OTI Festival 1986
| OTI Festival 1986 | |
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| Date and venue | |
| Final |
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| Venue | Municipal Theatre Santiago, Chile |
| Organization | |
| Organizer | Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) |
| Supervisor | Darío de la Peña |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | |
| Director | Gonzalo Bertrán |
| Musical director | Horacio Saavedra |
| Presenters |
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| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 20 |
| Debuting countries | Canada |
| Returning countries | Bolivia |
| Non-returning countries | Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Spain |
Participation map
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each member of a single jury awards 5–1 points to its five favourite songs in a secret vote |
| Winning song | United States "Todos" |
The OTI Festival 1986 (Spanish: Decimoquinto Gran Premio de la Canción Iberoamericana, Portuguese: Décimo Quinto Grande Prêmio da Canção Ibero-Americana) was the 15th edition of the OTI Festival, held on 15 November 1986 at the Municipal Theatre in Santiago, Chile, and presented by Pamela Hodar and César Antonio Santis. 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), and Corporación de Televisión de la Universidad de Chile (UTV).
Broadcasters from twenty countries participated in the festival. The winner was the song "Todos" performed by Dámaris Carbaugh, Miguel Ángel Guerra, and Eduardo Fabián representing the United States; with "De color de rosa" by Prisma representing Mexico placing second; and "A ti no te ha dicho" by Hugo Marcel representing Argentina placing third.
The lead-up to the contest was met with controversy over calls for a boycott because it would being held under a military dictatorship. These came mainly from Spain, which did not participate for the first and only time in the history of the festival. The event itself was impacted by a power outage that affected major cities across the country and halted local broadcasting due to a bomb attack on a power tower.