Mexico was represented at the OTI Festival 1989 with the song "", written by Jesús Monárrez, and performed by Analí. The Mexican participating broadcaster, Televisa, selected its entry through a national televised competition with several phases. The song, that was performed in position 14, placed first out of 22 competing entries, winning the festival. This was the fourth entry from Mexico that won the OTI Festival, after winning in 1973, in 1975, and in 1985.

National stage Televisa held a national competition with four televised qualifying rounds, a playoff, a semi-final, and a final to select its entry for the 18th edition of the OTI Festival. This eighteenth edition of the National OTI Festival featured forty songs in the qualifying rounds, sixteen in the semi-final, and eight in the final. The top-three entries were awarded. In addition to the general competition, awards were also given for Best Male Performer, and Best Female Performer.

The shows were held at Teatro de la Ciudad in Mexico City, were presented by Raúl Velasco, and broadcast on . The musical director was , who conducted the orchestra when required.

+ Competing entries on the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song Artist Songwriter(s) Conductor "" Carlos Lara Carlos Lara "" Alberto Cardielli Blanca Zurita "" Magdalena Zárate Amparo Rubín "" Yoshio Yoshio "" Antonio Jorge Javier Martínez "" Gitano Jorge Javier Martínez "" Byanca "" Alejandro Filio Luigi Lazareno "" Johnny Laboriel "" Héctor Suárez "" Carmín Carmín "" Ulises Carlos Lara "" Arturo Sayeg Arturo Sayeg Pedro Alberto Cárdenas "" José Roberto José Roberto Luigi Lazareno "" Ópera Prima "" Héctor Meneses Héctor Meneses "" Sergio Esquivel Sergio Esquivel "" Jade "" José María Napoleón José María Napoleón Luigi Lazareno "" Gabriel Villaseñor de Anda "" Manolo Muñoz José Roberto "" Roberto Jordán Felipe Gil Chucho Ferrer "" "" Felipe Gil Felipe Gil "" Tiempo Nuevo Carlos María "" Sonia Rivas Sonia Rivas "" Omar Omar "" Amparo Rubín Amparo Rubín "" Alejandra Ávalos Pedro Alberto Cárdenas "" Pablo Raffi "" Patsy Omar Hernández "" Cecilia Toussaint "" Paco Guízar Alejandro Filio "" Dianna Juan Francisco Rodríguez "" Analí Jesús Monárrez Jesús Medel "" Media Luna Juan Carlos Pastrana Juan Santana "" Francisco Xavier "" Coco Levy Xavier Asali "" Jesús Monárrez Jesús Monárrez "" Imelda Miller Carlos María Homero Patrón

Qualifying rounds The four qualifying rounds were held on Saturdays 9, 16, and 23, and 30 September 1989. Each round featured ten entries, of which the three highest-scoring advanced to the semi-final. In each round, after all the competing entries were performed, each of the ten jurors cast one vote for each of their three favorite entries.

The ten jurors were: Rafael Acosta, Álvaro Dávila, María Eugenia de Esesarte, Luis G. Basurto, Agustín Jiménez, Leopoldo Meraz, Gustavo Rivera, Sylvia Tapia, Jesús Vázquez, Rubén Zepeda.

+ Result of the first qualifying round of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song Artist Votes Result 1 "" Carmín 1 2 "" Arturo Sayeg 0 3 "" José Roberto 6 Qualified 4 "" Media Luna 0 5 "" 7 Qualified 6 "" 0 7 "" Roberto Jordán 0 8 "" Analí 9 Qualified 9 "" Coco Levy 3 10 "" José María Napoleón 4

+ Detailed vote of the first qualifying round of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "" 1 1 2 "" 0 3 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 4 "" 0 5 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 6 "" 0 7 "" 0 8 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 9 "" 1 1 1 3 10 "" 1 1 1 1 4

+ Result of the second qualifying round of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song Artist Votes Result 1 "" Tiempo Nuevo 2 2 "" Pablo Raffi 10 Qualified 3 "" Dianna 7 Qualified 4 "" Johnny Laboriel 1 5 "" Patsy 0 6 "" Ulises 0 7 "" Magdalena Zárate 6 Qualified 8 "" Héctor Meneses 1 9 "" Jade 3 10 "" 0

+ Detailed vote of the second qualifying round of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "" 1 1 2 2 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 3 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4 "" 1 1 5 "" 0 6 "" 0 7 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 8 "" 1 1 9 "" 1 1 1 3 10 "" 0

+ Result of the third qualifying round of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song Artist Votes Result 1 "" Ópera Prima 0 2 "" Alberto Cardielli 0 3 "" Yoshio 6 Qualified 4 "" Paco Guízar 2 5 "" Byanca 0 6 "" Antonio 6 Qualified 7 "" Amparo Rubín 0 8 "" Jesús Monárrez 5 9 "" Héctor Suárez 1 10 "" Sergio Esquivel 7 Qualified

+ Detailed vote of the third qualifying round of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "" 0 2 "" 0 3 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 4 "" 1 1 2 5 "" 0 6 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 7 "" 0 8 "" 1 1 1 1 1 5 9 "" 1 1 10 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7

+ Result of the fourth qualifying round of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song Artist Votes Result 1 "" Sonia Rivas 0 2 "" Omar 0 3 "" Carlos Lara 2 4 "" Gitano 7 Qualified 5 "" Felipe Gil 5 Qualified 6 "" Alejandra Ávalos 0 7 "" Francisco Xavier 10 Qualified 8 "" 0 9 "" Manolo Muñoz 1 10 "" 5

+ Detailed vote of the fourth qualifying round of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "" 0 2 "" 0 3 "" 1 1 2 4 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 5 "" 1 1 1 1 1 5 6 "" 0 7 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 8 "" 0 9 "" 1 1 10 "" 1 1 1 1 1 5

Playoff The playoff was held on Saturday 30 September 1989 following the fourth qualifying round. To select the last four semi-finalists, each of the ten jurors cast one vote for each of their four favorite entries among the twenty-eight not qualified.

+ Result of the playoff of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song Result "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" Qualified "" "" "" "" "" "" Qualified "" "" "" "" "" "" Qualified "" "" "" "" Qualified ""

Semi-final The semi-final was held on Saturday 7 October 1989. After all the competing entries were performed, each of the ten jurors cast one vote for each of their eight favorite entries, and the eight most voted songs went on to the final. The same jurors that voted in the qualifying rounds, voted in the semi-final.

+ Result of the semi-final of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song Artist Votes Result 1 "" Jade 3 2 "" José Roberto 1 3 "" Gitano 3 4 "" Dianna 6 Qualified 5 "" Francisco Xavier 9 Qualified 6 "" Yoshio 5 Qualified 7 "" Pablo Raffi 10 Qualified 8 "" 4 9 "" Tiempo Nuevo 0 10 "" Felipe Gil 1 11 "" Antonio 8 Qualified 12 "" Analí 10 Qualified 13 "" 4 14 "" Sergio Esquivel 9 Qualified 15 "" Jesús Monárrez 5 Qualified 16 "" Magdalena Zárate 2

+ Detailed vote of the semi-final of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "" 1 1 1 3 2 "" 1 1 3 "" 1 1 1 3 4 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 5 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 6 "" 1 1 1 1 1 5 7 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 8 "" 1 1 1 1 4 9 "" 0 10 "" 1 1 11 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 12 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 13 "" 1 1 1 1 4 14 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 15 "" 1 1 1 1 1 5 16 "" 1 1 2

Final The six-song final was held on Sunday 8 October 1989. The final was held in two rounds. In the first round, each of the ten jurors cast one vote for each of their three favorite entries, and the three most voted songs went on to the superfinal. In the superfinal, each juror announced aloud one vote for their favourite entry. The same jurors that voted in the qualifying rounds and the semi-final, voted in the final. The show featured guest performances by Daniela Romo, Benito, Gualberto Castro, and Ray Conniff.

The winner was "", written by Jesús Monárrez, and performed by Analí. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.

+ Result of the final of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song Artist Votes Result 1 "" Jesús Monárrez 1 4 2 "" Dianna 0 5 3 "" Antonio 1 4 4 "" Sergio Esquivel 10 Qualified 5 "" Analí 8 Qualified 6 "" Yoshio 1 4 7 "" Francisco Xavier 8 Qualified 8 "" Pablo Raffi 1 4

+ Detailed vote of the final of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "" 1 1 2 "" 0 3 "" 1 1 4 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 5 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 6 "" 1 1 7 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 8 "" 1 1

+ Result of the superfinal of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song Artist Votes Result 1 "" Sergio Esquivel 3 2 2 "" Analí 6 1 3 "" Francisco Xavier 1 3

+ Detailed vote of the superfinal of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1989 Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "" 1 1 1 3 2 "" 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 3 "" 1 1

Merit awards In the final, the jurors voted for the Best Male and Female Performer among the shortlisted artist in each category. Yoshio received the Best Male Performer Award; and Magdalena Zárate the Best Female Performer Award.

Official album 12 finalistas del XVIII Festival OTI 89 is the official compilation album of the eighteenth edition of the Mexican National OTI Festival, released by Melody Internacional in 1989. The vinyl LP features the studio version of twelve of the songs qualified for the semi-final.

At the OTI Festival On 18 November 1989, the OTI Festival was held at the theater of the James L. Knight Center in Miami, United States, hosted by Univision, and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. Analí performed "" in position 14, placing first out of 22 competing entries, winning the festival. This was the fourth entry from Mexico that won the OTI Festival, after winning in 1973, in 1975, and in 1985.

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