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List of countries in the Amerivision Song Contest

As of the 1991 edition, 34 of the 50 countries that ever participated of the Amerivision Song Contest have debuted.

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†	Inactive – countries which participated in the past but did not appear in the most recent contest, or will not appear in the upcoming contest

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Debut year	Latest entry	Entries	Finals	Times qualified	Qualifying rate	Latest final	Wins	Latest win
American Virgin Islands †	WSVI	1979	1980	2	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Antigua and Barbuda †	ABS	1988	1989	2	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Argentina	TVP / Telefe	1956	1991	30	0	0/0	0%	N/A	1	1964
Aruba	Telearuba	1991	1991	1	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Bahamas	PTB	1978	1991	11	0	0/0	0%	N/A	2	1991
Barbados	CBC TV 8	1969	1991	17	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Bermuda †	VSB	1980	1980	1	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Bolivia	Bolivia TV	1973	1991	14	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Brazil	Tupi / Globo	1956	1991	35	0	0/0	0%	N/A	5	1985
Canada	CBC	1956	1991	36	0	0/0	0%	N/A	6	1986
Chile	TV+	1958	1991	32	0	0/0	0%	N/A	2	1977
Colombia	Canal 1	1956	1991	34	0	0/0	0%	N/A	2	1983
Costa Rica	Repretel 6	1981	1991	5	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Cuba †	CMQ / Cubavisión	1957	1957	1	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Dominican Republic †	RDTV4	1961	1990	21	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Ecuador †	Ecuavisa	1972	1983	7	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
El Salvador	TV-2	1974	1991	4	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Guadeloupe	La Première	1974	1991	11	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Guatemala	Canal 7	1984	1991	4	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Haiti	TNH	1989	1991	3	0	0/0	0%	N/A	1	1990
Jamaica	JBC	1967	1991	24	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Martinique	La Première	1972	1991	12	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Mexico	Las Estrellas	1956	1991	36	0	0/0	0%	N/A	3	1989
Netherlands Antilles	Telecuraçao	1968	1991	17	0	0/0	0%	N/A	3	1979
Nicaragua	Televicentro	1970	1991	10	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Panama †	RPC	1965	1990	16	0	0/0	0%	N/A	1	1965
Paraguay †	SNT	1967	1983	11	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Peru †	América	1959	1990	25	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Puerto Rico	Telemundo	1957	1991	33	0	0/0	0%	N/A	2	1967
Suriname †	STVS	1980	1990	9	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Trinidad and Tobago	TTT	1964	1991	24	0	0/0	0%	N/A	2	1980
United States	NBC	1956	1991	36	0	0/0	0%	N/A	2	1981
Uruguay	Canal 10	1957	1991	34	0	0/0	0%	N/A	4	1982
Venezuela	Venevisión	1965	1991	16	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A

Table key

1	First place
2	Second place
3	Third place
◁	Last place
X	Entry selected but did not compete

American Virgin Islands

United States Virgin Islands
American Virgin Islands
Participating broadcaster	Virgin Islands Television Network (WSVI)
Participation summary
Appearances	2
First appearance	1979
Highest placement	8th: 1979

The American Virgin Islands debuted in the contest in the 1979 contest, and from there, only made sporadic appearances in the contest.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1979	Venus Dodson	"Shining"	English	8	57
1980	Infinite Love Experience	"I Never Knew"	English	14	34
Did not participate from 1981 to 1990

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda
Participating broadcaster	Antigua/Barbuda Broadcasting Services (ABS)
Participation summary
Appearances	2
First appearance	1988
Highest placement	8th: 1988

Antigua and Barbuda made their debut participation in the 1988 contest, scoring surprisingly well and finishing in eighth place.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1988	Ronnie Benjamin	"Say You'll Be Mine Tonight"	English	8	61
1989	Burning Flames	"Island Girl - Anything for You"	English	16	35
Did not participate from 1990

Argentina

Argentina
Participating broadcaster	Telefe (1979–) Former members Televisión Pública (TVP; 1956–1974)
Participation summary
Appearances	30
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1964

Violeta Rivas, winner of the 1964 contest for Argentina, with the song "Que suerte!"

Argentina is one of the six original Amerivision countries, winning the contest once in 1964.

In its early years, Argentina was seem as a mixed bag country in the competition, never really staying in the middle of the scoreboard, always gravitating towards the bottom or the top, a major proof of this was their 1964 victory, that was surrounded by two lackluster performances by the country, the former being tied for last place in the contest and the following being the country's first placing out of the top 10.

Due to diminished funding and lack of interest in the contest due to poor performances during the late 60s and 70s, original broadcaster Televisión Pública withdrew from the 1975 contest, stating that it had no intentions of returning in the foreseeable future, upon hearing the news, Telefe showed interest in obtaining the rights of broadcasting Amerivision from TVP, which was originally declined, with Telefe seeking ABU approval to take responsabilites for hosting the contest, the case stayed open for several years, – Which led to Argentina not being able to attend the following three contests. – but in the end, Telefe was successful in obtaining the rights to broadcast Amerivision in Argentina, and it does so to this day. TVP made attempts to regain rights to broadcast Americavision in 1988, 1997 and 2013, but those were declined by the ABU.

In 1981, the third year of Telefe broadcasting the contest, Argentina scored its first top 10 finish since 1969 and the country's highest placement since their 1964 victory with the song "Showdown" by Trix, that ended in 7th place with 59 points, despite that, the country got its first nul-points ever in 1983 – The first ever after the 12 points system was implemented in 1975. – with the song "Pense que se trataba de cieguitos" by Los Twist, and performed poorly again in the following contest, ending 19th out of 20 countries with 6 points scored, withdrawing again for two years after the 1985 contest due to another last place finish. The country holds the record for most last place finishes with six.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1956	Los Fronterizos	"Guitarra de medianoche"	Spanish	2	18
	Leo Marini	"Historia de un amor"	Spanish	8	7
1957	Leda y María	"Las obreras"	Spanish	7	6
1958	Leda y María	"Romance del enamorado y la muerte"	Spanish	2	17
1959	Billy Cafaro	"Pity Pity"	Spanish	9	2
1960	Carlos di Fulvio	"Luna playera"	Spanish	4	9
1961	Johny Tedesco	"Vuelve primavera"	Spanish	8	8
1962	Mercedes Sosa	"Los hombres del rio"	Spanish	6	8
1963	Leo Dan	"Celia"	Spanish	10 ◁	1
1964	Violeta Rivas	"Que suerte!"	Spanish	1	30
1965	Sandro	"Hay mucha agitación"	Spanish, English	12	4
1966	Los Cantores del Alba	"Cuando llora mi guitarra"	Spanish	12	3
1967	Los Gatos	"Ayer nomás"	Spanish	11	5
1968	Los Gatos	"Seremos amigos"	Spanish	16 ◁	2
1969	Litto Nebbia	"Rosemary"	Spanish	9	11
1970	Pedro y Pablo	"Yo vivo en esta ciudad"	Spanish	17 ◁	1
1971	Aníbal Troilo & Roberto Goyeneche	"Tinta roja"	Spanish	11	11
1972	Litto Nebbia	"Si no son más de las tres"	Spanish	16	9
1973	Antonio Tarragó Ros	"Evocacción de la ternura"	Spanish	17 ◁	5
1974	Katunga	"Mirá para arriba, mirá para abajo"	Spanish	13	19
Did not participate from 1975 to 1978
1979	Julia Elena Dávalos	"Yo vendo unos ojos negros"	Spanish	12	28
1980	María Rosa Yorio	"Con los ojos cerrados"	Spanish	11	41
1981	Trix	"Showdown"	English	7	59
1982	Rubi	"Bailar contigo en la oscuridad"	Spanish	10	44
1983	Los Twist	"Pense que se trataba de cieguitos"	Spanish	20 ◁	0
1984	Andrés Calamaro	"No me pidas que no sea un inconsciente"	Spanish	19	6
1985	Fito Páez	"11 y 6"	Spanish	19 ◁	2
Did not participate from 1986 to 1987
1988	Daniel Melero	"No dejes que llueva"	Spanish	15	31
1989	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	"Contrabando de amor"	Spanish	8	62
1990	Gabriela	"Llevame a ver a luna"	Spanish	14	40
1991	Fabiana Cantilo	"Mi enfermedad"	Spanish	15	48

Aruba

Aruba
Participating broadcaster	Telearuba
Participation summary
Appearances	1
First appearance	1991
Highest placement	9th: 1991

Aruba debuted in the 1991 contest, finishing in a top 10 placement, the country was the first debuting nation that used to be part of the Netherlands Antilles, and the only one to do so while the Netherlands Antilles still existed, in its inaugural participation, it actually did better than its former country, finishing ninth, while the other finished twentieth.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1991	D-Rock	"I Can't Believe It's Over"	English	9	57

Bahamas

Bahamas
Participating broadcaster	Public Television of Bahamas (PTB)
Participation summary
Appearances	11
First appearance	1978
Highest placement	1st: 1988, 1991

Bahamas debuted in the 1978 edition, and right in its first edition, it got a 4th place finish with 100 points. The country had a very strong run in its first years, ending at the top 5 in their first two participations with another top 10 finish in their 1981 return. Their first finish outside of the top 10 came in 1983, and by a narrow margin, as Bahamas ended 11th with the song "It Ain't Enough" by canadian singer Corey Hart. In 1988, Bahamas became the first country since the 1974 contest to win for the first time, doing so with the song "Just Got Paid" by Johnny Kemp.

Despite being one of the best performing caribbean countries, Bahamas has the tendency to spontaneously withdraw from the contest, normally for budget reasons but there are occasions that no official reason was given.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1978	T-Connection	"Saturday Night"	English	4	100
1979	Franky & Jamo	"Set Me on Fire"	English	5	89
Did not participate in 1980
1981	T-Connection	"Everything Is Cool"	English	8	57
1982	Exuma	"Fame Is the Name of the Game"	English	8	61
1983	Corey Hart	"It Ain't Enough"	English	11	46
Did not participate from 1984 to 1985
1986	Johnny Kemp	"Just Another Lover"	English	12	31
1987	Etta Cameron	"I Wanna Thank You Today"	English	7	56
1988	Johnny Kemp	"Just Got Paid"	English	1	148
1989	Errol Brown	"Love Goes Up and Down"	English	13	45
1990	Corey Hart	"A Little Love"	English	3	115
1991	Errol Brown	"Emmalene (That's No Lie)"	English	1	138

Barbados

Barbados
Participating broadcaster	Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC TV 8)
Participation summary
Appearances	17
First appearance	1969
Highest placement	2nd: 1971, 1983, 1990

Barbados debuted in the contest in 1969, ending that edition in 7th place.

It is generally seen as one of the strongest nations in the caribbean, despite occasionally failing to make an impression, in its first two participations it obtained the exact same score: 7th place with 16 points. Both being considered good performances, and in their third year in 1971, they scored a second place finish with the song "Everything" by Luv Machine, followed by a top 5 placement in 1972, they would only obtain their first placement out of the top 10 in 1973. In 1974 the country got its first placement in last, with the song "Spouge Rhythm" by Springer & the Barons, which spiraled into the country's first weak run, that led to the country's withdrawal in 1977. However, when the country returned in 1980, so did the good placement, and the country scored more consecutive top 10 finishes, including a 4th place in 1981, the country's highest placement since their runner up finish in 1971, and a second runner up finish in 1983 and a third in 1990, making Barbados the country that finished second most times among countries that never won.

In 1984, they sent the first ever hip hop entry in the contest's history, "The Show" by Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew, that ended the contest in fifth place.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1969	Jackie Opel	"You Send Me"	English	7	16
1970	The Merrymen	"La La La (If I Had You)"	English	7	16
1971	Luv Machine	"Everything"	English	2	30
1972	Blue Rhythm Combo	"Take the Funky Feeling"	English	5	34
1973	The Draytons Two	"Soul & Inspiration"	English	13	15
1974	Springer & the Barons	"Spouge Rhythm"	English	19 ◁	9
1975	Paul Davidson	"Midnight Rider"	English	12	34
1976	Jackie Opel	"Tears From My Eyes"	English	16	17
Did not participate from 1977 to 1979
1980	Eddy Grant	"Do You Feel My Love?"	English	8	59
1981	Dennis Bovell	"Bettah"	English	4	81
1982	Eddy Grant	"I Don't Wanna Dance"	English	18	25
1983	Tony Jackson	"Steppin' Out on the Groove"	English	2	124
1984	Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew	"The Show"	English	5	80
1985	Wayne Smith	"Under Me Sleng Teng"	English	13	33
Did not participate from 1986 to 1988
1989	Spice & Company	"(Bump & Wine) In de Congaline"	English	15	41
1990	Charles D. Lewis	"Soca Dance"	English	2	126
1991	Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew	"Bustin' Out (On Funk)"	English	17	44

Bermuda

Bermuda
Participating broadcaster	ZBM (2019–) Former members VSB (1980–2013)
Participation summary
Appearances	1
First appearance	1980
Highest placement	16th: 1980

Bermuda debuted in the 1980 contest, ending that contest in 16th place out of 18. The country became infamous for its incredibly sporadic appearances in the contest, despite decent results, it withdrew soon after its 1980 debut, only appearing again in the years of 1994, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2021, 2023 and 2024. 2024 marked the first time that Bermuda participate of the contest for a second year in a roll.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1980	Paradise	"You Are Me"	English	16	24
Did not participate from 1981 to 1993

Bolivia

Bolivia
Participating broadcaster	Bolivia TV
Participation summary
Appearances	14
First appearance	1973
Highest placement	4th: 1985, 1986

Bolivia debuted in the 1973 edition, ending that edition in 11th place and staying until 1976, after that, they would only return to the contest in 1981.

In its initial participations, Boliva would struggle to perform highly, their 1974 top 10 finish would remain their highest placement until 1983, the year that Bolivia finally started to get significant results in the contest.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1973	Luis Abanto Morales	"Cholo soy y no me compadezcas"	Spanish	11	18
1974	Los Rupay	"Promesa de amor"	Spanish	9	25
1975	Matilde Casazola	"Como un fueguito"	Spanish	16 ◁	14
Did not participate from 1976 to 1980
1981	Kjarkas	"Sempre he de adorarte"	Spanish	11	38
1982	Zulma Yugar	"Los mineros"	Spanish	16	30
1983	Enriqueta Ulloa	"Chapaco soy"	Spanish	6	77
1984	Proyección	"No vuelvo a amar"	Spanish	7	64
1985	BJ4	"Folklore Rock"	Spanish	4	90
1986	Proyección	"Me he resignado"	Spanish	4	88
1987	Emma Junaro	"Hoy es domingo"	Spanish	12	35
1988	Zulma Yugar	"Selección de bailecitos"	Spanish	18	14
1989	Los Ronisch	"Isabel"	Spanish	14	44
1990	Kjarkas	"Jilguero Flores"	Spanish	13	48
1991	Arena Hash	"Y es que sucede así"	Spanish	22	19

Brazil

Brazil
Participating broadcaster	Rede Globo (Globo; 1980–) Former members Rede Tupi (Tupi; 1956–1978)
Participation summary
Appearances	35
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1956, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1985

Brazil is one of the six original Amerivision countries, they've won the contest three times, the first being in the inaugural edition.

Elza Soares was the interpreter of "Malandro", the song that gave Brazil's fourth win in Amerivision, in the 1976 contest.

Brazil is largely seen as one of the powerhouses of the Amerivision contest, getting high placements and being one of the few countries that never ended in last place, initially the contest was broadcasted in Brazil by the late Rede Tupi, but after an inner channel crisis – that resulted in the country withdrawing in 1979 and eventually led to the network's dissolution in 1980 – Tupi stated that the 1978 contest was going to be the last one to be broadcasted by them, and that they were forfeiting the rights to host the event due to the massive costs, especially after hosting the event in 1977. Rede Bandeirantes and Rede Globo both offered bids to be the new broadcaster of the contest in Brazil, with the latter being approved as the new broadcaster due to the larger bid. Globo broadcasts the contest to this day in Brazil, and is one of the largest financial contributors for the contests, which made it recieve a spot in the "Big 4" after the relegation and semifinals system were implemented.

In 1985, after a streak of out of top 10 finishes, Brazil implemented a national final for the first time in its history, the Festival dos Festivais, with the winner of the first edition, Tetê Espíndola, going on to win the 1985 edition of Amerivision, leading to the festival continuing as the brazilian selection until 1992.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1956	Elizeth Cardoso	"Último desejo"	Portuguese	5	12
	Maysa	"Tarde triste"	Portuguese	1	19
1957	Dolores Duran	"Quem foi"	Portuguese	5	9
1958	Maysa	"Caminhos cruzados"	Portuguese	4	11
1959	Alaíde Costa	"Gosto de você"	Portuguese	3	15
1960	Sylvia Telles	"Se é tarde me perdoa"	Portuguese	7	5
1961	Roberto Carlos	"Não é por mim"	Portuguese	7	8
1962	Conjunto Sete de Ouros	"Dizem por aí"	Portuguese	2	34
1963	Wilson Simonal	"Balanço zona sul"	Portuguese	5	21
1964	Nara Leão	"Diz que fui por aí"	Portuguese	3	24
1965	Marcos Valle	"Samba de verão"	Portuguese	5	20
1966	Elis Regina	"Roda"	Portuguese	1	33
1967	Edu Lobo & Maria Bethânia	"Cirandeiro"	Portuguese	6	12
1968	Cynara & Cybele	"Pelas ruas do Recife"	Portuguese	2	35
1969	Vanusa	"Atômico platônico"	Portuguese	8	15
1970	Dóris Monteiro	"Cafézinho"	Portuguese	6	17
1971	Evinha	"Esperar pra ver"	Portuguese	1	37
1972	Erasmo Carlos	"Grilos"	Portuguese	11	21
1973	Paulinho da Viola	"Nervos de aço"	Portuguese	4	38
1974	Secos & Molhados	"Flores astrais"	Portuguese	2	59
1975	Alcione	"O surdo"	Portuguese	4	95
1976	Elza Soares	"Malandro"	Portuguese	1	133
1977	Frenéticas	"Perigosa"	Portuguese	2	108
1978	Beth Carvalho	"Vou festejar"	Portuguese	7	71
Did not participate in 1979
1980	Clara Nunes	"Morena de Angola"	Portuguese	5	81
1981	Almir Sater	"Estradeiro"	Portuguese	6	72
1982	Sandra de Sá	"Negra flor"	Portuguese	12	39
1983	Fundo de Quintal	"Te gosto"	Portuguese	14	32
1984	Marina Lima	"Fullgás"	Portuguese	12	53
1985	Tetê Espíndola	"Escrito nas estrelas"	Portuguese	1	141
1986	Engenheiros do Hawaii	"Toda forma de poder"	Portuguese	6	73
1987	May East	"Bamboo Dance"	Portuguese, English	15	24
1988	Lulu Santos	"Toda forma de amor"	Portuguese	11	53
1989	Chrystian & Ralf	"Nova York"	Portuguese	9	59
1990	Chitãozinho & Xororó	"Nuvem de lágrimas"	Portuguese	8	70
1991	Leandro e Leonardo	"Não aprendi a dizer adeus"	Portuguese	16	46

Brazil had other music festivals during the 60s, such as Festival da Música Popular Brasileira and Festival Internacional da Canção, however, both were broadcasted by different TV stations, as well as the former being notorious by the political tone of its songs and the latter being an attempt at replicating the formula of an international competition.

Festival dos Festivais and Festival da Música Brasileira, however, was broadcasted by the same TV channel that hosted Amerivision, and worked as the national selections for the 1985 and 2000 contests respectively, therefore, the Brazilian representative song for 1985 will be "Escrito nas estrelas" by Tetê Espíndola and for 2000, it will be "Tudo bem meu bem" by Ricardo Soares.

Canada

Canada
Participating broadcaster	Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC)
Participation summary
Appearances	36
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1957, 1959, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1986

Canada is one of the six original Amerivision countries, they've won the contest four times.

Canada is considered to be the strongest english speaking country in the contest, they were the first nation to win the contest twice, doing so in 1959, the first nation to host the event twice and is considerably more successful in the contest than the United States, despite Canada occasionally sending American-born artists to represent itself in the contest, such as the 1959 winner, Ronnie Hawkins. In 1978, they won with "La banqueroute" by La Bottine Souriante, the first ever french language song to win the contest. In 1984, they became the first country to win the contest five times.

Louise Forestier represented Canada in the contest in 1967, ending second place.

Bruce Cockburn, winner of the 1984 contest with the song "Lovers in a Dangerous Time", the song that made Canada the first country to win the contest five times.

Participating of the contest since its innaugural edition, Canada is one of the few countries that participated of every single edition of the contest.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1956	Anita Ellis	"If I Had a Ribbon Bow"	English	10	5
	Gisele MacKenzie	"Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"	English	3	15
1957	The Crew-Cuts	"Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)"	English	1	21
1958	Jack Scott	"My True Love"	English	9 ◁	2
1959	Ronnie Hawkins	"Fourty Days"	English	1	27
1960	Ronnie Hawkins	"Baby Jean"	English	2	23
1961	Jean-Pierre Ferland	"Les immortelles"	French	10	4
1962	Ian & Sylvia	"Un canadien errant"	French	8	6
1963	Donald Lautrec	"Loop de loop"	French	9	3
1964	Ian & Sylvia	"You Were on My Mind"	English	10	7
1965	Gale Garnett	"Excuse Me Mister"	English	7	16
1966	The Ugly Ducklings	"Nothin'"	English	6	19
1967	Louise Forestier	"La boulée"	French	2	19
1968	Leonda	"Mist in the Sky"	English	3	30
1969	Eric Mercury	"Long Way Down"	English	5	21
1970	Judi Singh	"Up and Down"	English	12	8
1971	The Guess Who	"Rain Dance"	English	3	28
1972	Dixie Lee Innes	"Black Paper Roses"	English	3	49
1973	Eric Mercury	"Love Is Taking Over"	English	6	34
1974	Gino Vannelli	"People Gotta Move"	English	4	40
1975	April Wine	"Oowatanite"	English	1	127
1976	Heart	"Dreamboat Annie"	English	14	31
1977	Pat Travers	"Rock N' Roll Susie"	English	16	15
1978	La Bottine Souriante	"La banqueroute"	French	1	119
1979	France Joli	"Come to Me"	English	2	114
1980	Diane Tell	"Miami"	French	4	93
1981	Saga	"On the Loose"	English	3	101
1982	Strange Advance	"Love Games"	English	6	71
1983	Trans-X	"Living on Video"	English	4	109
1984	Bruce Cockburn	"Lovers in a Dangerous Time"	English	1	134
1985	Rational Youth	"In Your Eyes"	English	5	83
1986	Lee Aaron	"Powerline"	English	1	153
1987	Pierre Flynn	"Sur la route"	French	4	87
1988	Mylène Farmer	"Sans contrefaçon"	French	9	56
1989	K.D. Lang	"Luck in My Eyes"	English	3	111
1990	Blue Rodeo	"Till I Am Myself Again"	English	11	51
1991	Loreena McKennitt	"Tango to Evora"	English	4	104

Chile

Chile
Participating broadcaster	TV+
Participation summary
Appearances	32
First appearance	1958
Highest placement	1st: 1962, 1977

Chile debuted in the contest in 1958, they won the contest once in 1962.

In its first few participations, Chile failed to cause a large impression in the contest, – with them even considering with drawing from the contest after the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, which they eventually came around as a way to provide entertainment to the public during the harsh times. – however, in 1962, they won the contest with "Twist del estudiante", to this day considered one of the biggest success stories to come out of Amerivision, and the victory went on to forever change the country's luck in the contest, that would consistently end in the top 10 nearly every year to come.

In 1973, Chile originally intended to participate, and went even as far as internally pick the band Sacros as their representatives, however, five days before the contest happened, the 1973 Chilean coup d'état happened, and due to the frantic nature of the event and the news massive focus to the event, the chilean broadcaster announced that they would be withdrawing from the event three days before it. This resulted in a US$1,000 fine that the Chilean broadcaster had to pay to the ABU. Chile returned in the following edition, ending 11th out of 19.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1958	Carmen Barros	"María bonita"	Spanish	7	5
1959	Los Cuatro Huasos	"Mantelito blanco"	Spanish	6	7
1960	Rolando Alarcón	"Si yo volviera a quererte"	Spanish	5	7
1961	Antonio Prieto	"La novia"	Spanish	11 ◁	3
1962	Los Ramblers	"Twist del estudiante"	Spanish	1	36
1963	Luis Dimas y sus Twisters	"Caprichito"	Spanish	2	26
1964	Cecilia	"Baño de mar a medianoche"	Spanish	6	15
1965	Violeta Parra	"Paloma ausente"	Spanish	11	6
1966	Pedro Messone	"El solitario"	Spanish	3	26
1967	Los Vidrios Quebrados	"En tu mirada"	English, Spanish	7	10
1968	Cecilia	"Estamos solas, guitarra"	Spanish	9	12
1969	Los Galos	"Por temor"	Spanish	3	28
1970	Gloria Simonetti	"Las flores del jardín de nuestra casa"	Spanish	4	21
1971	Buddy Richard	"Cielo"	Spanish	6	19
1972	Frutos del País	"Sin ti"	Spanish	12	19
1973	Sacros	"Diosa del mar"	Spanish	Withdrew X
1974	Santa y Su Gente	"La muñeca"	Spanish	11	23
1975	Congreso	"Tus ojitos"	Spanish	15	18
1976	Chamal	"Según el favor del viento"	Spanish	7	60
1977	Los Jaivas	"Bebida mágica"	Spanish	1	125
1978	Fernando Ubiergo	"Un café para Platón"	Spanish	2	117
1979	Zalo Reyes	"Una lágrima en la garganta"	Spanish	11	35
1980	Casablanca	"Desencuentro"	Spanish	12	38
Did not participate in 1981
1982	Eduardo Gatti	"Los momentos"	Spanish	4	96
1983	Schwenke & Nilo	"El viaje"	Spanish	9	59
1984	Los Prisioneros	"Paramar"	Spanish	16	31
1985	Aparato Raro	"Calibraciones"	Spanish	6	72
1986	Aterrizaje Forzoso	"Despertar sin ti"	Spanish	9	53
1987	Viena	"Salón de emociones"	Spanish	10	47
1988	De Kiruza	"Algo está pasando"	Spanish	4	91
1989	Nicole	"Tal vez me estoy enamorando"	Spanish	11	52
1990	Los Prisioneros	"Amiga mia"	Spanish	16	36
1991	Los Tres	"Ha barrido el sol"	Spanish	14	49

Colombia

Colombia
Participating broadcaster	Canal 1
Participation summary
Appearances	34
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1972, 1983

Colombia is one of the six original Amerivision countries, winning their first contest in 1972.

Despite having a couple of victories in its back, Colombia is largely seen as the weakest of the original six countries, as well as the one with the least amount of funding, which led to Colombia often struggling to make an impression in the early days of the contest, with them even withdrawing from the 1962 contest due to budget reasons, after that, Colombia became a country that would constantly float across the board, doing poorly in some editions and alright in others, until 1972, when they finally won the contest in their 16th attempt, with the song "Este viento" by Ana y Jaime.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1956	Nelson Pinedo and La Sonora Matancera	"Bésame morenita"	Spanish	4	11
		"Me voy pa' la habana"	Spanish	10	6
1957	Pacho Galán & Emilia Valencia	"Ay cosita linda"	Spanish	2	17
1958	Nelson Pinedo	"El vaquero"	Spanish	6	7
1959	Bovea y Sus Vallenatos	"Ay teresa"	Spanish	8	3
1960	La Sonora Dinamita	"Si la vieran"	Spanish	6	5
1961	César Castro	"Mujer bonita"	Spanish	4	12
Did not participate in 1962
1963	Sonora Cienaguera	"La ceiba"	Spanish	8	8
1964	Leonor González	"Angelitos negros"	Spanish	8	12
1965	Soffy Martínez	"Carta fatal"	Spanish	6	19
1966	Andrés Landero	"Cumbia en la India"	Spanish	14 ◁	0
1967	The Flippers	"La carta"	Spanish	3	17
1968	The Speakers	"Niños"	Spanish	5	17
1969	Ralfi Pagan	"No soy de ti"	Spanish	13	7
1970	Los Corraleros	"Ocho días"	Spanish	13	7
1971	Elia y Elizabeth	"Todo en la vida"	Spanish	7	17
1972	Ana y Jaime	"Este viento"	Spanish	1	68
1973	Elia y Elizabeth	"Cae la lluvia"	Spanish	8	30
1974	La Columna de Fuego	"Cumbia"	Spanish	3	42
1975	Fruko y sus Tesos	"Manyoma"	Spanish	14	24
1976	Isadora	"Caminando"	Spanish	12	42
1977	Claudia	"Mi proprio yo"	Spanish	5	81
1978	Ralfi Pagan	"Take Me With You"	English	18 ◁	4
1979	Elkin & Nelson	"Jibaro"	Spanish	7	66
1980	Claudia	"Como se parece a ti"	Spanish	2	108
1981	Los Carrangueros de Ráquira	"Julia, Julia, Julia"	Spanish	16	12
1982	La Sonora Dinamita & La India Meliyará	"Las velas encendidas"	Spanish	5	87
1983	Ilan Chester	"Canto al Avila"	Spanish	1	129
1984	Olimpo Cárdenas	"Tu duda y la mia"	Spanish	18	11
Did not participate in 1985
1986	Abelardo Carbonó y Su Grupo	"Se acaba la paz"	Spanish	13	25
1987	Joe Arroyo y la Verdad	"Echao pa'lante"	Spanish	5	75
1988	Krönös	"El embrujo"	Spanish	16	27
1989	Sentimiento Muerto	"Nada sigue igual"	Spanish	7	70
1990	Carlos Berlanga	"En el volcán"	Spanish	10	54
1991	Estados Alterados	"Muevete"	Spanish	7	73

Costa Rica

Costa Rica
Participating broadcaster	Repretel 6
Participation summary
Appearances	5
First appearance	1981
Highest placement	3rd: 1987

Costa Rica was the fourth central american country to debut in the contest, it did so in 1981 and finished that contest in 14th place, scoring 26 points.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1981	Los Alegrisimos	"Licenciado"	Spanish	14	26
1982	Bambino	"Se me va"	Spanish	7	67
Did not participate from 1983 to 1986
1987	Café Con Leche	"La historia salvage (Gloria)"	Spanish	3	88
1988	Las Chicas del Can	"Juana la cubana"	Spanish	17	22
Did not participate from 1989 to 1992
1991	Café Con Leche	"El barco"	Spanish	21	21

Cuba

Cuba
Participating broadcaster	Cubavisión (1998–) Former members CMQ (1957)
Participation summary
Appearances	1
First appearance	1957
Highest placement	6th: 1957

Cuba debuted in the 1957 contest, for the longest time, this was Cuba's sole participation in the contest until its return in 1998. Initally broadcasted by CMQ, Cuba ended its first participation in the contest in 6th place out of 9 countries. However, the country withdrew from the contest in 1958 due to complications caused by the Cuban Revolution, originally intending to return in 1959, after the revolution was successful, the new government stood against the participation of the country in the contest, and after CMQ dissolved in 1960, no cuban networks with ABU memberships remained, and the country stayed most of the 20th century without participating of the contest, however, with the country becoming more open during the mid 90s, Cubavisión eventually obtained the rights to broadcast the contest, and eventually making their long awaited second participation in 1998, although refusing to host the event in the case of a victory until the late 2010s.

The gap between 1958 and 1997 that Cuba didn't participate is the largest gap of time that a previously participating country stayed out of the contest.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1957	Cuarteto las D'aida	"Oye mi ritmo"	Spanish	6	7
Did not participate from 1958 to 1997

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic
Participating broadcaster	Corporación Estatal de Radio y Televisión (CERTV)
Participation summary
Appearances	21
First appearance	1961
Highest placement	2nd: 1961

The Dominican Republic debuted in the contest in 1961, their best result was a second place finish in that same year.

In its first participations, the country showed itself to be incredibly successful, ending second in its first participation and third in the following entry, however, it didn't take long for the favoritism to cease, to the point that they ended in last place in the 1965 and 1967 contests, the latter defeat being so troubling to the broadcaster that they stayed three years out of the contest after that, they returned in 1971 to another poor placement, resulting in the country withdrawing not long after that, nowadays, the Domincan Republic is seem as a recurring but relatively middling country in the contest, despite a couple of podium placements under its name.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1961	Dioris Valladares	"Como bailo mi pachanga"	Spanish	2	17
1962	Pacheco y Su Charanga	"Alto songo"	Spanish	3	19
1963	Billo's Caracas Boys	"La comparsa"	Spanish	6	17
1964	Joseíto Mateo	"Jardinera"	Spanish	7	14
1965	Johnny Pacheco	"Mayari"	Spanish	14 ◁	2
1966	Johnny Ventura	"Fiesta y serrucho"	Spanish	5	20
1967	Nydia Caro & Radhamés Reyes Alfau	"Dimelo tú"	Spanish	14 ◁	1
Did not participate from 1968 to 1970
1971	Primitivo Santos	"La ñapa de maní"	Spanish	17	2
Did not participate from 1972 to 1976
1977	Charytín	"Lo que duele mas"	Spanish	3	98
1978	Ángela Carrasco	"Quiéreme"	Spanish	16	23
1979	Ángela Carrasco	"Quererte a ti"	Spanish	6	71
1980	Charytín	"Se busca un amante"	Spanish	6	74
1981	Wilfrido Vargas & Sandy Reyes	"Siempre peleando"	Spanish	17 ◁	6
1982	Fernando Villalona	"Dejame volver"	Spanish	13	38
1983	Las Chicas del País	"El bufeo"	Spanish	18	15
1984	Juan Luis Guerra & 4.40	"Soplando"	Spanish	15	36
1985	Wilfrido Vargas	"Volveré"	Spanish	15	30
1986	Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40	"Ella dice"	Spanish	16	18
1987	Las Chicas del País	"Nadie me lo quita"	Spanish	11	38
Did not participate in 1988
1989	Belkys Concepcion	"El hombre que yo amo"	Spanish	6	75
1990	Alex Bueno	"A donde vayas"	Spanish	23 ◁	11
Did not participate in 1991

Ecuador

Ecuador
Participating broadcaster	Ecuavisa
Participation summary
Appearances	7
First appearance	1972
Highest placement	9th: 1979

Ecuador debuted in the 1972 contest, and had a poor result, ending second-to-last in it.

Throughout most of the 20th century, Ecuador would act like Venezuela and constantly withdraw and return to the contest, probably due to being one of the worst performing south american countries in the contest, but in the 21st century, the country started to become a frequent participant of the contest, with the last concert it didn't participate being in 2007.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1972	Julio Jaramillo	"Sombras"	Spanish	17	6
1973	Olimpo Cárdenas	"Interrogación"	Spanish	16	7
Did not participate from 1974 to 1977
1978	Tania Libertad	"El mismo puerto"	Spanish	14	29
1979	Eva Ayllón	"Engañada, noche tras noche"	Spanish	9	43
Did not participate in 1980
1981	Jatari	"Boquita de cereza"	Spanish	12	33
1982	Vico y Su Grupo Caricia	"Noche"	Spanish	11	43
1983	Mozzarella	"Alfa centauro"	Spanish	16	24
Did not participate from 1984 to 1993

El Salvador

El Salvador
Participating broadcaster	TV-2
Participation summary
Appearances	4
First appearance	1974
Highest placement	8th: 1991

El Salvador debuted in the 1974 and ended that edition in 16th place, for a couple of years, this was the sole participation of the country in the contest.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1974	Hermanos Flores	"El mango"	Spanish	16	15
Did not participate from 1975 to 1988
1989	Álvaro Torres	"Si estuvieras conmigo"	Spanish	20	17
1990	Thalía	"Amarillo azul"	Spanish	11	51
1991	Alejandra Guzmán	"Reina de corazones"	Spanish	8	72

Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe
Participating broadcaster	La Première
Participation summary
Appearances	11
First appearance	1974
Highest placement	3rd: 1991

Guadeloupe debuted in the 1974 as the second primarily french speak nation to debut in the contest. They ended their first participation in 18th place scoring only ten points, in their second participation, they ended with a much better result, finishing in the top 5 with 74 points.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1974	Fania Basse Terrienne	"Fania basse terrienne"	French	18	10
1975	Franck Valmont	"Petit bonhomme"	French	5	74
1976	Exile One	"Jamais voir ça"	French	13	34
Did not participate in 1977
1978	Fair-Nick Stars	"Arrêté mal palé"	French	5	97
Did not participate from 1979 to 1982
1983	Zepiss	"Chimin Spirit"	Antillean Creole	15	27
1984	Meliza	"Paradis en moin"	Antillean Creole	12	53
1985	Patrick Saint-Éloi & Jean-Philippe Marthély	"Pa bizwen palé"	Antillean Creole	11	42
Did not participate from 1986 to 1987
1988	Feeling Kréyol	"Las palé"	Antillean Creole	7	64
1989	Zouk Machine	"Maldòn"	Antillean Creole	4	92
1990	Daddy Yod	"Ca chauffe pour lui"	French	15	39
1991	Tanya Saint-Val	"Tropical"	Antillean Creole, French	3	112

Guatemala

Guatemala
Participating broadcaster	Canal 7
Participation summary
Appearances	4
First appearance	1984
Highest placement	6th: 1991

Guatemala debuted in the 1984 contest, ending that contest in eleventh place and recieving their first twelve points from the Dominican Republic.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1984	Alux Nahual	"Dime que has olvidado"	Spanish	11	57
1985	Ana Curra	"Una noche sin ti"	Spanish	9	46
1986	Ricardo Arjona	"Dejame decir que te amo"	Spanish	18 ◁	9
Did not participate from 1987 to 1990
1991	The Triplets	"You Don't Have to Go Home Tonight"	English	6	76

Haiti

Haiti
Participating broadcaster	Télévision Nationale d'Haïti (TNH)
Participation summary
Appearances	3
First appearance	1989
Highest placement	1st: 1990

Haiti debuted in the 1989 contest, ending that contest in 18th place, however, they won the contest in their second participation in 1990, making them one of the fastest countries to achieve their first victory.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1989	Reginald Policard	"Docteur Claude"	Haitian Creole	18	27
1990	Sakaj	"Pa gad sou lot"	Haitian Creole	1	139
1991	Rara Machine	"Banwmenlanmou"	Haitian Creole	12	53

Jamaica

Jamaica
Participating broadcaster	Television Jamaica (TVJ, 1998–) Former members Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC, 1967–1996)
Participation summary
Appearances	24
First appearance	1967
Highest placement	2nd: 1972, 1985

Jamaica debuted in the 1967 contest, ending that edition in 13th place out of 15 countries.

During its initial years, Jamaica had trouble getting high placements on the board, with their only significant placement being in their fifth participation at the 1971 concert in Fresno, where they ended in 4th place with the song "Soul Bird" by Jackie Mittoo, a placement that proved essential in making Jamaica find its footing in the contest, and the country finished second place in the following contest, with the song "Divided" by Peter Straker.

After the dissolution of broadcaster JBC in 1997, Jamaica wasn't able to get a new broadcaster in time to participate of the event, so they missed the confirmation deadline and stayed out of the 1997 contest, only returning in 1998 with the new broadcaster, TVJ.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1967	Ken Boothe	"When I Fall in Love"	English	13	4
1968	Alton Ellis	"La La La Means I Love You"	English	10	11
1969	Pat Kelly	"How Long Will It Take"	English	14	6
1970	Bob & Marcia	"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"	English	10	11
1971	Jackie Mittoo	"Soul Bird"	English	4	24
1972	Peter Straker	"Divided"	English	2	64
1973	I-Roy	"Blackman Time"	English	14	12
1974	Marcia Griffiths	"When Will I See You Again"	English	9	25
1975	Big Youth	"Natty Dread She Want"	English	10	43
1976	Susan Cadogan	"Hurt So Good"	English	15	29
1977	The Heptones	"Party Time"	English	15	20
1978	Althea & Donna	"Uptown Top Ranking"	English	8	54
1979	Johnny Osbourne	"We Need Love"	English	13	27
1980	Grace Jones	"Warm Leatherette"	English	7	71
1981	Michael Prophet	"Hold on to What You Got"	English	10	51
1982	Sister Nancy	"Bam Bam"	English	3	112
1983	Barrington Levy	"Trying to Rule My Life"	English	7	73
1984	Sugar Minott	"Wicked Ago Feel It"	English	17	21
1985	Grace Jones	"Slave to the Rhythm"	English	2	139
1986	Ruby Turner	"If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)"	English	7	70
Did not participate in 1987
1988	Eek-A-Mouse	"Peeni Walli"	English	14	37
1989	Shelly Thunder	"Kuff"	English	19	26
1990	Shabba Ranks ft. Krystal	"Twice My Age"	English	18	29
1991	Chubb Rock	"Just the Two of Us"	English	19	28

Martinique

Martinique
Participating broadcaster	La Première
Participation summary
Appearances	12
First appearance	1972
Highest placement	3rd: 1988

Martinique debuted in the 1972 contest, being the first primarily french speaking country to particiapte.

Much like Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique initially served as a hub to other francophonic nations in the caribbean for the contest, with artists from Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy often participating of the national selection for the country, despite sending native artists more often than Trinidad and Tobago.

Their first significant placement in the board was a 6th place in 1974.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1972	Barel Coppet & Mister Lof	"Rhum et coutelas"	French	14	17
1973	Eugène Mona et son Groupe du Marigot	"Bégui bégui bang"	French	12	16
1974	Marius Cultier	"Souskaï"	French	6	32
1975	Henri Guédon	"Eti yo"	Antillean Creole	11	38
1976	Marius Cultier	"Eso guédé"	Antillean Creole	4	86
1977	Ti-Émile	"Chaud i chaud"	Antillean Creole	12	35
1978	Max-B	"Possesion"	French	17	10
Did not participate from 1979 to 1981
1982	Philippe Lavil	"Il tape sur des bambous"	French	17	26
Did not participate from 1983 to 1987
1988	Kova Rea	"Nuit d'amour"	French	3	107
1989	Jackson Suriam	"Taxi"	French	22 ◁	11
1990	Kali	"Ti kanno"	Antillean Creole	6	77
1991	Jocelyne Béroard & Jacob Desvarieux	"Milans"	Antillean Creole	23	8

Mexico

Mexico
Participating broadcaster	Las Estrellas
Participation summary
Appearances	36
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1973, 1987, 1989

Mexico is one of the six original Amerivision countries, they won the contest for the first time in 1973.

In the initial years, Mexico struggled considerably to have high placings in the contest, often staying in the middle of the board, during that time, broadcaster Las Estrellas belonged to Telesistema Mexicano, but after the merger that led to the creation of Televisa, Mexico got its first victory, 1973, which means Mexico was the original six country that took the longest to win the contest.

Televisa is one of the largest budget contributors to the event, leading to Mexico being one of the countries in the "Big 4", together with Brazil, Canada and United States.

Mexico was an early adopter of the national final selecting contest, with most of its entries after the 1959 contest being selected via the program "Una voz para el México".

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1956	Gloria Lasso	"Luna de miel"	Spanish	4	14
	Jorge Negrete	"Mexico lindo y querido"	Spanish	9	6
1957	Elvira Ríos	"Noche de luna"	Spanish	9 ◁	1
1958	Los Tres Ases	"Regálame ésta noche"	Spanish	8	3
1959	Tony Camargo	"El año viejo"	Spanish	4	7
1960	Los Locos del Ritmo	"Tus ojos"	Spanish	3	15
1961	Chavela Vargas	"Paloma negra"	Spanish	5	10
1962	Angélica María	"Dile adios"	Spanish	5	15
1963	Sonia López	"Enemigos"	Spanish	4	23
1964	Irma Serrano	"Copitas de mezcal"	Spanish	5	17
1965	Las Hermanas Navarro	"Cuento corderitos"	Spanish	2	33
1966	Álvaro Carrillo	"El andariego"	Spanish	4	22
1967	Armando Manzanero	"Contigo aprendi"	Spanish	11	5
1968	Armando Manzanero	"Somos novios"	Spanish	8	14
1969	José José	"Una mañana"	Spanish	10	10
1970	Leo Acosta	"Rencorosa"	Spanish	3	25
1971	Guadalupe Trigo	"Mi ciudad"	Spanish	5	22
1972	Iguana	"Arcoiris de cristal"	Spanish	8	30
1973	Sola	"Soy rebelde"	Spanish	1	79
1974	Pájaro Alberto	"Seguir al sol"	Spanish	7	28
1975	Los Dug Dug's	"Cambia, cambia"	Spanish	2	118
1976	José José	"El príncipe"	Spanish	9	51
1977	Gualberto Castro	"Bola negra"	Spanish	11	38
1978	Los Yonic's	"Soy yo"	Spanish	13	31
1979	Jorge Santana	"It's All About Love"	English	15	24
1980	Emmanuel	"Insoportablemente bella"	Spanish	15	29
1981	Estela Nuñez	"Te acuerdas?"	Spanish	13	30
1982	Yuri	"Maldita primavera"	Spanish	14	34
1983	Lucía Méndez	"Mi amor, amor"	Spanish	19	13
1984	Daniela Romo	"Enamorada de ti"	Spanish	8	62
1985	Casino Shanghai	"Cuerpos huecos"	Spanish	18	18
1986	Flans	"Tímido"	Spanish	3	106
1987	Luis Miguel	"Ahora te puedes marchar"	Spanish	1	116
1988	Cecilia Toussaint	"Carretera"	Spanish	10	55
1989	Gloria Trevi	"Dr. Psiquiatra"	Spanish	1	146
1990	Ana Gabriel	"Quien como tú"	Spanish	4	105
1991	Selena	"Como la flor"	Spanish	18	43

Netherlands Antilles

Netherlands Antilles
Participating broadcaster	Telecuraçao
Participation summary
Appearances	17
First appearance	1968
Highest placement	1st: 1968, 1969, 1979

The Netherlands Antilles are notorious for many things, mainly, for being the only extinct country to participate of the contest, for being one of the only two countries outside of the original 6 to win the contest in its debut in 1968 – The other being Panama in 1965. –, for being the first country to win two contests in a roll and for winning the contest in its first two participations ever.

Despite being a very successful country that usually stood in the top half of the scoreboards each year, the Netherlands Antilles is a country that had the tendency to withdraw mainly due to budget reasons, their initial went from 1968 to 1973, where they sent only songs in English and sent repeated artists considerably, with Euson being sent three times and Marva Hodge twice. They would withdraw from the contest in 1974, only to return in 1977, sending their first song ever sung in dutch to the contest in 1978, staying until 1979 and withdrawing again in 1980, their future runs went from 1982 to 1987, 1991 to 1996, 2001 to 2002, 2004, and finally, they would do their final participations in 2009 and 2010, before dissolving as a country and being split into the current participating nations of Curaçao and Bonaire.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1968	Euson & Stax	"I Want You Around Me"	English	1	41
1969	Marva Hodge	"You're the One for Me"	English	1	39
1970	Marva Hodge & The Moody Sec	"Let the Sun Shine In"	English	2	36
1971	Euson & Stax	"A Fool for You"	English	14	8
1972	Oscar Harris & The Twinkle Stars	"Let It Be Me"	English	9	26
1973	Euson	"Life Is on My Side"	English	7	31
Did not participate from 1974 to 1976
1977	Gilla & Bobby Farrell	"Gentleman Callers Not Allowed"	English	4	95
1978	Max Nijman	"Te mi wan sji joe"	Dutch	12	33
1979	Sumy	"Going Insane"	English	1	129
1980	Renée	"Jimmy"	English	17	15
Did not participate in 1981
1982	Kenneth Sherman	"Why Can't We Live Together"	English	2	133
1983	Dhaddy Brokke & Tony Sherman	"Spaar bo amor"	Papiamento, Spanish	13	39
1984	Wally Warning	"Land of Hunger"	English	6	77
1985	Boney M., Bobby Farrell and The School Rebels	"Happy Song"	English	7	66
1986	Leslie Vaughn	"Somebody Loves You"	English	5	74
1987	Richenel	"Temptation"	English	9	52
Did not participate from 1988 to 1990
1991	Lou Prince	"Just in Time"	English	20	24

Nicaragua

Nicaragua
Participating broadcaster	Televicentro
Participation summary
Appearances	10
First appearance	1970
Highest placement	5th: 1991

Nicaragua debuted in the contest in 1970, ending in 9th place.

It was the second central american country to debut in the contest, after Panama in 1965. They became notable in the 1971 contest for being the first country to send a song sung in a native language, as the entry for that year, "Reedo reedo mama juka" by Los Barbaros del Ritmo, had verses sung in Rama.

After the 1972 contest, which they ended in last place, Nicaragua withdrew for the first time, only to return in 1976.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1970	Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy	"Hilachas de sol"	Spanish	9	12
1971	Los Barbaros del Ritmo	"Reedo reedo mama juka"	Rama, Spanish	13	9
1972	Bwana	"La jurumba"	Spanish	18 ◁	1
Did not participate from 1972 to 1975
1976	Kako & Camilo Azuquita	"La candado y la llave"	Spanish	6	64
1977	Carlos Mejía Godoy	"El cristo de Palacaguina"	Spanish	6	74
1978	Norma Helena Gadea	"El calabazo"	Spanish	15	28
Did not participate from 1979 to 1987
1988	Luis Enrique	"Desesperado"	Spanish	13	42
1989	Luis Enrique	"Lo que pasó entre tu y yo pasó"	Spanish	21	15
1990	Guardabarranco	"Días de amar"	Spanish	9	60
1991	Soul Vibrations	"Black Culture"	English	5	83

Panama

Panama
Participating broadcaster	RPC Televisión
Participation summary
Appearances	17
First appearance	1965
Highest placement	1st: 1965

Panama debuted in the contest in 1965, as the first central american country to do so, and won in its very first participation, it was the first time a non-original six country won the contest in its very first participation, however, the win was seem as controversial, as the panamanian entry, Raphael, was spanish and had no ties with Panama in itself. However, the ABU rules specifically state that the representative doesn't necessarily have to be from the country it is representing to participate of the contest, and that the only reason this happened is because RPC invited Raphael to participate of the event and he accepted. After its success in the ASC, Raphael went on to represent his home country in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1966 and 1967, ending 7th and 6th respectively.

Spanish singer Raphael won the contest for Panama in its inaugural participation, in 1965.

Panama became the first former-champion country to withdraw from the contest in 1973, alledging budget issues, only to return in 1975.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1965	Raphael	"Casi, casi"	Spanish	1	35
1966	Joe Panama	"Echala pafuera"	Spanish	13	2
1967	Joe Panama	"Tu eres mi vida"	Spanish	8	9
1968	The Beachers	"Africa caliente"	Spanish	13	4
1969	Los Dinámicos Exciters	"Algo muy profundo"	Spanish	6	18
1970	Basilio	"No digas adios"	Spanish	5	19
1971	Los Fabulosos Festivals	"El mensaje"	Spanish, English	15	6
1972	Lito Barrientos	"Charanga 'pa gozar"	Spanish	15	16
Did not participate from 1973 to 1974
1975	Poder Del Alma	"La conga de las dos razas"	Spanish	7	56
1976	Tony Silvester	"Magic Touch"	English	3	94
1977	Charlie Palmieri & Meñique	"Con salsa y sabor"	Spanish	7	68
1978	Basilio	"La gioconda"	Spanish	10	41
1979	Azuquita y Su Melao	"Yo No Sé Nada"	Spanish	17 ◁	19
Did not participate from 1980 to 1985
1986	Roberto Blades	"María"	Spanish	14	24
1987	Oceano	"El derramo su amor por ti"	Spanish	7	56
1988	Renato	"Que locura"	Spanish	20 ◁	4
Did not participate in 1989
1990	El General	"Pu Tun Tun"	Spanish	22	14
Did not participate in 1991

Paraguay

Paraguay
Participating broadcaster	Sistema Nacional de Televisión (SNT)
Participation summary
Appearances	11
First appearance	1967
Highest placement	3rd: 1973, 1983

Paraguay debuted in the contest in 1967, and ended that edition tying for last place with the Dominican Republic.

In its early years, Paraguay had notorious struggles to do well in the contest, in its first ever participation, it ended last place and only peaked at 13th place with 4 points recieved. The poor placements led the paraguayan broadcaster SNT to withdraw from the next two contests, when they returned, they notoriously started to perform much better, even scoring two third place finishes in 1973 and 1983.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1967	Digno García	"Arrivederci Maria"	Spanish, Italian	14 ◁	1
1968	Los 3 Sudamericanos	"La luna ya está en el bote"	Spanish	13	4
1969	Los Blue Caps	"De cualquier manera"	Spanish	16	2
Did not participate from 1970 to 1971
1972	Los Blue Caps	"Volverás mi amor, yo te esperaré"	Spanish	6	31
1973	Los Jokers	"Dientes de perro"	Spanish	3	41
1974	IODI	"Mi cigarro"	Spanish	5	35
1975	IODI	"Yo necesito de ti"	Spanish	8	53
1976	Digno García	"Besame mucho"	Spanish	10	46
1977	Sandra Mihanovich	"Falta poco tiempo"	Spanish	10	49
Did not participate from 1978 to 1981
1982	Perla	"Comienza a amanecer"	Spanish	9	47
1983	Pro-Rock Ensamble	"Los Junior's Beat"	Spanish	3	123
Did not participate from 1984 to 1991

Peru

Peru
Participating broadcaster	América Televisión
Participation summary
Appearances	25
First appearance	1959
Highest placement	2nd: 1959

Peru debuted in the contest in 1959, their best result was a second place in 1959.

Yma Sumac represented Peru in its inaugural participation in 1959, ending the contest in second place.

Despite having an early lead, finishing its first ever participation in second place, Peru went on to struggle in the upcoming years, even ending last place in 1963. For those reasons, peru is largely seen as one of the least impactful countries in South America in the contest, even withdrawing in 1972 and in 1978 after two consecutive last place finishes, in the latter withdrawal, the country stayed the longest period in its history out of the contest, six years, only to return in the 1984 contest, where they scored their best finish since Yma Sumac's second place finish in 1959 and first podium entry since.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1959	Yma Sumac	"La flor de la canela"	Spanish	2	19
1960	Los Kipus	"Ansias"	Spanish	8	4
1961	José Mojica	"Júrame"	Spanish	9	7
1962	Alicia Maguiña	"Inocente amor"	Spanish	7	7
1963	Los Kreps	"Linda Muchachita"	Spanish	10 ◁	1
1964	María de Jesús Vásquez	"Amarradito"	Spanish	9	9
1965	Jean Paul "El Troglodita"	"Tengo un Mustang"	Spanish	4	21
1966	Lissette	"Mis cosas favoritas"	Spanish	9	12
1967	Chabuca Granda & Óscar Avilés	"Bello durmiente"	Spanish	9	7
1968	Eva Luz Vargas	"Tierra peruana"	Spanish	4	21
1969	Los Datsuns	"Otra mejor que tú"	Spanish	15	4
1970	Los Destellos	"Elsa"	Spanish	16	3
1971	Victoria Santa Cruz	"La picantería"	Spanish	8	15
Did not participate in 1972
1973	Lucia de la Cruz	"Vieja limeña"	Spanish	10	20
1974	Zulu	"Sueño de amor"	Spanish	8	26
1975	Los Wembler's de Iquitos	"La danza del petrolero"	Spanish	9	47
1976	Los Pasteles Verdes	"En mi viejo San Juan"	Spanish	17 ◁	9
1977	Innovations	"Seabird"	English	17 ◁	6
Did not participate from 1978 to 1983
1984	Melissa	"Altamente peligroso"	Spanish	3	101
1985	Miki González	"Dímelo, dímelo"	Spanish	8	57
1986	Lissette	"Yo me voy sola"	Spanish	8	61
1987	Miki González	"Vamos a Tocache"	Spanish	14	27
1988	Feiser	"Esta es la noche"	Spanish	6	73
1989	Los Hijos Del Sol	"Un barco ciego"	Spanish	12	51
1990	Nosequien y Los Nosecuantos	"Magdalena"	Spanish	21	17
Did not participate in 1991

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico
Participating broadcaster	Telemundo Puerto Rico
Participation summary
Appearances	33
First appearance	1957
Highest placement	1st: 1961, 1967

Puerto Rico debuted in the contest in 1957, they won the competition twice, first in 1961 and later in 1967.

Puerto Rico is often considered the biggest wild card in the contest, either doing terribly or amazingly in it. In its first four participations, the country seriously struggled to maintain good results, even being the first country to recieved the dreaded nul points in the contest's history in 1959, and repeating the feat in the following year, however, in a major upset, the country was crowned the winner of the 1961 contest with the song "Ramona" by Rafael Cortijo, credited to "Cortijo y Su Combo", initially this was believed to be a sign of things to come for Puerto Rico, but after three lack-luster performances in the following years, – including its first ever placement out of the top 10 in the 1964 contest – this theory was quickly shut down, but in between poor placements, the country managed to get a third place in 1965 and win a second time two years later, and that inconsistency makes Puerto Rico one of the hardest countries to predict in the contest.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1957	Virginia López	"Estraño sentir"	Spanish	8	2
1958	Virginia López	"Tus promesas de amor"	Spanish	5	8
1959	Ramito	"Sabor boricua"	Spanish	10 ◁	0
1960	Odilio González	"Saludo a lares (Mapeyé)"	Spanish	10 ◁	0
1961	Cortijo y Su Combo	"Ramona"	Spanish	1	18
1962	Rita Moreno	"Day by Day"	English	9	5
1963	Mon Rivera	"Pachanga con guaguancó"	Spanish	7	12
1964	Ricardo Ray	"Comejen"	Spanish	11	5
1965	Lucecita	"El rebelde"	Spanish	3	25
1966	Bobby Valentín	"Bad Breath"	English	11	6
1967	Bobby Valentín	"Use It Before You Lose It"	English	1	25
1968	King Nando	"Funky Shing-a-Ling"	English	6	15
1969	Ismael Rivera y Sus Cachimbos	"Gulliver"	Spanish	17 ◁	1
1970	Roberto Angleró	"Abicú"	Spanish	15	4
1971	Cheo Feliciano	"Mi triste problema"	Spanish	12	10
1972	Sophy	"Locuras tengo de ti"	Spanish	10	22
1973	Roy Brown & Antonio Cabán Vale	"Oda a mi generación"	Spanish	5	36
1974	Ismael Rivera	"Yo no quiero piedras en mi caminoe"	Spanish	17	12
Did not participate in 1975
1976	Danny Rivera	"Tú vives en mi pensamiento"	Spanish	8	57
1977	Yolandita Monge	"Yo soy una mas"	Spanish	14	24
1978	Héctor Lavoe	"Comedia"	Spanish	6	87
1979	Cheo Feliciano	"Lamento guajiro"	Spanish	3	99
1980	Lucecita	"Creceremos"	Spanish	8	59
1981	José Feliciano	"I Wanna Be Where You Are"	English	5	76
1982	Menudo	"Subete a mi moto"	Spanish	19	20
1983	René	"Viva la radio"	Spanish	10	50
1984	Chayanne	"Es mi nombre"	Spanish	4	92
1985	Menudo	"Hold Me"	English	3	115
1986	Ednita Nazario	"Tú, sin mí"	Spanish	10	45
Did not participate in 1987
1988	India	"Dancing on the Fire"	English	5	88
1989	Lisa M	"Rock to the Beat"	English	5	89
1990	Vico C & DJ Negro	"El filosofo"	Spanish	16	36
1991	Sa-Fire	"Taste the Bass"	English	10	56

Suriname

Suriname
Participating broadcaster	Surinaamse Televisie Stichting (STVS)
Participation summary
Appearances	9
First appearance	1980
Highest placement	2nd: 1986, 1989

After borrowing a couple of artists to the Netherlands Antilles and the victory of one of them in 1979, Suriname debuted in the contest in 1980, ending in a devastating last place, that led to them withdrawing from the 1981 contest and return in the next year, where they sent former winner for the Netherlands Antilles, Sumy, to represent them, and despite getting more points, they still came last place, which made Sumy the first participant of the contest to end both in first and last place. Despite that, they ended up becoming a recurring country in the contest and redeemed themselves in the following edition, ending fifth with the song "Funk It Up" by Monica Chen.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1980	Oscar Harris	"Disco Calypso"	Dutch, English	18 ◁	12
Did not participate in 1981
1982	Sumy	"Where Were You Last Night"	English	20 ◁	17
1983	Monica Chen	"Funk It Up"	English	5	99
1984	Iwan Esseboom	"Tangi fu bun na kodja"	Sranan Tongo	14	38
1985	Glenda Peters	"Since You Came Into My Life"	English	12	39
1986	Mai Tai	"Turn Your Love Around"	English	2	141
1987	Greg Hobson	"Love's Gonna Get You"	English	16 ◁	20
Did not participate in 1988
1989	Michèle	"All My Love"	English	2	121
1990	Ruth Jacott & Hans Vermeulen	"Teygo makandra"	Sranan Tongo	20	22
Did not participate in 1991

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Participating broadcaster	Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT)
Participation summary
Appearances	24
First appearance	1964
Highest placement	1st: 1974, 1980

Trinidad and Tobago debuted in the contest in 1964, and ended in last place that year.

As the first country from the Lesser Antilles to participate of the contest, Trinidad and Tobago served as the unintentional hub for artists from other countries of the region to participate of the contest, after internally selecting Lord Kitchener in its first participation and ending the contest in last place, the broadcaster created the national selection TTT Festival to select its future entries in the contest, which led to several artists from countries like Grenada, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to participate of the program in order to get a spot in Amerivision, which was proven successful, given the first edition was won by Grenadinian singer Mighty Sparrow and the second being won by Barbadian band The Merrymen. However, despite backlash from local musicians, TTT didn't do anything to stop it, as it was indeed leading to the country performing better in the contest. However, as other countries from the region joined the contest, the quantity of foreigner artists participating of the TTT Festival started to decrease, and while eventually foreigner artists still represent Trinidad and Tobago, the majority of modern representatives are native to the nation.

Billy Ocean, lead singer of Scorched Earth, the band that gave Trinidad and Tobago its first win in the contest in 1974, with the song "On the Run".

After a disappointing finish in last at the 1971 contest, Trinidad and Tobago withdrew from the contest for the next two years, and when it returned, it became the first returning country to win the contest, with the song "On the Run" by the Billy Ocean led band Scorched Earth, which kickstarted a wave of success for the country in the mid 70s, as it ended in the top 3 in the next two editions as well. The country highly benefited from its submission of disco and funk songs in that period, that eventually led to a second win in 1980 with the song "We Are Family" by Mac and Katie Kissoon and nearly won for a second time in a roll in the following year.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1964	Lord Kitchener	"My Wife's Nightie"	English	12 ◁	3
1965	Mighty Sparrow	"Man Like to Feel"	English	9	8
1966	The Merrymen	"There Won't Be Anymore"	English	10	10
1967	Mighty Sparrow	"Revenge"	English	5	13
1968	Joe Mansano	"Life on Reggae Planet"	English	15	3
1969	The Mighty Duke	"Black Is Beautiful"	English	12	9
1970	Mac Kissoon	"Get Down With It"	English	8	13
1971	The Esso Trinidad Steel Band	"I Want You Back"	English	18 ◁	1
Did not participate from 1972 to 1973
1974	Scorched Earth	"On the Run"	English	1	76
1975	Wild Fire	"Check It Out"	English	3	102
1976	Tony Wilson	"I Like Your Style"	English	2	113
1977	Lee Vanderbilt	"Get Into What You're In"	English	9	55
1978	Calypso Rose	"The Action Is Tight"	English	11	36
1979	Mac Kissoon	"Lavender Blue"	English	14	25
1980	Mac and Katie Kissoon	"We Are Family"	English	1	122
1981	Billy Ocean	"Stay the Night"	English	2	130
Did not participate in 1982
1983	Katie Kissoon	"You're the One (You're My Number One)"	English	8	68
1984	Billy Ocean	"Suddenly"	English	10	58
1985	Lord Laro	"Lover's License"	English	10	44
1986	Judy Boucher	"Can't Be With You Tonight"	English	17	17
1987	Judy Boucher	"You Caught My Eyes"	English	13	29
1988	Hugh Bullen	"Night Girl"	English	2	127
Did not participate in 1989
1990	Joanna Law	"First Time Ever"	English	7	76
1991	Tambu	"Reach Out"	English	13	51

United States

United States
Participating broadcaster	National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Participation summary
Appearances	36
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1970, 1981

United States is one of the six original Amerivision countries, winning the contest once.

Despite being always considered a major favorite of the competition, the United States seriously struggled to do as well as anticipated in the early years of the contest, despite constant podium placements, only achieving their first victory in 1970.

Minnie Riperton, the first artist to win the contest for the United States. With the song "Les fleurs" in 1970.

Kim Carnes, the second american representative to win the contest, with the song "Bette Davis Eyes" in 1981.

Despite this, NBC, the american broadcaster, is considered to be the largest financial contributor to the contest, and is often treated as the backup host nation, as it often hosts contests when the previous year's winner or runner up declines the offer. The first time that happened being in 1961, when it hosted the contest in behalf of Uruguay. Because of that, United States is the country that hosted the event most times, in a total of 5 occasions, twice in New York, once in Chicago, once in Miami and once in San Francisco.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1956	Harry Belafonte	"Jamaica Farewell"	English	7	9
	Julie London	"Lonely Girl"	English	12 ◁	1
1957	Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps	"Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me"	English	4	11
1958	Sarah Vaughan	"The Midnight Sun Will Never Set"	English	3	15
1959	The Flamingos	"I'm in the Mood for Love"	English	4	13
1960	Cathie Taylor	"The Sweetest Story Ever Told"	English	9	2
1961	Wanda Jackson	"There's a Party Goin' On"	English	3	14
1962	Buck Owens	"Fool Me Again"	English	4	17
1963	Lesley Gore	"Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows"	English	3	24
1964	Jan & Dean	"The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)"	English	2	27
1965	Judy Roderick	"Me and My Chaffeur"	English	12	4
1966	The Cyrkle	"Red Rubber Ball"	English	7	15
1967	Tammy Wynette	"Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad"	English	4	15
1968	Del Shannon	"Gemini"	English	11	9
1969	Wendy and Bonnie	"I Realized You"	English	10	10
1970	Minnie Riperton	"Les fleurs"	English	1	47
1971	Barbra Streisand	"The Summer Knows"	English	9	14
1972	Lyn Collins	"Think (About It)"	English	6	31
1973	Millie Jackson	"It Hurts So Good"	English	2	63
1974	Rufus & Chaka Khan	"Your Smile"	English	12	22
1975	Linda Ronstadt	"Love Is a Rose"	English	13	29
1976	The Doobie Brothers & James Taylor	"Takin' It to the Streets"	English	5	74
1977	Bonnie Raitt	"Home"	English	8	60
1978	Cheryl Lynn	"Got to Be Real"	English	3	116
1979	Jennifer Warnes	"I Know a Heartache When I See One"	English	10	38
1980	Patrice Rushen	"Look Up!"	English	13	36
1981	Kim Carnes	"Bette Davis Eyes"	English	1	145
1982	Daryl Hall & John Oates	"Maneater"	English	15	32
1983	Christopher Cross	"All Right"	English	17	16
1984	Shannon	"Let the Music Play"	English	2	125
1985	DeBarge	"Rhythm of the Night"	English	17	25
1986	Stacey Q	"Two of Hearts"	English	11	34
1987	Terence Trent D'Arby	"Wishing Well"	English	6	73
1988	Chicago	"I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love"	English	12	46
1989	Inner City	"Good Life"	English	10	55
1990	Information Society	"How Long"	English	19	23
1991	Desmond Child	"The Price of Lovin' You"	English	2	132

Uruguay

Uruguay
Participating broadcaster	Canal 10
Participation summary
Appearances	34
First appearance	1957
Highest placement	1st: 1958, 1960, 1963, 1982

Uruguay debuted in the contest in 1957, they are the biggest winners in the contest history, winning three times.

Often considered to be one of the biggest surprises in the contest's history, Uruguay did remarkably well in the early years of the contest, ending third place in their first participation and winning in the following year, they later became the second country to win twice in 1960 and in 1963 they became the first country to win three times. Which led to them recieving a constant status of favorites for the contest.

They were also the first country to win the contest with a returning artist, as the 1963 winner, Julio Sosa, had already participated of the contest in 1961, ending 6th place.

Julio Sosa, the third uruguayan representative to win the contest.

Despite the initial luck of the country, it would take nineteen for the fourth uruguayan victory to come. After a second place finish in 1966, the country would only return to the podium in 1980 (despite three fourth place finishes in the meantime), only achieving their fourth win in 1982.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1957	Romeo Gavioli y Su Orquesta Típica	"Estampa del 900"	Spanish	3	16
1958	Amalia de la Vega	"Mi poncho"	Spanish	1	22
1959	Amalia de la Vega	"El lazo"	Spanish	5	10
1960	Los TNT	"Eso, eso, eso"	Spanish	1	31
1961	Julio Sosa	"Rencor"	Spanish	6	9
1962	Los Olimareños	"Orejano"	Spanish	10 ◁	3
1963	Julio Sosa	"Madame Ivonne"	Spanish	1	29
1964	Los Iracundos	"Calla"	Spanish	4	20
1965	Los Shakers	"No me pidas amor"	English, Spanish	8	10
1966	Alfredo Zitarrosa	"Milonga para una niña"	Spanish	2	28
1967	Aníbal Sampayo	"Garzas viajeras"	Spanish	9	7
1968	Los Delfines	"Sin tiempo para vivir"	English, Spanish	6	15
1969	Vera Sienra & Eduardo Mateo	"Aquel"	Spanish	4	22
1970	Limonada	"Ojos que miran lejos"	Spanish	11	9
1971	Tótem	"De este cielo santo"	Spanish	10	13
1972	Lágrima Ríos	"Un cielo para los dos"	Spanish	4	41
1973	Diane Denoir	"Las flores nuevas"	Spanish	15	10
1974	Carlos Benavides	"Soy del campo"	Spanish	14	17
1975	Rubén Rada	"Ayer te ví"	Spanish	6	62
1976	Yalta	"Poeta al sur"	Spanish	11	43
1977	El Kinto	"Muy lejos te vas"	Spanish	13	29
1978	Jaime Roos	"Sí sí sí"	Spanish	9	53
1979	Larbanois & Carrero	"Olero"	Spanish	4	92
1980	Rumbo	"A redoblar"	Spanish	3	95
1981	Sylvia Meyer	"Hoy a pesar de ser hoy"	Spanish	9	54
1982	Jaime Roos	"Adiós juventud"	Spanish	1	138
1983	Jorge Galemire	"Tus abrazos"	Spanish	12	41
1984	Eduardo Mateo	"Cuerpo y alma"	Spanish	20 ◁	2
1985	Fernando Cabrera	"Pandemonios"	Spanish	14	31
1986	Mariana Ingold	"Cara a cara"	Spanish	15	22
1987	Elli Medeiros	"A bailar calypso"	French, Spanish	2	105
1988	Alberto Wolf y Los Terapeutas	"El club de memo"	Spanish	19	9
1989	Las Tres	"Andenes"	Spanish	17	32
Did not participate in 1990
1991	Jazzy Mel	"Fue amor"	Spanish	11	55

Venezuela

Venezuela
Participating broadcaster	Venevisión
Participation summary
Appearances	16
First appearance	1965
Highest placement	2nd: 1969

Venezuela debuted in the contest in 1965, with their best placement being a 2nd place in 1969.

The country is often seen as inconsistent in the contest, not only due to the fact that it often floats around the board with no pattern of placements, but also due to its tendency to withdraw from the contest, with the first withdraw happening in 1967, and many others happening throughout the decades. Their longest continuous participation streak happened from 1968 to 1974, seven consecutive years participating.

In 1983, Colombia won the contest with venezuelan singer Ilan Chester, a result that upsetted severely the non-participating venezuelan delegation, leading to their return the following year and them even sending Chester in 1985.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points
1965	Felipe Pirela	"Cuando estemos viejos"	Spanish	10	7
1966	Los 007	"Carmen"	Spanish	8	14
Did not participate in 1967
1968	Soledad Bravo	"Zorongo gitano"	Spanish	12	7
1969	Henrique Lazo	"Confesiones de media noche"	Spanish	2	36
1970	Ray Pérez & Perucho Torcat	"Reproche"	Spanish	14	6
1971	Aldemaro Romero	"Pajarillo"	Spanish	16	4
1972	Nancy Ramos	"Mi llano es un paraiso"	Spanish	12	19
1973	Los Guaraguao	"Los estudiantes"	Spanish	9	21
1974	Cecilia Todd	"Pajarillo verde"	Spanish	14	17
Did not participate from 1975 to 1978
1979	Tempano	"Anhelos"	Spanish	16	23
1980	José Luis Rodríguez	"Pavo real"	Spanish	10	44
1981	Pablo Milanés	"El prégon de las flores"	Spanish	15	15
Did not participate from 1982 to 1983
1984	Karina	"A quién"	Spanish	9	59
1985	Ilan Chester	"Solo faltas tu"	Spanish	16	29
Did not participate from 1986 to 1989
1990	Franco De Vita	"No basta"	Spanish	5	92
1991	Diveana	"Tú"	Spanish	24 ◁	3