Award
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
Hosts
Acts
Monday 23
Artist
Awards
Joan Manuel Serrat [2]
"Silver Torch"
Contest Folk
—
Camila
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Contest International
—
La Noche
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Tuesday 24
Wednesday 25
Artist
Awards
Carlos Santana
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Contest Folk
—
Leonardo Farkas
"Silver Torch"
Contest International
—
Dinamita Show
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Roger Hodgson
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Thursday 26
Artist
Awards
Folkloric Ballet
—
Simply Red
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Contest Folk
—
Paolo Meneguzzi
—
Contest International
—
Manpoval
—
R.K.M & Ken-Y
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Friday 27
Artist
Awards
Luis Fonsi
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Folk Competition Final
—
International Competition Semifinal
—
Daddy Yankee
"Silver Torch", "Golden Torch" & "Silver Seagull"
Saturday 28
Artist
Awards
Natalino
"Silver Torch" & "Golden Torch"
Marc Anthony
"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.[3]
Verónica Villarroel appeared at the opening of the second day as a surprise for the 50 years of the festival.[4]
On the third night, the Chilean businessman Leonardo Farkas did a surprise appearance, which lasted 15 minutes approximately.[5]
Trivia
The singer of KC and the Sunshine Band, Harry Wayne Casey , suffered a drop in the presentation of the band.[6]
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.[7]
Gold Song
International
Country
Artist
Song
Year
Argentina
Víctor Heredia
"Ayer Te Vi"
2001
Argentina
Ricardo Pald & Valeria Lynch
"Soy Tu Angel"
2002
Spain
Chema Puron
"Este Amor Es Tuyo"
2003
Chile
Alexis Venegas
"Tus Ojos"
2004
Perú
Jessica Sarango
"Mi Alma Entre Tus Manos"
2005
Costa Rica
Humberto Vargas
"Dilo De Una Vez"
2006
Spain
Pedro Fernández
"Cuando Quieras Volver"
2007
Italy
Doménico Protino
"La Guerra De Los 30 Años"
2008
Winner: Argentina — Victor Heredia — "Ayer te ví"[8]
Awards: "Golden Lyre"
Folk
Country
Artist
Song
Year
Chile
Danny Rodríguez
"Whipala"
2001
Perú
Carlos Rincón
"Juramento"
2002
Argentina
Fernando Barrientos
"Pintadita"
2003
Argentina
Víctor Heredia
"Bailando Con Tu Sombra"
2004
Chile
Isabel Parra
"Cueca Al Sol"
2005
Chile
Elizabeth Morris
"Canción De Agua y Viento"
2006
Colombia
Leonardo Gómez & Diana Hernández
"Me Duele El Alma"
2007
Perú
Damaris Mallma
"Tusuy Kusum"
2008
Winner: Chile — Camila Méndez & Isabel Parra — "Cuecas Al Sol"[9]
Awards: "Golden Lyre" (Contest Folk), "Silver Seagull" (Best Interpreted)
Jury
International
Folk
Queen of the Festival
Catherine Fulop (Jury)[11]
181 votes
Nicole Pérez (as Jennifer's)
15 votes
Lucila Vit
40 votes
Lucía Pérez (Contest International)
29 votes
Winner: Catherine Fulop [12]
Ugly King
Leonardo Farkas (Jury)[13]
Paolo Meneguzzi (Jury)
Leo Rey (Singer of "La Noche")
Augusto Schuster (Singer of "Amango")
International Coverage
A&E Latin America
CMI Televisión
ATB Red Nacional[15]
Telesistema Dominicano
Televicentro Nicaragua
Televisa
Televicentro Honduras
Canal 2
Telefé
Canal 11 SERTV
Tlñ
Repretel
Canal 13 Guatemala
TV Cerro Corá
References
^ [1] Archived 2009-02-27 at the Wayback Machine - Animators
^ [2] Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine - Performers
^ [3] Archived 2009-02-27 at the Wayback Machine - Antonio Vodanovic special appearance
^ [4] Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine - Verónica Villarroel special appearance
^ [5] Archived 2009-03-01 at the Wayback Machine - Leonardo Farkas special appearance
^ [6] Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine - Harry Wayne Casey fall down
^ [7] Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine - Paolo Meneguzzi failures of sound
^ [8] Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine - Gold Song
^ [9] Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine - 2009 Song Folk Winner
^ [10] Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine - Jury
^ [11] - Queen of the Festival
^ [12] Archived 2009-03-01 at the Wayback Machine - 2009 Queen of the Festival Winner
^ [13] Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine - Ugly King of the Festival
^ [14] Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine - 2009 Ugly King Winner
^ "Programación ATB". Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2009-02-28 .
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