Venezuela in the OTI Festival
with their three OTI member stations: RCTV, Venevisión and Venezolana de Televisión debuted in the OTI Song Contest in 1972 in Madrid when the festival was held for the first time.
History
This country won the festival on two occasions, the first one in 1982 with the teenage boy band Unicornio performing the song "Puedes contar conmigo". The second Venezuelan victory came in 1987 in Lisbon with Alfredo Alejandro, who performed the song "La felicidad esá en un rincón de tu corazón".Apart from their victories, the South American country got two second places in 1976 and 1979 and three third places in 1974, 1975 and 1994.
Many Venezuelan singers well known in all Latin America, such as Jose Luis Rodríguez El Puma, her daughter Lilibeth Morillo, Mirla Castellanos, and Delia Dorta represented their country in the OTI Festival with successful participations.
Venezuela hosted the contest in 1979. The venue of the festival was the Bolivarian Army Circle Theatre of Caracas and the presenters were Eduardo Serrano and Carmen Victoria Pérez, who presented the event in a golden and blue colored stage. The opening theme of this edition of the festival was an orchestral fantasy based on the hymn, "Alma llanera".
Contestants
| Year | Artist | Song | Place | Points |
| 1972 | Mirla Castellanos | Sueños de cristal y miel | 4º | 6 |
| 1973 | Mayra Marti | Poema para el olvido | 9º | 3 |
| 1974 | Jose Luis Rodríguez | Vuelve | 3º | 11 |
| 1975 | Mirla Castellanos | Soy como el viento, soy como el mar | 3º | 10 |
| 1976 | Las cuatro monedas | Soy | 2º | 13 |
| 1977 | Héctor José | Iberoamérica toda | 6º | 3 |
| 1978 | Nancy Ramos | Con la suerte a mi favor | 15º | 2 |
| 1979 | Delia Dorta | Cuando era niño | 2º | 33 |
| 1980 | Héctor Cabrera | Haces bien | 16º | 8 |
| 1981 | Neyda Pedromo | Aquel ciego | 17º | 7 |
| 1982 | Unicornio | Puedes contar conmigo | 1º | 43 |
| 1983 | Maria Teresa Chacín | Esperanza Americana | 4º | _ |
| 1984 | José Antonio García | Ilusión de un soñador | 8º | _ |
| 1985 | Doris Hernández | El primer vuelo | 7º | _ |
| 1986 | Nilda López | Un nuevo amanecer | 18º | _ |
| 1987 | Alfredo Alejandro | La felicidad está en un rincón de tu corazón | 1º | _ |
| 1988 | Iñaki | Hoy he vuelto a reír | 14º | _ |
| 1989 | Salvador Pino | Caras perdidas | 21º | _ |
| 1990 | Lilibeth Morillo | Ser mujer | 12º | _ |
| 1991 | Jesús Alfredo Ruiz | Podría ser | 8º | _ |
| 1992 | Karolina | Sueños | 14º | _ |
| 1993 | Nicolás Felizola | No me arriesgo | 4º | _ |
| 1994 | Luis Silva | Enfurecida | 3º | _ |
| 1995 | Rogelio Ortiz | El viaje | 9º | _ |
| 1996 | Dina | Junto a tu boca | 4º | _ |
| 1997 | Felix valentino | Nada igual que tu amor | 4º | _ |
| 1998 | Asdruval Astudillo | Más allá | sf 11 | _ |
| 2000 | Mary Olga Rodríguez | Yo cantante | sf 14 | _ |