OTI Festival 1978
| OTI Festival 1978 | |
|---|---|
| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Municipal Theatre Santiago, Chile |
| Organization | |
| Organizer | Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) |
| Supervisor | Condorcet Da Silva Costa |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | |
| Director | Fernando Leighton |
| Musical director | Juan Azúa |
| Presenters | |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 19 |
| Debuting countries | Paraguay |
| Non-returning countries | Guatemala Nicaragua Portugal |
Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 5-1 points to their 5 favourite songs |
| Winning song | Brazil "El amor... cosa tan rara" |
The OTI Festival 1978 (Spanish: Séptimo Gran Premio de la Canción Iberoamericana, Portuguese: Sétimo Grande Prêmio da Canção Ibero-Americana) was the seventh edition of the OTI Festival, held on 2 December 1978 at the Municipal Theatre in Santiago, Chile, and presented by Raúl Matas and Raquel Argandoña. It was organised by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) and host broadcasters Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), Corporación de Televisión de la Universidad Católica de Chile (UCTV), Corporación de Televisión de la Universidad de Chile (UTV), and Corporación de Televisión de la Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (UCVTV). This was the first edition of the festival in which the winning broadcaster of the previous edition didn't host the following year.
Broadcasters from nineteen countries participated in the festival. The winner was the song "El amor... cosa tan rara" performed by Denisse de Kalafe representing Brazil, with "Ha vuelto ya" by Susy Leman representing the United States placing second, and "Como tú" by Lupita D'Alessio representing Mexico placing third. This year's edition saw several important changes to the festival's format.