Viña del Mar International Song Festival

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Viña del Mar International Song by EPMC Contest or Viña del Mar International Song Festival Spanish: Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar
Overture to the closing night of LI Viña del Mar International Song Festival (2010)
Genre	Various
Dates	3rd week of February
Location(s)	Viña del Mar, Chile
Years active	1960-present
Capacity	15,000
Website	Viña del Mar International Song Festival

The Viña del Mar International Song Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar) is a music festival that has been held annually during the 3rd week of February in Viña del Mar, Chile. Started in 1960, it is the oldest and largest music festival in Latin America.^[1][2][3]

Every year invited artists such as Tom Jones, Rick Astley, Sting, Backstreet Boys, Franz Ferdinand, Elton John, Cat Stevens and Morrissey perform alongside Latin artists such as Soda Stereo, Chayanne, Ricky Martin, Prince Royce, Marc Anthony, Carlos Santana, Daddy Yankee and Thalía. There are also singing competitions with prizes for the winners; one of the best known is Shakira, who finished in 3rd place in her competition.^{[citation needed]}

The Festival takes place in the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater^[4] and attracts over 15,000 spectators. It has been broadcast live on radio and on Chilean television over the years by TVN, Canal 13, Megavisión or Chilevisión, regularly breaking viewing records.^[4] The Vina festival features a song competition in two categories, (pop music and folk music, interspersed with performances by international music stars encompassing such diverse genres as rock, and pop music in various languages, cumbia, salsa, reggaetón, bachata among others.

History[edit]

Between 1984 and 1989 Leonardo Schultz and Gary H. Mason, one of the Pioneers of the Reggaeton Movement, teamed up to help revamp the festival and streamline its operations. They arranged for the appearance of artists including: The Police, Air Supply, Eddie Money, Sheena Easton, Jose Feliciano (the pair produced his Grammy nominated album Escenas de amor in 1982, as well as the Grammy winning album Me enamoré in 1983), Andy Gibb, Neil Sedaka, Gloria Gaynor, Mr. Mister to name a few. In 1988 and 1989, Thomas Anders (of Modern Talking fame) was the festival's headliner, one of the first times an artist was invited back to perform two years in a row.

Schultz and Mason also arranged for major international jurors including: George Martin (the Beatles' producer), Maurice Jarre (scored the films such as Dr. Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, Witness, A Passage To India, and Ghost), Manoella Torres (Mason produced her hit duet, which was written by Schultz entitled "No me mires así"), Joey Travolta, Connie Stevens and many others.

In the 1990s the broadcast rights to the Festival were given to Televisa, and featured prominent Mexican Artists, as well as major Latin Artists.

In 2008, American rock music band Journey played their first concert with new vocalist Arnel Pineda at the festival. The 2008 Viña Festival was hosted by Sergio Lagos and Tonka Tomicic, and headlined by Nelly Furtado, Wisin & Yandel, and Earth, Wind & Fire.

In 2009, artists such as Latin sensation Daddy Yankee and the legendary British band Simply Red captivated the audience of Viña. For its 50th edition, the festival's hosts were the late Felipe Camiroaga and news reader Soledad Onetto.

"El Monstruo"[edit]

Traditionally, the Festival's audience openly demonstrates its acceptance or displeasure with the established acts performing there, as well as contestants in the two competitions. As a result, the Chilean media has nicknamed the Festival's audience El Monstruo ("The Monster"). Earning acceptance from El Monstruo usually has a direct impact on an artist's popularity in the rest of Latin America. This is particularly true for Spanish speaking pop stars. Conversely, booing artists off the stage is not uncommon.

Artists compete in the Festival's regular competitions for one of three awards, given in this order: "Antorcha de Plata" (Silver Torch), "Antorcha de Oro" (Golden Torch) and "Gaviota de Plata" (Silver Seagull). However, audience response may demand that one of the three awards - or, progressively, all three- also be awarded to an established act as their performance progresses. An artist who "tames the "Monstruo"" by earning all three awards receives almost instant recognition as a major star by Chilean and Latin American media.

The Stage[edit]

Each year the TV companies try to improve on the previous year's set. Millions are invested in creating elaborate stages.

Winner songs[edit]

International contest[edit]

Before 1968, the contest only allowed Chilean composers.
In 2000 the contest included the best songs in the history of the festival.
In 2009, the contest included former winners between 2001 and 2008.
In 2010 had a contest with the most representative songs of the participant countries.

Event		Country	Song Title	Composer	Artist
I	1960	Chile	"Viña"	José Goles and Manuel Lira	Mario del Monte
II	1961	Chile	"Sin tu amor"	Óscar Olivares and Gilberto Ávila	Los Cuatro Duendes
III	1962	Chile	"Dime por qué"	María Pilar Larraín	Los Cuatro Duendes
IV	1963	Chile	"Tan sólo una mirada"	Juan Vásquez	Marco Aurelio
V	1964	Chile	"Está de más"	Ricardo Jara	Ginette Acevedo
VI	1965	Chile	"Como una ola"	María Angélica Ramírez	Cecilia
VII	1966	Chile	"Por creer en ti"	Marco Aurelio and Jaime Atria	Isabel Adams
VIII	1967	Chile	"Cuando rompa el alba"	Willy Bascuñán	Fresia Soto
IX	1968	Spain	"Palabras"	Jorge Domingo, Enrique Carnicer and Carmen Pons de Carnicer	Luz Eliana
X	1969	Chile	"Mira, mira"	Scottie Scott	Gloria Simonetti
XI	1970	Chile	"Canción a Magdalena"	Julio Zegers	Julio Zegers
XII	1971	Void contest by plagiarism
XIII	1972	Netherlands	"Julie"	Julio Bernardo Euson	Euson
XIV	1973	Chile	"Los pasajeros"	Julio Zegers	Julio Zegers
XV	1974	Italy	"Immagina"	Giancarlo de Bellis	Annarita Spinaci
XVI	1975	Greece	"Love Song"	H. Ballin, N. Ellineos and Kostas Karagiannopoulos	Elpida
XVII	1976	Chile	"Una noche de amor"	Carlos Baeza	Roberto Viking Valdés
XVIII	1977	Israel	"Canción de amor"	Boaz Sharabi	Nava Baruchin
XIX	1978	Chile	"El tiempo en las bastillas"	Fernando Ubiergo	Fernando Ubiergo
XX	1979	Spain	"A tu regreso a casa"	Braulio	Braulio
XXI	1980	Spain	"Dudando, dudando"	Julio Seijas and Augusto Algueró	Juan Sebastián
XXII	1981	Germany	"Esperando"	Karl-Heinz Merkel and Cherry Laine	Cherry Laine
XXIII	1982	Chile	"Ausencia"	Juan Carlos Duque	Juan Carlos Duque
XXIV	1983	Uruguay	"Alma, corazón y pan"	Gervasio	Gervasio
XXV	1984	Chile	"Se te olvida"	Héctor Penrós Bañas	Cristóbal
XXVI	1985	Australia	"Ya no puedo más"	K. C. Porter, Chris Turner and Lorenzo Toppano	Lorenzo Toppano
XXVII	1986	Dominican Republic	"Para quererte"	José Antonio Rodríguez and Manuel Tejada	Maridalia Hernández
XXVIII	1987	Italy	"Kiss me"	Antonio and Anna Maria de Salvatore	Desà
XXIX	1988	Italy	"Senza te"	Maurizio Piccoli and Gino Mescoli	Marco Del Freo
XXX	1989	Colombia	"Te propongo"	Fernando Garavito	Edna Rocio
XXXI	1990	Italy	"Non devi abbandonarmi mai"	Angela Tarenzzi	Piero Cotto
XXXII	1991	Chile	"Tira la primera piedra"	Edgardo Riquelme and Sergio Bravo	Javiera Parra and Pedro Foncea
XXXIII	1992	Chile	"Parece tan sencillo"	Juan Carlos Duque	Fernando Casas
XXXIV	1993	Italy	"In questo mondo"	Giuseppe Garibo	Claudio Cirimele
XXXV	1994	Argentina	"Como ayer"	Claudia Brant and Daniel Tarrab	Claudia Brant
XXXVI	1995	Chile	"Si tú te vas"	Cristian Fissore and René Calderón	Jossé
XXXVII	1996	Italy	"Aria Ario"	Paolo Meneguzzi, Dino Melotti, M. Botoni and C. Isgro	Paolo Meneguzzi
XXXVIII	1997	Argentina	"Para vivir un dulce amor"	Víctor Heredia and Carlos Nilson	Carlos Elías
XXXIX	1998	Chile	"Soy tal cual soy"	Álvaro Scaramelli	Álvaro Scaramelli
XL	1999	Colombia	"El aguacero"	Alejandro Gómez Cáceres	Carolina Sabino
XLI	2000	France	"Laisse-moi le Temps" / "Let Me Try Again"	M. Jourdan and Caravelli / Paul Anka and Sammy Cahn	Peabo Bryson
XLII	2001	Argentina	"Ayer te vi"	Víctor Heredia	Raly Barrionuevo
XLIII	2002	Argentina	"Soy tu ángel"	Ricardo Pald and Valeria Lynch	Oscar Patiño
XLIV	2003	Spain	"Este amor es tuyo"	Chema Purón	Gisela
XLV	2004	Chile	"Tus ojos"	Alexis Venegas	Alexis Venegas
XLVI	2005	Peru	"Mi alma entre tus manos"	Jessica Sarango, Jorge Pardo and Andrés Landavere	Jorge Pardo
XLVII	2006	Costa Rica	"Dilo de una vez"	Humberto Vargas Valerio	Humberto Vargas Valerio
XLVIII	2007	Spain	"Cuando quieras volver"	Pedro Fernández and Valderrama Díaz	Materia Prima
XLIX	2008	Italy	"La guerra dei trent' anni"	Domenico Protino	Domenico Protino
L	2009	Argentina	"Ayer te vi"	Víctor Heredia	Emiliano Ríos
LI	2010	Italy	"Volare"	Domenico Modugno and Franco Migliacci	Simona Galeandro
LII	2011	Canada	"Try Anything"	Chris Burke-Gaffney, Christopher Ward and Sierra Noble	Sierra Noble
LIII	2012	Italy	"Grazie a te"	Bruno Rubino, Giusseppe di Tella and Denise Faro	Denise Faro
LIV	2013	Iceland	"Because You Can"	Jonas Gladnikoff, Christina Schilling, Camilla Gottschalck, Örlygur Smári and Hera Björk	Hera Björk
LV	2014	Canada	"Hypnotized"	Jeffery Straker	Jeffery Straker
LVI	2015	Italy	"Per fortuna"	Franco Simone	Michele Cortese
LVII	2016	Chile	"Te quiero"	Lucía Covarrubias	Cristián & Lucía
LVIII	2017	Spain	"Dónde estabas tú"	Salvador Beltrán	Salvador Beltrán
LIX	2018	Chile	"Cobarde"	Gabriela Pulgar	Gabriela Pulgar

Winning countries

•  Chile: 23 times (13 times in the International Contest + 9 when the Contest was only national)
•  Italy: 10 times
•  Spain: 6 times
•  Argentina: 5 times
•  Colombia: twice
•  Canada: twice
•  Germany: once
•  Australia: once
•  Costa Rica: once
•  France: once
•  Greece: once
•  Israel: once
•  Netherlands: once
•  Peru: once
•  Dominican Republic: once
•  Uruguay: once
•  Iceland: once

Folk contest[edit]

Between 1974 and 1980 this contest was cancelled by the military dictarship of Augusto Pinochet
Before 2000, the contest only allowed Chilean composers.
In 2009, the contest included the former winners between 2001 and 2008.

Event		Country	Song Title	Composer	Artist
II	1961	Chile	"La consentida"	Jaime Atria	Olga Escobar and Estampas Criollas
III	1962	Chile	"El loro aguafiestas"	Manuel Lira and José Goles	Sylvia Infantas and Los Cóndores
IV	1963	Chile	"Álamo huacho"	Clara Solovera	Los Huasos Quincheros
V	1964	Chile	"Qué bonita va"	Francisco Flores del Campo	Los Huasos Quincheros
VI	1965	Chile	"Mano nortina"	Hernán Álvarez	Los Cuatro Cuartos
VII	1966	Chile	"La burrerita"	Sofanor Tobar	Los Paulos
VIII	1967	Chile	"Voy pa' Mendoza"	Willy Bascuñan	Los Solitarios
IX	1968	Chile	"Camanchaca y polvareda"	Ricardo de la Fuente	Los Ponchos Negros
X	1969	Chile	"Cuando tomo la guitarra"	Orlando Muñoz and Alsino Fuentes	Los Alfiles Negros
XI	1970	Chile	"El hombre"	Rolando Alarcón	Rolando Alarcón and Los Emigrantes
XII	1971	Chile	"La torcacita"	Óscar Cáceres and Luis Barragán	Ginette Acevedo
XIII	1972	Chile	"Viejo puente"	Ariel Arancibia and Fernando Pavez	Los Lazos
XIV	1973	Chile	"Mi río"	Julio Numhauser	Charo Cofré
XXII	1981	Chile	"Ay, Fernanda"	Ricardo de la Fuente	Santiago Cuatro
XXIII	1982	Chile	"La tejedora"	Sandra Ramírez	Pedro Messone
XXIV	1983	Chile	"En los tiempos de mi abuelo"	Roberto Rojas and Juan Castillo	Juan Carlos Méndez
XXV	1984	Chile	"Chile, una postal"	Teresa Rodríguez	Los Chacareros de Paine
XXVI	1985	Chile	"La reina del Tamarugal"	Manuel Veas and Luis Miranda	Calichal
XXVII	1986	Chile	"Sube a mi lancha"	Ignacio Millán	Chilote Peñaloza and Los Huillincanos
XXVIII	1987	Chile	"Rapa Nui, mi amor"	Ignacio Millán and María Teresa Díaz	Lorena and Manu Rere
XXIX	1988	Chile	"Camino a Socoroma"	Danny Rodríguez	Los Yanacochas
XXX	1989	Chile	"Maja en Aldachildo"	Ricardo de la Fuente	Ricardo de la Fuente
XXXI	1990	Chile	"No habrá verso que me alcance"	Yayo Castro and Hugo Castillo	Los Surcadores del Viento
XXXII	1991	Chile	"De chingana"	Héctor Molina	Héctor Molina
XXXIII	1992	Chile	"Tejiendo está la manque"	Cecilia González	Leticia and Cantarauco
XXXIV	1993	Chile	"Canto del agua"	Agustín Moncada	Kal
XXXV	1994	Chile	"Mirando pa' la bahía"	José Luis Hernández	José Luis Hernández and Cantamérica
XXXVI	1995	Chile	"María Leonor Lucía"	Magdalena Matthey	Magdalena Matthey
XXXVII	1996	Chile	"Cueca tristona"	Edson Guerrero	Clarita Parra
XXXVIII	1997	Chile	"Cartagena"	Claudio Guzmán	Tito Fernández
XXXIX	1998	Chile	"La noche de Chillán"	Pablo Neruda and Vicente Bianchi	Santiago Cuatro
XL	1999	Chile	"Cueca pulenta"	Víctor Hugo Campusano	Altamar
XLI	2000	Chile	"El corralero"	Sergio Sauvalle	Los Huasos Quincheros
XLII	2001	Chile	"Whipala"	Danny Rodríguez	Danny Rodríguez
XLIII	2002	Peru	"Juramento"	Carlos Rincón	Eduardo del Perú
XLIV	2003	Argentina	"Pintadita"	Fernando Barrientos	Fernando Barrientos
XLV	2004	Argentina	"Bailando con tu sombra (Alelí)"	Víctor Heredia	Abel Pintos
XLVI	2005	Chile	"Cueca al sol"	Isabel Parra	Camila Méndez
XLVII	2006	Chile	"Canción de agua y viento"	Elizabeth Morris	Elizabeth Morris and group
XLVIII	2007	Colombia	"Me duele el alma"	Leonardo Gómez and Diana Hernández	Maria Mulata
XLIX	2008	Peru	"Tusuy Kusun"	Damaris Mallma	Damaris and group
L[5]	2009	Chile	"Cueca al sol"	Isabel Parra	Camila Méndez
LI	2010	Argentina	"El cantar es andar"	César Isella	César Isella
LII	2011	Chile	"De Pascua Lama"	Patricio Manns	Valentina Sepúlveda and Diapazón Porteño
LIII	2012	Chile	"Caprichosa"	Gogo Muñoz and Lucas Saavedra	Mauro Zapata and Fiesta Andina
LIV	2013	Chile	"Con el zapatito, con el zapatón"	Paula Herrera	Paula Herrera
LV	2014	Chile	"La retirada"	La Pájara	Javiera Bobadilla
LVI	2015	Chile	"La mejicana"	Elizabeth Morris	Elizabeth Morris
LVII	2016	Panama	"Viene de Panamá"		Afrodisiaco
LVIII	2017	Chile	"Carnavalito de la esperanza"	Juan Andrés Soko and Francisco Flores	Trifussa
LIX	2018	Chile	Mundo al revés	Astrid Veas	Astrid Veas

Winning countries (since 2001, start of International Folk Contest)

•  Chile: 11 times (and 33 years of National Folk Contest, between 1961-1973 and 1981-2000)
•  Argentina: 3 times
•  Peru: twice
•  Colombia: once
•  Panama: once

Performing Artists[edit]

Every year international artists are invited to perform at the Festival.

Festival Queen[edit]

Every year the festival selects a queen. Popular personalities apply to be queen, often offering outrageous stunts to win.

The queen is chosen by a vote organized by the newspaper La Cuarta.^[6] Journalists accredited to the Festival express their preferences through a secret ballot.

The day after the election there is a coronation and the delivery of a band and a ring as a prize by the relevant authorities. Since 2001, on the day of the coronation the Queen of the Festival has to dive into the pool at the Hotel O'Higgins in Vina del Mar in front of the media.^[7]

Some of the women chosen as Queen include: Celia Cruz, Diana Bolocco, Thalía, Sigrid Alegría, Yuri, Raffaella Carrà, Tonka Tomicic, and Gloria Trevi.

List of Queens[edit]

Year	Queen	Country	TV Channel	Notes
2018	Betsy Camino	Cuba	Canal 13
2017	Kika Silva	Chile	Canal 13
2016	Nicole "Luli" Moreno	Chile	Canal 13
2015	Jhendelyn Nuñez	Chile	Canal 13	Known for participating in Vedette shows.
2014	Sigrid Alegría	Chile	Canal 13	Film and TV actress
2013	Dominique Gallego	Chile	Canal 13	Star on numerous reality shows
2012	Valeria Ortega	Chile	Canal 13	Journalist.
2011	Andrea Dellacasa	Argentina	Canal 13	Vedette.
2010	Carolina Arregui	Chile	Canal 13	Actress in TV Series, 2010 festival juror
2009	Catherine Fulop	Venezuela	Canal 13	Actress in TV Series, 2009 festival juror
2008	Pilar Ruiz	Colombia		Reality show participant
2007	Diana Bolocco	Chile	Canal 13	Journalist, Cecilia Bolocco's Sister, TV show host.
2006	Tonka Tomicic	Chile	TVN	Participated in Miss World 1995
2005	Luciana Salazar	Argentina	Chilevisión	Showbiz Queen from Argentina
2004	Carolina "Pampita" Ardohain	Argentina		Benjamín Vicuña's wife.
2003	María Eugenia Larraín	Chile	Canal 13	Showbiz Queen from Chile.
2002	Patricia Manterola	Mexico		Artist invited to the festival that year, crowned for the second time.
2001	Natalia Oreiro	Uruguay		Artist invited
2000	Celia Cruz	Cuba  United States		Invited the same year, as part of the festival show.
1999	Carla Perez	Brazil		Presenter
1998	Sofía Franco	Peru		Presenter
1997	Thalía	Mexico		Invited artist
1996	Paola Falcone	Chile		Participated in Miss Universe 1995
1995	Patricia Manterola	Mexico		Artist invited
1994	Sofía Vergara	Colombia		Presenter
1993	Gloria Trevi	Mexico		Artist invited
1992	Lucero	Mexico		Had a romance with Felipe Camiroaga
1991	Yuri	Mexico		Invited artist
1990	Xuxa	Brazil		Invited artist
1989	Myriam Hernández	Chile		Invited artist
1988	Marcela "Mache" Sánchez	Peru
1987	Irene Llano	Chile		Invited artist
1986	Cindy Valentine	Canada		Participated in the "competencia internacional"
1985	María Conchita Alonso	Venezuela		Invited artist
1984	Gianina Matei	Romania		Participated in "competencia internacional"
1983	Lucía Méndez[n 1]	Mexico		Formed part of the festival judging panel
1982	Raffaella Carrà[n 1]	Italy		Invited artist
1979	María Graciela Gómez[n 1]	Chile		Presenter

Notas

Queens per country[edit]

Country	#	Year
Chile	15	1979, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Mexico	7	1983, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2002
Argentina	3	2004, 2005, 2011
Venezuela	2	1985, 2009
Colombia	2	1994, 2008
Brazil	2	1990, 1999
Peru	2	1988, 1998
Uruguay	1	2001
Cuba	1	2000
Canada	1	1986
Romania	1	1984
Italy	1	1982

See also[edit]

• List of historic rock festivals
• List of music festivals in Chile

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Festival de Viña del Mar.

• Viña del Mar International Song Festival (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 33°01′47″S 71°33′09″W / 33.02972°S 71.55250°W / -33.02972; -71.55250