Chile was represented at the OTI Festival 1988 with the song "", written by Loreto Valenzuela Baudrand and Alfredo Sauvalle, and performed by Cecilia Castro. The Chilean participating broadcasters, (TVN), (UCTV), and (UTV), jointly selected their entry through a televised national final. The song, that was performed in position 13, placed seventh out of 22 competing entries, tying with the songs from Colombia and Portugal with 6 points.
National stage (TVN), (UCTV), and (UTV), held a national final jointly to select their entry for the 17th edition of the OTI Festival. Eight songs were shortlisted for the televised final, out of the 130 received.
+ Competing entries on the national final – Chile 1988 Song Artist Songwriter(s) "" Humberto Onetto Humberto Onetto "" Pedro Alejandro Torres Pedro Alejandro Torres Escobar "" Cecilia Castro "" Ivette Vergara Marco Antonio Contreras "" Grupo Cien Alejandro Gaete Aguirre "" Santiago Retti Carlos González Escalante "" Rodolfo Navech "" Norman Ilic Ricardo de la Fuente
National final The national final was held on Saturday 15 October 1988, beginning at 21:30 CLST (00:30+1 UTC), and was presented by Andrea Tessa and Bastián Bodenhöfer. The musical director was Miguel Pizarro, who conducted the orchestra. It was staged by UCTV at its Studio 3, and was broadcast on TVN's , UCTV's , and UTV's .
The jury consisted of seven members: Antonio Vodanovic and representing TVN, and Marcelo Bley representing UTV, and Janette Frazier representing UCTV, and Malú Gatica representing the OTI executive committee.
The winner was "", written by Loreto Valenzuela Baudrand and Alfredo Sauvalle, and performed by Cecilia Castro; with "", written and performed by Pedro Alejandro Torres, placing second; and "", written by Carlos González Escalante, and performed by Santiago Retti, placing third. The first prize was endowed with a monetary amount of CLP$400,000, the second prize of CLP$250,000, and the third prize of CLP$200,000
+ Result of the national final – Chile 1988 Song Artist Result 1 "" Humberto Onetto 2 "" Pedro Alejandro Torres 2 3 "" Cecilia Castro 1 4 "" Ivette Vergara 5 "" Grupo Cien 6 "" Santiago Retti 3 7 "" Rodolfo Navech 8 "" Norman Ilic
At the OTI Festival On 19 November 1988, the OTI Festival was held at the Teatro Nacional Cervantes in Buenos Aires, Argentina, hosted by Argentina Televisora Color (ATC), and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. Cecilia Castro performed "" in position 13, with Miguel Pizarro conducting the event's orchestra, and placing seventh out of 22 competing entries, tied with the songs from Colombia and Portugal with 6 points.
The festival was broadcast on TVN's , UTV's , and UCTV's on delay at 21:30 CLST (00:30+1 UTC), with commentary by Andrea Tessa, Juan Carlos Duque, and Pancho Aranda.
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