OTI Festival 1977
oti festival spanish sexto gran premio de la canción iberoamericana portuguese sexto grande prêmio da canção iberoamericana sixth edition annual oti festival took place madrid spain following country victory contest song canta cigarra maría ostiz organised organización de televisión iberoamericana oti host broadcaster radiotelevisión española rtve contest held centro cultural de la villa de madrid saturday november hosted mari cruz soriano miguel de los santos edition contest number participating country experienced new record twentyone competing entry selected participating broadcaster winner nicaraguan entrant eduardo guayo gonzález song quincho barrilete known social content lyric according rule oti festival winning broadcaster participant previous year would organise contest following year case radiotelevisión española rtve song canta cigarra performed maría ostiz winner previous year edition top member public company arranged meeting order decide day city venue contest would held inaugural edition also held spain madrid announced host city due notable infrastructure experience hosting international exposition also growing reputation spanish capital tourist hub edition festival notable taking place newly democratic spain led adolfo suárez rtve used edition contest order exhibit change new era unlike inaugural edition contest held palacio de exposiciones congresos auditorium sixth edition held centro cultural de la villa de madrid theatre located jardines del descubrimiento park centre madrid construction building started finished may month oti festival held since cultural centre opened hosted exposition various nature music performance art exhibition mainly related latin american culture main hall cultural centre edition festival held renamed teatro fernán gómez homage deceased popular actor fernando fernán gómez stage sixth show oti festival triangular shape light blue color metallic element top oti logo one corner usual stage divided two part orchestral one central one competing singer band gave performance number participating country reached new record twentyone delegation different iberoamerican country breaking previous record reached acapulco edition previous edition public private television radio station member organización de televisión iberoamericana oti participated event sending performer competing song usual participating country mexico guatemala chile selected entrant livebroadcast national final order select participant broadcaster less resource among host broadcaster rtve decided select entrant song internally must taken account central american country participated year edition fact honduras one lessfavoured participating country withdrawn returned event national broadcaster selected representing artist song another interesting fact return portugal radiotelevisão portuguesa rtp portuguese national broadcaster also sent delegation capital city neighboring country well known representative must taken account participation argentine performer jerónimo well known performer country previously benidorm international song festival also spain song competed oti festival title jugar vivir representative spain host country popular band trigo limpio hit song rómpeme mátame cuban singer lissette competed festival representing united state song si hay amor volverá portuguese entrant well known paulo de carvalho internally selected rtp representative country song amor sem palavras singer also known participation eurovision song contest peruvian entry entitled lando performed cecilia bracamonte composed popular singersongwriter chabuca granda song known fusion andean caribbean rhythm mexican representative usual selected mexican national oti contest successful national final televisa mexican national broadcaster used produce every year time election josé maría napoleón controversial selection announced viewer auditorium booed performer took stage national final winner controversy would later undermine entry guayo gonzález nicaraguan contestant sang quincho barrilete song addressing poverty composed renowned carlos mejía godoy song national final despite anastasio somoza debayle dictatorship rtve presenter mari cruz soriano miguel de los santos master ceremony edition oti festival opening act performed rtve light music orchestra gave usual introductory speech spanish portuguese highlighted main goal oti medium group oti festival song competition performance round started presenter made brief individual presentation participating performer entry inaugural edition rtve collaboration oti organised draw prado del rey day event decide order entrant performance round opened entrant netherlands antilles love song gente eres tú received mainly cold welcome follower festival host entrant popular spanish band trigo limpio sixth one take stage receiving warm welcome fan later jury mexican performer josé maría napoleón seventh take stage entry suffered cold welcome start due scandal arose unexpected victory national final entry united state dominican republic eighth ninth one take stage respectively song received warm welcome jury successful nicaraguan entrant guayo gonzález song quincho barrilete thirteenth take stage received high interest due deep message year unlike previous one portugal brazil sent entry portuguese although last line brazilian entry performed spanish making first bilingual song history contest performance round ended entry el salvador entitled enséñame vivir performed ana marcela dantonio voting system followed process previous year national jury contacted telephone presenter unlike previous edition due growing number participating country resulting greater length show participating broadcaster agreed reduce number national juror per country five three juror indicated favourite song among participating entry national jury every participating country contacted directly telephone presenter centro cultural de la villa de madrid order know decision juror except netherlands antilles brazil united state used alternate juror located auditorium due communication problem venezuela used alternate juror attempt make contact failed although broadcast show iberoamerica went properly voting process rtve problem contacting juror participating country namely honduras ecuador venezuela result country needed vote participation order contacted rest participating country gave vote although technical issue later solved except venezuela issue generated controversy green room auditorium voting process tense length much shorter due reduction number national juror helped winner known record space time shortly start voting process united state led scoreboard far ahead performer dominican republic nicaragua spain four performer reached podium contest nicaraguan entrant eduardo gonzalez song quincho barrilete song festival huge lead point dominican american spanish counterpart although warmly received juror audience able win full attention jury dominican american performer fernando casado lissette álvarez tied second position eight point spanish band trigo limpio placed fourth seven point contrast previous year five country tied last place point brazilian entrant lolita rodrigues counterpart honduras mexico guatemala costa rica heavily criticised didnt receive point jury sixth edition festival broke record participating country twentyone delegation also reached record audience striking viewing figure three hundred million viewer one hundred million previous edition two reason festival considered success tve broadcaster one day festival broadcast special program edition oti festival nicaraguan victory contest first victory also victory central american country event became hit nicaragua success affected performer eduardo gonzález song writer carlos mejía godoy lyric song also regarded highly representative serious problem latin american society poverty song tell history boy known quincho barrilete poor boy try earn honest living save money younger brother could go school future part chorus say long live young people homeland clear example poverty dignity due moving history lyric told singer author widely remembered nicaragua song rómpeme mátame spanish band trigo limpio host entrant also became hit spain latin america although lyric song controversial described tortuous possessive relationship fourth place band got consolidated career latin america three year later would represent country eurovision song contest edition amaya saizar female vocalist trigo limpio would also participate eurovision song contest edition female member band bravo ecuadorian performer marielisa also performed song social background considered response winning song festival acapulco message song nydia caro state song dont improve problem latin american society marielisas song ended fifth contest state problem must ignored despite shocking unexpected last place mexico partly due scandal victory josé maría napoleón provoked song hombre became hit 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