Mexico was represented at the OTI Festival 1982 with the song "", written by and ChamÃÂn Correa, and performed by Enrique Guzmán. The Mexican participating broadcaster, Televisa, selected its entry through a national televised competition with several phases. The song, that was performed in position 6, placed fourth with 22 points, tying with the entries from Argentina and Costa Rica, out of 21 competing entries.
Televisa held a national competition with four televised qualifying rounds and a final to select its entry for the 11th edition of the OTI Festival. This eleventh edition of the National OTI Festival featured forty songs, of which ten reached the final. In addition to the general competition, awards were given for Best Male Performer, Best Female Performer, Best Musical Arrangement, Breakout Male Artist, Breakout Female Artist, and Breakout Duo among all the competing artists.
The shows were held at Teatro de la Ciudad in Mexico City, were presented by Raúl Velasco, and were broadcast on . The musical director was , who conducted the orchestra when required.
The four qualifying rounds were held on Saturdays 21 and 28 August, and 4 and 11 September 1982. Each round featured ten entries, and the ten highest-scoring entries among the 40 competing advanced to the final. Several expert jurors present in the hall and five remote provincial juries scored all the entries in each round.
The ten-song final was held on Sunday 26 September 1982. After all the competing entries were performed, each of the fifteen jurors announced aloud one vote for their favourite entry.
The winner was "", written by and ChamÃÂn Correa, and performed by Enrique Guzmán. The three songs with the most votes were awarded first, second, and third prize. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.
In the final, the fifteen jurors voted aloud for the Best Male and Female Performer, Best Musical Arrangement, and Breakout Male, Female Artist and Duo among the three shortlisted artist in each category.
Enrique Guzmán received the Best Male Performer Award, the Best Female Performer Award, the Best Musical Arrangement Award for "", Gil Rivera the Breakout Male Artist Award, MarÃÂa de los ÃÂngeles the Breakout Female Artist Award, and Jerónimos the Breakout Duo Award.
Las 10 triunfadoras del Festival OTI 82 is the official compilation album of the eleventh edition of the Mexican National OTI Festival, released by Gamma in 1982. The vinyl LP features the studio version of the ten songs qualified for the final.
On 27 November 1982, the OTI Festival was held at the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru, hosted by Panamericana Televisión, and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. Enrique Guzmán performed "" in position 6, with Julio Jaramillo conducting the event's orchestra, and placing fourth with 22 points, tying with the entries from Argentina and Costa Rica, out of 21 competing entries.
Each participating broadcaster appointed a juror who awarded 5âÂÂ1 points to his five favourite songs in order of preference. The Mexican juror was Raúl Velasco.