Quincho Barrilete
The contest was won by the Nicaraguan entrant Eduardo Gonzalez with his song Quincho Barrilete. This year unlike the previous one, both Portugal and The performance round was ended by the entry from El Salvador entitled "Enséñame a vivir" (Teach me how to live) which was performed by Ana Marcela D'Antonio.
In contrast with previous years, five countries tied for last place, having no points.
El sábado 12 de noviembre de 1977, en el Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid, la canción «Quincho Barrilete», de Carlos Mejía Godoy, venció el último obstáculo: se impuso ante su gran rival, «Hombre», del reconocido cantautor mexicano José María Napoleón. Since this cultural centre was opened, it has hosted expositions of various nature, from music performances to art exhibitions, all of which are mainly related to the The stage of this sixth show of the OTI Festival had a triangular shape and a light blue color with some metallic elements on top and the logo of OTI in one of the corners. The Mexican performer Jose María Napoleón was the seventh one to take the stage. The number of participating countries reached a new record of 21 delegations from different Latin American countries breaking the previous record that was reached in As happened in the previous editions, both the state financed (for example RTVE) and the privately funded TV and Radio stations that were members of As usual some of the participating countries such as It must be taken into account that all the Central American countries participated in this year's edition. The presenters after the opening act, performed by the philharmonic orchestra of TVE gave their usual introductory speech in When the performance round started, as usual the presenters made brief individual presentations of the participating performers and entries. As happened from the inaugural edition, the host broadcaster, in this RTVE in collaboration with the Iberoamerican Television Organisation (OTI) organised a draw in Madrid few days before the event took place. This sixth edition of the festival not only broke the record of participating countries with 21 delegations, but also reached a record of audience with a striking viewing figures of three hundred million viewers. OTI Festival 1977 was the sixth edition of the OTI Festival that was held in Madrid on November 12, the same city where the inaugural edition of the Latin-American song contest was held back in 1972. The Brazilian entrant Lolita Rodrigues and her counterparts from Honduras, México, Guatemala and Costa Rica were heavily criticised and didn't receive points from the juries. In fact, Another interesting fact is the return of Portugal. That contributed to the fact that the winner was known in a record space of time. Canción Ganadora Del VI Festival De La OTI77 This entry suffered from the start a cold welcome due to the scandal that created his unexpected victory in the national final. Trecientos millones de telespectadores siguieron la transmisión en vivo. 12 de noviembre de 1977: Presentadores: Miguel de los Santos Mari Cruz Soriano: Televisión anfitriona: Radiotelevisión Española: Lugar: Centro Cultural de la Villa Madrid, España: Ganador(a) Quincho Barrilete, Guayo González Nicaragua: Participantes: 21: Retornos Portugal República Dominicana This theatre is located under the Jardines del Descubrimiento park in the centre of Madrid. This edition of the festival was notable for taking place in the newly democratic Spain led by Unlike the inaugural edition, when the contest was held in the Congress Palace of Madrid, this sixth edition of the contest was held in The Cultural Centre of the Ville of Madrid. The national juries of every participating country were contacted directly by telephone by the presenters from the Ruiz de Alarcón Theatre in Acapulco in order to know the decision of the jurors. Esta cancion describe al niño … According to the original rules of the OTI Festival, the winning country of the As the host country, the broadcaster RTVE was going to be the organiser of this year's edition, for that reason the top member of the corporation arranged a meeting in order to decide the day, the city and the venue where the contest would be held. The voting system followed the same process of the previous years in which the national juries were contacted by telephone by the presenters. The performance round was opened by the entrant from the Netherlands Antilles with his love song "Gente eres tu" (You are people) with received a mainly cold welcome by the followers of the festival. As in the inaugural edition Madrid was announced as the host city due to its notable infrastructure and experience to host international expositions and also because of the growing reputation of the Spanish capital as a tourist hub.
Hace 40 años Nicaragua obtuvo por primera vez un lugar en el Festival Iberoamericano de la Canción. One hundred million more than the previous edition. The voting process was tense, but the length of it was much shorter due to the reduction in the number of national jurors. The entries from the United States and the Dominican Republic were the eighth and ninth ones to take the stage respectively. For instance, the number of participating countries experienced a new record of 21 competing entries selected by their participating broadcaster.
Quincho Barrilete Eduardo González Festival OTI 1977 - YouTube This time the festival was held in the "Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid" (Cultural Center of the Ville of Madrid) and was presented by the news journalists Mari Cruz Soriano and Miguel de los Santos. Revisar Cambios The host entrants the popular Spanish band Trigo Limpio were the sixth ones to take the stage receiving, before and after, a warm welcome by the fans and later by the juries. Shortly after the start of the voting process, Nicaragua led the scoreboard, far ahead of performers from the Dominican Republic and the United States and Spain, the other four performers that reached the podium.