Mexico was represented at the OTI Festival 1986 with the song "De color de rosa", written and performed by Silvia Tapia under her stage name Prisma. The Mexican participating broadcaster, Televisa, selected its entry through a national selection with several phases. The song, that was performed in position 1, placed second out of 20 competing entries.
Televisa held a national selection with three televised qualifying rounds, a playoff, a semi-final, and a final to select its entry for the 15th edition of the OTI Festival. This fifteenth edition of the National OTI Festival featured twenty-one songs in the qualifying rounds, twelve in the semi-final, and six in the final. In addition to the general competition, awards were given for Best Male Performer, Best Female Performer, Best Musical Arrangement, and Breakout Artist among all the competing artist.
The three qualifying rounds were held on Saturdays 6, 13, and 20 September 1986. Each round featured seven entries, of which the three highest-scoring advanced to the semi-final. In each round, after all the competing entries were performed, each of the eight jurors cast one vote for each of their three favorite entries.
Qualifier
Result of the first qualifying round of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1986[1]
The playoff was held on Saturday 20 September 1986 following the third qualifying round. To select the last three semi-finalists, each of the eleven jurors cast one vote for each of their three favorite entries among the twelve not qualified.
Result of the playoff of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1985[3]
Song
Result
"A tu lado"
Qualified
"Amada enemiga"
—
"Aquí me tienes"
—
"¡Ay, quiéreme!"
—
"Cambios"
—
"El traje de aquel que ama"
Qualified
"Héroe de comedia"
—
"Junto a ti"
Qualified
"No tiene sentido"
—
"Solo y sin ti"
—
"Tuyo"
—
"Yo soy"
—
Semi-final
The semi-final was held on Saturday 4 October 1986. After all the competing entries were performed, each of the ten jurors cast one vote for each of their six favorite entries, and the six most voted songs went on to the final.
Result of the first semi-final of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1986[4]
The six-song final was held on Sunday 5 October 1986. The final was held in two rounds. In the first round, each of the ten jurors cast one vote for each of their three favorite entries, and the three most voted songs went on to the superfinal. In the superfinal, each juror announced aloud one vote for their favourite entry. The ten jurors were: Jaime Almeida[es], Pati Chapoy, Eugenia León, Ramón Márquez, Rafael Martínez Amador, Lupe Mejía, Leopoldo Meraz, José Luis Perales, Eduardo Salas, and Guillermo Vázquez.
The winner was "De color de rosa", written and performed by Silvia Tapia under her stage name Prisma. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.
Result of the final of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1986[5]
Detailed vote of the superfinal of the National OTI Festival – Mexico 1986
R/O
Song
Jaime Almeida
Eugenia León
Leopoldo Meraz
Eduardo Salas
Pati Chapoy
Guillermo Vázquez
Lupe Mejía
Ramón Márquez
José Luis Perales
Rafael Martínez
Total
1
"No prometas lo que no será"
1
1
1
1
4
2
"De color de rosa"
1
1
1
1
1
5
3
"Soñador"
1
1
Merit awards
In the final, the jurors voted for the Best Male and Female Performer, Best Musical Arrangement, and Breakout Artist among the three shortlisted artist in each category.
Víctor Yturbe received the Best Male Performer Award; Rocío Banquells the Best Female Performer Award; Julio Jaramillo the Best Musical Arrangement Award for "De color de rosa"; and Manuel Mijares the Breakout Artist Award.
Official album
Las 12 finalistas del Festival OTI 86 is the official compilation album of the fifteenth edition of the Mexican National OTI Festival, released by Melody in 1986. The vinyl LP features the studio version of the twelve songs qualified for the semi-final.[6]
↑Primera eliminatoria del XV Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1986 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 6 September 1986.
↑Segunda eliminatoria del XV Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1986 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 13 September 1986.
12Tercera eliminatoria del XV Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1986 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 20 September 1986.
↑Semifinal del XV Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1986 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 4 October 1986.
↑Final del XV Festival OTI Nacional Mexico 1986 (Television programme) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 5 October 1986.
↑Las 12 finalistas del Festival OTI 86 (Media notes). Various artists. Melody. 1986. MI-8187.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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