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Nicaragua in the OTI Festival

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Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Participating broadcaster
Participation summary
Appearances23
First appearance1974
Last appearance2000
Highest placement1st: 1977
HostNone

The participation of Nicaragua in the OTI Festival first began at the third OTI Festival in 1974 held in Acapulco. Telenica and Televicentro, members of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI), were responsible for the Nicaraguan participation. Its participation in the song contest was interrupted twice, in 1978 and 1979 when it has to withdrew for two years due to the Nicaraguan Revolution, and in 1986. Their entrant was selected by a national final.

History

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Nicaragua was the most successful of the Central American countries in the OTI Festival. In fact, the broadcasters of the country got their first and only victory in Madrid in 1977 with the song "Quincho Barrilete" sung by performer Guayo Gonzalez and his song "Quincho Barrilete". Te song seemed to be a song for children, but the lyrics talked against the social injustices, denouncing the widespread poverty and the lack of sensitivity of the leading class, which was warmly welcomed by the audience and by the juries because its deep message. The song managed to win the national final despite the Anastasio Somoza Debayle regime.[1]

According to the initial rules of the song contest, after their win, they were supposed to host the OTI Festival 1978 in Managua, but that year marked the beginning of the Nicaraguan Revolution which ended in a civil war that killed many people and destroyed completely the country. Because of that situation, the host city was moved to Santiago and Nicaragua had to withdraw in 1978 and 1979.

They returned to the competition in 1980 selecting big names such as Carlos Mejía Godoy y los de Palancagüina, but the Nicaraguan results were not very successful until 1990. In the edition of 1990, which was held in Las Vegas, Katia Cardenal got a second place for her country with the song "Dame tu corazón".[2] Since then, Telenica and Televicentro took part in the competition until the last show in 2000, in which Lya Barrioz turned into the very last Nicaraguan entrant in the event.

National Final

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The Rubén Darío National Theatre was the venue of the Nicaraguan national for the OTI Festival.

Nicaragua, just like Mexico, Chile, Guatemala and later Cuba, held a national final which was annually organised both by Telenica and Televicentro. This national final was seen as a platform for young Nicaraguan talents who wanted to be recognised in Latin America. The usual venue of the "Nicaraguan National OTI Contest" was the Rubén Darío National Theatre and the winner of the preselection was elected by a jury composed by famous local singers, radio presenters and television personalities.[3] The end of the main OTI festival also led to the end of this national final which was seen as a tragedy for the local musicians.[4]

Participation overview

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Hernaldo Zúñiga was the first Nicaraguan performer in the OTI festival
Katia Cardenal gave Nicaragua one of the best performances getting the second place in 1990
Lya Barrioz was the last Nicaraguan contestant in the OTI Festival
Table key
1 First place
2 Second place
3 Third place
F Finalist
SF Semi-finalist
X Contest cancelled
Year Artist Song Conductor Place Points
1972 Did not participate
1973
1974 Hernaldo Zúñiga "Gaviota"[a] 7 4
1975 Mauricio Peña "Quiero agradecer al mundo"[b] 8 4
1976 Peter Vivas "De sol a sol"[c] Chucho Ferrer [es] 8 3
1977 Guayo González "Quincho Barrilete"[d] Manolo Gas 1 12
1978 Did not participate
1979
1980 Carlos Mejía Godoy y Los de Palacagüina "La chavalita de España"[e] Horacio Malvicino 10 15
1981 Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy "Así te quiero, amor"[f] Chucho Ferrer 8 15
1982 Deyanira Toruño "Te canto porque te quiero"[g] Coco Betancourt 19 3
1983 René Oliver "Pobre de ti y de mi"[h] Héctor Garrido 19 32
1984 Violeta Rostrán "Vuela, canción"[i] Chucho Ferrer
1985 María Eugenia Urroz "Carta de amor para este tiempo"[j] Raúl Martínez
1986 Did not participate
1987 María Lili Delgado "La vida es solo sueño"[k] Andrés Sánchez
1988 Raúl Hernández "Niña"[l] Francisco Cedeño 12 1
1989 Salvador y Katia Cardenal "Días de amar"[m]
1990 Katia Cardenal "Dame tu corazón"[n] William Sánchez 2
1991 Marta Baltodano "América en mis entrañas"[o] César Prado SF
1992 Cristina Somarriba "Tocando luz"[p] Eugenio Andrade
1993 Walmaro Gutiérrez "Cuando tengo tu amor"[q] Raúl Martínez 20
1994 Álvaro Villagra "La sombra del sol"[r] José Fabra SF
1995 Marta Baltodano "Esa mirada"[s] César Prado F
1996 Manuel Salvador Baltodano "Oh, luna"[t] Claudio Jácome Harb
1997 Keyla Rodríguez "Minuto a minuto"[u] SF
1998 Trío Tabú "Somos"[v] SF
1999 Contest cancelled X
2000 Lya Barrioz "Libera corazón"[w] SF

Notes

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  1. ^ Translation: "Seagull"
  2. ^ Translation: "I want to thank the world"
  3. ^ Translation: "From sun to sun"
  4. ^ Translation: "Quincho, The boy of the little barrel"
  5. ^ Translation: "The little Spanish girl"
  6. ^ Translation: "This is how I love you, my love"
  7. ^ Translation: "I sing for you because I love you"
  8. ^ Translation: "Poor you and me"
  9. ^ Translation: "Fly, song"
  10. ^ Translation: "A love letter for this time"
  11. ^ Translation: "Life is just a dream"
  12. ^ Translation: "Little girl"
  13. ^ Translation: "Days to love"
  14. ^ Translation: "Give me your heart"
  15. ^ Translation: "America is inside my body"
  16. ^ Translation: "Touching the light"
  17. ^ Translation: "When I have your love"
  18. ^ Translation: "The smile of the sun"
  19. ^ Translation: "That glance"
  20. ^ Translation: "Oh, moon"
  21. ^ Translation: "Minute by minute"
  22. ^ Translation: "We are"
  23. ^ Translation: "Free the heart"

References

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  1. ^ "Nicaragua ganó el Festival de la OTI". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 1977-11-13. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  2. ^ "Katia Cardenal | Fundación Dúo Guardabarranco". duoguardabarranco.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  3. ^ "Muchos de los festivales se realizaron en la Sala Mayor del Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío, el que aún guarda en sus archivos las emociones por los triunfos y las derrotas de los participantes".
  4. ^ "Hace siete años que cayó el telón del Festival OTI y no subió más para los artistas aficionados de Nicaragua. Quienes participaron en este evento y más los que obtuvieron primeros lugares, lograron proyectarse a nivel nacional e internacional".