The participation of Bolivia in the OTI Festival began at the first OTI Festival in 1972. The Bolivian participating broadcasters were and , which were members of the (OTI). Bolivia participated in nineteen of the twenty-eight editions. Its best result was sixth achieved in 1994.
Bolivia is one of the least lucky countries participating in the event. In fact, it only managed to enter the top 10 on two occasions: The first one in 1972 with Arturo Quesada and his entry "" composed by the Spaniards Manuel de la Calva and Ramón Arcusa, (Members of Dúo Dinámico). Their second and last top 10 position came in 1994 with Gilka Gutierrez and her song "" which got the 8th place in the contest.
Bolivia withdrew from the event from 1975 to 1980 and then, withdrew again in 1981 because the poor placings and the dire economic situation of the participating broadcasters.
Participation overview + Table key SF Semi-finalist ◇ Contest cancelled Year Song Artist Songwriter(s) Conductor Place Points 1972 "" Arturo Quesada Eddy Guerín 9 3 1973 "" Arturo Quesada Ivan Paulo 14 1 1974 "" Jenny Javier Jorquera 14 2 1975 "" Óscar Roca Lito Peña 17 0 1976 colspan="6" rowspan="4" 1977 1978 1979 1980 "" Susana Joffré René Calderón Cortés 22 0 1981 colspan="6" 1982 "" Raúl Menacho Raúl Menacho Luis Neves 20 1 1983 colspan="6" rowspan="3" 1984 1985 1986 "" Carlos Alejandro Carlos Alejandro Suárez Javier Jorquera colspan=2 1987 "" Hombre Nuevo Reynaldo Rebollo Charly Barrionuevo colspan=2 1988 "" Mimi Nicolás Suárez Eyzaguirre Nicolás Suárez Eyzaguirre 14 0 1989 "" Milton Cortez colspan=2 1990 colspan="6" 1991 "" Grupo Solocanto César Scotta 1992 "" Erick Ocampo colspan=2 1993 "" Adrián Barrenechea César Scotta colspan=2 1994 "" Gilka Gutiérrez 6 8 1995 "" Denise Rivera Fernando Sancho colspan=2 1996 "" Huáscar Bolívar Vallejo Huáscar Bolívar Vallejo Claudio Jácome Harb colspan=2 1997 "" Grissel Bolívar Vallejo Huáscar Bolívar Vallejo Huáscar Bolívar Vallejo 1998 "" Fabio Zambrana Fabio Zambrana César Scotta 1999 Contest cancelled ◇ 2000 "" Micaela
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