The OTI Festival 1975 (, ) was the fourth edition of the OTI Festival, held on 15 November 1975 at the WKAQ-TV studios in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and presented by Marisol Malaret and Eddie Miró. It was organised by the (OTI) and host broadcaster WKAQ-Telemundo, who staged the event after winning the 1974 festival for Puerto Rico with the song "" by Nydia Caro.

Broadcasters from nineteen countries participated in the festival, repeating the record of participants of the previous year. The winner was the song "", written by Felipe Gil, and performed by Gualberto Castro representing Mexico; with "", written by Juan Carlos Calderón and Cecilia, and performed by Cecilia herself representing Spain, placing second; and "", written by Eduardo Cabas and Alfonso de la Espirella, and performed by Leonor González Mina representing Colombia, and "", written by Luisito Rey, and performed by Mirla Castellanos representing Venezuela, both placing third.

Location According to the rules of the OTI Festival at the time, the winning broadcaster of the previous edition would host the festival the following year. The (OTI) designated WKAQ-Telemundo, which was the winning broadcaster of the previous edition with the song "" performed by Nydia Caro for Puerto Rico, as the host broadcaster of the 1975 edition.

The WKAQ-Telemundo hosting committee decided that San Juan was the only suitable city to host the event in the country. They selected their own television studios as the host venue, which according to the members of the committee, were suitable and with good equipment. The seating capacity of 1,000 seats was considered also as suitable although with a less seat capacity than the previous venues of the festival. The television studios of WKAQ-Telemundo in San Juan were built in 1954, the same year when that network started broadcasting in the country.

Participants Broadcasters from nineteen countries participated in this edition of the OTI Festival. The OTI members, public or private broadcasters from Spain and eighteen Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of Ibero-America signed up for the festival. This equaled the same record number of participants achieved the previous edition. From the countries that participated in that edition, Honduras did not return due to the disappointment with their tenth place, while Argentina returned after having missed that festival.

Some of the participating broadcasters, such as those representing Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico, selected their entries through their regular national televised competitions. Other broadcasters decided to select their entry internally.

One performing artist had represented the same country previously: Mirla Castellanos had represented Venezuela in 1972. One of the most well-known participants was Cecilia representing Spain, in what would become one of her last appearances, because less than a year later, she died in a car accident.

+Participants of the OTI Festival 1975 Country Broadcaster(s) Song Artist Songwriter(s) Language Conductor Argentina "" Marty Cosens Spanish Jonathan Zarzosa Bolivia TVB "" Óscar Roca Spanish Lito Peña Brazil Rede Globo "" Raphael Raphael Portuguese Chile TVN "" Osvaldo Díaz Luis "Poncho" Venegas Spanish Colombia "" Leonor González Mina Spanish Armando Velásquez Dominican Republic "" Luchi Vicioso Spanish Jorge Taveras Ecuador "" Miriam Constante Spanish Claudio Fabbri El Salvador "" Eduardo Fuentes Rafael Campos Martínez Spanish José Raúl Ramírez Guatemala "" Mario Vides Mario Vides Spanish Roberto Porter Mexico Televisa "" Gualberto Castro Felipe Gil Spanish Netherlands Antilles ATM "" George Willems Spanish Lito Peña Nicaragua "" Mauricio Peña Roger Fisher Spanish Mandy Vizoso Panama RPC-TV "" Pablo Azael Pablo Azael Spanish Jack del Río Peru "" Gladys Mercado Luz María Carriquiry Spanish Enrique Lynch Puerto Rico WKAQ-Telemundo "" Los Hispanos Edwin Oliver Spanish Wisón Torres Jr. Spain TVE "" Cecilia Spanish Juan Carlos Calderón United States SIN "" José Antonio Julio Sala Spanish Tony Ramírez Uruguay "" Ricardo Montaña Carlos de Coits Spanish Julio Frade Venezuela Venevisión "" Mirla Castellanos Luisito Rey Spanish Eduardo Cabrera

Festival overview

The festival was held on Saturday 15 November 1975, beginning at 19:00 AST (23:00 UTC). It was presented by Marisol Malaret and Eddie Miró. The musical director was Miguelito Miranda who conducted the orchestra when required. The draw to determine the running order (R/O) was held on 6 November live on WKAQ-Telemundo's Noche de Gala variety show.

There were two opening acts; one of them was the winning song of the previous year, "" performed by Nydia Caro.

The winner was the song "", written by Felipe Gil, and performed by Gualberto Castro representing Mexico; with "", written by Juan Carlos Calderón and Cecilia, and performed by Cecilia herself representing Spain, placing second; and "", written by Eduardo Cabas and Alfonso de la Espirella, and performed by Leonor González Mina representing Colombia, and "", written by Luisito Rey, and performed by Mirla Castellanos representing Venezuela, both placing third.

+ Results of the OTI Festival 1975 Country Song Artist Votes Place 1 Bolivia "" Óscar Roca 0 17 2 El Salvador "" Eduardo Fuentes 0 17 3 Peru "" Gladys Mercado 3 10 4 Chile "" Osvaldo Díaz 5 5 5 Spain "" Cecilia 14 2 6 Brazil "" Raphael 4 8 7 Argentina "" Marty Cosens 3 10 8 Guatemala "" Mario Vides 2 14 9 Nicaragua "" Mauricio Peña 4 8 10 United States "" José Antonio 5 5 11 Puerto Rico "" Los Hispanos 5 5 12 Netherlands Antilles "" George Willems 3 10 13 Colombia "" Leonor González Mina 10 3 14 Uruguay "" Ricardo Montaña 3 10 15 Venezuela "" Mirla Castellanos 10 3 16 Mexico "" Gualberto Castro 20 1 17 Dominican Republic "" Luchi Vicioso 2 14 18 Ecuador "" Miriam Constante 0 17 19 Panama "" Pablo Azael 2 14

Detailed voting results Each participating broadcaster assembled a national jury located in its respective country, composed of five members each. Each juror gave one vote to its favorite entry and could not vote for the entry representing its own country. Each participating broadcaster had also a delegate present in the hall to stand in for its jury if it was not receiving the event live, or in case of communication failure during the broadcast or voting. To ensure that there was no vote switching, before the voting segment began each participating broadcaster announced to its national audience the vote of its jury in local opt-out from its studios.

Broadcast The festival was broadcast in the 19 participating countries, where the corresponding OTI member broadcasters relayed the contest through their networks after receiving it live via satellite.

Known details on the broadcasts of the festival in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations, commentators, and presenters of the local opt-out are shown in the tables below.

+ Broadcasters, commentators, and local presenters in participating countries Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Local presenter(s) Inravisión Televisa WKAQ-Telemundo TVE

+ Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Telecentro Telecentro Canal 6 rowspan="2" Teletica

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