Mexico in the OTI Festival

Mexico and its member station Televisa, participated in the OTI festival 26 times making its debut in 1973, one year after the start of the contest.

Mexico
Member stationTelevisa
National selection eventsNational OTI Contest
Participation summary
Appearances26
First appearance1973
Best result1st in 1973
1st in 1975
1st in 1985
1st in 1989
1st in 1990
1st in 1997
Worst result16th in 1977
Nul points1977
External links
Televisa page

History

Mexico was along with Spain the most successful country of the history of the festival with six victories. Apart from the victories, the country ended in the top 10 on 19 occasions.[1]

The first Mexican victory came in 1973 in Belo Horizonte with Imelda Miller who sung the song "¡Que alegre va María!" (How happy goes Mary!!).[2] Two year later, the country won again the contest in San Juan with the song "La felicidad" (The happiness) sung by Gualberto Castro.[3] One decade later, México won again the contest with the folk singer Eugenia León, who sung "El fandango aquí" (The fandango is here) in a very controversial victory, which was attributed to the solidarity with the country because of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, that destroyed the capital city.[4]

In 1989 and 1990 Mexico got two consecutive wins with the singer "Analí" and "Carlos Cuevas". The last Mexican victory came in 1997 in Lima, Perú with the song "Se diga lo que se diga" (Whatever it's said).

Mexico hosted the OTI festival 6 times, the first one in the Ruiz de Alarcón theatre of Acapulco. In 1981 and 1984 the festival was held in the national capital, being the gigantic National Auditorium the venue. In 1991, Acapulco hosted again the festival in the Convention Centre of the tourist city, the same venue where the last edition of the contest was held.

National final
Gualberto Castro, the second Mexican winner of the OTI Song Contest.

The Mexican OTI Song Contest trajectory is known for its popular national final, the "National OTI Contest", which was passionately followed every year by the Mexican audience and known by its surprises and frequent scandals. This selection process is usually compared with its Swedish Eurovision counterpart, the Melodifestivalen due to the interest that it created and the big names who tried to represent México in the main OTI Festival.[5]

Contestants
The widely admired Yuri represented Mexico in 1984
Ana Gabriel got the third place in the OTI Song Contest.
Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Title Final Points
2000 Natalia Sosa Mi vida (My life) 3 _
1998 Fernando Ibarra Voy a volverme loco (I'm going to go crazy) _ _
1997 Iridián Se diga lo que se diga (Whatever it's said) 1 _
1996 Sergio Arzate Del piso a la nube (From the ground to the cloud) _ _
1995 Sayeg Cantos distintos (Different songs) _ _
1994 Fuga de Goya Rompe el cristal (Break the crystal) 5 _
1993 Magdalena Zárate Siempre a medias (Always interrupted) 2 _
1992 Arturo Vargas Enamorado de la vida (In love with life) _ _
1991 Rodolfo Muñiz Barrio viejo (Old town) 3 _
1990 Carlos Cuevas Un bolero (A love song) 1 _
1989 Analí Una canción no es suficiente (One song is not enough) 1 _
1988 María del Sol Contigo y con el mundo (With you and with the world) 5 _
1987 Ana Gabriel ¡Ay amor! (Oh my love!!) 3 _
1986 Prisma De color rosa (Pink colored) 2 _
1985 Eugenia León El fandango aquí (The fandango is here) 1 _
1984 Yuri Tiempos mejores (Better times) 3 _
1983 María Medina Compás de espera (Wait rhythm) 10 12
1982 Enrique Guzmán Con y por amor (With and for love) 4 22
1981 Yoshio Lo que pasó pasó... (What happened just happened...) 3 22
1980 José Roberto Sólo te amo a ti (You are the only one that I love) 8 21
1979 Estela Núñez Vivir sin ti (To live without you) 8 18
1978 Lupita D'Alessio Como tú (Just like you) 3 44
1977 José María Napoleón Hombre (Man) 16 0
1976 Gilberto Valenzuela De que te quiero te quiero (I love you because I love you) 4 8
1975 Gualberto Castro La felicidad (The happiness) 1 20
1974 Enrique Cáceres Quijote 9 3
1973 Imelda Miller ¡Que alegre va María! (How happy goes María!!) 1 17
1972 Did not participate

References
  1. "¿Qué fue de ellos? Mexicanos ganadores del Festival OTI | De10". de10.com.mx (in Spanish). 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  2. D.F.-, NOTIMEX/ MÉXICO. "Rinden homenaja a Imelda Miller por 54 años de carrera" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  3. "Una voz sin tiempo: Gualberto Castro, figura indiscutible de México - Retos por México". Retos por México (in Spanish). 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  4. País, Ediciones El (1985-09-23). "La representante de México, Eugenia León, ganadora del XVI Festival de la OTI". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  5. "La OTI: OTI MEXICO". La OTI. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
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