The participation of Peru in the OTI Festival began at the first OTI Festival in 1972. The Peruvian participating broadcasters were Panamericana Televisión and (CPR), members of the (OTI). They participated in all twenty-eight editions of the festival, and hosted the event twice: in 1982 and 1997. Their best result was second achieved in 1973.
Peruvian first participant, Betty Missiego, would represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with "", placing second.
History Even though the debut of Peru in the festival was not successful, the following entries, which were selected internally, were much more promising. In fact, in 1973, "" performed by Gabriela de Jesús, placed second.
In 1977, "" by Cecilia Bracamonte managed to place sixth and turned into a hit in the South American country. In 1982, when the event was hosted in Lima for first time, "" by Elsa María Elejalde managed again to enter the top 10 with a seventh place.
In 1988, "" by achieved third place, and in 1996, "" by ended in the same place. Rocky Belmonte, returned to the event in 1990 and 1994. The last Peruvian representative in the event was Anna Carina, who, although she didn't manage to reach the top 10, turned into a well known personality in the country.
Participation overview + Table key 2 Second place 3 Third place F Finalist SF Semi-finalist ◇ Contest cancelled Year Song Artist Songwriter(s) Conductor Place Points 1972 "" Betty Missiego Betty Missiego Román Alís 9 3 1973 "" Gabriela de Jesús Ivan Pablo 2 10 1974 "" Jorge Madueño 18 0 1975 "" Gladys Mercado Luz María Carriquiry Enrique Lynch 10 3 1976 "" Fernando Llosa 15 1 1977 "" Cecilia Bracamonte Chabuca Granda Pancho Sáenz 6 3 1978 "" Amadeo Rosano 12 6 1979 "" José Escajadillo José Escajadillo Víctor Cuadros 11 14 1980 "" Regina Alcóver Regina Alcóver Víctor Salazar 11 13 1981 "" Gladys Mercado Violeta Roggero 12 11 1982 "" Elsa María Elejalde Víctor Cuadros 7 20 1983 "" Arturo Morales Félix Yosi Víctor Cuadros colspan=2 1984 "" Raúl Vásquez Luis Neves colspan=2 1985 "" Luis Alonso Manuel Cortez Víctor Cuadros colspan=2 1986 "" Francesco Petrozzi colspan=2 1987 "" Jenny Higginson Emilio Pepe Ortega Emilio Pepe Ortega colspan=2 1988 "" Jorge Tafur 3 16 1989 "" Mache Luis Dibos colspan=2 1990 "" Rocky Belmonte Jorge Tafur Jorge Tafur colspan=2 1991 "" Eva Ayllón y Fahed Mitre Miguel Figueroa 1992 "" Tania Helfgott Óscar Cavero colspan=2 1993 "" Gian Marco Gian Marco Emilio Pepe Ortega colspan=2 1994 "" Rocky Belmonte José Fabra 1995 "" Julio Andrade Carlos Wong colspan=2 1996 "" Ángel Chanon Víctor Salazar 3 1997 "" Fabiola de la Cuba A. Aguirre Víctor Salazar 1998 "" Lupe Eslava Álvaro Esquivel 1999 Contest cancelled ◇ 2000 "" Anna Carina Hernando Hernández
Hosting Year City Venue Hosts 1982 Lima Coliseo Amauta 1997 Plaza Mayor
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