Viña del Mar International Song Festival

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 Rock music, pop music, folk music, merengue, salsa, reggaetón, etc.
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 is considered the best and biggest in Latin America and the most important musical event in the Americas which is held annually on the 3rd week of February since 1960 in Viña del Mar, Chile.[1][2][3][4]

Every year invited artists such as Tom Jones, Sting, Backstreet Boys, Jonas Brothers, Elton John, Cat Stevens perform alongside Latin artists such as Soda Stereo, Lynda Thomas, Chayanne, Ricky Martin, Prince Royce, Marc Anthony, Gustavo Cerati, Carlos Santana and Thalía, also have competitions where the winners win fame and a prize, the best known case of this is Shakira, who was in 3rd position.

The Festival takes place in the amphitheatre of Quinta Vergara [5] and has over 15,000 spectators plus it is broadcast live on television and radio, regularly breaking records for viewing figures.[5] The Vina festival features a song competition on two categories (pop music song and folk song), interspersed with performances by international music stars from around the world, encompassing such diverse genres as rock, pop music in various languages, merengue, salsa, reggaetón, bachata and others. The event takes place in the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater, and has been broadcast for Chilean television over the years by TVN, Canal 13, Megavisión or Chilevisión.

History

Between 1984 and 1989 Leonardo Schultz and Gary H. Mason (Mason is 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 (they also 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, Krokus, Foxxy, Nazareth, and Thomas Anders to name a few. In 1988 and 1989, Thomas Anders (of Modern Talking fame) was a headliner of the festival in Viña del Mar, which was one of the first times an artist was ever invited back two years in a row to perform.

Schultz and Mason also arranged for major international jurors including: George Martin (producer of the Beatles), Maurice Jarre (did the film scores for Dr. Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, Witness, Passage To India, Ghost and many others), Manoela 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 British legend Simply Red captivated the audience of Viña. On its 50th edition, this famous festival was hosted by Felipe Camiroaga and news reader Soledad Onetto.

El Monstruo The Monster

Traditionally, the audience attending the Quinta Vergara for a Festival each year openly demonstrates its acceptance or displeasure on the acts that perform there, being the contestants in the two competitions or established artists. As a result, Chilean media has nicknamed audiences at the Festival as "El Monstruo" (The Monster). Earning acceptance from "El Monstruo" usually has a direct impact on an artist's popularity -particularly that of Spanish language pop stars- on the rest of Latin America. Conversely, booing artists offstage is not uncommon.

Artist 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 from the "Monster" may demand that one of the three awards -or, progressively, all three- also be granted to an established act as their performance progresses. An artist that "tames The Monster" by earning all three awards receives recognition as a major star by Chilean and Latin American media almost immediately after a successful performance.

The Stage

Each year the TV companies try and improve on the previous years set. Millions are invested in creating elaborate stages.

Festival Queen

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] where the Festival accredited journalists 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 in front of the cameras of Latin American press the Queen of the Festival has to dive into the pool at the Hotel O'Higgins in Vina del Mar.[7]

Highlights some Queens like, Celia Cruz, Diana Bolocco, Thalía, Sigrid Alegría, Yuri, Raffaella Carrà, Tonka Tomicic and Gloria Trevi like the most famous queens that the festival ever had. Also regarded as a highlight is María Eugenia Larraíns crowning, as she turned the show to showbiz.

List of Queens

Year Queen Country Channel Notes
2015 Jhendelyn Nuñez  Chile Canal 13 Known for participating in Vedette shows.
2014 Sigrid Alegría  Chile Canal 13 Actress of tv series jumped in the pool naked with only body paint
2013 Dominique Gallego  Chile Canal 13 Star from a lot of 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's festival jury.
2009 Catherine Fulop  Venezuela Canal 13 Actress in TV Series, 2009's festival jury.
2008 Pilar Ruiz  Colombia Known for participate in a lot of reality shows
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 CHV Queen of Showbiz 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 Pérez  Brazil Presenter
1998 Sofía Franco  Peru Presenter
1997 Thalía  Mexico Invited artist
1996 Paola Falcone  Chile Participated Miss Universe 1995
1995 Patricia Manterola  Mexico Artist invited
1994 Sofía Vergara  Colombia Presenter
1993 Gloria Trevi  Mexico Artista invited
1992 Lucero  Mexico had a romance with Felipe Camiroaga
1991 Yuri  Mexico Invited artist that year
1990 Xuxa  Brazil Invited artist that year
1989 Myriam Hernández  Chile Invited artist that year
1988 Marcela "Mache" Sánchez  Peru
1987 Irene Llano  Chile Invited artist that year
1986 Cindy Valentine  Canada Participated in the "competencia internacional"
1985 María Conchita Alonso  Venezuela Invited artist that year
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 that year
1979 María Graciela Gómez[n 1]  Chile Presenter that year
Notas
  1. 1 2 3 Elección no oficial.

Queens per Country

Country#Year
 Chile111979, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
 Mexico71983, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2002
 Argentina32004, 2005, 2011
 Venezuela21985, 2009
 Colombia21994, 2008
 Brazil21990, 1999
 Peru21988, 1998
 Uruguay12001
 Cuba12000
 Canada11986
 Romania11984
 Italy11982

Winner songs

International contest

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 Name 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

Winning countries

Folk contest

Between 1974 and 1980 this contest was cancelled by the military government 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 Name 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[8] 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

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

Performing Artists

Every year invited artists such as Tom Jones, Sting, Backstreet Boys, Jonas Brothers, Elton John, Cat Stevens perform alongside Latin artists such as Soda Stereo, Lynda Thomas, Chayanne, Ricky Martin, Prince Royce, Marc Anthony, Gustavo Cerati, Carlos Santana and Thalía, also have competitions where the winners win fame and a prize, the best known case of this is Shakira, who was in 3rd position at the winners and now is one of the most recognized VIP figures in the world, being the Latin pop music Queen.

See also

References

  1. ↑ CNN México (23 Feb 2010). "Paul Anka cerró con gran éxito, la primera jornada de Viña del Mar". mexico.cnn.com. El Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar es el evento musical más importante del continente
  2. ↑ Fortuño, Sergio (26 Jan 2002). "Latin - Stage Is Set For Viña Del Mar". Billboard. p. 41. [...] the best-known music festival in Latin America
  3. ↑ Floras, Stella (18 Feb 2013). "Iceland: Hera Björk in the final of Viña del Mar International Song Contest 2013". www.esctoday.com. [T]he Viña del Mar International Song Contest [is] the oldest and biggest music festival in Latin America
  4. ↑ "Tom Jones 'ruge' en la segunda noche del Festival de Viña del Mar" Agence France-Presse, accessed February 23, 2007
  5. 1 2 Perasso, Valeria (25 Feb 2009). "Viña del Mar, "El Monstruo" cumple 50". news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Revisa la historia de las reinas de Viña del Mar". www.radioagricultura.cl. 9 Feb 2015.
  7. ↑ Núñez, Leonardo (27 Feb 2012). "Los "Piscinazos" que incendiaron el Festival de Viña". www.guioteca.com.
  8. ↑ 2009 Song Folk Winner

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