Cuba in the OTI Festival 1991
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Cuba was represented at the OTI Festival 1991 with the song "Si todos saben de ti", written by Rolando Ojeda, and performed by Delia Díaz de Villegas. The Cuban participating broadcaster, the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT), selected its entry through a national televised competition. The song, qualified from the semi-final, was one of the finalists.
National stage
The Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT) held a national televised competition to select its debut entry for the 20th edition of the OTI Festival. This first edition of the national OTI festival, titled OTI 91, de La Habana a Acapulco, featured twenty-four songs in a semi-final, of which eight qualified for the final.
The shows were staged at ICRT's studio 19 in the FOCSA Building in Havana, were presented by Mirtha Medina and Carlos Otero, and were broadcast live on Cubavisión. Between 6 July and 7 September, the competing entries had been gradually presented in the weekly show Sábado conmigo, and the performances recorded there had been rebroadcast daily in prime time on Cubavisión.
The jury was composed of Amaury Pérez Vidal, Enrique Pineda Barnet, Enriqueta Almanza, Juan Formell, Miguel Patterson, Eugenio Pedraza Ginori, and Soledad Delgado. Each juror scored between 1 and 10 points each of the entries, considering various aspects of the song and the performer.
Semi-final
The semi-final was held on Saturday 21 September 1991, beginning at 20:30 CDT (00:30+1 UTC).
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