The participation of Chile in the OTI Festival began at the first OTI Festival in 1972. The Chilean participating broadcasters were (TVN), (UCTV), (UTV), (UCVTV), , and (CCT). All of them were members of the (OTI), participated jointly in the festival, began to participate successively, and participated in all twenty-eight editions. They won the festival two times: in 1984 and 1998; and they hosted the event also two times: in 1978 and 1986.
History
(TVN) debuted in the first edition of the OTI Festival representing Chile. In subsequent years, other Chilean broadcasters (UCTV), (UTV), (UCVTV), , and (CCT), gradually joined in. All of them were members of the (OTI), and participated together in the festival. To select their entry, they held a televised national final each year. The winner, who was elected by a professional jury, would later represent Chile in the festival.
Initially, the broadcast of both the national final and the festival was done simultaneously by all the Chilean participating broadcasters, but from 1991 onwards, both the production and broadcast of the national final, as well as the broadcast of the festival, was done on a rotating basis by only one of them, representing them all.
Chile won the OTI Festival in two occasions: in 1984 with the song "" by singer-songwriter Fernando Ubiergo, and in 1998 with the song "" by rapper and comedian Florcita Motuda. In addition to these victories, it placed second with "" by in 1995; and got three third places: in 1976 with "" by , in 1985 with "" by , and in 1992 with "" by Pablo Herrera.
TVN, UCTV, and UTV, organized jointly the OTI Festival two times: in 1978 with UCVTV, and in 1986. Both events were held in the Municipal Theatre in Santiago.
Participation overview + Table key 1 First place 2 Second place 3 Third place F Finalist SF Semi-finalist ◇ Contest cancelled Year Participant Song Artist Songwriter(s) Conductor Place Points 1972 TVN "" Eddy Guerín 7 4 1973 TVN "" Antonio Zabaleta Antonio Zabaleta 6 5 1974 TVN "" José Alfredo Fuentes 7 4 1975 TVN "" Osvaldo Díaz Luis "Poncho" Venegas Horacio Saavedra 5 5 1976 "" José Alfredo Fuentes Horacio Saavedra 3 12 1977 "" Capri 11 2 1978 "" Florcita Motuda Raúl Alarcón Horacio Saavedra 7 17 1979 "" Patricia Maldonado Juan Salazar 14 10 1980 "" Nino García Gonzalo García 14 9 1981 "" Florcita Motuda Raúl Alarcón Juan Salazar 5 18 1982 "" Juan Pablo Méndez Juan Pablo Méndez Francisco Aranda 11 14 1983 "" Wildo Francisco Aranda colspan="2" 1984 "" Fernando Ubiergo Fernando Ubiergo Francisco Aranda 1 1985 "" Francisco Aranda 3 1986 "" Pancho Puelma Francisco Aranda colspan="2" 1987 "" Eduardo Valenzuela Francisco Larraín colspan="2" 1988 "" Cecilia Castro Miguel Pizarro 7 6 1989 "" Scottie Scott Toly Ramírez colspan="2" 1990 "" Osvaldo Díaz Eduardo Carrasco Miguel Zabaleta colspan="2" 1991 "" Claudio Escobar Scottie Scott 1992 "" Pablo Herrera Andrés Pollak 3 1993 "" Keko Yunge Marc Friedler colspan="2" 1994 "" Luis "Poncho" Venegas Francisco Aranda 9 3 1995 "" Alberto Plaza Roberto Trujillo 2 1996 TVN "" José Luis Moya José Luis Ubiergo Hugo Manzi colspan="2" 1997 "" Rachel Alejandro Afani René Calderón 1998 CCT "" Florcita Motuda Raúl Alarcón Olivia Alarcón 1 1999 Contest cancelled ◇ 2000 UCTV "" Magdalena Matthey Magdalena Matthey Tilo González
Hosting Year Host broadcasters City Venue Hosts 1978 Santiago Municipal Theatre 1986
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