The participation of Cuba in the OTI Festival began at the twentieth OTI Festival in 1991. The Cuban participating broadcaster was the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT), which was member of the (OTI). ICRT participated in all nine editions after its debut. Its best place in the festival was third achieved in 1995.
The very first Cuban entry in the contest was "" performed by Delia DÃÂaz de Villegas, which was moderately successful making it to the top 10. The song was selected in a national final. In 1992, 1993, and 1994 their participation was selected in a national final titled De La Habana a Valencia. After 1995 they selected their entrants internally.
The best scoring Cuban entry came in 1995 in San Bernardino (Paraguay) with the song "Hoy que no estás" performed by Cristina Rebull, which came third in the festival. The following Cuban competing songs in the contest from 1996 to 2000 were also successful, managing again to reach the top 10. Due to the short trajectory of Cuba in the OTI Festival, the country never won or hosted the festival which came to an end in 2000.