Colombia in the OTI Festival

Colombia debuted in the OTI Festival in the first edition of the show which was held in Madrid. This country took part in the festival since 1972 to 1998 but in the 27th edition of the festival in 2000, the Colombian broadcasters decided to withdraw from the event due to the bad results from 1992 on.

Colombia
Member stationRCN Televisión Caracol Televisión
National selection eventsInternal selection from 1972 to 1991 National selection in 1992 Internal selection from 1993 to 1998
Participation summary
Appearances26
First appearance1972
Best result2º in 1992
Worst result19th in 1989 SF in 1998 SF in 1997
External links
Caracol Television website RCN Television website

History

RCN and Caracol Television were the Colombian broadcasters that organised the colombian entries in the OTI festival. All the entrants were internally selected except from 1992 when a national final was held.

During the Colombian history in this festival, the country got three third places, one of them in 1975 with Leonor Gonzalez Mina and in 1973 with Jaime Mora. The country also managed to get the second place in 1991 with Juan Carlos Coronel and his song "Advices, a song for my son". The participating broadcasters of this South American country never managed to get the victory.

As an interesting data in 1992 Shakira was initially selected to represent her country in the festival but she could not compete because she was under age. As a result, the second clasificate was selected to represent Colombia in the event.

Contestants

Year Artist Song Place Pts
1998 Natalia Ramírez Amor por Latinoamérica (Love for Latin America SF
1997 Andrés Cabas Mis amigos (My friends) SF
1996 Voz en Off Eres (You are)
1995 César Mora Sólo por hoy (Just for today)
1994 Jorge Hernán Baena Quiero saber (I want to know) SF
1993 Alexia Hernández Cómo volver a amar (How to love again)
1992 Alexandra Villar Yo no sé si estoy de moda (I don't know if I'm fashionable)
1991 Juan Carlos Coronel Consejos, canción a mi hijo (Advices, a song for my son) 2
1990 Daniel Abadía Más que a mi madre (More than my mother)
1989 Yolanda González El artista (The artist)
1988 Harold Orozco Latinoamérica (Latin America) 7 6
1987 Marta Patricia Yepes Vengan a mi hogar (Come to my home)
1986 Noemí Ausencia (Absence)
1985 Hermanos Gutiérrez Mi señora campesina (My peasant lady)
1984 Christopher y Ximena Por lo que habías jurado (For what you had promised)
1983 Jaime Mora Tu pueblo y mi pueblo (My people and your people) 3
1982 Blanco y Negro Así (Like this) 9 18
1981 Jaime D'Alberto Si nací por amor, yo viví para amar

(If I was born because of love, I lived to love)

5 18
1980 Jaime Valencia Por cuanto tiempo (For how much time...) 11 13
1979 Paola A cualquier hora (At any time) 19 2
1978 Billy Pontoni Joven (Young) 16 1
1977 Ximena Cantando (Singing) 14 1
1976 Amparito Son de tambores (Made of drums) 4 9
1975 Leonor González Mina Campesino de ciudad (City farmer) 3 10
1974 Isadora Porque soy la mujer, esperé

(I waited because I'm the wife)

15 1
1973 Claudia Osuna Una orquídea, un amor (One Orchidea, one love) 9 3
1972 Christopher Volverás a mis brazos (You will return to my arms) 9 3
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