Honduras in the OTI Festival

Honduras
Member station	TNH (Televisión Nacional de Honduras)
National selection events	Internal selection (1974-1997); Honduran Festival for OTI (1997); Internal selection (1998-2000)
Participation summary
Appearances	25
First appearance	1974
Best result	7th in 1979; 7th in 1980; 7th in 1981
Worst result	17th in 1977; 17th in 1982
External links
	Televisión Nacional de Honduras website

Honduras as the most of the Central American countries, took part for the first time in the OTI Festival in the edition of 1974, which was held in the Mexican coastal city of Acapulco. TNH (Televisión Nacional de Honduras), the OTI member broadcaster of that country selected Moisés Canelo as their first entrant, who achieved a respectable ninth place. After a withdrawal in 1975, the Honduran broadcaster rejoined the event and participated every year till the last show, which was held again in Acapulco.

History

As many Central American countries in the OTI Festival, Honduras didn't really have a successful participation in the contest. In fact, TNH never managed to get a victory for Honduras during their history in the event, but reached the top ten on six occasions.

In 1976 Wilson Reynoot and his song "Por cantarle al mar" (For singing to the sea) placed eighth in Acapulco.

In 1978 in Santiago, the singer Domingo Trimarchi also placed eighth with the song "Por esas pequeñas cosas" (For those little things), a song written by the successful Mexican composer Chucho Ferrer.

One year later, in Caracas, Honduras placed seventh with Gloria Janeth and the song "Hermano hispanoamericano" (Hispanic American brother), which is considered to be a call for Latin American unity and solidarity.[1]

Moisés Canelo, the first Honduran contestant, who placed ninth for TNH in 1974, returned to the contest five years later in 1980 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, placing seventh with his song "Tú, siempre tú (You, Always you).[2] One year later, in Mexico City, the Honduran delegation placed seventh for the third time with Oneyda and the song "Ven" (Come). Since then, Honduras struggled in the contest and never managed to get a top ten place again.

Contestants

Year	Artist	Song	Place	Pts
2000	Diana Lara	Te entregué mi corazón (I gave you my heart)	SF
1998	Carlos Alberto Durón	Mi otra mitad (My ogher side)	SF
1997	Rafael Alfaro	Cantándole a la vida (Singing to life)	SF
1996	Millicent Viciera	Rosas y espinas (Roses and thorns)
1995	Carlos Brizzio	La casa de Pablo (Pablo's house)
1994	Delma Adriana Reyes	Espera hasta que den las tres (Wait until three o'clock)	SF
1993	Carlos Alberto	Sale el sol (Sun rises)
1992	Karina Nasser	El otro muro (The other wall)
1991	Max Jovel Argueta y Mauricio Medina	Sembrando cantos (Spreading songs)	SF
1990	Patricia Ramírez	Qué fácil es (Wow easy it is)
1989	Antonio Paredes	Al fin lo encontré (Finally I found it)
1988	Gloria Janet	Te amo (I love you)	14
1987	Rodolfo Torres	Uno más (One more)
1986	Víctor Donayre	Soy como soy (I am who I am)
1985	Dúo Tú y Yo	Una historia tantas veces contada (One history so many times told)
1984	Carlos Brizio	Andar tan sólo por andar (To walk just for walking)
1983	Jorge Gómez	Empieza (Start)
1982	Miguel Ángel Mejía	Año dos mil (The year two thousand)	17	6
1981	Oneyda	Ven (Come)	7	16
1980	Moisés Canelo	Tú, siempre tú (You, Always you)	7	22
1979	Gloria Janeth	Hermano hispanoamericano (Hispanic-American friend)	7
1978	Domingo Trimarchi	Por esas pequeñas cosas (For those little things)	8	12
1977	Tony Morales	El hombre (The man)	17
1976	Wilson Reynoot	Por cantarle al mar (For singing to the sea)	8
1974	Moisés Canelo	Río viejo, río amigo (Old river, friend river)	9

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References

"Añoro el ambiente artístico". Diario La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-12.
BuenaMusica.com. "Moises canelo - Biografía, historia y legado musical | BuenaMusica.com". www.buenamusica.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-12.

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[1] "Añoro el ambiente artístico". Diario La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-12.

[2] BuenaMusica.com. "Moises canelo - Biografía, historia y legado musical | BuenaMusica.com". www.buenamusica.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-12.