Chile was represented at the OTI Festival 1982 with the song "", written and performed by Juan Pablo Méndez. The Chilean participating broadcasters, (TVN), (UCTV), and (UTV), jointly selected their entry through a televised national final. The song, that was performed in position 5, placed eleventh out of 21 competing entries with 14 points.
National stage (TVN), (UCTV), and (UTV), held a national final jointly to select their entry for the 11th edition of the OTI Festival. Eight songs were shortlisted for the televised final.
+ Competing entries on the national final – Chile 1982 Song Artist Songwriter(s) "" Paz Ballara "" Gloria Simonetti "" Jaime Uauy Lucy Mohor "" Florcita Motuda Raúl Florcita Alarcón Rojas "" Fernando Jiménez "" Banda Metro "" Juan Pablo Méndez Juan Pablo Méndez "" Ricardo de la Fuente
National final The national final was held on Monday 18 October 1982, beginning at 21:30 CLST (00:30+1 UTC), at the Omnium building in Las Condes, and was presented by . It was staged by UCTV, and broadcast on TVN's , UCTV's , and UTV's .
The members of the jury were: Carlos Humeres and Miguel Zabaleta representing UTV; and Mario Banderas and Luis Urquidi representing TVN. The audience vote was counted as a fifth member of the jury. The songs had been broadcast by TVN in evening-time slots during the previous weeks so that the public could vote for them by mail.
The winner was "", written and performed by Juan Pablo Méndez; with "", written by Lucy Mohor and performed by Jaime Uauy, placing second; and "", written by and performed Paz Ballara, placing third.
+ Result of the national final – Chile 1982 Song Artist Result 1 "" 2 "" Gloria Simonetti 3 "" Juan Pablo Méndez 1 4 "" Florcita Motuda 5 "" Fernando Jiménez 6 "" 7 "" Jaime Uauy 2 8 "" Paz Ballara 3
At the OTI Festival On 27 November 1982, the OTI Festival was held at the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru, hosted by Panamericana Televisión, and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. Juan Pablo Méndez performed "" in position 5, with Francisco Aranda conducting the event's orchestra, and placing eleventh out of 21 competing entries with 14 points.
The festival was broadcast on TVN's , UCTV's , and UTV's on delay at 21:30 CLST (00:30+1 UTC).
Voting Each participating broadcaster, or group of broadcasters that jointly participated representing a country, appointed a juror who awarded 5–1 points to their five favourite songs in order of preference. The Chilean juror was Lucho Gatica.
+ Points awarded to Chile Score Country 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point United States
+ Points awarded by Chile Score Country 5 points Venezuela 4 points Mexico 3 points Dominican Republic 2 points United States 1 point Guatemala
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