Mexico in the OTI Festival 1972
| Mexico in the OTI Festival 1972 | ||||
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| OTI Festival 1972 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Telesistema Mexicano (TSM) | |||
| Country | Mexico | |||
| Selection process | National OTI Festival | |||
| Selection date | 24 September 1972 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Yo no voy a la guerra" | |||
| Artist | Alberto Ángel "El Cuervo" | |||
| Songwriter | Roberto Cantoral | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | Disqualified | |||
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Mexico was set to be represented at the OTI Festival 1972 with the song "Yo no voy a la guerra", written by Roberto Cantoral, and performed by Alberto Ángel "El Cuervo". The Mexican participating broadcaster, Telesistema Mexicano (TSM), had selected its entry through a national televised competition with several phases. The song, was disqualified by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) Program Commission because its lyrics didn't comply with the rules of the competition for going against "the idiosyncratic sensitivity or way of life of the Ibero-American peoples". They requested TSM to send another song, which TSM ultimately did not do.