Venezuela in the OTI Festival


The participation of Venezuela in the OTI Festival began at the first OTI Festival in 1972. The Venezuelan participating broadcasters were in turn RCTV, Venevisión, and Venezolana de Televisión, which were members of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana. They participated in all twenty-eight editions of the festival. They won twice: in 1982 and 1987; and hosted the event once, in 1979.
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History

Venezuela won the festival on two occasions, the first one in 1982 with "Puedes contar conmigo" performed by the teenage boy band. Their second victory came in 1987 with "La felicidad está en un rincón en tu corazón" by Alfredo Alejandro. Apart from their victories, the country got two second places in 1976 and 1979 and three third places in 1974, 1975, and 1994.
Many Venezuelan singers well known in all Ibero-America, such as Jose Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", her daughter Lilibeth Morillo, Mirla Castellanos, and represented Venezuela in the festival with successful participations.
Venezuela hosted the contest in 1979. The venue of the festival was the of Caracas and the presenters were Eduardo Serrano and Carmen Victoria Pérez, who presented the event in a golden and blue colored stage. The opening theme of this edition of the festival was an orchestral fantasy based on the hymn, "Alma llanera".