Dominican Republic in the OTI Festival

The Dominican Republic with its OTI member station Telesistema 11, was one of the founding countries of the OTI Festival and participated in the very first edition of the show in Madrid in 1972. Since then, the country participated almost uninterruptedly in the event. The Caribbean country only withdrew from the event in 1976, but one year later, the broadcaster rejoined the show and participated till the last edition in 2000 in Acapulco.

Dominican Republic
Member stationTelesistema 11
National selection eventsInternal selection
Participation summary
Appearances26
First appearance1972
Best result2nd in 1977
2nd in 1983
Worst result14th in 1979
External links
Telesistema 11 website

History

The Dominican Republic never managed to get a victory in the OTI Festival, but had a successful participation during the most of its history and ended several times in the top 10 places of the classification.

Fernando Casado was the very first Dominican representative in the contest and placed seventh with his song "Siempre habrá en la luna una sonrisa" (There will always be a smile on the moon) which was written by the well known Spanish composer Augusto Algueró.[1]

One year later in Belo Horizonte, the Dominican Republic recorded one of its greatest successes in the contest with Niní Cáffaro and his song "El juicio final" (The final judgement), which placed third with 9 points.[2]

In Madrid in 1977, Fernando Casado was selected again by Telesistema 11 to represent the Dominican Republic in the contest with the song "Al nacer cada enero" (To be born every January) which placed second and became a hit in the island.

After some other successful participations, Telesistema 11 selected the singer Taty Salas with her ballad "Olvidar, Olvidar" (To forget...to forget) which achieved second place again. Salas was selected again by the Dominican broadcaster in 1988, and although she didn't repeat the success of her previous entry, she placed third with the song "De tu boca" (From your mouth).

In 1989, Telesistema 11, determined to record a Dominican victory once for all, contacted the prominent singer Juan Luis Guerra, who composed the power ballad "Te ofrezco" (I offer you) which was sung by Maridalia Hernández.[3] Although the song placed third and didn't win, this entry was widely acclaimed both by the jury and by the audience to the point that today, it's considered to be one of the best entries in the history of the OTI Festival.

The following Dominican entries were not as successful as before but the country managed to place respectably in the last years of the contest.

Contestants
Vickiana Represented the Dominican Republic in the OTI Festival in 1990
Maridalia Hernández represented the Dominican Republic in the OTI Festival in 1989 singing one of the best songs in the history of the competition according to many of the fans of the contest.
Year Artista Song Place Pts
2000 Rando Camasta ¿Qué nos pasa? (What's wrong with us?) 5
1998 Claudine Bonó Me levanto (I wake up)
1997 Audrey Campos El amor que tuve (The love I had)
1996 Frank Ceara Una historia más (One more story)
1995 Manuel Jiménez Un solar en La Luna (Sunlight on the moon)
1994 Myriam Cruz Con agua de sal (With salty water) 4
1993 Grupo Triada Sigue la vida (Life goes on)
1992 Cheo Zorrilla A su tiempo (At its time)
1991 Jacqueline Estévez Cuando el amor se va

(When love goes away)
1990 Vickiana[4] Yo (Me)
1989 Maridalia Hernández Te ofrezco (I offer you) 3
1988 Taty Salas De tu boca (From your mouth) 3
1987 Julio Sabala Esto tiene que cambiar

(This has to change)
1986 Cheo Zorrilla Sol de la noche (Night sun)
1985 Gina D’Alessandro Con las alas rotas (With the broken wings)
1984 Sonia Alfonso La vida es alegría (Life is happiness)
1983 Taty Salas Olvidar, olvidar (To forget, to forget) 2
1982 Rhina Ramírez Por tanto amor (For so much love) 7 18
1980 Fausto Rey Canción de un hombre simple

(Song by a simple minded man)

 6 25
1979 Omar Franco Mi mundo (My world) 14 10
1978 Hilda Saldaña Blanca Paloma (White dove) 8 12
1977 Fernando Casado Al nacer cada enero

(To be born every January)

 2 8
1975 Luchi Vicioso La vida está intranquila

(Life is uneasy)

 14 2
1974 Charitin Goyco Alexandra 5 7
1973 Niní Cáffaro El Juicio final (The final judgement) 3 9
1972 Fernando Casado Siempre habrá en la luna una sonrisa

(There will always be a smile on the moon)

 7 4
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gollark: Alternatively, create a list, and automatically give people on it cheatified nocturnes or some other useless dragon!
gollark: Just make a new set of cheatdragons called the "thowods" or something.
gollark: Can we call any AP flooding the [dragon]pocalypse from now on?
gollark: Ah, yes, the nocturnepocalypse.

References
  1. "Fernando Casado - Enciclopedia Dominicana SOS". enciclopediadominicana.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-10.
  2. "Niní Cáffaro". www.tamborayguira.com. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
  3. "Biografia De Maridalia Hernandez | Cantante Dominicana". www.conectate.com.do (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-10.
  4. Espinal, Henry (2016-01-30). "biografias: Ana Victoria García Pérez "Vickiana"". biografias. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
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