Amerivision Song Contest 1993
edit| Amerivision Song Contest 1993 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Final | September 11 1993 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys Rosario, Argentina |
| Presenter(s) | Marcelo Tinelli Patricia Miccio |
| Host broadcaster | Telefe |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 24 |
| Returning countries |  American Virgin Islands Bolivia Jamaica Martinique |
| Non-returning countries |  Dominican Republic Haiti Peru Suriname |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their ten favourite songs |
| Winning song |  Netherlands Antilles"Send Me an Angel" |
The Amerivision Song Contest 1993 was the thirty-eighth edition of the annual Amerivision Song Contest, organised by the American Broadcasting Union (ABU), host broadcaster Telefe. The edition was hosted in the Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, in Rosario, Argentina, as last year's winner, The Bahamas, refused to host the contest for a second year in a roll, an offer also denied by the runner up Uruguay, offers to host the contest came from three different countries: Argentina, Puerto Rico and the United States, with the argentinian bid being the accepted one.
Host picking
editEight argentinian venues bidded to host the event, the italic bids were shortlisted and the bolded bid was the selected one from the shortlist.
Relegations
editContinuing the relegation method implemented last year, this edition saw three more countries being relegated, those being Dominican Republic, Peru and Suriname.
This edition saw the return of the American Virgin Islands after a twelve year absence, however, Haiti withdrew from this edition due to budget reasons.
| Rank | Country | Average | Yearly Point Totals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | |||
| 1 |  Bahamas
|
139.0 | 115 | 138 | 164 |
| 2 |  Uruguay
|
95.5 | — | 55 | 136 |
| 3 |  Barbados
|
73.3 | 126 | 44 | 50 |
| 4 |  Guadeloupe
|
72.6 | 39 | 112 | 67 |
| 5 |  Canada
|
70.6 | 51 | 104 | 57 |
| 6 |  Costa Rica
|
68.0 | — | 21 | 115 |
| 7 |  Brazil
|
68.0 | 70 | 46 | 88 |
| 8 |  Argentina
|
68.0 | 40 | 48 | 116 |
| 9 |  Mexico
|
64.0 | 105 | 43 | 44 |
| 10 |  United States
|
62.6 | 23 | 132 | 33 |
| 11 | Netherlands Antilles
|
62.0 | — | 24 | 100 |
| 12 |  Guatemala
|
57.0 | — | 76 | 38 |
| 13 |  Colombia
|
50.6 | 54 | 73 | 25 |
| 14 |  Nicaragua
|
50.0 | 60 | 83 | 7 |
| 15 |  Trinidad and Tobago
|
49.3 | 76 | 51 | 21 |
| 16 |  Chile
|
45.6 | 36 | 49 | 52 |
| 17 |  Panama
|
45.0 | 14 | — | 76 |
| 18 |  El Salvador
|
44.3 | 51 | 72 | 10 |
| 19 |  Puerto Rico
|
36.0 | 36 | 56 | 16 |
| 20 | Peru
|
31.0 | 17 | — | 45 |
| 21 | Suriname
|
25.5 | 22 | — | 29 |
| 22 | Dominican Republic
|
5.5 | 11 | — | 0 |
| Returning nations | |||||
 Martinique
|
42.5 | 77 | 8 | — | |
| Bolivia
|
33.5 | 48 | 19 | — | |
| Jamaica
|
28.5 | 29 | 28 | — | |
| Immune nations | |||||
 Antigua and Barbuda
|
42.0 | — | — | 42 | |
| American Virgin Islands
|
0.0 | — | — | — | |
Participating countries
edit| Country | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Language | English title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Virgin Islands
|
WSVI | Kenny Chesney | "Whatever It Takes" | English | |
| Antigua and Barbuda
|
ABS | Patsy Moore | "I Love a Boy (On College Radio)" | ||
| Argentina
|
Telefe | Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas | "No Way, José" | Spanish, English | |
| Bahamas
|
PTB | King Errisson | "Babalay" | English, Bahamian Creole | |
| Barbados
|
CBC TV 8 | Dennis Bovell feat. Janet Kay | "Capricorn" | English | |
| Bolivia
|
Bolivia TV | Luisa Molina | "Ulichitu" | Spanish | |
| Brazil
|
Globo | Daniela Mercury | "O canto da cidade" | Portuguese | "The Singing of the City" |
| Canada
|
CBC | Sarah McLachlan | "Hold On" | English | |
| Chile
|
UCV | Jorge González | "Mi casa en el arból" | Spanish | "My Treehouse" |
| Colombia
|
Canal 1 | Carlos Vives | "La gota fria" | "The Cold Drop" | |
| Costa Rica
|
Repretel 6 | Paulina Rubio | "Nieva, nieva" | "Snow, Snow" | |
| El Salvador
|
TV-2 | Rucks Parker | "Suena como Mozart" | "Dream Like Mozart" | |
| Guadeloupe
|
RFO | Volt-Face | "Zouké Light" | Antillean Creole | "Zouk Light" |
| Guatemala
|
Televisiete | Alux Nahual | "Del suelo se suele aprender" | Spanish | "You Usually Learn from the Soil" |
| Jamaica
|
JBC | Inner Circle | "Bad Boys" | English | |
| Martinique
|
RFO | Native | "Si la vie demande ça" | French | "If Life Demands It" |
| Mexico
|
Las Estrellas | Aleks Syntek | "Más fuerte de lo que pensaba" | Spanish | "Stronger Than I Thought" |
| Netherlands Antilles
|
Telecuraçao | CB Milton | "Send Me an Angel" | English | |
| Nicaragua
|
Televicentro | Olga Tañón | "Contigo o sin ti" | Spanish | "With or Without You" |
| Panama
|
RPC | Daphne | "When You Love Someone" | English | |
| Puerto Rico
|
Telemundo | Kid Power Posse | "Check the Rhythm" | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago
|
TTT | Billy Ocean | "Pressure" | ||
| United States
|
NBC | Michael Bolton | "Completely" | ||
| Uruguay
|
Canal 10 | Alberto Wolf | "Corazones musicales" | Spanish | "Musical Hearts" |
Returning artists
editBolded years represend that the artist was the winner on the year in question.
| Artist | Country | Previous year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Alberto Wolf | Uruguay
|
1988 |
| Alux Nahual | Guatemala
|
1984 |
| Billy Ocean | Trinidad and Tobago
|
1974 (part of Scorched Earth), 1981, 1984 |
| Dennis Bovell | Barbados
|
1981 |
| Patsy Moore | Antigua and Barbuda
|
1992 |
Contest overview
edit Winner
| R/O | Country | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicaragua
|
Olga Tañón | "Contigo o sin ti" | 29 | 17 |
| 2 | Brazil
|
Daniela Mercury | "O canto da cidade" | 117 | 3 |
| 3 | Argentina
|
Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas | "No Way, José" | 66 | 9 |
| 4 | Martinique
|
Native | "Si la vie demande ça" | 64 | 10 |
| 5 | Netherlands Antilles
|
CB Milton | "Send Me an Angel" | 140 | 1 |
| 6 | Panama
|
Daphne | "When You Love Someone" | 55 | 12 |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago
|
Billy Ocean | "Pressure" | 86 | 7 |
| 8 | Bahamas
|
King Errisson | "Babalay" | 41 | 14 |
| 9 | Guadeloupe
|
Volt-Face | "Zouké Light" | 121 | 2 |
| 10 | Colombia
|
Carlos Vives | "La gota fria" | 62 | 11 |
| 11 | Uruguay
|
Alberto Wolf | "Corazones musicales" | 7 | 22 |
| 12 | Costa Rica
|
Paulina Rubio | "Nieva, nieva" | 53 | 13 |
| 13 | United States
|
Michael Bolton | "Completely" | 2 | 24 |
| 14 | Puerto Rico
|
Kid Power Posse | "Check the Rhythm" | 16 | 20 |
| 15 | Mexico
|
Aleks Syntek | "Más fuerte de lo que pensaba" | 109 | 5 |
| 16 | Antigua and Barbuda
|
Patsy Moore | "I Love a Boy (On College Radio)" | 70 | 8 |
| 17 | American Virgin Islands
|
Kenny Chesney | "Whatever It Takes" | 13 | 21 |
| 18 | Bolivia
|
Luisa Molina | "Ulichitu" | 4 | 23 |
| 19 | Jamaica
|
Inner Circle | "Bad Boys" | 95 | 6 |
| 20 | Canada
|
Sarah McLachlan | "Hold On" | 114 | 4 |
| 21 | El Salvador
|
Rucks Parker | "Suena como Mozart" | 37 | 15 |
| 22 | Chile
|
Jorge González | "Mi casa en el arból" | 33 | 16 |
| 23 | Guatemala
|
Alux Nahual | "Del suelo se suele aprender" | 25 | 18 |
| 24 | Barbados
|
Dennis Bovell feat. Janet Kay | "Capricorn" | 23 | 19 |
Detailed voting results
editTotal score
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Nicaragua
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Brazil
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Argentina
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Martinique
|
Netherlands Antilles
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Panama
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Bahamas
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Guadeloupe
|
Colombia
|
Uruguay
|
Costa Rica
|
United States
|
Puerto Rico
|
Mexico
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
American Virgin Isls.
|
Bolivia
|
Jamaica
|
Canada
|
El Salvador
|
Chile
|
Guatemala
|
Barbados
| ||
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Contestants
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Nicaragua
|
29 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil
|
117 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | |||
| Argentina
|
66 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Martinique
|
64 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Netherlands Antilles
|
140 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Panama
|
55 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago
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86 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Bahamas
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41 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guadeloupe
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121 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Colombia
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62 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Uruguay
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7 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica
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53 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| United States
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2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico
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16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mexico
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109 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
| Antigua and Barbuda
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70 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| American Virgin Islands
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13 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bolivia
|
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jamaica
|
95 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Canada
|
114 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||
| El Salvador
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37 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chile
|
33 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala
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25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Barbados
|
23 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
12 points
editBelow is a summary of all 12 points received:
| N. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Guadeloupe
|
Canada, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles
|
| 4 | Mexico
|
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama
|
| Netherlands Antilles
|
American Virgin Islands, Argentina, Guadeloupe,
| |
| 3 | Jamaica
|
Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago
|
| 2 | Argentina
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Chile, Uruguay
|
| Brazil
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Bolivia, Colombia
| |
| Canada
|
Brazil, Guatemala
| |
| 1 | Bahamas
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Antigua and Barbuda
|
| Colombia
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Puerto Rico
|