OTI Festival 1986


The OTI Festival 1986 was the 15th edition of the OTI Festival, held on 15 November 1986 at the Municipal Theatre in Santiago, Chile, and presented by Pamela Hodar and. It was organised by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana and host broadcasters Televisión Nacional de Chile, Universidad Católica de Chile Televisión, and Universidad de Chile Televisión.
Broadcasters from twenty countries participated in the festival. The winner was the song "Todos " performed by Dámaris Carbaugh,, and Eduardo Fabián representing the United States; with "De color de rosa" by Prisma representing Mexico placing second; and "A ti no te ha dicho" by representing Argentina placing third.
The lead-up to the contest was met with controversy over calls for a boycott because it would being held under a military dictatorship. These came mainly from Spain, which did not participate for the first and only time in the history of the festival. The event itself was impacted by a power outage that affected major cities across the country and halted local broadcasting due to a bomb attack on a power tower.

Location

The Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana designated Televisión Nacional de Chile, Universidad Católica de Chile Televisión, and Universidad de Chile Televisión, as the joint host broadcasters for the 15th edition of the OTI Festival. The broadcasters, who collectively presented themselves as La televisión chilena, staged the event in Santiago. The venue selected was the Municipal Theatre, which is the most important stage theatre and opera house in the country. It was opened in 1857 and was designed by Claudio Brunet des Baines. The theatre had already hosted the OTI Festival 1978.
Throughout the week prior to the festival, conferences and seminars were held at Hotel Carrera. On 14 November 1986, the participating delegations took a sightseeing tour visiting Santiago during the day, and attended a party at Hotel Carrera, hosted by the Paraguayan Embassy, ​​in the evening.

Participants

Broadcasters from twenty countries participated in this edition of the OTI festival. The OTI members, public or private broadcasters from Portugal and nineteen Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of Ibero-America signed up for the festival. Canada participated for the first time and Bolivia returned after having missed the festival since 1983. From the countries that participated in the previous edition, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, and Spain did not return.
Some of the participating broadcasters, such as those representing Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States, selected their entries through their regular national televised competitions. Other broadcasters decided to select their entry internally.
CountryBroadcasterArtistSongLanguageSongwriterConductor
Argentina|1861ill|Hugo Marcel|eslang\|es|A ti no te ha dicho|i=nohlist||Mono Floresill|Mike Ribas|es

Festival overview

The festival was held on Saturday 15 November 1986, beginning at 20:30 CLST. It was presented by Pamela Hodar and. The musical director was, who conducted the 40-piece orchestra when required. Between the participating songs and during the interval act, fragments of the musical comedy were performed.
The winner was the song "Todos " performed by Dámaris Carbaugh,, and Eduardo Fabián representing the United States; with "De color de rosa" by Prisma representing Mexico placing second; and "A ti no te ha dicho" by representing Argentina placing third. Each of these entries received two trophies, one for the songwriters and one for the performer. The first prize trophies were delivered by Nicanor González, president of the OTI programs committee; the second prize trophies by Carlos Bombal, mayor of Santiago Centro; and the third prize trophies by Alfredo Escobar, vice-president of the OTI programs committee. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.
CountryArtistSongPlace
1Mexicolang\|es|De color de rosa|i=no

Jury

Each of the nine members of the single jury awarded 5–1 points to its five favourite songs in a secret vote. The voting was supervised by OTI representative Darío de la Peña. Only the top three places were revealed. The members of the jury were:

Broadcast

The festival was broadcast in the 20 participating countries where the corresponding OTI member broadcasters relayed the contest through their networks after receiving it live via satellite. It was reported that it was additionally broadcast in other two countries.
Known details on the broadcasts of the festival in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
CountryBroadcasterChannelCommentator
Chilelang\|es|Canal 7|i=noN/A|align=left|''No commentary''

Incidents and controversies

Calls for a boycott

Spain did not participate for the first and only time in the history of the festival. On 16 July 1986, Televisión Española sent a telegram to OTI formalizing its withdrawal showing its rejection to the Military dictatorship of Chile., the director of TVE, called on all other OTI members to follow TVE's decision and not participate in the festival. This decision, which was taken under as the general director of the broadcaster, was reconsidered by Pilar Miró, the new general director who took office on 20 October, and tried to enter a song into the festival but was unsuccessful in such a short time.
The Venezuelan Radio and Television Workers' Union decided that none of its members would participate in the festival, in solidarity with Spain and in condemnation of the military regime. For this reason, singer Nilda López was expelled from the union after participating in the festival.

Power outage

Near the end of the performance of the competing entries, a power outage that affected most of the country impacted the venue. It not only affected the Santiago metropolitan area, but reportedly also other major cities in Chile, such as Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, and Concepción, where the television broadcast went down. The power outage was caused by a bomb attack on a power tower claimed by the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front. Neither the festival itself nor its international broadcast were affected and continued as if nothing had happened.