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OTI Festival 1982

The OTI Festival 1982 (Spanish: Decimoprimer Gran Premio de la Canción Iberoamericana, Portuguese: Décimo Primeiro Grande Prêmio da Canção Ibero-Americana) was the 11th edition of the OTI Festival, held on 27 November 1982 at the Teatro Auditorio Amauta in Lima, Peru, and presented by Humberto Martínez Morosini [es], Silvia Maccera [es], and Pepe Ludmir [es]. It was organised by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) and host broadcaster Panamericana Televisión.

OTI Festival 1982
Date and venue
Final
  • 27 November 1982 (1982-11-27)
VenueTeatro Auditorio Amauta
Lima, Peru
Organization
OrganizerOrganización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI)
Production
Host broadcasterPanamericana Televisión
DirectorMoisés Chiok
Musical directorLuis Neves
Presenters
Participants
Number of entries21
Returning countries Bolivia
Dominican Republic
Non-returning countries Paraguay
Portugal
  • A coloured map of the countries of Ibero-America
         Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1982
Vote
Voting systemEach country awarded 5-1 points to their 5 favourite songs
Winning song Venezuela
"Puedes contar conmigo"
1981 ← OTI Festival → 1983

Broadcasters from twenty-one countries participated in the festival. The winner was the song "Puedes contar conmigo", written by Luis Gerardo Tovar [es] and Carlos Moreán [es], and performed by Grupo Unicornio [es] representing Venezuela; with "Ay, ay, amor", written by Julio Seijas [es] and Luis Gómez-Escolar, and performed by La Pequeña Compañía [es] representing Spain, placing second; and "Qué equivocado", written and performed by Laura Hevia representing the United States, placing third.

Location

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Teatro Auditorio Amauta, Lima – host venue of the OTI Festival 1982.

The Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) designated Panamericana Televisión as the host broadcaster for the 11th edition of the OTI Festival. The broadcaster staged the event in Lima. The venue selected was the Teatro Auditorio Amauta, that is the biggest multi-use indoor arena in the country. It was opened in 1946 as an open-air bullring and in 1968 it was reopened, after being remodeled and roofed, as an enclosed venue with a total capacity for 20,000 people. In 1981, Panamericana Televisión bought the facility and used it to host large events such as Miss Universe 1982. For the festival, the venue had a capacity of 10,000 spectators, but it was not actually filled to capacity.

Participants

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Broadcasters from twenty-one countries participated in this edition of the OTI festival. The OTI members, public or private broadcasters from Spain and twenty Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of Ibero-America signed up for the festival. From the countries that participated in the previous edition, Paraguay and Portugal withdrew, while Bolivia and the Dominican Republic, returned after missing that festival.[1]

Some of the participating broadcasters, such as those representing Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, the Netherlands Antilles, and the United States, selected their entries through their regular national televised competitions. Other broadcasters decided to select their entry internally. Initially, Televisión Española (TVE) had internally selected the song "Buenas noches, papá", written by Luis Gómez-Escolar and Honorio Herrero, and performed by Carmen Pascual, as its entry representing Spain.[2] But because the rules did not allow performers under 18 to participate, the OTI did not allow her to participate, and TVE entered the song that placed second in the internal selection to the festival instead.[3]

Two performing artists had previously represented the same country in previous editions: Félix López had represented El Salvador in 1974, and Ricardo Padilla had represented Costa Rica in 1980.

Festival overview

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The festival was held on Saturday 27 November 1982, beginning at 18:00 PET (23:00 UTC). It was presented by Humberto Martínez Morosini [es] and Silvia Maccera [es], with Pepe Ludmir [es] introducing the jury. The musical director was Luis Neves who conducted the orchestra when required.

The winner was the song "Puedes contar conmigo", written by Luis Gerardo Tovar [es] and Carlos Moreán [es], and performed by Grupo Unicornio [es] representing Venezuela; with "Ay, ay, amor", written by Julio Seijas [es] and Luis Gómez-Escolar, and performed by La Pequeña Compañía [es] representing Spain, placing second; and "Qué equivocado", written and performed by Laura Hevia representing the United States, placing third. The first prize trophy was delivered by Eduardo Orrego Villacorta, mayor of Lima; the second prize trophy by Alfredo Escobar, president of the OTI programs committee; and the third prize trophy by Ruth Fernández, president of the jury. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.

  Winner

Detailed voting results

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For the first time, each participating broadcaster[c] appointed a juror, and all jurors were present in the hall. Each juror awarded 5 points its favourite song, 4 points to the second favourite, and then between 3 and 1 points for the third- to fifth-favourite songs, except for the entry representing its own country. The jurors gave their points aloud in ascending order. In the event of a tie for first place, the jurors from the countries not affected by the tie would vote to select the winning song from among the tied ones. Had the tie persisted, the president of the jury would have decided; had the president been from one of the tied countries, the vice president would have decided.

As the jurors cast their points, these were shown onscreen. At the end of the voting, the total results for all countries were displayed and read by the presenter. Inexplicably, the final tally shown did not include the points from the Honduran juror. This did not cause any subsequent complications after the proclamation of the top three places, as their positions were not affected.

Detailed voting results of the OTI Festival 1982
Voting countries Points
Bolivia
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Chile
Mexico
Brazil
Guatemala
United States
Spain
Netherlands Antilles
Argentina
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Costa Rica
Puerto Rico
El Salvador
Uruguay
Venezuela
Peru
Contestants
 Bolivia 1 1
Honduras 2 2 2 6
Nicaragua 3 3
Panama 3 5 2 1 11
Chile 2 3 1 3 3 2 14
Mexico 1 4 5 2 1 4 4 1 22
Brazil 5 4 2 4 15
Guatemala 4 1 2 2 9
United States 4 2 4 4 3 3 5 25
Spain 3 4 5 5 3 1 5 1 27
Netherlands Antilles 5 2 7
Argentina 1 2 1 4 5 2 4 3 22
Colombia 1 2 4 2 1 5 3 18
Dominican Republic 3 2 3 3 5 2 2 20
Ecuador 0
Costa Rica 5 1 3 1 5 2 5 22
Puerto Rico 3 2 5
El Salvador 4 4 4 12
Uruguay 5 3 1 4 13
Venezuela 3 5 5 5 4 1 1 5 3 3 4 4 43
Peru 5 1 1 1 5 4 3 20

Jurors

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The twenty-one jurors were:[4]

  •  Bolivia – René Noriega Martínez
  •  Honduras – José Jorge Villeda Toledo
  •  Nicaragua – Donald Aguirre
  •  Panama – Alfonso Amanza Serrato
  •  Chile – Lucho Gatica[5]
  •  Mexico – Raúl Velasco[5]
  •  Brazil – José Rodrigues
  •  Guatemala – Luis Felipe Valenzuela
  •  United States – Omar Marchant
  •  Spain – Alberto Martínez Peyrou[6]
  •  Netherlands Antilles – Joy Kock
  •  Argentina – Ana María Arregui
  •  Colombia – Graciela de Rosero
  •  Dominican Republic – Adriano Rodríguez
  •  Ecuador – Mariano Merchan
  •  Costa Rica – Roberto López Jiménez[7]
  •  Puerto Rico – Ruth Fernández (chairperson)
  •  El Salvador – Óscar Rolando Espinoza
  •  Uruguay – Walter Reyes
  •  Venezuela – Luis Pardi
  •  Peru – Luigi Alva[5]

Broadcast

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The festival was broadcast in the 21 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 of the festival in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Notes

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  1. 1 2 Through the programadoras: Caracol Televisión, Punch, and RTI Televisión.[5]
  2. ↑ The Guatemalan juror was presented at the festival as the representative of all television broadcasters in Guatemala.
  3. ↑ Or group of broadcasters that jointly participated representing a country.
  4. ↑ Delayed broadcast at 22:00 DST (01:00+1 UTC)
  5. 1 2 3 Delayed broadcast at 21:30 CLST (00:30+1 UTC)
  6. ↑ Delayed broadcast at 18:00 CST (00:00+1 UTC)
  7. ↑ Delayed broadcast at 19:30 AST (23:30 UTC)

References

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  1. ↑ "Festival de la OTI 2 (1980-1990)". eurovision-spain.com (in Spanish). 3 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Carmen Pascual representará a España en la OTI". ABC (in Spanish). 2 October 1982. p. 70.
  3. ↑ "La Pequeña Compañía, representantes españoles en el Festival OTI". ABC (in Spanish). 7 October 1982. p. 65.
  4. 1 2 3 XI Festival de la canción OTI 1982 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Lima, Peru: Panamericana Televisión. 27 November 1982 – via RTVE Play.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Hoy Festival OTI de la Canción por TV". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia. 27 November 1982. p. 16-C. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "XI Festival OTI". Tele Pueblo (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 27 November 1982. p. 28 – via Virtual Library of Historical Newspapers [es].
  7. ↑ "OTI 82: mundo hispánico en el pentagrama". La Nación (in Spanish). San José, Costa Rica. 27 November 1982. p. 21-B. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Programa" [Programme]. Crónica (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina. 27 November 1982. p. 21. Retrieved 10 May 2026 – via Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ "Teleprogramas". La Nación (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. 27 November 1982. p. 12B. Retrieved 30 November 2025 – via Archivo de la Palabra Impresa by Diego Portales University.
  10. ↑ "Televisión" [Television]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia. 27 November 1982. p. 2-A. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ "TV Guía". La Nación (in Spanish). San José, Costa Rica. 27 November 1982. p. 39-A. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via Google Books.
  12. ↑ "Programación de televisión para hoy sábado" [Television programming for today, Saturday]. El Informador. Guadalajara, Mexico. 27 November 1982. p. 15-C. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  13. ↑ "Agenda Aruba". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 27 November 1982. p. 5 – via Delpher.
  14. ↑ "Agenda Curaçao". Amigoe (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao. 27 November 1982. p. 2 – via Delpher.
  15. ↑ "Televisión Española". Diario de Burgos (in Spanish). Burgos, Spain. 27 November 1982. p. 30 – via Virtual Library of Historical Newspapers [es].
  16. ↑ "Television programs for the Denver area". Rocky Mountain News. Denver, United States. 27 November 1982. p. 111 – via Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
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