Mexico was represented at the OTI Festival 1977 with the song "", written and performed by José María Napoleón. The Mexican participating broadcaster, Televisa, selected its entry through a national televised competition with several phases. The song, that was performed in position 7, placed 17th out of 21 competing entries, tying with zero votes with the songs from Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras.
National stage Televisa held a national competition with four televised qualifying rounds and a final to select its entry for the 6th edition of the OTI Festival. This sixth edition of the National OTI Festival featured forty songs, of which ten reached the final.
The shows were held at Televisa San Ángel studios in Mexico City, were presented by Raúl Velasco, and were broadcast on within the show . The musical director was , who conducted the Single Union of Music Workers of Mexico orchestra when required. Hermanos Zavala, the single mixed backing choir, were credited on the songs they accompanied.
+ Competing entries on the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1977 Song Artist Songwriter(s) Conductor "" Gualberto Castro Felipe Gil "" "" Héctor Meneses Héctor Meneses "" Luis Demetrio Luis Demetrio "" Massías Jorge Massías Gómez "" Paulyna "" Los Randal "" Guadalupe Trigo "" Álvaro Dávila Álvaro Dávila "" Margarita Robleda "" José Luis Almada José Luis Almada "" Sergio Esquivel Sergio Esquivel "" Grupo Hermanos and friends "" Los Baby's Enrique Ávila "" Irasema Irasema "" Rosalba Enrique Velázquez "" Los VIP's Ray Romano "" Los Cinco Amigos José Sierra Flores "" Grupo Brujos y Brujas "" Silvia and Gilberto José Pineda Contreras "" Paulyna "" José María Napoleón José María Napoleón "" Felipe Gil Felipe Gil "" Héctor Meneses Héctor Meneses "" Sergio Esquivel Sergio Esquivel "" María Medina "" Dulce Roberto Gómez Bolaños "" "" Sola "" Sonia Rivas Javier Cureño "" Luis "Vivi" Hernández "" José María Napoleón José María Napoleón "" Mario Quintero Mario Quintero "" Lulú Manzano Eduardo Manzano "" Sola "" Arturo Castro and Castro's 78 Arturo Castro "" Yoshio "" Fernando Riba "" Álvaro Dávila Álvaro Dávila "" María del Carmen Gil Ribera
Qualifying rounds The four qualifying rounds were held on Sundays 4, 11, 18, and 25 September 1977. The ten highest-scoring entries among the forty competing advanced to the final.
+ Result of the qualifying rounds of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1977 Song Artist Result First qualifying round – 4 September 1977 1 "" Massías 2 "" 3 "" Los VIP's 4 "" José Luis Almada 5 "" Lulú Manzano 6 "" Los Cinco Amigos Qualified 7 "" Sergio Esquivel Qualified 8 "" Sonia Rivas 9 "" Sola 10 "" Luis Demetrio Second qualifying round – 11 September 1977 1 "" Grupo Hermanos and friends 2 "" Rosalba 3 "" José María Napoleón 4 "" Paulyna 5 "" Dulce 6 "" Héctor Meneses Qualified 7 "" Álvaro Dávila Qualified 8 "" 9 "" Third qualifying round – 18 September 1977 1 "" Yoshio 2 "" Grupo Brujos y Brujas 3 "" Silvia and Gilberto 4 "" Los Randal 5 "" Irasema 6 "" Mario Quintero 7 "" María del Carmen 8 "" Fernando Riba 9 "" Paulyna Qualified 10 "" Arturo Castro and Castro's 78 11 "" Felipe Gil Fourth qualifying round – 25 September 1977 1 "" Los Baby's 2 "" Sergio Esquivel Qualified 3 "" Álvaro Dávila Qualified 4 "" Sola 5 "" 6 "" 7 "" Héctor Meneses Qualified 8 "" Gualberto Castro 9 "" Luis "Vivi" Hernández Qualified 10 "" José María Napoleón Qualified
Final The final was held on Sunday 9 October 1977. The winner was "", written and performed by José María Napoleón. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.
+ Result of the final of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1977 Song Artist Result 1 "" Luis "Vivi" Hernández 4 2 "" Sergio Esquivel 3 "" Héctor Meneses 4 "" Paulyna 3 5 "" Álvaro Dávila 2 6 "" José María Napoleón 1 7 "" Héctor Meneses 8 "" Los Cinco Amigos 9 "" Sergio Esquivel 10 "" Álvaro Dávila 5
Official album Las 10 finalistas del Festival OTI 77 is the official compilation album of the sixth edition of the Mexican National OTI Festival, released by Cisne in 1977. The vinyl LP features the studio version of the ten songs qualified for the national final.
At the OTI Festival On 12 November 1977, the OTI Festival was held at the auditorium of the Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, hosted by (RTVE), and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. José María Napoleón performed "" in position 7, with Jonathán Zarzosa conducting the event's orchestra, and placing 17th out of 21 competing entries, tying with zero votes with the songs from Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Voting Each participating broadcaster assembled a three-member jury who had three votes to distribute as wished. Mexico did not receive any votes.
+ Votes awarded by Mexico Score Country 2 votes United States 1 vote Spain
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