the second prize by Óscar Gutiérrez, president of the OTI legal commission, and Nicanor González, president of the OTI programs committee; and the third prize by Eladio Lárez and Alfredo Escobar, members of the OTI programs committee. The first prize was endowed with a monetary amount of US$30,000, the second prize of US$20,000, and the third prize of US$10,000, to be distributed each 50% to the songwriter and 50% to the performer. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.
+ Results of the final of the OTI Festival 1991 Country Song Artist Place 1 Canada "" Alberto Olivera 2 Portugal "" Dulce Pontes 3 Cuba "" Delia Díaz de Villegas 4 Spain "" Joel 5 United States "" Elsa Ozuna 6 Colombia "" 2 7 Mexico "" Rodolfo Muñiz 3 8 Argentina "" Claudia Brant 1 9 Chile "" Claudio Escobar 10 Costa Rica "" Angelus
Jury The members of a single jury selected their favourite songs in a secret vote. In the final only the top three places were revealed. The members of the jury were: Simón Díazcomedian Yurisinger, represented Mexico in 1984 Fernando Ubiergosinger-songwriter, won the festival for Chile in 1984 José Luis Peralessinger-songwriter Vikki Carrsinger Nelson Nedsinger-songwriter, wrote the entry representing Brazil in 1982
Broadcast The festival was broadcast in the 24 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 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) TeleAruba All shows Teletica Final ICRT Cubavisión All shows Soledad Delgado and Carlos Otero Televisa Final TVE All shows José Luis Uribarri Univision All shows
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