OTI Festival 1973
# Country Artists Song Place Points
1 Panama Orlando Morales Soy feliz 12 2
2 Uruguay Aldo El mundo es un corazón 8 4
3 Spain Camilo Sesto Algo más 5 6
4 Argentina Juan Eduardo Dije que te quiero 9 3
5 Bolivia Arturo Quesada No sé vivir sin ti 14 1
6 Colombia Claudia Osuna Una orquídea , un amor 9 3
7 Peru Gabriela de Jesús El mundo gira por tu amor 2 10
8 Venezuela Mayra Martí Poema para el olvido 9 3
9 Brazil Nadinho da Ilha Baianero 4 7
10 Puerto Rico Oscar Solo Yo quiero una orquesta 6 5
11 Chile Antonio Zabaleta Cuando tú vuelvas 6 5
12 Dominican Republic Niní Caffaro El juicio final 3 9
13 Mexico Imelda Miller Qué alegre va María 1 10
14 Portugal Paco Bandeira Poema de mim 12 2
Result -- First result
The OTI Festival 1973 was the second edition of the OTI Festival which was held on November 10 in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte. The festival was presented by Murilo Néri. With the debut of México, this time 14 countries participated in the event, one more compared to the first edition in which Mexico had been disqualified. It was precisely the Mexican entrant Imelda Miller the one who got the most attention by the juries and won the festival.