Mexico in the OTI Festival 1987
| Mexico in the OTI Festival 1987 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTI Festival 1987 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Televisa | |||
| Country |  Mexico | |||
| Selection process | National OTI Festival | |||
| Selection date | 4 October 1987 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "¡Ay, amor!" | |||
| Artist | Ana Gabriel | |||
| Songwriter | Ana Gabriel | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 3rd | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Mexico was represented at the OTI Festival 1987 with the song "¡Ay, amor!", written and performed by Ana Gabriel. The Mexican participating broadcaster, Televisa, selected its entry through a national selection with several phases. The song, that was performed in position 19, placed third out of 24 competing entries, tying with the song from Spain.
National stage
[edit]Televisa held a national selection with three televised qualifying rounds, a playoff, a semi-final, and a final to select its entry for the 16th edition of the OTI Festival. This sixteenth edition of the National OTI Festival featured twenty-four songs in the qualifying rounds, twelve in the semi-final, and six in the final. The top-three entries were awarded at the end. In addition to the general competition, awards were also given for Best Male Performer, Best Female Performer, Best Musical Arrangement, Breakout Male Artist, Breakout Female Artist, and Best Group among all the competing artist.
The qualifying rounds were held at Studio 2 of Televisa San Ángel in Mexico City, while the semi-final and the final were held in Querétaro, all presented by Raúl Velasco, and broadcast on Canal 2. The musical director was Chucho Ferrrer, who conducted the orchestra when required.
| Song | Artist | Songwriter(s) | Conductor |
|---|---|---|---|
| "1977" | Lara y Monárrez |
|
Jesús Medel |
| "América" | Johnny Laboriel |
|
Saúl de León |
| "Atrápalo" | Byanca | ||
| "¡Ay, amor!" | Ana Gabriel | Ana Gabriel | Rubén Zepeda |
| "¡Basta ya!" | Claudia Angélica |
|
Francisco Curiel |
| "Contra corriente" | Álvaro Dávila | Álvaro Dávila | Guillermo Méndez Guiú |
| "Corazón digital" | Okey | Erick Aldrett | |
| "Déjenos vivir" | Francisco Xavier | Francisco Xavier Berganza | Marco Flores |
| "Estoy loco" | Marcos Valdés | Jorge T. Victoria | Jesús López |
| "Fuego en la sangre" | Marycela | Alfredo Díaz Ordaz | Alfredo Díaz Ordaz |
| "Hazlo todo tú" | Hernán Visetti | Sylvia Tapia | Rubén Zepeda |
| "La locura de vivir" | Yuri | Roberto Roffiel | Roberto Roffiel |
| "La musa" | José Cantoral | José Cantoral | |
| "Los amantes" | Pandora |
|
Chucho Ferrer |
| "Nany, nany" | Jay-Boss |
|
Chucho Ferrer |
| "Ni una gota de amor" | Marisa de Lille | Francisco Samper | Jesús Medel |
| "No pierdas el tiempo" | Laura Flores |
|
Rubén Zepeda |
| "Por ti" | Marián | Carlos María | Pedro Alberto Cárdenas |
| "Sigue la vida" | Gibrán | Alejandro Filio | Chucho Ferrer |
| "Sin libertad" | Dulce | Fernando Riba | Alfonso Rosas |
| "Te declaro mi amor" | Lolita Cortés | Antonio de Jesús | Jesús Medel |
| "Tu saborcito" | La Pirámide |
|
Carlos Guerrero |
| "Un ser humano" | José María Lobo | José María Lobo | Francisco Curiel |
| "Yo no sé" | Jorge Muñiz | Grupo Forastero | Eugenio Toussaint |
Qualifying rounds
[edit]The three qualifying rounds were held on Saturdays 5, 12, and 19 September 1987. Each round featured eight entries, of which the three highest-scoring advanced to the semi-final. In each round, after all the competing entries were performed, each of the nine jurors cast one vote for each of their three favorite entries.
| R/O | Song | Artist | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Tu saborcito" | La Pirámide | 4 | — |
| 2 | "Te declaro mi amor" | Lolita Cortés | 0 | — |
| 3 | "América" | Johnny Laboriel | 2 | — |
| 4 | "Ni una gota de amor" | Marisa de Lille | 0 | — |
| 5 | "1977" | Lara y Monárrez | 4 | Qualified |
| 6 | "¡Ay, amor!" | Ana Gabriel | 9 | Qualified |
| 7 | "Hazlo todo tú" | Hernán Visetti | 7 | Qualified |
| 8 | "La locura de vivir" | Yuri | 1 | — |
| R/O | Song | Artist | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Por ti" | Marián | 0 | — |
| 2 | "Contra corriente" | Álvaro Dávila | 6 | Qualified |
| 3 | "¡Basta ya!" | Claudia Angélica | 2 | — |
| 4 | "Los amantes" | Pandora | 6 | Qualified |
| 5 | "La musa" | José Cantoral | 8 | Qualified |
| 6 | "Fuego en la sangre" | Marycela | 0 | — |
| 7 | "Corazón digital" | Okey | 0 | — |
| 8 | "Déjenos vivir" | Francisco Xavier | 5 | — |
| R/O | Song | Artist | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Atrápalo" | Byanca | 1 | — |
| 2 | "Sigue la vida" | Gibrán | 6 | — |
| 3 | "No pierdas el tiempo" | Laura Flores | 1 | — |
| 4 | "Nany, nany" | Jay-Boss | 0 | — |
| 5 | "Yo no sé" | Jorge Muñiz | 6 | Qualified |
| 6 | "Estoy loco" | Marcos Valdés | 0 | — |
| 7 | "Un ser humano" | José María Lobo | 7 | Qualified |
| 8 | "Sin libertad" | Dulce | 6 | Qualified |
Playoff
[edit]The playoff was held on Saturday 19 September 1987 following the third qualifying round. To select the last three semi-finalists, each of the nine jurors cast one vote for each of their three favorite entries among the fifteen not qualified.
| Song | Result |
|---|---|
| "América" | — |
| "Atrápalo" | — |
| "¡Basta ya!" | — |
| "Déjenos vivir" | Qualified |
| "Corazón digital" | — |
| "Estoy loco" | — |
| "Fuego en la sangre" | — |
| "La locura de vivir" | — |
| "Nany, nany" | — |
| "Ni una gota de amor" | — |
| "No pierdas el tiempo" | — |
| "Por ti" | — |
| "Sigue la vida" | Qualified |
| "Te declaro mi amor" | — |
| "Tu saborcito" | Qualified |
Semi-final
[edit]The semi-final was held on Saturday 3 October 1987. After all the competing entries were performed, each of the eleven jurors cast one vote for each of their six favorite entries, and the six most voted songs went on to the final.
| R/O | Song | Artist | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Tu saborcito" | La Pirámide | 1 | — |
| 2 | "Sigue la vida" | Gibrán | 8 | Qualified |
| 3 | "Un ser humano" | José María Lobo | 9 | Qualified |
| 4 | "Contra corriente" | Álvaro Dávila | 6 | — |
| 5 | "La musa" | José Cantoral | 9 | Qualified |
| 6 | "¡Ay, amor!" | Ana Gabriel | 9 | Qualified |
| 7 | "Los amantes" | Pandora | 3 | — |
| 8 | "Déjenos vivir" | Francisco Xavier | 2 | — |
| 9 | "Hazlo todo tú" | Hernán Visetti | 5 | — |
| 10 | "Sin libertad" | Dulce | 7 | Qualified |
| 11 | "1977" | Lara y Monárrez | 1 | — |
| 12 | "Yo no sé" | Jorge Muñiz | 6 | Qualified |
Final
[edit]The six-song final was held on Sunday 4 October 1987. The final was held in two rounds. In the first round, each of the eleven jurors cast aloud one vote for each of their three favorite entries, and the three most voted songs went on to the superfinal. In the superfinal, after the three songs were performed again, each juror announced aloud one vote for their favourite entry. The eleven jurors were: Silvia Pinal, Enrique Okamura, Rocío Banquells, Alma Elena Quintana, Tomás Méndez, Juan Calderón (chairperson), Shanik Berman, Moisés Ortega Medina, Marcos Olivares, Andrea Coto, and Jesús Gallegos.
The winner was "¡Ay, amor!", written and performed by Ana Gabriel. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.
| R/O | Song | Artist | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Yo no sé" | Jorge Muñiz | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | "La musa" | José Cantoral | 8 | Qualified |
| 3 | "Sin libertad" | Dulce | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | "Un ser humano" | José María Lobo | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | "Sigue la vida" | Gibrán | 10 | Qualified |
| 6 | "¡Ay, amor!" | Ana Gabriel | 7 | Qualified |
| R/O | Song | Silvia Pinal
|
Enrique Okamura
|
Rocío Banquells
|
Alma Elena Quintana
|
Tomás Méndez
|
Juan Calderón
|
Shanik Berman
|
Moisés Ortega Medina
|
Marcos Olivares
|
Andrea Coto
|
Jesús Gallegos
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Yo no sé" | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | "La musa" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 3 | "Sin libertad" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 4 | "Un ser humano" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 5 | "Sigue la vida" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 6 | "¡Ay, amor!" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| R/O | Song | Artist | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "La musa" | José Cantoral | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | "Sigue la vida" | Gibrán | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | "¡Ay, amor!" | Ana Gabriel | 6 | 1 |
| R/O | Song | Silvia Pinal
|
Enrique Okamura
|
Rocío Banquells
|
Alma Elena Quintana
|
Tomás Méndez
|
Juan Calderón
|
Shanik Berman
|
Moisés Ortega Medina
|
Marcos Olivares
|
Andrea Coto
|
Jesús Gallegos
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "La musa" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 2 | "Sigue la vida" | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | "¡Ay, amor!" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Merit awards
[edit]In the final, the jurors voted for the Best Male and Female Performer, Best Musical Arrangement, Breakout Male and Female Artist, and Best Group among the three shortlisted artist in each category.
Álvaro Dávila received the Best Male Performer Award; Ana Gabriel the Best Female Performer Award; Guillermo Méndez Guiú the Best Musical Arrangement Award for "Contra corriente"; José María Lobo the Breakout Male Artist Award; Lolita Cortés the Breakout Female Artist Award, and Pandora the Best Group Award.
Official album
[edit]12 finalistas del Festival OTI 1987 is the official compilation album of the sixteenth edition of the Mexican National OTI Festival, released by Melody Internacional in 1987. The vinyl LP features the studio version of the twelve songs qualified for the semi-final.[6]
At the OTI Festival
[edit]On 24 October 1987, the OTI Festival was held at Teatro São Luiz in Lisbon, Portugal, hosted by Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. Ana Gabriel performed "¡Ay, amor!" in position 19, with Chucho Ferrer conducting the event's orchestra, and placing third out of 24 competing entries, tying with the song from Spain.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Primera eliminatoria del XVI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1987 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 5 September 1987.
- ^ Segunda eliminatoria del XVI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1987 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 12 September 1987.
- ^ a b Tercera eliminatoria del XVI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1987 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 19 September 1987.
- ^ Semifinal del XVI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1987 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Querétaro, Mexico: Televisa. 3 October 1987.
- ^ Final del XVI Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1987 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Querétaro, Mexico: Televisa. 4 October 1987.
- ^ 12 finalistas del Festival OTI 1987 (Media notes). Various artists. Melody Internacional. 1987. MITV-133.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ XVI Festival de la canción OTI 1987 (Television programme) (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP). 24 October 1987 – via RTVE Play.