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Cuba in the OTI Festival

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Cuba
Cuba
Participating broadcasterCuban Institute of Radio and Television
Participation summary
Appearances9
First appearance1991
Last appearance2000
Highest placement3rd: 1995

The participation of Cuba in the OTI Festival first began at the twentieth OTI Festival in 1991 held in Acapulco and continued continuously until the last edition in 2000 held also in Acapulco. The Cuban Institute of Radio and Television, member of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI), was responsible for the Cuban participation. It was the very last Ibero-American country making its debut in the festival.

History

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The very first Cuban entry in the contest was "Si todos saben de ti" performed by Delia Díaz de Villegas, which was moderately successful making it to the top 10.[1] The song was selected in a national final. In 1992, 1993, and 1994 their participation was selected in a national final titled De La Habana a Valencia. After 1995 they selected their entrants internally.[2]

The best scoring Cuban entry came in 1995 in San Bernardino (Paraguay) with the song "Hoy que no estás" performed by Cristina Rebull, which came third in the festival.[3] The following Cuban competing songs in the contest from 1996 to 2000 were also successful, managing again to reach the top 10. Due to the short trajectory of Cuba in the OTI Festival, the country never won or hosted the festival which came to an end in 2000.

Participation overview

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Table key
3 Third place
F Finalist
X Contest cancelled
Year Artist Song Conductor Place Points
1991 Delia Díaz de Villegas "Si todos saben de ti"[a] Miguel Paterson F
1992 Augusto "Sólo para mí"[b]
1993 Manolo Sánchez "Amor de miedo"[c] Guillermo Valverde 9
1994 Oswaldo Rodríguez "Amor y cadenas"[d] Guillermo Valverde 9 3
1995 Cristina Rebull "Hoy que no estás"[e] Oscar Cardozo Ocampo 3
1996 Eduardo Antonio "Me queda la canción"[f] Claudio Jácome Harb
1997 Tania Tania "Golondrina"[g] Víctor Salazar F
1998 Osnel Odit Bavastro "Un sueño loco"[h] Álvaro Esquivel Valverde F
1999 Contest cancelled X
2000 Indira Hernandez "Una vida nueva"[i] Hernando Hernández F

Notes

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  1. ^ Translation: "If everybody knows about you"
  2. ^ Translation: "Just for me"
  3. ^ Translation: "Fearful love"
  4. ^ Translation: "Love and chains"
  5. ^ Translation: "Today you are not here"
  6. ^ Translation: "Only songs are left for me"
  7. ^ Translation: "Swallow"
  8. ^ Translation: "A crazy dream"
  9. ^ Translation: "A new life"

References

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  1. ^ "Delia Díaz de Villegas represented Cuba in the OTI Festival". 24 April 1999.
  2. ^ Ginori, Yin Pedraza (2015-11-18). "El blog de Pedraza Ginori: MIS OTROS FESTIVALES DE LA OTI / DE 1992 A 1995". El blog de Pedraza Ginori. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  3. ^ Vida!, Zoé Valdés ¡Libertad y (2017-02-12). "Cristina Rebull presentada por Luis de la Paz en Viernes de Tertulia". ¡Libertad y Vida! Zoé Valdés Publicación Digital. Retrieved 2017-04-05.