2009 Viña del Mar International Song Festival

The 2009 Viña del Mar International Song Festival was held from Monday 23 February until Saturday 28 February. This festival was the number 50, and had a special award for the 50 years, the "Gold Song", elected between the winner songs from 2001 to 2008 versions of Festival. Finally, "Gold song" in the folk contest was "Cuecas Al Sol" (2005 winner), and in the international contest was "Ayer te vi" (2001 winner).

2009 Viña del Mar International Song Festival
DateFebruary 23, 2009 - February 28, 2009
LocationQuinta Vergara, Viña del Mar, Chile
Hosted bySoledad Onetto, Felipe Camiroaga
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCanal 13, TVN

The television channels from the festival this year is "Canal 13" and "TVN", and was held in Viña del Mar, Chile

Hosts

Acts

Monday 23
ArtistAwards
Joan Manuel Serrat[2] "Silver Torch"
Contest Folk —
Camila "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Contest International —
La Noche "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"

Tuesday 24
ArtistAwards
Verónica Villarroel "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Juanes "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Contest Folk —
Fernando Ubiergo "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Contest International —
KC and the Sunshine Band "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"

Wednesday 25
ArtistAwards
Carlos Santana "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Contest Folk —
Leonardo Farkas "Silver Torch"
Contest International —
Dinamita Show "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Roger Hodgson "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"

Thursday 26
ArtistAwards
Folkloric Ballet —
Simply Red "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Contest Folk —
Paolo Meneguzzi —
Contest International —
Manpoval —
R.K.M & Ken-Y "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"

Friday 27
ArtistAwards
Luis Fonsi "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Folk Competition Final —
International Competition Semifinal —
Daddy Yankee "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"

Saturday 28
ArtistAwards
Natalino "Silver Torch" & "Golden Torch"
Marc Anthony "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"

Appearances
  • Antonio Vodanovic did a special appearance at the opening of the festival to say goodbye to the audience, taking the "Silver Torch", after leaving the animation of the festival in 2004.[3]
  • Verónica Villarroel appeared at the opening of the second day as a surprise for the 50 years of the festival.[4]
  • On the third night, the Chilean businessman Leonardo Farkas did a surprise appearance, which lasted 15 minutes approximately.[5]

Trivia
  • The singer of KC and the Sunshine Band, Harry Wayne Casey, suffered a drop in the presentation of the band.[6]
  • The Italian-Swiss singer Paolo Meneguzzi suffered failures of sound at the start of his presentation after to the annoyance of the public by the end of the presentation of Simply Red.[7]

Gold Song

International
CountryArtistSongYear
Argentina Víctor Heredia "Ayer Te Vi" 2001
Argentina Ricardo Pald & Valeria Lynch "Soy Tu Angel" 2002
Spain Chema Puron "Este Amor Es Tuyo" 2003
Chile Alexis Venegas "Tus Ojos" 2004
Perú Jessica Sarango "Mi Alma Entre Tus Manos" 2005
Costa Rica Humberto Vargas "Dilo De Una Vez" 2006
Spain Pedro Fernández "Cuando Quieras Volver" 2007
Italy Doménico Protino "La Guerra De Los 30 Años" 2008
  • Winner: Argentina — Victor Heredia — "Ayer te ví"[8]
  • Awards: "Golden Lyre"

Folk
CountryArtistSongYear
Chile Danny Rodríguez "Whipala" 2001
Perú Carlos Rincón "Juramento" 2002
Argentina Fernando Barrientos "Pintadita" 2003
Argentina Víctor Heredia "Bailando Con Tu Sombra" 2004
Chile Isabel Parra "Cueca Al Sol" 2005
Chile Elizabeth Morris "Canción De Agua y Viento" 2006
Colombia Leonardo Gómez & Diana Hernández "Me Duele El Alma" 2007
Perú Damaris Mallma "Tusuy Kusum" 2008
  • Winner: Chile — Camila Méndez & Isabel Parra — "Cuecas Al Sol"[9]
  • Awards: "Golden Lyre" (Contest Folk), "Silver Seagull" (Best Interpreted)

Jury

International

Folk

Queen of the Festival
Catherine Fulop (Jury)[11] 181 votes
Nicole Pérez (as Jennifer's) 15 votes
Lucila Vit 40 votes
Lucía Pérez (Contest International) 29 votes
  • Winner: Catherine Fulop[12]

Ugly King
Leonardo Farkas (Jury)[13]
Paolo Meneguzzi (Jury)
Leo Rey (Singer of "La Noche")
Augusto Schuster (Singer of "Amango")

International Coverage

References
  1. Archived 2009-02-27 at the Wayback Machine - Animators
  2. Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine - Performers
  3. Archived 2009-02-27 at the Wayback Machine - Antonio Vodanovic special appearance
  4. Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine - Verónica Villarroel special appearance
  5. Archived 2009-03-01 at the Wayback Machine - Leonardo Farkas special appearance
  6. Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine - Harry Wayne Casey fall down
  7. Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine - Paolo Meneguzzi failures of sound
  8. Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine - Gold Song
  9. Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine - 2009 Song Folk Winner
  10. Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine - Jury
  11. - Queen of the Festival
  12. Archived 2009-03-01 at the Wayback Machine - 2009 Queen of the Festival Winner
  13. Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine - Ugly King of the Festival
  14. Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine - 2009 Ugly King Winner
  15. "Programación ATB". Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
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