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Bolivia in the OTI Festival

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Bolivia
Bolivia
Participating broadcasterBolivisión Bolivia TV
Participation summary
Appearances19
First appearance1972
Highest placement8th in 1994
External links
Bolivisión website Bolivia TV Website

Bolivia debuted in the OTI Festival in 1972 and since then, the country participated uninterruptedly till the last edition of the show in 2000. Bolivia is one of the least lucky countries participating in the event. In fact, Bolivisión and Televisión Boliviana, the two Bolivian OTI full member stations only managed to enter the top 10 on two occasions: The first one in Madrid 1972 with Arturo Quesada and his entry "No volveré a pasar por allí" (I won't pass by there again) composed by the Spaniards Manuel De la Calva and Ramón Arcusa, (Members of Dúo Dinámico). Their second and last top 10 position came in 1994 in Valencia with Gilka Gutierrez and her song "Para poder hablar de amor" (To be able to talk about love) which got the 8th place in the contest.

Bolivia withdrew from the event from 1975 to 1980 and then, withdrew again in 1981 because the poor placings and the dire economic situation of the participating broadcasters.

Bolivia never won the OTI contest and never hosted it.

Contestants

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Year Artist Song Place Pts
2000 Micaela Destino (Destiny)
1998 Pablo Zambrano El canto de las aves (The song of the birds)
1997 Cryssel Bolívar El lugar donde te amé (The place where I loved you)
1996 Huáscar Bolívar Vallejo Has estado con él (You've been with him)
1995 Denise Rivera Adiós a mi tierra (Bye bye my country)
1994 Gilka Gutiérrez Para poder hablar de amor (To be able to talk about love) 8 6
1993 Adrián Barrenechea El jardín de los sueños (The garden of dreams)
1992 Erick Ocampo Linares Eternamente amada (Eternally loved)
1991 Solocanto No eres ya tú (You are not yourself anymore)
1989 Milton Cortez Como dos enamorados (Like two lovers)
1988 Mimi Sólo un despertar (Only one wake) 14 0
1987 Hombre Nuevo Utopía
1986 Carlos Alejandro Suárez Para tocar lo más profundo (To touch the deepest)
1982 Raúl Menacho Hay un nuevo día para ti (There's a new day for you) 20 1
1980 Susana Joffré[1] Qué suerte... qué pena (How lucky!... what a pity!) 22 0
1975 Óscar Roca Por esas cosas te amo (For those things I love you) 17 0
1974 Jenny Los muros (The walls) 14 2
1973 Arturo Quesada No sé vivir sin ti (I can't live without you) 14 1
1972 Arturo Quesada No volveré a pasar por allí (I won't pass by there again) 10 3

References

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  1. ^ Diario, El. "Susana Joffré reaparece "sólo por amor"". www.eldiario.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-04-06.