The United States was represented at the OTI Festival 1978 with the song "", written by Ernesto Alejandro and performed by Susy Leman. The participating broadcaster representing the country, the Spanish International Network (SIN), selected its entry through a national televised competition. The song, that was performed in position 6, placed second out of 19 competing entries, with 46 points.
The Spanish International Network (SIN) held a national televised competition to select its entry for the 7th edition of the OTI Festival. This was the first edition of the National OTIâÂÂSIN Festival. In the final, each song represented a SIN affiliate, each of which had selected its entry through a local pre-selection.
WLTV held an internal pre-selection. The song selected for the national final was "", written by Ernesto Alejandro and performed by Susy Leman.
The final was held on Saturday 14 October 1978 at the Miami Jai-Alai Fronton in Miami, featuring six songs. It was broadcast live on all SIN affiliates. The winner was "" representing WLTVâÂÂMiami, written by Ernesto Alejandro and performed by Susy Leman.
On 2 December 1978, the OTI Festival was held at the Municipal Theatre in Santiago, Chile, hosted by (TVN), (UCTV), (UTV), and (UCVTV), and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. Susy Leman performed "" in position 6, with conducting the event's orchestra, and placing second out of 19 competing entries, with 46 points.
Each participating broadcaster, or group of broadcasters that jointly participated representing a country, assembled a jury who awarded 5âÂÂ1 points to their five favourite songs in order of preference.