Paraguay in the OTI Festival

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Paraguay in the OTI Festival - Wikipedia

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Paraguay

Participating broadcaster	Canal 13 Paraguay (Now RPC)
Participation summary
Appearances	22
First appearance	1978
Highest placement	2nd in 1988
External links
RPC Website

Paraguay and its member station Canal 13 Paraguay (Now Red Paraguaya de Comunicación RPC), debuted in the OTI Festival in its seventh edition, which was held in Santiago in 1978. The first Paraguayan representative in the contest was the veteran Rolando Percy, who got a disappointing 18th place with zero points. The same singer would return to the event in 1990 and 1995 with disappointing placings.^[1]

Since their debut, the Guarani country participated almost uninterruptedly except in 1982, their only withdrawal from the contest.

History

Just like most of the participating countries and broadcasters in the OTI Festival, Canal 13 Paraguay selected its entrants internally. Their participants in the contest were not very successful, but in 1981, the country reached the top 10 for first time with Alberto de Luque and his song "Vos y yo seremos todos" (You and me will be everybody) which placed 8th.^[2]

After a withdrawal in 1982, the next year in Washington, D.C., Paraguay recorded one of its most successful participations with the folk singer Marco de Brix and his song "Soñaremos como ayer" (We will dream just like yesterday) which placed fourth after receiving a warm welcome by the members of the jury. The same singer, five years later, returned to the event in 1988 in Buenos Aires with his song "Un mundo diferente" (A different world) which was even more successful than his previous entry achieving second place with 25 points.^[3] Since then, the South American country never managed to reach the top 10 again.

Contestants

Year	Artist	Song	Place	Pts
2000	Lenys Paredes	Empiezo a vivir (I start living)
1998	Americanta	No lo digas (Don't tell it)
1997	Cecilia Huret	Las cuentas claras (The things must be clear)	F
1996	Jorge Castro	Por tí, mujer (For you, woman)
1995	Rolando Percy	Por siempre, América (America forever)
1994	Cristina L. Díaz	Tierra herida (Wounded land)
1993	Dany Durand	Señora mía (My lady)
1992	Oscar Benito	Un amanecer, una canción (One sunrise, one song)
1991	Adrián Barreto	Hoy ha vuelto el amor (Today love has returned)
1990	Rolando Percy	Hazme soñar con la paz (Make me dream about peace)
1989	Rodolfo González Friedman	Como aquellas nubes (Just like those clouds)
1988	Marco de Brix	Un mundo differente (A different world)	2	25
1987	Rolando Ojeda	Procura (Try)
1986	Rocío Cristal	Papá (Dad)
1985	Lizza Bogado	A veces quiero ser (Sometimes I want to be)
1984	Valencia	Una gaviota sobre el mar (A seagull over the sea)
1983	Marco de Brix	Soñaremos como ayer (We will dream just like yesterday)	4
1981	Alberto de Luque	Vos y yo seremos todos (You and me will be everybody)	8	15
1980	Carlos Albospino	La razón que nos une (The reason that keeps us together)	17	7
1979	Derlis Esteche	La vida es mi canción (Life is my song)	16	4
1978	Rolando Percy	Cantando (Singing)	18	0

References

^ "Portal Guarani - ROLANDO PERCY". Portal Guarani (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-11.
^ "Alberto de Luque - wisestate". www.musicaparaguaya.org.py. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
^ "Portal Guarani - MARCO DE BRIX". Portal Guarani (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-11.

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