OTI Festival 1995

OTI Festival 1995
Date and venue
Final	11 November 1995 (1995-11-11)
Venue	Anfiteatro José Asunción Flores [es] San Bernardino, Paraguay
Organization
Organizer	Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI)
Supervisor	Darío de la Peña
Host broadcaster	Teledifusora Paraguaya [es]
Musical director	Oscar Cardozo Ocampo [es]
Presenters	Menchi Barriocanal [es] Rubén Rodríguez
Participants
Number of entries	24
Returning countries	Canada
Non-returning countries	Netherlands Antilles
Participation map      Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1995
Vote
Voting system	The members of a single jury selected their favourite songs in a secret vote
Winning song	Spain "Eres mi debilidad"
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The OTI Festival 1995 (Spanish: Vigésimo Cuarto Gran Premio de la Canción Iberoamericana, Portuguese: Vigésimo Quarto Grande Prêmio da Canção Ibero-Americana) was the 24th edition of the OTI Festival, held on 11 November 1995 at Anfiteatro José Asunción Flores [es] in San Bernardino, Paraguay, and presented by Menchi Barriocanal [es] and Rubén Rodríguez. It was organised by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) and host broadcaster Teledifusora Paraguaya [es].

Broadcasters from twenty-four countries participated in the festival. The winner was the song "Eres mi debilidad" performed by Marcos Llunas representing Spain; with "Canción contra la tristeza" by Alberto Plaza [es] representing Chile placing second; and "Hoy que no estás" by Cristina Rebull representing Cuba placing third.

Location

Anfiteatro José Asunción Flores, San Bernardino – host venue of the OTI Festival 1995.

The Organização da Televisão Ibero-americana (OTI) designated Teledifusora Paraguaya [es] as the host broadcaster for the 24th edition of the OTI Festival. The broadcaster staged the event in San Bernardino. The venue selected was Anfiteatro José Asunción Flores [es], an open-air venue opened in 1992 with a capacity for 20,614 people, used for social events, festivals and concerts, located at the slopes of the Andes mountain range. This was the first time the festival was held outdoors.

On 9 November 1995, the participating artists were received by the president of the country Juan Carlos Wasmosy.

Participants

Broadcasters from twenty-four countries participated in this edition of the OTI festival. The OTI members, public or private broadcasters from Spain, Portugal, and twenty-two Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of Ibero-America signed up for the festival. From the countries that participated in the previous edition, only Netherlands Antilles was absent, with Canada returning after missing that festival.

Some of the participating broadcasters, such as those representing Chile and Cuba, selected their entries through their regular national selections. Other broadcasters decided to select their entry internally.

Four performing artists had previously represented the same country in previous editions: Rolando Percy had represented Paraguay in 1978 and 1990, Carlos Brizzio had represented Honduras in 1984, Martha Baltodano had represented Niracagua in 1991, and Tony Cheng had represented Panama in 1993.

Participants of the OTI Festival 1995^[1]

Country	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Language	Songwriter(s)	Conductor
Argentina		Inés Rinaldi y Fernando Porta	"Si se pierden las canciones"	Spanish	Francisco Bagala Fernando Porta	Oscar Cardozo Ocampo
Bolivia		Denise Rivera	"Adiós mi tierra"	Spanish	Denise Rivera Fernando Sancho José Fernández	Fernando Sancho
Brazil		Beto Surian	"Aonde está você"	Portuguese	Beto Surian	Oscar Cardozo Ocampo
Canada	TLN	Mariela Torres	"Quiéreme"	Spanish	Jorge González	Oscar Cardozo Ocampo
Chile	UCTV	Alberto Plaza [es]	"Canción contra la tristeza"	Spanish	Alberto Plaza	Roberto Trujillo Sidiela
Colombia		César Mora	"Sólo por hoy"	Spanish	César Mora	Milton Salcedo
Costa Rica		Rafael F. Dubón	"El buen Felipe"	Spanish	Rafael F. Dubón	Carlos Guzmán Bermúdez [es]
Cuba	ICRT	Cristina Rebull	"Hoy que no estás"	Spanish	Carlos Miguel Ojeda	Oscar Cardozo Ocampo
Dominican Republic		Manuel Jiménez [es]	"Un solar en la luna"	Spanish	Manuel Jiménez	Manuel Tejada
Ecuador		Tierrabuena	"Mira"	Spanish	Fernando Proaño	Claudio Jácome Harb
El Salvador	TCS	Matices	"Ven aquí conmigo"	Spanish	Ángel Ortiz Juan Bolaños Héctor Rodas	Oscar Cardozo Ocampo
Guatemala		Mario Mejía	"Siéntelo"	Spanish	Nelson Leal	Roberto Estrada
Honduras		Carlos Brizzio	"La casa de Pablo"	Spanish	Carlos Brizzio	Oscar Cardozo Ocampo
Mexico	Televisa	Sayeg	"Cantos distintos"	Spanish	Sayeg	Alberto Núñez Palacios
Nicaragua		Martha Baltodano	"Esa mirada"	Spanish	Manuel Ignacio Lacayo César Prado Peter Vivas	César Prado
Panama		Tony Cheng	"Has hecho trampa"	Spanish	Augusto César Esucdero	Oscar Cardozo Ocampo
Paraguay	Teledifusora Paraguaya [es]	Rolando Percy	"Por siempre América"	Spanish	Rolando Percy Jorge Villalba	Palito Miranda
Peru		Julio Andrade [es]	"Brillo en la piel"	Spanish	Julio Andrade	Carlos Wong
Portugal	RTP	Pedro Migueis	"Vê lá bem"	Portuguese	Nuno Gomes dos Santos [pt] Jan Van Dijck	Ramón Galarza [pt]
Puerto Rico	Telemundo Puerto Rico	Carlos Alberto Fortuño	"Latinoamericano"	Spanish	Antonio Ramía Pérez	Ramón Sánchez
Spain	TVE	Marcos Llunas	"Eres mi debilidad"	Spanish	Alejandro Abad	Javier Capella Sanz
United States	Univision	Silvia Bezi	"Secreto de amor"	Spanish	José Villarreal	Roy Velásquez
Uruguay	Sociedad Televisora Larrañaga	Pájaro Canzani [es]	"Un mundo mejor"	Spanish	Pájaro Canzani	Julio Frade
Venezuela		Rogelio Ortiz [es]	"El viaje"	Spanish	Simón Díaz	Alí Agüero [es]

Festival overview

The festival was held on Saturday 11 November 1995, beginning at 21:00 PYST (00:00+1 UTC). It was presented by Menchi Barriocanal [es] and Rubén Rodríguez. The musical director was Oscar Cardozo Ocampo [es], who conducted the orchestra when required.

The winner was the song "Eres mi debilidad" performed by Marcos Llunas representing Spain; with "Canción contra la tristeza" by Alberto Plaza [es] representing Chile placing second; and "Hoy que no estás" by Cristina Rebull representing Cuba placing third. 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.^[2] The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.

  Winner

Results of the OTI Festival 1995^[1]

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Place
1	Peru	Julio Andrade [es]	"Brillo en la piel"	—N/a
2	Colombia	César Mora	"Sólo por hoy"	—N/a
3	Bolivia	Denise Rivera	"Adiós mi tierra"	—N/a
4	Uruguay	Pájaro Canzani [es]	"Un mundo mejor"	—N/a
5	Portugal	Pedro Migueis	"Vê lá bem"	—N/a
6	Venezuela	Rogelio Ortiz [es]	"El viaje"	—N/a
7	Dominican Republic	Manuel Jiménez [es]	"Un solar en la luna"	—N/a
8	United States	Silvia Bezi	"Secreto de amor"	—N/a
9	Honduras	Carlos Brizzio	"La casa de Pablo"	—N/a
10	Argentina	Inés Rinaldi y Fernando Porta	"Si se pierden las canciones"	—N/a
11	Mexico	Sayeg	"Cantos distintos"	—N/a
12	Ecuador	Tierrabuena	"Mira"	—N/a
13	Brazil	Beto Surian	"Aonde está você"	—N/a
14	Canada	Mariela Torres	"Quiéreme"	—N/a
15	Cuba	Cristina Rebull	"Hoy que no estás"	3
16	Puerto Rico	Carlos Alberto Fortuño	"Latinoamericano"	—N/a
17	Panama	Tony Cheng	"Has hecho trampa"	—N/a
18	Spain	Marcos Llunas	"Eres mi debilidad"	1
19	Chile	Alberto Plaza [es]	"Canción contra la tristeza"	2
20	El Salvador	Matices	"Ven aquí conmigo"	—N/a
21	Nicaragua	Martha Baltodano	"Esa mirada"	—N/a
22	Guatemala	Mario Mejía	"Siéntelo"	—N/a
23	Costa Rica	Rafael F. Dubón	"El buen Felipe"	—N/a
24	Paraguay	Rolando Percy	"Por siempre América"	—N/a

Jury

The nine members of a single jury selected their favourite songs in a secret vote. Only the top three places were revealed. The voting was supervised by Darío de la Peña. The members of the jury were:

• Antonio Vodanovic – television host
• Manuel Mijares – singer
• Delia Fiallo – screenwriter
• Donatto [es] – singer-songwriter
• Estéfano – singer-songwriter
• Daniela Mercury – singer-songwriter
• Francisco [es] – singer, won the festival for Spain in 1981 and 1992
• Víctor Pecci – tennis player
• Luis Szarán – composer

Broadcast

The festival was broadcast in the 24 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 in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
Paraguay	Teledifusora Paraguaya [es]	Canal 13
Spain	TVE	La Primera[a]	José Luis Uribarri	[3]

Notes

1. Delayed broadcast on 12 November at 22:30 CET (21:30 UTC)

References

1. XXIV Festival de la canción OTI 1995 (Television programme) (in Spanish). San Bernardino, Paraguay: Teledifusora Paraguaya [es]. 11 November 1995.
2. "El hijo de Dyango dio a España el quinto triunfo en el XXIV Festival de la OTI". Diario de Ávila [es] (in Spanish). Ávila, Spain. 13 November 1995. p. 30 – via Virtual Library of Historical Newspapers [es].
3. "Radio y TV". Diario Palentino (in Spanish). Palencia, Spain. 12 November 1995. p. 38 – via Virtual Library of Historical Newspapers [es].