OTI Festival 1973
| OTI Festival 1973 | |
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| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Palácio das Artes Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| Organization | |
| Organizer | Organização da Televisão Ibero-americana (OTI) |
| Supervisor | Amaury Daumas |
| Host broadcaster | TV Itacolomi–Rede Tupi |
| Musical director | Ivan Paulo |
| Presenters |
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| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 14 |
| Debuting countries | Mexico |
Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country had 5 jurors and each of them voted for their favourite entry. |
| Winning song | Mexico "Qué alegre va María" |
The OTI Festival 1973 (Portuguese: Segundo Grande Prêmio da Canção Ibero-Americana, Spanish: Segundo Gran Premio de la Canción Iberoamericana) was the second edition of the OTI Festival, held on 10 November 1973 at the Palácio das Artes in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and presented by Walter Forster and Íris Lettieri. It was organised by the Organização da Televisão Ibero-americana (OTI) and host broadcaster TV Itacolomi on behalf of Rede Tupi, who staged the event after winning the 1972 festival for Brazil with the song "Diálogo" by Claudia Regina and Tobías.
Broadcasters from fourteen countries took part, with Mexico competing for the first time and joining the original thirteen participating countries from the previous contest. Ecuador, who was also going to join for the first time, made a late withdrawal. The winner was the song "Qué alegre va María" performed by Imelda Miller representing Mexico. A tie for the first place occurred at the end of the jury voting, with the entry from Mexico tying on points with "El mundo gira por tu amor" by Gabriela de Jesús representing Peru, and winning after applying the tiebreaker procedure.