[1] Costa Rica hosted the OTI Contest in 1998 and the venue was the National Theatre of San José.

In 1980, in Buenos Aires, the singer Ricardo Padilla achieved fourth place, with the song "El amor se va" (Love goes away) scoring 29 points.

Two years later in Lima, the capital of Peru, the same singer returned to the event, again placing fourth with the song "La mujer de mi vida" (The woman of my life).

[2] One of the biggest Costa Rican successes came in 1986, in Santiago with Cristina Gutiérrez and her song "Bendito seas, varón" (Be blessed, man) which placed third.

[4] Luis Duvalier Quiroz (Selling illusions) (How beautiful it would be) (Just how she came, she went away) (Just like a woman in love) (Give me a guitar) (I sing to the world) (I'm from a country that loves) (Lady and gentleman) (For the blind man with the accordion) (The woman of my life) (Melody of the lovers)