OTI Festival 1990
The OTI Festival 1990 was the 19h edition of the OTI Festival, held on 1 December 1990 at the Circus Maximus of the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, United States, and presented by Antonio Vodanovic, Alejandra Guzmán, Fernando Allende, María Conchita Alonso, and Emmanuel. It was organised by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana and host broadcaster Univision.
Broadcasters from twenty-one countries participated in the festival. The winner was the song "Un bolero" performed by Carlos Cuevas representing Mexico; with "Dame tu corazón" by Katia Cardenal representing Nicaragua placing second; and "Duérmete mi amor" by representing Spain placing third.
Location
For the second consecutive year, the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana designated Univision as the host broadcaster for the 19th edition of the OTI Festival. The broadcaster staged the event in Las Vegas. The venue selected was the Circus Maximus, which was the main entertainment venue at the Caesars Palace. Opened in 1966, it was in operation until 2000, when it was demolished and replaced by The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.Participants
Broadcasters from twenty-one countries participated in this edition of the OTI festival. The OTI members, public or private broadcasters from Spain, Portugal, and nineteen Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of Ibero-America signed up for the festival. From the countries that participated in the previous edition, Aruba and Bolivia did not return, while the Netherlands Antilles returned.Some of the participating broadcasters, such as those representing Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, and the United States, selected their entries through their regular national televised competitions. Other broadcasters decided to select their entry internally.
Six performing artists had represented the same country previously: Osvaldo Díaz had represented Chile in 1975, Rolando Percy had represented Paraguay in 1978, Mario Echeverría had represented Uruguay in 1983, had represented Peru in 1988, Walter Artiga had represented El Salvador in 1988, and Katia Cardenal had represented Nicaragua in 1989 along Salvador Cardenal.
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 Argentina|1861ill|Trío San Javier|eslang\|es|Quédate chiquilín|i=nohlist|Pedro A. Favini|Pablo RamírezFestival overviewThe festival was held on Saturday 1 December 1990, beginning at 15:00 PST. It was presented by Antonio Vodanovic, Alejandra Guzmán, Fernando Allende, María Conchita Alonso, and Emmanuel. The show featured José Luis Rodríguez and Julio Sabala as guest artists.Broadcasters from twenty-one countries participated in the festival. The winner was the song "Un bolero" performed by Carlos Cuevas representing Mexico; with "Dame tu corazón" by Katia Cardenal representing Nicaragua placing second; and "Duérmete mi amor" by representing Spain placing third. There were one trophy for each of the first three places. The first prize trophy was delivered by Guillermo Cañedo, president of OTI, and Joaquin Blaya, president of Univision; the second prize trophy by Nicanor González, president of the OTI programs committee, and Alejandra Guzmán; and the third prize trophy by Rosita Perú, vice president of programming at Univision, and Fernando Allende. The first prize was endowed with a monetary amount of US$30,000, the second prize of US$20,000, and the third prize of US$10,000, to be distributed each 50% to the songwriter and 50% to the performer. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.
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