| OTI Festival 1978 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dates | |
| Final | 2 December 1978 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Municipal Theatre of Santiago, Santiago, Chile |
| Presenter(s) | |
| Musical director | Juan Azúa |
| Host broadcaster | |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 19 |
| Debuting countries |  Paraguay |
| Returning countries | None |
| Non-returning countries | |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country had seven jurors and each of them voted for their favourite entry. |
| Winning song |  Brazil: Denisse de Kalafe: "El amor... cosa tan rara" |
The OTI Festival 1978 (Spanish: Séptimo Gran Premio de la Canción Iberoamericana, Portuguese: Sétimo Grande Prêmio da Canção Ibero-Americana) was the seventh edition of the annual OTI Festival. It was held in Santiago, Chile, who offered to stage the event after Nicaragua, who won the previous contest, was unable to organize it due the outbreak of the Nicaraguan Revolution.[1] Organised by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) and host broadcasters Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), Canal 13, UCV Televisión and Canal 9, the contest was held at the Municipal Theatre of Santiago on Saturday 2 December 1978 and was hosted by Raúl Matas and Raquel Argandoña. Matas had previously presented the inaugural OTI Festival back in 1972 in Madrid.[2]
In this year's edition, in which many changes took place, the winner was the Brazilian entrant Denisse de Kalafe with the song "El amor... cosa tan rara".
- ^ "ABC (Madrid) – 02/12/1978, p. 53 – ABC.es Hemeroteca". ABC (in Spanish). Spain. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
- ^ "Tribuna | La OTI". El País (in Spanish). November 28, 1978. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved January 27, 2018.