Mexico in the OTI Festival 1976
| Mexico in the OTI Festival 1976 | ||||
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| OTI Festival 1976 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Televisa | |||
| Country | Mexico | |||
| Selection process | National OTI Festival | |||
| Selection date | 3 October 1976 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "De que te quiero, te quiero" | |||
| Artist | Gilberto Valenzuela | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 6th, 8 votes | |||
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Mexico was represented at the OTI Festival 1976 with the song "De que te quiero, te quiero", written by Rubén Fuentes, Eduardo Magallanes, and Mario Molina Montes, and performed by Gilberto Valenzuela. The Mexican participating broadcaster, Televisa, selected its entry through a national televised competition with several phases. The song, that was performed in position 6, placed 6th out of 19 competing entries, with 8 votes. In addition, Televisa was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Teatro Juan Ruiz de Alarcón of the Centro de Convenciones in Acapulco, after winning the previous edition with the song "La felicidad" by Gualberto Castro.