Mexico was represented at the OTI Festival 1975 with the song "", written by Felipe Gil, and performed by Gualberto Castro. The Mexican participating broadcaster, Televisa, selected its entry through a national televised competition with several phases. The song, that was performed in position 16, placed first out of 19 competing entries, winning the festival with 20 votes. This was the second entry from Mexico that won the OTI Festival, after winning in 1973.
National stage Televisa held a national competition with four televised qualifying rounds and a final to select its entry for the 4th edition of the OTI Festival. This fourth edition of the National OTI Festival featured 32 songs, of which nine reached the final. In addition to the general competition, awards were given for Best Performer and Best Musical Arrangement, among all the competing artists.
The shows were held at Studio 2 of Televisa San Ángel in Mexico City, were presented by Raúl Velasco, and were broadcast on within the show . The musical director was , who conducted the orchestra when required.
+ Competing entries on the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1975 Song Artist Songwriter(s) Conductor "" Héctor Meneses Héctor Meneses Mario Patrón "" Los Randall Martha Cano Chucho Ferrer "" Mónica Ygual José María Napoleón "" Eduardo Magallanes "" Raúl Marti Rogelio A. González "" Los Randall "" Mario Eduardo Octavio "" Roberto Jordán Juan Manuel Anzaldua "" Gualberto Castro "" "" Perla Negra Eduardo Tornell "" Yoshio "" Gualberto Castro Felipe Gil Chucho Ferrer "" Héctor Meneses Héctor Meneses Mario Patrón "" Manolo Muñoz Eduardo Tornell "" Sergio Esquivel Sergio Esquivel "" Alberto Ángel "" Roberto Jordán "" José María Napoleón José María Napoleón "" Perla Negra Carlos Blanco "" Sergio Guerra Rafael Aguirre "" Álvaro Dávila Álvaro Dávila "" Manolo Muñoz Manolo Muñoz "" Silvia Roar Arnulfo M. Vega "" Jonathán Zarzosa "" Álvaro Dávila Álvaro Dávila "" Raúl Marti Eduardo Piña "" Luis Heredia Luis Heredia "" Javier del Valle Rubén Rodríguez "" Mario Eduardo Sergio Esquivel "" La Nopalera "" Manuel Amparo Rubín
Qualifying rounds The four qualifying rounds were held on Sundays 7, 14, 21, and 28 September 1975. The eight highest-scoring entries among the 32 competing advanced to the final.
+ Result of the qualifying rounds of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1975 Song Artist Result First qualifying round – 7 September 1975 1 "" Sergio Guerra 2 "" Perla Negra 3 "" Raúl Marti 4 "" Silvia Roar 5 "" Javier del Valle 6 "" Mario Eduardo 7 "" Los Randall Qualified 8 "" Manolo Muñoz Qualified Second qualifying round – 14 September 1975 1 "" Manuel 2 "" Yoshio 3 "" Roberto Jordán 4 "" La Nopalera 5 "" Álvaro Dávila 6 "" 7 "" Gualberto Castro Qualified 8 "" Héctor Meneses Qualified Third qualifying round – 21 September 1975 1 "" Mario Eduardo 2 "" 3 "" Mónica Ygual 4 "" Luis Heredia 5 "" José María Napoleón 6 "" Qualified 7 "" Álvaro Dávila 8 "" Perla Negra Fourth qualifying round – 28 September 1975 1 "" Raúl Marti 2 "" Sergio Esquivel 3 "" Héctor Meneses Qualified 4 "" Manolo Muñoz 5 "" Qualified 6 "" Roberto Jordán 7 "" Los Randall Qualified 8 "" Gualberto Castro Qualified
Final The final was held on Sunday 5 October 1975. The winner was "", written by Felipe Gil, and performed by Gualberto Castro. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry. In addition, received the Best Performer Award and the Best Musical Arrangement Award.
+ Result of the final of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1975 Song Artist Points Result 1 "" Gualberto Castro 144 1 2 "" Héctor Meneses 136 3 3 "" 141 2 4 "" Gualberto Castro 127 6 5 "" 122 7 6 "" Manolo Muñoz 119 9 7 "" Héctor Meneses 130 4 8 "" Los Randall 129 5 9 "" Los Randall 122 7
At the OTI Festival On 15 November 1975, the OTI Festival was held at the WKAQ-TV studios in San Juan, Puerto Rico, hosted by WKAQ-Telemundo, and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. Gualberto Castro performed "" in position 16, with Chucho Ferrer conducting the event's orchestra, placing first out of 19 competing entries, winning the festival with 20 votes. This was the second entry from Mexico that won the OTI Festival, after winning in 1973.
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