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Panama in the OTI Festival

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Panama
Panama
Participating broadcasterTVN (Panama)
Participation summary
Appearances27
First appearance1972
Highest placement2º in 1972
External links
TVN website

Panama and its OTI member station, TVN started participating in the OTI Festival in the first show, which was held in Madrid in 1972. Since then, the national broadcaster of this Central American country participated in every contest until the last, held in Acapulco in 2000.

History

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Although Panama, which selected their performers internally, never withdrew from the event, the national broadcaster never managed to achieve victory, although in their debut year, the performer Basilio and his song "¡Oh señor!" (Oh, my lord!) came second.[1] In spite of the promising start of this Central American country, the following participations of TVN in the event were not as satisfactory. In 1978 the country ended in the top 5 for the last time. From then on, Panama's trajectory in the OTI Festival was lustreless as happened with most of the Central American countries with the exception of Nicaragua.

Contestants

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Year Artist Song Place Pts
2000 Jorge Bordanea Un mañana mejor (A better tomorrow)
1998 Luis Arteaga Por la vida (For the life) Desc.
1997 Ricardo y Alberto ¿De qué nos vale? (Is it worth for us?)
1996 Omar Argel Espinosa Sin tu cielo azul (Without your blue sky)
1995 Tony Cheng Has hecho trampa (You have cheated)
1994 Armando Valdivieso Mi ciudad (My city)
1993 Tony Cheng Canción a mi madre (Song for my mother)
1992 Eduardo Carrizo Memorias (Memories)
1991 Juan Carlos y Loló Océano y gaviota (Ocean and seagull)
1990 Vielka Plummer Dos amigas (Two friends)
1989 Christian Era tan solo ayer (It was only yesterday)
1988 Paulette Ven (Come) 14 0
1987 Cecilia de Obaldia Blanco y Negro (Black and white)
1986 Paulette Quizás no es el momento

(maybe it's no the moment)

1985 Rafael De las Heras Con las manos atadas

(With the hands tied)

1984 Dany Dini y Dany Hagamos un pacto (Let's make a deal)
1983 Betzaida Recuerdos (Memories)
1982 Ediza Moreno Mi pueblito (My little village) 14 13
1981 Roger Barés Pero ayer fuiste solo María

(But yesterday you were only Mary)

17 7
1980 Solinka Puede ser (It can be) 16 8
1979 Tony Espino Sueños (Dreams) 13 12
1978 Roger Barés Te cantaré, yo te amaré

(I'll sing you, I'll love you)

5 18
1977 Leopoldo Hernández Canta a la vida (Sing about life) 11 2
1976 Pablo Azael Gracias amor (Thanks love) 9 3
1975 Pablo Azael Tú y yo (You and me) 14 2
1974 Orlando Morales y Max La tierra es de todos

(This land belongs to everybody)

15 1
1973 Orlando Morales Soy feliz (I'm happy) 12 2
1972 Basilio Oh Señor (Oh my lord!) 2 10

References

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  1. ^ eurovision-spain.com. "HISTORIA DEL FESTIVAL DE LA OTI I (1972-1979)". www.eurovision-spain.com. Retrieved 2017-06-07.