OTI Festival 1985

OTI Festival 1985
Date and venue
Final
  • 21 September 1985 (1985-09-21)
VenueTeatro Lope de Vega
Seville, Spain
Organization
OrganizerOrganización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI)
Production
Host broadcasterTelevisión Española (TVE)
DirectorFrancisco Navarrete
Musical directorEduardo Leiva
Presenters
Participants
Number of entries21
Returning countries Uruguay
Non-returning countries Brazil
Participation map
  •      Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1985
Vote
Voting systemEach member of a single jury awards 5–1 points to its five favourite songs in a secret vote
Winning song Mexico
"El fandango aquí"

The OTI Festival 1985 (Spanish: Decimocuarto Gran Premio de la Canción Iberoamericana, Portuguese: Décimo Quarto Grande Prêmio da Canção Ibero-Americana) was the 14th edition of the OTI Festival, held on 21 September 1985 at Teatro Lope de Vega in Seville, Spain, and presented by Paloma San Basilio and Emilio Aragón. It was organised by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) and host broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE).

Broadcasters from twenty-one countries participated in the festival, with Brazil not participating for the first time. The winner was the song "El fandango aquí" performed by Eugenia León representing Mexico; with "Y tú prohibida" by Marcelo Alejandro representing Argentina and "La Niña, la Pinta y la Santa María" by Jesús Fichamba representing Ecuador both placing second; and "Para poder vivir" by Juan Carlos Duque representing Chile placing third.