2009 Viña del Mar International Song Festival
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The 2009 Viña del Mar International Song Festival
was held from Monday 23 February until Saturday 28 February.
This festival was the number 50, and had a special award for the 50 years, the "Gold Song", elected between the winner songs from 2001 to 2008 versions of Festival. Finally, "Gold song" in the folk contest was "Cuecas Al Sol" (2005 winner), and in the international contest was "Ayer te vi" (2001 winner).
The television channels from the festival this year is "Canal 13
" and "TVN", and was held in Viña del Mar
, Chile
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Viña del Mar International Song Festival
The Viña del Mar International Song Festival is a music festival held annually during February since 1960 in Viña del Mar, Chile. It is considered the most important musical event in Latin America....
was held from Monday 23 February until Saturday 28 February.
This festival was the number 50, and had a special award for the 50 years, the "Gold Song", elected between the winner songs from 2001 to 2008 versions of Festival. Finally, "Gold song" in the folk contest was "Cuecas Al Sol" (2005 winner), and in the international contest was "Ayer te vi" (2001 winner).
The television channels from the festival this year is "Canal 13
Canal 13 (Chile)
Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Luksic Group associated with the Papal Catholic University of Chile. Its inaugural transmission took place on August 21, 1959...
" and "TVN", and was held in Viña del Mar
Viña del Mar
Viña del Mar , is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Its long stretches of white sandy beaches are a major attraction for national and international tourists. The city is Chile's main tourist attraction. Known as "La Ciudad Jardín" , Viña del Mar is a Chilean Municipality located...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
Monday 23
| Artist | Awards |
|---|---|
| Joan Manuel Serrat Joan Manuel Serrat Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa is a Catalan Spanish singer-songwriter.Serrat is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages... |
"Silver Torch" |
| Contest Folk | — |
| Camila Camila (band) Camila is a Mexican soft rock group which reached staggering success in their home country and all over Latin America upon the release of their debut album Todo Cambió. It consists of vocalist, composer and producer Mario Domm, vocalist Samuel Parra and guitarist Pablo Hurtado, founded by Domm... |
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Contest International | — |
| La Noche | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
Tuesday 24
| Artist | Awards |
|---|---|
| Verónica Villarroel Verónica Villarroel Verónica Villarroel González is a Chilean soprano. In 1989 she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She studied singing with Ellen Faull at the Juilliard School.Villarroel was born in Santiago, Chile to Gueraldo Villarroel and Luisa González... |
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Juanes Juanes Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez , better known as Juanes is a Colombian musician who was a member of heavy metal band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist. In 2000, his solo debut album Fíjate Bien won three Latin Grammy Awards.Juanes has sold more than 13 million albums... |
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Contest Folk | — |
| Fernando Ubiergo Fernando Ubiergo Fernando Ubiergo is a singer-songwriter and Chilean musician.Ubiergo is renowned for his creative musical work that has developed over a career spanning more than thirty years, which include awards from the Festival International de la Canción de Viña del Mar , Festival de Benidorm Fernando... |
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Contest International | — |
| KC and the Sunshine Band KC and the Sunshine Band KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. Founded in 1973 in Miami, Florida, their style has included funk, R&B, and disco. Their most well known songs include the disco hits "That's the Way ", " Shake Your Booty", "I'm Your Boogie Man", "Keep It Comin' Love", "Get Down Tonight", "Give... |
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
Wednesday 25
| Artist | Awards |
|---|---|
| Carlos Santana Carlos Santana Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion... |
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Contest Folk | — |
| Leonardo Farkas Leonardo Farkas Leonardo Julio Farkas Klein is a Chilean businessman and philanthropist.-Early years:Farkas's parents were Jews of Hungarian descent who emigrated from Transylvania to South America in 1939.... |
"Silver Torch" |
| Contest International | — |
| Dinamita Show | "Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Roger Hodgson Roger Hodgson Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson is a British musician and songwriter, best known as the former co-frontman, and founding member, of progressive rock band Supertramp.... |
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
Thursday 26
| Artist | Awards |
|---|---|
| Folkloric Ballet | — |
| Simply Red Simply Red Simply Red were a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style drew influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, reggae and jazz... |
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Contest Folk | — |
| Paolo Meneguzzi Paolo Meneguzzi Paolo Meneguzzi is an Swiss Italian singer. He is the son of Loredana Pacchiani and Gomez Meneguzzo.-Biography:... |
— |
| Contest International | — |
| Manpoval | — |
| R.K.M & Ken-Y R.K.M & Ken-Y José Nieves and Kenny Vázquez , both of Gurabo, Puerto Rico, are a Grammy Award-nominated reggaeton duo.-Early career:The duo started their career of music in high school. R.K.M was inspired by the recent explosion of reggaeton music in the 90's... |
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
Friday 27
| Artist | Awards |
|---|---|
| Luis Fonsi Luis Fonsi Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :... |
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
| Folk Competition Final | — |
| International Competition Semifinal | — |
| Daddy Yankee Daddy Yankee Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,... |
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
Saturday 28
| Artist | Awards |
|---|---|
| Natalino Natalino (band) Natalino is a Chilean pop rock band formed in 1996, under the name of "La Pé". They started enjoying mainstream success until the release of the band's first major studio album "Desde Que Te Vi" in 2007, which gone gold status in 2008, and then platinum in 2009, selling over 15,000 copies in their... |
"Silver Torch" & "Golden Torch" |
| Marc Anthony Marc Anthony Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads... |
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull" |
Appearances
- Antonio Vodanovic did a special appearance at the opening of the festival to say goodbye to the audience, taking the "Silver Torch", after leaving the animation of the festival in 2004.
- Verónica Villarroel appeared at the opening of the second day as a surprise for the 50 years of the festival.
- On the third night, the Chilean businessman Leonardo Farkas did a surprise appearance, which lasted 15 minutes approximately.
Trivia
- The singer of KC and the Sunshine Band, Harry Wayne CaseyHarry Wayne CaseyHarry Wayne "K.C." Casey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. He is most famous for his group, KC and the Sunshine Band, and as a producer of several hits for other artists.-Early years:...
, suffered a drop in the presentation of the band. - The Italian-Swiss singer Paolo Meneguzzi suffered failures of sound at the start of his presentation after to the annoyance of the public by the end of the presentation of Simply Red.
International
| Country | Artist | Song | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
Víctor Heredia | "Ayer Te Vi" | 2001 |
| Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
Ricardo Pald & Valeria Lynch | "Soy Tu Angel" | 2002 |
| Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
Chema Puron | "Este Amor Es Tuyo" | 2003 |
| Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
Alexis Venegas | "Tus Ojos" | 2004 |
| Perú Peru Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.... |
Jessica Sarango | "Mi Alma Entre Tus Manos" | 2005 |
| Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east.... |
Humberto Vargas | "Dilo De Una Vez" | 2006 |
| Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
Pedro Fernández | "Cuando Quieras Volver" | 2007 |
| Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
Doménico Protino | "La Guerra De Los 30 Años" | 2008 |
- Winner: ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
— Victor Heredia — "Ayer te ví" - Awards: "Golden Lyre"
Folk
| Country | Artist | Song | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
Danny Rodríguez | "Whipala" | 2001 |
| Perú Peru Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.... |
Carlos Rincón | "Juramento" | 2002 |
| Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
Fernando Barrientos | "Pintadita" | 2003 |
| Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
Víctor Heredia | "Bailando Con Tu Sombra" | 2004 |
| Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
Isabel Parra | "Cueca Al Sol" | 2005 |
| Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far... |
Elizabeth Morris | "Canción De Agua y Viento" | 2006 |
| Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the... |
Leonardo Gómez & Diana Hernández | "Me Duele El Alma" | 2007 |
| Perú Peru Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.... |
Damaris Mallma | "Tusuy Kusum" | 2008 |
- Winner: ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
— Camila Méndez & Isabel Parra — "Cuecas Al Sol" - Awards: "Golden Lyre" (Contest Folk), "Silver Seagull" (Best Interpreted)
International
- Juanita Parra
- Paolo MeneguzziPaolo MeneguzziPaolo Meneguzzi is an Swiss Italian singer. He is the son of Loredana Pacchiani and Gomez Meneguzzo.-Biography:...
- Catherine FulopCatherine FulopCatherine Amanda Fulop García is a Venezuelan actress, model and television presenter with both Venezuelan and Argentine citizenship. She participated in the Miss Venezuela 1986, finishing as the fourth runner–up...
- Martín Cárcamo
- Fernando UbiergoFernando UbiergoFernando Ubiergo is a singer-songwriter and Chilean musician.Ubiergo is renowned for his creative musical work that has developed over a career spanning more than thirty years, which include awards from the Festival International de la Canción de Viña del Mar , Festival de Benidorm Fernando...
- Bastián Bodenhöfer
- Leonardo FarkasLeonardo FarkasLeonardo Julio Farkas Klein is a Chilean businessman and philanthropist.-Early years:Farkas's parents were Jews of Hungarian descent who emigrated from Transylvania to South America in 1939....
Queen of the Festival
| Catherine Fulop (Jury) | 181 votes |
| Nicole Pérez (as Jennifer's) | 15 votes |
| Lucila Vit | 40 votes |
| Lucía Pérez (Contest International) | 29 votes |
- Winner: Catherine Fulop
Ugly King
| Leonardo Farkas (Jury) |
| Paolo Meneguzzi (Jury) |
| Leo Rey (Singer of "La Noche") |
| Augusto Schuster (Singer of "Amango") |
- Winner: Leo Rey
International Coverage
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