OTI Festival 1976
| OTI Festival 1976 | |
|---|---|
| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Teatro Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Centro de Convenciones Acapulco, Mexico |
| Organization | |
| Organizer | Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) |
| Host broadcaster | Televisa |
| Musical director | Jesús Rodriguez de Hijar |
| Presenters | |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 19 |
| Debuting countries | Costa Rica |
| Returning countries | Honduras |
| Non-returning countries | Bolivia Dominican Republic |
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 | Spain "Canta cigarra" |
The OTI Festival 1976 (Spanish: Quinto Gran Premio de la Canción Iberoamericana, Portuguese: Quinto Grande Prêmio da Canção Ibero-Americana) was the fifth edition of the OTI Festival, held on 30 October 1976 at the Teatro Juan Ruiz de Alarcón of the Centro de Convenciones in Acapulco, Mexico, and presented by Raúl Velasco and Susana Dosamantes. It was organised by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) and host broadcaster Televisa, who staged the event after winning the 1975 festival for Mexico with the song "La felicidad" by Gualberto Castro. Velasco had previously presented the 1974 festival at the same venue.
Broadcasters from nineteen countries participated in the festival, the same number of participants as the two previous years. The winner was the song "Canta cigarra" performed by María Ostiz representing Spain, with "Soy" by Las Cuatro Monedas representing Venezuela placing second, and "Era sólo un chiquillo" by José Alfredo Fuentes representing Chile placing third.