Chile was represented at the OTI Festival 1984 with the song "", written and performed by Fernando Ubiergo. The Chilean participating broadcasters, (TVN), (UCTV), and (UTV), jointly selected their entry through a televised national final. The song, that was performed in position 10, placed first out of 21 competing entries, winning the festival.

National stage (TVN), (UCTV), and (UTV), held a national final jointly to select their entry for the 13th edition of the OTI Festival. Eight songs were shortlisted for the televised final, from the 114 received.

+ Competing entries on the national final – Chile 1984 Song Artist Songwriter(s) Conductor "" Fernando Ubiergo Fernando Ubiergo Pancho Aranda "" Miguel Piñera María Gloria Garay "" Pachy Salgado Edgardo Riquelme "" Ricardo de la Fuente Ricardo de la Fuente "" "" Jorge Caraccioli Sergio Gormaz Miguel Zabaleta "" Héctor Molina "" Soledad Guerrero Carlos Grunwald

National final The national final was held on Friday 12 October 1984, beginning at 21:30 CLST (00:30+1 UTC), at the in Santiago, and was presented by and Pamela Hodar. The show featured guest performances by the Antumapu ballet and . It was staged by UTV, and broadcast on TVN's , UCTV's , and UTV's .

The members of the jury, who voted secretly, were: Juan José Pellegrini, Jorge Pedreros, , Vicente Bianchi, and .

The winner was "", written and performed by Fernando Ubiergo; with "", written by and performed by Soledad Guerrero, and "", written by Sergio Gormaz and performed by Jorge Caraccioli, both placing second.

+ Result of the national final – Chile 1984 Song Artist Result "" Fernando Ubiergo 1 "" Soledad Guerrero 2 "" Jorge Caraccioli 2 "" Ricardo de la Fuente "" Miguel Piñera "" "" Pachy Salgado "" Héctor Molina

At the OTI Festival On 10 November 1984, the OTI Festival was held at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, Mexico, hosted by Televisa, and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. Fernando Ubiergo performed "" in position 10, with Pancho Aranda conducting the event's orchestra. The song received 27 points in the first round and advanced to the three-song superfinal, where it placed first winning the festival.

The festival was broadcast on TVN's , UCTV's , and UTV's on delay at 21:30 CLST (00:30+1 UTC).

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