List of countries in the Amerivision Song Contest

Aruba
Aruba
Participating broadcaster	Telearuba
Participation summary
Appearances	2 (2 finals)
First appearance	1991
Highest placement	3rd: 1995

Argentina
Argentina
Participating broadcaster	Telefe (1979–) Former members Televisión Pública (TVP; 1956–1974) ;
Participation summary
Appearances	42 (42 finals)
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1964

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda
Participating broadcaster	Antigua/Barbuda Broadcasting Services (ABS)
Participation summary
Appearances	4 (4 finals)
First appearance	1988
Highest placement	8th: 1988, 1993

As of the 2005 edition, 39 of the 53 countries that ever participated of the Amerivision Song Contest have debuted, with 19 of those winning the contest at least once.

Table key
†	Inactive – countries which participated in the past but did not appear in the most recent contest, or will not appear in the upcoming contest

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Debut year	Latest entry	Entries	Finals	Times qualified	Qualifying rate	Latest final	Wins	Latest win
Antigua and Barbuda †	ABS	1988	1993	4	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Argentina	TVP / Telefe	1956	2005	42	3	2/2	100%	2005	1	1964
Aruba †	Telearuba	1991	1995	2	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Bahamas †	PTB	1978	1996	15	0	0/0	0%	N/A	3	1992
Barbados	CBC TV 8	1969	2005	29	2	1/2	50%	2005	0	N/A
Belize †	GBT	1996	1999	3	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Bermuda †	VSB	1980	2001	4	0	0/0	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Bolivia	Bolivia TV	1973	2005	23	3	1/2	50%	2005	0	N/A
Brazil	Tupi / Globo	1956	2005	49	3	Automatic qualifier		2005	5	1985
Canada	CBC	1956	2005	50	3	Automatic qualifier		2005	7	2000
Chile	UCV / TVN	1958	2005	46	3	0/0	0%	2005	3	1998
Colombia	Canal 1	1956	2005	48	3	0/0	0%	2005	2	1983
Costa Rica	Repretel 6	1981	2005	14	3	1/1	100%	2005	0	N/A
Cuba	CMQ / Cubavisión	1957	2005	9	3	1/1	100%	2005	0	N/A
Dominican Republic	RDTV4	1961	2005	33	2	1/2	50%	2005	0	N/A
Ecuador	Ecuavisa	1972	2005	14	1	0/2	0%	2003	0	N/A
El Salvador	TV-2	1974	2005	10	1	1/3	33%	2003	0	N/A
French Guiana	La Première	2001	2005	5	1	1/3	33%	2003	0	N/A
Greenland	KNR	2003	2005	3	2	1/2	50%	2004	0	N/A
Guadeloupe	La Première	1974	2005	25	2	1/2	50%	2004	1	1999
Guatemala	Canal 7	1984	2005	15	2	1/2	50%	2004	0	N/A
Guyana	TVG	1999	2005	6	3	2/2	100%	2005	0	N/A
Haiti †	TNH	1989	2003	12	0	0/1	0%	N/A	1	1990
Honduras	Canal 5	2000	2005	6	3	0/0	0%	2005	0	N/A
Jamaica	JBC / TVJ	1967	2005	37	2	1/2	50%	2005	2	1995
Martinique	La Première	1972	2005	23	2	2/3	66%	2005	1	2001
Mexico	Las Estrellas	1956	2005	50	3	Automatic qualifier		2005	4	2005
Netherlands Antilles †	Telecuraçao	1968	2004	25	1	1/1	100%	2004	4	1993
Nicaragua	Televicentro	1970	2005	19	2	1/1	100%	2005	1	2004
Panama	RPC	1965	2005	28	1	1/3	33%	2005	1	1965
Paraguay †	SNT	1967	2004	14	0	0/2	0%	N/A	0	N/A
Peru	América	1959	2005	38	2	2/3	66%	2005	0	N/A
Puerto Rico	Telemundo	1957	2005	45	3	2/2	100%	2005	2	1967
Suriname	STVS	1980	2005	22	3	1/1	100%	2005	1	1997
Trinidad and Tobago	TTT	1964	2005	38	2	1/2	50%	2005	4	2002
United States	NBC	1956	2005	49	3	Automatic qualifier		2005	3	2003
Uruguay	Canal 10	1957	2005	47	3	1/1	100%	2005	4	1982
U.S. Virgin Islands	WSVI	1979	2005	10	2	1/2	50%	2005	0	N/A
Venezuela	Venevisión	1965	2005	25	3	2/2	100%	2005	0	N/A

Table key
1	First place
2	Second place
3	Third place
◁	Last place
X	Entry selected but did not compete

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda made their debut participation in the 1988 contest, scoring surprisingly well and finishing in eighth place.

After its initial four participations, with decent results, Antigua and Barbuda kept broadcasting the contest, but withdrew for several years, the country only properly returned to the contest in 2012, under popular demand.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi
1988	Ronnie Benjamin	"Say You'll Be Mine Tonight"	English	8	61	No semi-finals
1989	Burning Flames	"Island Girl - Anything for You"	English	16	35
Did not participate from 1990 to 1991
1992	Patsy Moore	"These Loving Eyes"	English	15	42
1993	Patsy Moore	"I Love a Boy (On College Radio)"	English	8	70
Did not participate from 1994 to 2012

Argentina

Argentina is one of the six original Amerivision countries, winning the contest once in 1964.

In its early years, Argentina was seem as a mixed bag country in the competition, never really staying in the middle of the scoreboard, always gravitating towards the bottom or the top, a major proof of this was their 1964 victory, that was surrounded by two lackluster performances by the country, the former being tied for last place in the contest and the following being the country's first placing out of the top 10.

Due to diminished funding and lack of interest in the contest due to poor performances during the late 60s and 70s, original broadcaster Televisión Pública withdrew from the 1975 contest, stating that it had no intentions of returning in the foreseeable future, upon hearing the news, Dicon TV (nowadays known as Telefe) showed interest in obtaining the rights of broadcasting Amerivision from TVP, which was originally declined, with Telefe seeking ABU approval to take responsabilites for hosting the contest, the case stayed open for several years, – Which led to Argentina not being able to attend the following three contests. – but in the end, Dicon TV was successful in obtaining the rights to broadcast Amerivision in Argentina, and it does so to this day. TVP made attempts to regain rights to broadcast Americavision in 1988, 1997 and 2013, but those were declined by the ABU.

In 1981, the third year of Dicon TV broadcasting the contest, Argentina scored its first top 10 finish since 1969 and the country's highest placement since their 1964 victory with the song "Showdown" by Trix, that ended in 7th place with 59 points, despite that, the country got its first nul-points ever in 1983 – The first ever after the 12 points system was implemented in 1975. – with the song "Pense que se trataba de cieguitos" by Los Twist, and performed poorly again in the following contest, ending 19th out of 20 countries with 6 points scored, withdrawing again for two years after the 1985 contest due to another last place finish. The country holds the record for most last place finishes with six.

Argentinian rock band Babasónicos represented Argentina in the 1992 contest, ending a twenty-eight year streak of out of the top 5 finishes for the country. They participated of the contest again in 2001.

In 1992, the country scored its first top 5 and podium finish since their 1964 win, with the song "D-generacion" by Babasónicos, the country went on to score a second top 10 finish the year after as well and finish second place in 1994 with the song "The Rhythm is Magic" by Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo. In 2003, the first year with the semifinal system implemented, Argentina finished second in the semifinal, only behind Suriname, curiously, in the final, Argentina also finished second, but ahead of Suriname, that finished third, marking the first time a semifinal winner got surpassed by a fellow semifinalist in the final.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1956	Los Fronterizos	"Guitarra de medianoche"	Spanish	2	18	No semi-finals
1956	Leo Marini	"Historia de un amor"	Spanish	8	7
1957	Leda y María	"Las obreras"	Spanish	7	6
1958	Leda y María	"Romance del enamorado y la muerte"	Spanish	2	17
1959	Billy Cafaro	"Pity Pity"	Spanish	9	2
1960	Carlos di Fulvio	"Luna playera"	Spanish	4	9
1961	Johny Tedesco	"Vuelve primavera"	Spanish	8	8
1962	Mercedes Sosa	"Los hombres del rio"	Spanish	6	8
1963	Leo Dan	"Celia"	Spanish	10 ◁	1
1964	Violeta Rivas	"Que suerte!"	Spanish	1	30
1965	Sandro	"Hay mucha agitación"	Spanish, English	12	4
1966	Los Cantores del Alba	"Cuando llora mi guitarra"	Spanish	12	3
1967	Los Gatos	"Ayer nomás"	Spanish	11	5
1968	Los Gatos	"Seremos amigos"	Spanish	16 ◁	2
1969	Litto Nebbia	"Rosemary"	Spanish	9	11
1970	Pedro y Pablo	"Yo vivo en esta ciudad"	Spanish	17 ◁	1
1971	Aníbal Troilo & Roberto Goyeneche	"Tinta roja"	Spanish	11	11
1972	Litto Nebbia	"Si no son más de las tres"	Spanish	16	9
1973	Antonio Tarragó Ros	"Evocacción de la ternura"	Spanish	17 ◁	5
1974	Katunga	"Mirá para arriba, mirá para abajo"	Spanish	13	19
Did not participate from 1975 to 1978
1979	Julia Elena Dávalos	"Yo vendo unos ojos negros"	Spanish	12	28
1980	María Rosa Yorio	"Con los ojos cerrados"	Spanish	11	41
1981	Trix	"Showdown"	English	7	59
1982	Rubi	"Bailar contigo en la oscuridad"	Spanish	10	44
1983	Los Twist	"Pense que se trataba de cieguitos"	Spanish	20 ◁	0
1984	Andrés Calamaro	"No me pidas que no sea un inconsciente"	Spanish	19	6
1985	Fito Páez	"11 y 6"	Spanish	19 ◁	2
Did not participate from 1986 to 1987
1988	Daniel Melero	"No dejes que llueva"	Spanish	15	31
1989	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	"Contrabando de amor"	Spanish	8	62
1990	Gabriela	"Llevame a ver a luna"	Spanish	14	40
1991	Fabiana Cantilo	"Mi enfermedad"	Spanish	15	48
1992	Babasónicos	"D-generacion"	Spanish	3	116
1993	Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas	"No Way, José"	Spanish, English	9	66
1994	Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo	"The Rhythm Is Magic"	Spanish, English	2	130
1995	Gilda	"Fuiste"	Spanish	23	16
1996	Enanitos Verdes	"Eterna soledad"	Spanish	15	36
1997	Marcela Morelo	"La fuerza del engaño"	Spanish	8	67
1998	Los Látigos	"El ritmo de tu pánico"	Spanish	8	76
1999	Emanuel Ortega	"A escondidas"	Spanish	23	9
Did not participate in 2000
2001	Babasónicos	"Fizz"	Spanish	20	22
Did not participate in 2002
2003	Chenoa	"Soy lo que me das"	Spanish	2	205	2	226
2004	Miranda!	"Yo te diré"	Spanish	16	48	Top 12 in 2003 final
2005	Adicta	"Allí estaré"	Spanish	15	51	4	148

Aruba

Aruba debuted in the 1991 contest, finishing in a top 10 placement, the country was the first debuting nation that used to be part of the Netherlands Antilles, and the only one to do so while the Netherlands Antilles still existed, in its inaugural participation, it actually did better than its former country, finishing ninth, while the other finished twentieth. Despite that, the country withdrew from the contest, only returing in 1995, where it did even better and finished the contest in third place, once again, above its former country. The country's 1995 entry, "No bira" by Roykey, was the first song sung in Papiamento to reach the top 10, top 5 and podium in the contest.

Despite the success of the nation, to this day it only makes sporadic appearances in the contest, with the largest gap between participations for them being from 1996 to 2010.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi
1991	D-Rock	"I Can't Believe It's Over"	English	9	57	No semi-finals
Did not participate from 1992 to 1994
1995	Roykey	"No bira"	Papiamento	3	122
Did not participate from 1996 to 2010

Bahamas

Bahamas

Participating broadcaster	Public Television of Bahamas (PTB)
Participation summary
Appearances	15 (15 finals)
First appearance	1978
Highest placement	1st: 1988, 1991, 1992

Bahamas debuted in the 1978 edition, and right in its first edition, it got a 4th place finish with 100 points. The country is often considered one of the strongest, if not the strongest caribbean nation in the contest, which was shown from their first participation, ending at the top 5 in their first two participations with another top 10 finish in their 1981 return. Their first finish outside of the top 10 came in 1983, and by a narrow margin, as Bahamas ended 11th with the song "It Ain't Enough" by canadian singer Corey Hart. In 1988, Bahamas became the first country since the 1974 contest to win for the first time, doing so with the song "Just Got Paid" by Johnny Kemp, a couple of years later, the country made history for becoming the second ever country to win two editions in a roll, in 1991 and 1992, with the latter victory being the first time a host nation won the contest.

Errol Brown, winner of the 1991 contest for the Bahamas, with the song "Emmalene (That's No Lie)".

Despite being one of the best performing caribbean countries, Bahamas has the tendency to spontaneously withdraw from the contest, normally for budget reasons, but there were occasions that no official reason was given, such as their nine year gap from 1997 to 2006 where they didn't participate.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi
1978	T-Connection	"Saturday Night"	English	4	100	No semi-finals
1979	Franky & Jamo	"Set Me on Fire"	English	5	89
Did not participate in 1980
1981	T-Connection	"Everything Is Cool"	English	8	57
1982	Exuma	"Fame Is the Name of the Game"	English	8	61
1983	Corey Hart	"It Ain't Enough"	English	11	46
Did not participate from 1984 to 1985
1986	Johnny Kemp	"Just Another Lover"	English	12	31
1987	Etta Cameron	"I Wanna Thank You Today"	English	7	56
1988	Johnny Kemp	"Just Got Paid"	English	1	148
1989	Errol Brown	"Love Goes Up and Down"	English	13	45
1990	Corey Hart	"A Little Love"	English	3	115
1991	Errol Brown	"Emmalene (That's No Lie)"	English	1	138
1992	Baha Men	"Back to the Island"	English	1	164
1993	King Errisson	"Babalay"	English, Bahamian Creole	14	41
1994	Andru Donalds	"Mishale"	English	8	68
Did not participate in 1995
1996	Debbie Cameron	"Dust It Off"	English	18	32
Did not participate from 1997 to 2006

Barbados

Barbados

Participating broadcaster	Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC TV 8)
Participation summary
Appearances	29 (28 finals)
First appearance	1969
Highest placement	2nd: 1971, 1983, 1990, 2005

Barbados debuted in the contest in 1969, ending that edition in 7th place.

It is generally seen as one of the strongest nations in the caribbean, despite occasionally failing to make an impression, in its first two participations it obtained the exact same score: 7th place with 16 points. Both being considered good performances, and in their third year in 1971, they scored a second place finish with the song "Everything" by Luv Machine, followed by a top 5 placement in 1972, they would only obtain their first placement out of the top 10 in 1973. In 1974 the country got its first placement in last, with the song "Spouge Rhythm" by Springer & the Barons, which spiraled into the country's first weak run, that led to the country's withdrawal in 1977. However, when the country returned in 1980, so did the good placement, and the country scored more consecutive top 10 finishes, including a 4th place in 1981, the country's highest placement since their runner up finish in 1971, and a second runner up finish in 1983 and a third in 1990, making Barbados the country that finished second most times among countries that never won.

In 1984, they sent the first ever hip hop entry in the contest's history, "The Show" by Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew, that ended the contest in fifth place.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1969	Jackie Opel	"You Send Me"	English	7	16	No semi-finals
1970	The Merrymen	"La La La (If I Had You)"	English	7	16
1971	Luv Machine	"Everything"	English	2	30
1972	Blue Rhythm Combo	"Take the Funky Feeling"	English	5	34
1973	The Draytons Two	"Soul & Inspiration"	English	13	15
1974	Springer & the Barons	"Spouge Rhythm"	English	19 ◁	9
1975	Paul Davidson	"Midnight Rider"	English	12	34
1976	Jackie Opel	"Tears From My Eyes"	English	16	17
Did not participate from 1977 to 1979
1980	Eddy Grant	"Do You Feel My Love?"	English	8	59
1981	Dennis Bovell	"Bettah"	English	4	81
1982	Eddy Grant	"I Don't Wanna Dance"	English	18	25
1983	Tony Jackson	"Steppin' Out on the Groove"	English	2	124
1984	Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew	"The Show"	English	5	80
1985	Wayne Smith	"Under Me Sleng Teng"	English	13	33
Did not participate from 1986 to 1988
1989	Spice & Company	"(Bump & Wine) In de Congaline"	English	15	41
1990	Charles D. Lewis	"Soca Dance"	English	2	126
1991	Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew	"Bustin' Out (On Funk)"	English	17	44
1992	Spice & Company	"Lift Ya Leg Up"	English	12	50
1993	Dennis Bovell feat. Janet Kay	"Capricorn"	English	19	23
1994	Zeitia Massiah	"This Is the Place"	English	6	75
1995	Doug E. Fresh	"It's On!"	English	19	27
1996	Ricardo da Force	"Why"	English	7	68
1997	Tanya Stephens	"Goggle"	English	13	47
1998	Krosfyah	"Don't Bother Me"	English	9	55
Did not participate in 1999
2000	Square One	"Iron Bazodee"	English	22	11
Did not participate in 2001
2002	Rayvon	"My Bad"	English	24	18
2003	Kevin Lyttle	"Turn Me On"	English	Failed to qualify		17 ◁	26
2004	Rupee	"Tempted to Touch"	English	9	76	9	98
2005	Rihanna	"Pon de Replay"	English, Bajan Creole	2	177	Top 16 in 2004 final

Belize

Belize

Participating broadcaster	Great Belize Television (GBT)
Participation summary
Appearances	3 (3 finals)
First appearance	1996
Highest placement	20th: 1997

Belize debuted in the contest in 1996, finishing the contest tied for 22nd place with Venezuela. In its first two contests it did poorly, with its best finish being a 20th place in their second attempt, which led to them being relegated in the year after.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi
1996	Peters' Boom & Chyme	"Old Belize"	English	22	23	No semi-finals
1997	Andy Palacio	"Viva el caribe"	Belizean Creole	20	24
Did not participate in 1998
1999	Titiman Flores	"Bani"	Belizean Creole	22	10
Did not participate from 2000 to 2007

Bermuda

Bermuda

Participating broadcaster	ZBM (2019–) Former members VSB (1980–2013)
Participation summary
Appearances	4 (4 finals)
First appearance	1980
Highest placement	4th: 1994

Bermuda debuted in the 1980 contest, ending that contest in 16th place out of 18. The country became infamous for its incredibly sporadic appearances in the contest, despite decent results, it withdrew soon after its 1980 debut, only appearing again in the years of 1994, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2021, 2023 and 2024. 2024 marked the first time that Bermuda participate of the contest for a second year in a roll.

In their second ever appearance in 1994, they finished fourth place with the song "Walk This World" by Heather Nova, the country's biggest accomplishment in the contest.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi
1980	Paradise	"You Are Me"	English	16	24	No semi-finals
Did not participate from 1981 to 1993
1994	Heather Nova	"Walk This World"	English	4	88
Did not participate from 1995 to 1998
1999	Mishka	"One True"	English	24 ◁	0
Did not participate in 2000
2001	Heather Nova	"Like Lovers Do"	English	6	75
Did not participate in 2002 to 2006

Bolivia

Bolivia

Participating broadcaster	Bolivia TV
Participation summary
Appearances	24 (23 finals)
First appearance	1973
Highest placement	4th: 1985, 1986

Bolivia debuted in the 1973 edition, ending that edition in 11th place and staying until 1976, after that, they would only return to the contest in 1981.

In its initial participations, Boliva would struggle to perform highly, their 1974 top 10 finish would remain their highest placement until 1983, the year that Bolivia finally started to get significant results in the contest, which did not last for a long time, and when the relegation system was implemented in the 90s, Bolivia would often be relegated.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1973	Luis Abanto Morales	"Cholo soy y no me compadezcas"	Spanish	11	18	No semi-finals
1974	Los Rupay	"Promesa de amor"	Spanish	9	25
1975	Matilde Casazola	"Como un fueguito"	Spanish	16 ◁	14
Did not participate from 1976 to 1980
1981	Kjarkas	"Sempre he de adorarte"	Spanish	11	38
1982	Zulma Yugar	"Los mineros"	Spanish	16	30
1983	Enriqueta Ulloa	"Chapaco soy"	Spanish	6	77
1984	Proyección	"No vuelvo a amar"	Spanish	7	64
1985	BJ4	"Folklore Rock"	Spanish	4	90
1986	Proyección	"Me he resignado"	Spanish	4	88
1987	Emma Junaro	"Hoy es domingo"	Spanish	12	35
1988	Zulma Yugar	"Selección de bailecitos"	Spanish	18	14
1989	Los Ronisch	"Isabel"	Spanish	14	44
1990	Kjarkas	"Jilguero Flores"	Spanish	13	48
1991	Arena Hash	"Y es que sucede así"	Spanish	22	19
Did not participate in 1992
1993	Luisa Molina	"Ulichitu"	Spanish	23	4
Did not participate in 1994
1995	Luzmila Carpio	"Pachamamata t'ikanchasun"	Quechua	22	18
Did not participate in 1996
1997	Guisela Santa Cruz	"Te dejo libre"	Spanish	16	33
Did not participate in 1998
1999	Atajo	"Mujer sangre violeta"	Spanish	17	38
Did not participate in 2000
2001	Alcoholika La Christo	"Souffrir"	French	8	63
2002	Proyección	"Tu abandono"	Spanish	22	26
2003	Bélica	"After Today"	English	Failed to qualify		14	69
2004	Los Grillos	"Hey, Hey Mod"	Spanish	5	108	3	176
2005	Atajo	"Morenada al corazón"	Spanish	23	28	Top 16 in 2004 final

Brazil

Brazil

Participating broadcaster	Rede Globo (Globo; 1980–) Former members Rede Tupi (Tupi; 1956–1978)
Participation summary
Appearances	49
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1956, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1985

Brazil is one of the six original Amerivision countries, they've won the contest three times, the first being in the inaugural edition.

Brazil is largely seen as one of the powerhouses of the Amerivision contest, getting high placements and being one of the few countries that never ended in last place, initially the contest was broadcasted in Brazil by the late Rede Tupi, but after an inner channel crisis – that resulted in the country withdrawing in 1979 and eventually led to the network's dissolution in 1980 – Tupi stated that the 1978 contest was going to be the last one to be broadcasted by them, and that they were forfeiting the rights to host the event due to the massive costs, especially after hosting the event in 1977. Rede Bandeirantes and Rede Globo both offered bids to be the new broadcaster of the contest in Brazil, with the latter being approved as the new broadcaster due to the larger bid. Globo broadcasts the contest to this day in Brazil, and is one of the largest financial contributors for the contests, which made it recieve a spot in the "Big 4" after the relegation and semifinals system were implemented.

In 1985, after a streak of out of top 10 finishes, Brazil implemented a national final for the first time in its history, the Festival dos Festivais, with the winner of the first edition, Tetê Espíndola, going on to win the 1985 edition of Amerivision, leading to the festival continuing as the brazilian selection until 1992. Brazil also used the Festival Internacional da Canção and Superstar to select the brazilian entries in 2000 and from 2014 to 2016 respectively.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi
1956	Elizeth Cardoso	"Último desejo"	Portuguese	5	12	No semi-finals
1956	Maysa	"Tarde triste"	Portuguese	1	19
1957	Dolores Duran	"Quem foi"	Portuguese	5	9
1958	Maysa	"Caminhos cruzados"	Portuguese	4	11
1959	Alaíde Costa	"Gosto de você"	Portuguese	3	15
1960	Sylvia Telles	"Se é tarde me perdoa"	Portuguese	7	5
1961	Roberto Carlos	"Não é por mim"	Portuguese	7	8
1962	Conjunto Sete de Ouros	"Dizem por aí"	Portuguese	2	34
1963	Wilson Simonal	"Balanço zona sul"	Portuguese	5	21
1964	Nara Leão	"Diz que fui por aí"	Portuguese	3	24
1965	Marcos Valle	"Samba de verão"	Portuguese	5	20
1966	Elis Regina	"Roda"	Portuguese	1	33
1967	Edu Lobo & Maria Bethânia	"Cirandeiro"	Portuguese	6	12
1968	Cynara & Cybele	"Pelas ruas do Recife"	Portuguese	2	35
1969	Vanusa	"Atômico platônico"	Portuguese	8	15
1970	Dóris Monteiro	"Cafézinho"	Portuguese	6	17
1971	Evinha	"Esperar pra ver"	Portuguese	1	37
1972	Erasmo Carlos	"Grilos"	Portuguese	11	21
1973	Paulinho da Viola	"Nervos de aço"	Portuguese	4	38
1974	Secos & Molhados	"Flores astrais"	Portuguese	2	59
1975	Alcione	"O surdo"	Portuguese	4	95
1976	Elza Soares	"Malandro"	Portuguese	1	133
1977	Frenéticas	"Perigosa"	Portuguese	2	108
1978	Beth Carvalho	"Vou festejar"	Portuguese	7	71
Did not participate in 1979
1980	Clara Nunes	"Morena de Angola"	Portuguese	5	81
1981	Almir Sater	"Estradeiro"	Portuguese	6	72
1982	Sandra de Sá	"Negra flor"	Portuguese	12	39
1983	Fundo de Quintal	"Te gosto"	Portuguese	14	32
1984	Marina Lima	"Fullgás"	Portuguese	12	53
1985	Tetê Espíndola	"Escrito nas estrelas"	Portuguese	1	141
1986	Engenheiros do Hawaii	"Toda forma de poder"	Portuguese	6	73
1987	May East	"Bamboo Dance"	Portuguese, English	15	24
1988	Lulu Santos	"Toda forma de amor"	Portuguese	11	53
1989	Chrystian & Ralf	"Nova York"	Portuguese	9	59
1990	Chitãozinho & Xororó	"Nuvem de lágrimas"	Portuguese	8	70
1991	Leandro e Leonardo	"Não aprendi a dizer adeus"	Portuguese	16	46
1992	Djavan	"Outono"	Portuguese	6	88
1993	Daniela Mercury	"O canto da cidade"	Portuguese	3	117
1994	Só Pra Contrariar	"Meu jeito de ser"	Portuguese	14	43
1995	Fernanda Abreu feat. Cláudio Zoli	"Babilônia Rock"	Portuguese	10	56
1996	Carlinhos Brown	"A namorada"	Portuguese, English	3	117
1997	Fernanda Abreu feat. Herbert Vianna	"Um amor, um lugar"	Portuguese	10	63
1998	Claudinho & Buchecha	"Só Love"	Portuguese	2	142
1999	Fat Family	"Eu não vou"	Portuguese	10	51
2000	Ricardo Soares	"Tudo bem, meu bem"	Portuguese	15	40
2001	Tianastacia	"Sanatório"	Portuguese	9	62
2002	Tribalistas	"Já sei namorar"	Portuguese	13	47
2003	Ana Carolina	"Encostar na tua"	Portuguese	4	124	Member of the "Big Four"
2004	Vanessa da Mata	"Eu sou neguinha?"	Portuguese	2	232
2005	Kasino	"Stay Tonight"	English	17	45

Brazil had other music festivals during the 60s, such as Festival da Música Popular Brasileira and Festival Internacional da Canção, however, both were broadcasted by different TV stations, as well as the former being notorious by the political tone of its songs and the latter being an attempt at replicating the formula of an international competition.

Festival dos Festivais and Festival da Música Brasileira, however, was broadcasted by the same TV channel that hosted Amerivision, and worked as the national selections for the 1985 and 2000 contests respectively, therefore, the Brazilian representative song for 1985 will be "Escrito nas estrelas" by Tetê Espíndola and for 2000, it will be "Tudo bem meu bem" by Ricardo Soares. Superstar will also be used to select the brazilian artists from 2014 to 2016, with no specific songs attached to them yet.

Canada

Canada

Participating broadcaster	Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC)
Participation summary
Appearances	50
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1957, 1959, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1986, 2000

Canada is one of the six original Amerivision countries, they've won the contest four times.

Canada is considered to be the strongest english speaking country in the contest, they were the first nation to win the contest twice, doing so in 1959, the first nation to host the event twice and is considerably more successful in the contest than the United States, despite Canada occasionally sending American-born artists to represent itself in the contest, such as the 1959 winner, Ronnie Hawkins. In 1978, they won with "La banqueroute" by La Bottine Souriante, the first ever french language song to win the contest. In 1984, they became the first country to win the contest five times.

Participating of the contest since its innaugural edition, Canada is one of the few countries that participated of every single edition of the contest.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi
1956	Anita Ellis	"If I Had a Ribbon Bow"	English	10	5	No semi-finals
1956	Gisele MacKenzie	"Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"	English	3	15
1957	The Crew-Cuts	"Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)"	English	1	21
1958	Jack Scott	"My True Love"	English	9 ◁	2
1959	Ronnie Hawkins	"Fourty Days"	English	1	27
1960	Ronnie Hawkins	"Baby Jean"	English	2	23
1961	Jean-Pierre Ferland	"Les immortelles"	French	10	4
1962	Ian & Sylvia	"Un canadien errant"	French	8	6
1963	Donald Lautrec	"Loop de loop"	French	9	3
1964	Ian & Sylvia	"You Were on My Mind"	English	10	6
1965	Gale Garnett	"Excuse Me Mister"	English	7	16
1966	The Ugly Ducklings	"Nothin'"	English	6	19
1967	Louise Forestier	"La boulée"	French	2	19
1968	Leonda	"Mist in the Sky"	English	3	30
1969	Eric Mercury	"Long Way Down"	English	5	21
1970	Judi Singh	"Up and Down"	English	12	8
1971	The Guess Who	"Rain Dance"	English	3	28
1972	Dixie Lee Innes	"Black Paper Roses"	English	3	49
1973	Eric Mercury	"Love Is Taking Over"	English	6	34
1974	Gino Vannelli	"People Gotta Move"	English	4	40
1975	April Wine	"Oowatanite"	English	1	127
1976	Heart	"Dreamboat Annie"	English	14	31
1977	Pat Travers	"Rock N' Roll Susie"	English	16	15
1978	La Bottine Souriante	"La banqueroute"	French	1	119
1979	France Joli	"Come to Me"	English	2	114
1980	Diane Tell	"Miami"	French	4	93
1981	Saga	"On the Loose"	English	3	101
1982	Strange Advance	"Love Games"	English	6	71
1983	Trans-X	"Living on Video"	English	4	109
1984	Bruce Cockburn	"Lovers in a Dangerous Time"	English	1	134
1985	Rational Youth	"In Your Eyes"	English	5	83
1986	Lee Aaron	"Powerline"	English	1	153
1987	Pierre Flynn	"Sur la route"	French	4	87
1988	Mylène Farmer	"Sans contrefaçon"	French	9	56
1989	K.D. Lang	"Luck in My Eyes"	English	3	111
1990	Blue Rodeo	"Till I Am Myself Again"	English	11	51
1991	Loreena McKennitt	"Tango to Evora"	English	4	104
1992	Wendy Matthews	"Friday's Child"	English	10	57
1993	Sarah McLachlan	"Hold On"	English	4	114
1994	Nan Vernon	"Elvis Waits"	English	3	116
1995	Amanda Marshall	"Let It Rain"	English	5	81
1996	Jean Leloup	"I Lost My Baby"	French, English	24 ◁	22
1997	Alannah Myles	"Bad 4 You"	English	4	102
1998	Deborah Cox	"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here"	English	13	40
1999	Jacynthe	"A chaque fois"	French	11	50
2000	Damhnait Doyle	"Tattooed"	English	1	172
2001	Sloan	"If It Feels Good Do It"	English	10	59
2002	Sarah Slean	"Sweet Ones"	English	6	83
2003	Delerium	"Fallen"	English	13	51	Member of the "Big Four"
2004	Tegan and Sara	"You Wouldn't Like Me"	English	8	80
2005	Feist	"Inside and Out"	English	7	97

Chile

Chile

Participating broadcaster	Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN; 1997–) Former members Television Corporation of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (UCV; 1958–1996)
Participation summary
Appearances	46 (46 finals)
First appearance	1958
Highest placement	1st: 1962, 1977, 1998

Chile debuted in the contest in 1958, they won the contest once in 1962.

In its first few participations, Chile failed to cause a large impression in the contest, – with them even considering with drawing from the contest after the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, which they eventually came around as a way to provide entertainment to the public during the harsh times. – however, in 1962, they won the contest with "Twist del estudiante", to this day considered one of the biggest success stories to come out of Amerivision, and the victory went on to forever change the country's luck in the contest, that would consistently end in the top 10 nearly every year to come.

In 1973, Chile originally intended to participate, and went even as far as internally pick the band Sacros as their representatives, however, five days before the contest happened, the 1973 Chilean coup d'état happened, and due to the frantic nature of the event and the news massive focus to the event, the chilean broadcaster announced that they would be withdrawing from the event three days before it. This resulted in a US$1,000 fine that the Chilean broadcaster had to pay to the ABU. Chile returned in the following edition, ending 11th out of 19.

Due to poor ratings, Chilean broadcaster UCV announced that the 1996 contest would be the last contest it would take part of, and that they would be ceasing from the rights of broadcasting the contest. In its place, TVN became the chilean broadcaster from 1997 onwards.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi
1958	Carmen Barros	"María bonita"	Spanish	7	5	No semi-finals
1959	Los Cuatro Huasos	"Mantelito blanco"	Spanish	6	7
1960	Rolando Alarcón	"Si yo volviera a quererte"	Spanish	5	6
1961	Antonio Prieto	"La novia"	Spanish	11 ◁	3
1962	Los Ramblers	"Twist del estudiante"	Spanish	1	36
1963	Luis Dimas y sus Twisters	"Caprichito"	Spanish	2	26
1964	Cecilia	"Baño de mar a medianoche"	Spanish	6	15
1965	Violeta Parra	"Paloma ausente"	Spanish	11	6
1966	Pedro Messone	"El solitario"	Spanish	3	26
1967	Los Vidrios Quebrados	"En tu mirada"	English, Spanish	7	10
1968	Cecilia	"Estamos solas, guitarra"	Spanish	9	12
1969	Los Galos	"Por temor"	Spanish	3	28
1970	Gloria Simonetti	"Las flores del jardín de nuestra casa"	Spanish	4	21
1971	Buddy Richard	"Cielo"	Spanish	6	19
1972	Frutos del País	"Sin ti"	Spanish	12	19
1973	Sacros	"Diosa del mar"	Spanish	Withdrew X
1974	Santa y Su Gente	"La muñeca"	Spanish	11	23
1975	Congreso	"Tus ojitos"	Spanish	15	18
1976	Chamal	"Según el favor del viento"	Spanish	7	60
1977	Los Jaivas	"Bebida mágica"	Spanish	1	125
1978	Fernando Ubiergo	"Un café para Platón"	Spanish	2	117
1979	Zalo Reyes	"Una lágrima en la garganta"	Spanish	11	35
1980	Casablanca	"Desencuentro"	Spanish	12	38
Did not participate in 1981
1982	Eduardo Gatti	"Los momentos"	Spanish	4	96
1983	Schwenke & Nilo	"El viaje"	Spanish	9	59
1984	Los Prisioneros	"Paramar"	Spanish	16	31
1985	Aparato Raro	"Calibraciones"	Spanish	6	72
1986	Aterrizaje Forzoso	"Despertar sin ti"	Spanish	9	53
1987	Viena	"Salón de emociones"	Spanish	10	47
1988	De Kiruza	"Algo está pasando"	Spanish	4	91
1989	Nicole	"Tal vez me estoy enamorando"	Spanish	11	52
1990	Los Prisioneros	"Amiga mia"	Spanish	16	36
1991	Los Tres	"Ha barrido el sol"	Spanish	14	49
1992	La Ley	"Prisioneros de la piel"	Spanish	11	52
1993	Jorge González	"Mi casa en el arból"	Spanish	16	33
1994	Jardín Secreto	"Un lugar"	Spanish	16	40
1995	Lucybell	"Cuando respiro en tu boca"	Spanish	8	59
1996	Javiera y Los Imposibles	"Autopsia"	Spanish	14	38
1997	Nicole	"Noche"	Spanish	14	43
1998	La Ley	"Fotofobia"	Spanish	1	148
1999	Supernova	"Maldito amor"	Spanish	5	93
2000	Mendez	"Tell Me Why"	Spanish, English	2	158
2001	Stereo 3	"Atrévete a aceptarlo"	Spanish	14	41
2002	PapaNegro	"Cortentrete"	Spanish	4	89
2003	Lulu Jam!	"Se quiero te lo doy"	Spanish	9	70	Top 15 in 2002 final
2004	Kudai	"Ya nada queda"	Spanish	12	61	Top 12 in 2003 final
2005	Primavera de Praga	"Todo igual"	Spanish	4	118	Top 16 in 2004 final

Colombia

Colombia

Participating broadcaster	Canal 1
Participation summary
Appearances	48 (48 finals)
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1972, 1983

Colombia is one of the six original Amerivision countries, winning their first contest in 1972.

Despite having a couple of victories in its back, Colombia is largely seen as the weakest of the original six countries, as well as the one with the least amount of funding, which led to Colombia often struggling to make an impression in the early days of the contest, with them even withdrawing from the 1962 contest due to budget reasons, after that, Colombia became a country that would constantly float across the board, doing poorly in some editions and alright in others, until 1972, when they finally won the contest in their 16th attempt, with the song "Este viento" by Ana y Jaime.

Their second victory came in 1983 with the song "Canto al Avila" by Ilan Chester. Chester, who is venezuelan, participated in a year that Venezuela didn't, and his victory caused a spite from the venezuelan delegation, who promptly returned to the contest the following year and even sent Chester again in 1985, but without the same luck.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi
1956	Nelson Pinedo and La Sonora Matancera	"Bésame morenita"	Spanish	4	11	No semi-finals
1956	Nelson Pinedo and La Sonora Matancera	"Me voy pa' la habana"	Spanish	10	6
1957	Pacho Galán & Emilia Valencia	"Ay cosita linda"	Spanish	2	17
1958	Nelson Pinedo	"El vaquero"	Spanish	6	7
1959	Bovea y Sus Vallenatos	"Ay teresa"	Spanish	8	3
1960	La Sonora Dinamita	"Si la vieran"	Spanish	6	5
1961	César Castro	"Mujer bonita"	Spanish	4	12
Did not participate in 1962
1963	Sonora Cienaguera	"La ceiba"	Spanish	8	8
1964	Leonor González	"Angelitos negros"	Spanish	8	12
1965	Soffy Martínez	"Carta fatal"	Spanish	6	19
1966	Andrés Landero	"Cumbia en la India"	Spanish	14 ◁	0
1967	The Flippers	"La carta"	Spanish	3	17
1968	The Speakers	"Niños"	Spanish	5	17
1969	Ralfi Pagan	"No soy de ti"	Spanish	13	7
1970	Los Corraleros	"Ocho días"	Spanish	13	7
1971	Elia y Elizabeth	"Todo en la vida"	Spanish	7	17
1972	Ana y Jaime	"Este viento"	Spanish	1	68
1973	Elia y Elizabeth	"Cae la lluvia"	Spanish	8	30
1974	La Columna de Fuego	"Cumbia"	Spanish	3	42
1975	Fruko y sus Tesos	"Manyoma"	Spanish	14	24
1976	Isadora	"Caminando"	Spanish	12	42
1977	Claudia	"Mi proprio yo"	Spanish	5	81
1978	Ralfi Pagan	"Take Me With You"	English	18 ◁	4
1979	Elkin & Nelson	"Jibaro"	Spanish	7	66
1980	Claudia	"Como se parece a ti"	Spanish	2	108
1981	Los Carrangueros de Ráquira	"Julia, Julia, Julia"	Spanish	16	12
1982	La Sonora Dinamita & La India Meliyará	"Las velas encendidas"	Spanish	5	87
1983	Ilan Chester	"Canto al Avila"	Spanish	1	129
1984	Olimpo Cárdenas	"Tu duda y la mia"	Spanish	18	11
Did not participate in 1985
1986	Abelardo Carbonó y Su Grupo	"Se acaba la paz"	Spanish	13	25
1987	Joe Arroyo y la Verdad	"Echao pa'lante"	Spanish	5	75
1988	Krönös	"El embrujo"	Spanish	16	27
1989	Sentimiento Muerto	"Nada sigue igual"	Spanish	7	70
1990	Carlos Berlanga	"En el volcán"	Spanish	10	54
1991	Estados Alterados	"Muevete"	Spanish	7	73
1992	Galy Galiano	"Como la quiero, quanto la estraño"	Spanish	19	25
1993	Carlos Vives	"La gota fria"	Spanish	11	62
1994	La Derecha	"Tras de ti"	Spanish	18	31
1995	Shakira	"Estoy aquí"	Spanish	2	175
1996	Aterciopelados	"Bolero falaz"	Spanish	8	63
1997	Ekhymosis	"La tierra"	Spanish	5	83
1998	Bloque	"Majaná"	Spanish	12	47
1999	Carlos Vives	"Fruta fresca"	Spanish	3	143
2000	Jody Bernal	"Oh bambolero"	Spanish	19	23
2001	Carolina Márquez	"Ritmo"	Spanish	11	57
2002	Juanes	"A dios le pido"	Spanish	8	64
2003	Andrés Cabas	"Bolita de trapo"	Spanish	5	112	Top 15 in 2002 final
2004	Juanes	"Nada valgo sin tu amor"	Spanish	14	58	Top 12 in 2003 final
2005	Fonseca	"Te mando flores"	Spanish	22	31	Top 16 in 2004 final

Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Participating broadcaster	Repretel 6
Participation summary
Appearances	14 (14 finals)
First appearance	1981
Highest placement	3rd: 1987, 2005

Costa Rica was the fourth central american country to debut in the contest, it did so in 1981 and finished that contest in 14th place, scoring 26 points.

The country is known for being one of the best performing central american countries, despite the lack of victories, the country still manages to get high placements with a certain frequency.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1981	Los Alegrisimos	"Licenciado"	Spanish	14	26	No semi-finals
1982	Bambino	"Se me va"	Spanish	7	67
Did not participate from 1983 to 1986
1987	Café Con Leche	"La historia salvage (Gloria)"	Spanish	3	88
1988	Las Chicas del Can	"Juana la cubana"	Spanish	17	22
Did not participate from 1989 to 1992
1991	Café Con Leche	"El barco"	Spanish	21	21
1992	Adrián Goizueta y el Grupo Experimental	"Muchacha y luna"	Spanish	4	115
1993	Paulina Rubio	"Nieva, nieva"	Spanish	13	53
1994	El Parque	"Hombre azul"	Spanish	20	27
1995	Paulina Rubio	"Nada de ti"	Spanish	16	33
Did not participate in 1996
1997	Bruno Porter	"Intermitar"	Spanish	24 ◁	7
Did not participate from 1998 to 2000
2001	Kadeho	"Sola"	Spanish	15	38
Did not participate in 2002
2003	Belanova	Tus ojos"	Spanish	7	92	6	121
2004	Malpaís	"Es tan tarde ya"	Spanish	10	70	Top 12 in 2003 final
2005	Kadeho	"Tan lejos"	Spanish	3	131	Top 16 in 2004 final

Cuba

Cuba

Participating broadcaster	Cubavisión (1998–) Former members CMQ (1957)
Participation summary
Appearances	9 (9 finals)
First appearance	1957
Highest placement	4th: 2001

Cuba debuted in the 1957 contest, for the longest time, this was Cuba's sole participation in the contest until its return in 1998. Initally broadcasted by CMQ, Cuba ended its first participation in the contest in 6th place out of 9 countries. However, the country withdrew from the contest in 1958 due to complications caused by the Cuban Revolution, originally intending to return in 1959, after the revolution was successful, the new government stood against the participation of the country in the contest, and after CMQ dissolved in 1960, no cuban networks with ABU memberships remained, and the country stayed most of the 20th century without participating of the contest, however, with the country becoming more open during the mid 90s, Cubavisión eventually obtained the rights to broadcast the contest, and eventually making their long awaited second participation in 1998, when they finished tenth, although refusing to host the event in the case of a victory until the late 2010s.

The gap between 1958 and 1997 that Cuba didn't participate is the largest gap of time that a previously participating country stayed out of the contest.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1957	Cuarteto las D'aida	"Oye mi ritmo"	Spanish	6	7	No semi-finals
Did not participate from 1958 to 1997
1998	Maggie Carlés	"Para que no me olvides"	Spanish	10	51
1999	Laurel Aitken	"Quizás quizás"	Spanish	16	41
2000	Voltaire	"Almost Human"	English	8	63
2001	Amaury Gutiérrez	"Dime corazón"	Spanish	4	113
2002	Sierra Maestra	"Semilla de caña brava"	Spanish	7	67
2003	Addys Mercedes	"Esa voz"	Spanish	12	55	Top 15 in 2002 final
2004	Buena Fe	"Cuando tú me faltas"	Spanish	23	8	Top 12 in 2003 final
2005	Liset Alea	"This Could Have Been It"	English	16	47	7	117

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

Participating broadcaster	Corporación Estatal de Radio y Televisión (CERTV)
Participation summary
Appearances	33 (32 finals)
First appearance	1961
Highest placement	2nd: 1961, 1997

The Dominican Republic debuted in the contest in 1961, their best result was a second place finish in that same year.

Dominican singer Charytín Goyco represented the Dominican Republic in the contest in 1977 and 1980, finishing in third place in the former participation. She also co-hosted the 1998 contest in Santo Domingo.

In its first participations, the country showed itself to be incredibly successful, ending second in its first participation and third in the following entry, however, it didn't take long for the favoritism to cease, to the point that they ended in last place in the 1965 and 1967 contests, the latter defeat being so troubling to the broadcaster that they stayed three years out of the contest after that, they returned in 1971 to another poor placement, resulting in the country withdrawing not long after that, nowadays, the Domincan Republic is seem as a recurring but relatively middling country in the contest, despite a couple of podium placements under its name. The country scored its first ever nul points in the 1992 contest.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1961	Dioris Valladares	"Como bailo mi pachanga"	Spanish	2	17	No semi-finals
1962	Pacheco y Su Charanga	"Alto songo"	Spanish	3	19
1963	Billo's Caracas Boys	"La comparsa"	Spanish	6	17
1964	Joseíto Mateo	"Jardinera"	Spanish	7	14
1965	Johnny Pacheco	"Mayari"	Spanish	14 ◁	2
1966	Johnny Ventura	"Fiesta y serrucho"	Spanish	5	20
1967	Nydia Caro & Radhamés Reyes Alfau	"Dimelo tú"	Spanish	14 ◁	1
Did not participate from 1968 to 1970
1971	Primitivo Santos	"La ñapa de maní"	Spanish	17	2
Did not participate from 1972 to 1976
1977	Charytín	"Lo que duele mas"	Spanish	3	98
1978	Ángela Carrasco	"Quiéreme"	Spanish	16	23
1979	Ángela Carrasco	"Quererte a ti"	Spanish	6	71
1980	Charytín	"Se busca un amante"	Spanish	6	74
1981	Wilfrido Vargas & Sandy Reyes	"Siempre peleando"	Spanish	17 ◁	6
1982	Fernando Villalona	"Dejame volver"	Spanish	13	38
1983	Las Chicas del País	"El bufeo"	Spanish	18	15
1984	Juan Luis Guerra & 4.40	"Soplando"	Spanish	15	36
1985	Wilfrido Vargas	"Volveré"	Spanish	15	30
1986	Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40	"Ella dice"	Spanish	16	18
1987	Las Chicas del País	"Nadie me lo quita"	Spanish	11	38
Did not participate in 1988
1989	Belkys Concepcion	"El hombre que yo amo"	Spanish	6	75
1990	Alex Bueno	"A donde vayas"	Spanish	23 ◁	11
Did not participate in 1991
1992	Antony Santos	"Voy pa 'lla"	Spanish	24 ◁	0
Did not participate in 1993
1994	Prince Ital Joe feat. Marky Mark	"United"	English	20	27
Did not participate in 1995
1996	Sandy & Papo MC	"Mueve mueve"	Spanish	10	55
1997	Ana Torroja	"Como sueñan las sirenas"	Spanish	2	137
1998	Dayanara	"Antifaz"	Spanish	5	108
1999	Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40	"Palomita branca"	Spanish	13	44
2000	Zacarías Ferreira	"Si tú me dices ven (El lodo)"	Spanish	21	16
2001	Xiomara Fortuna	"Kumbajei"	Spanish	18	33
2002	Ilegales	"La cosita"	Spanish	11	51
2003	Arianna Puello	"Rap pa mi - pa ti"	Spanish	17	43	Top 15 in 2002 final
2004	Rikarena	"Llevamé contigo"	Spanish	Failed to qualify		19 ◁	4
2005	Dilema	"Lo traigo yo (Raices)"	Spanish	11	72	10	106

Ecuador

Ecuador

Participating broadcaster	Ecuavisa
Participation summary
Appearances	14 (12 finals)
First appearance	1972
Highest placement	6th: 1995

Ecuador debuted in the 1972 contest, and had a poor result, ending second-to-last in it.

Throughout most of the 20th century, Ecuador would act like Venezuela and constantly withdraw and return to the contest, probably due to being one of the worst performing south american countries in the contest, but in the 21st century, the country started to become a frequent participant of the contest, with the last contest it didn't participate being in 2007.

In 1995, the country returned to the contest after 11 years of absence, finishing in their highest placement ever, sixth place, with the song "Niña mala" by Hugo Idrovo.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1972	Julio Jaramillo	"Sombras"	Spanish	17	6	No semi-finals
1973	Olimpo Cárdenas	"Interrogación"	Spanish	16	7
Did not participate from 1974 to 1977
1978	Tania Libertad	"El mismo puerto"	Spanish	14	29
1979	Eva Ayllón	"Engañada, noche tras noche"	Spanish	9	43
Did not participate in 1980
1981	Jatari	"Boquita de cereza"	Spanish	12	33
1982	Vico y Su Grupo Caricia	"Noche"	Spanish	11	43
1983	Mozzarella	"Alfa centauro"	Spanish	16	24
Did not participate from 1984 to 1994
1995	Hugo Idrovo	"Niña mala"	Spanish	6	75
Did not participate from 1996 to 1998
1999	Sal y Mileto	"Soledad"	Spanish	13	44
2000	Verde70	"Me tienes, me puedes, me dueles"	Spanish	18	30
Did not participate in 2001
2002	Juan Fernando Velasco	"Chao Lola"	Spanish	9	57
2003	Pamela Cortes	"Te vas"	Spanish	13	51	Top 15 in 2002 final
2004	Sharon la Hechicera	"El baile del pimpollo"	Spanish	Failed to qualify		12	81
2005	Bajo Sueños	"Soñandote"	Spanish	Failed to qualify		15	58

El Salvador

El Salvador

Participating broadcaster	TV-2
Participation summary
Appearances	10 (8 finals)
First appearance	1974
Highest placement	8th: 1991

El Salvador debuted in the 1974 and ended that edition in 16th place, for a couple of years, this was the sole participation of the country in the contest. The country only returned to the contest in 1989, finishing 20th place, despite the initial poor placements, the country went on to do better in the following contest, scoring their first top 10 finish in 1991.

The country has the tendency of sending mexican and spanish artists to represent itself, a largely controversial decision.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1974	Hermanos Flores	"El mango"	Spanish	16	15	No semi-finals
Did not participate from 1975 to 1988
1989	Álvaro Torres	"Si estuvieras conmigo"	Spanish	20	17
1990	Thalía	"Amarillo azul"	Spanish	11	51
1991	Alejandra Guzmán	"Reina de corazones"	Spanish	8	72
1992	Vox Dei	"¿A Donde Iré?"	Spanish	22	10
1993	Rucks Parker	"Suena como Mozart"	Spanish	15	37
Did not participate from 1994 to 1997
1998	Adrenalina	"Mariona"	Spanish	23	8
Did not participate from 1999 to 2002
2003	Thalía feat. Fat Joe	"Me pones Sexy"	Spanish, English	18	41	10	95
2004	Ovni	"The Times When We Were Free (The Farewell)"	English	Failed to qualify		18	9
2005	Papa A.P.	"Entre tu y yo"	Spanish	Failed to qualify		11	100

French Guiana

French Guiana

Participating broadcaster	La Première
Participation summary
Appearances	5 (3 finals)
First appearance	2001
Highest placement	16th: 2001

French Guiana was the last south american territory to debut in the contest, doing so in 2001 with K-Reen, who had already represented Guadeloupe in the 1998 contest. She finished 16th out of 25 countries. In the first year with the semifinal system, 2003, French Guiana became the first ever country to do a very substantial result in the semifinal, but perform poorly in the final. As the country finished fourth in the semifinal, scoring 141 points, but finished twenty-second in the final, with only 34 points scored.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
2001	K-Reen	"Prends ma main"	French	16	37	No semi-finals
2002	Edith Lefel	"Si seulement"	French	21	28	No semi-finals
2003	Lynnsha & Lady Sweety ft. Jacob Desvarieux	"Ma rivale"	French	22	34	4	141
2004	Pearl	"J'ai des choses à te dire"	French	Failed to qualify		14	64
2005	Lia Sophia	"Boca"	Portuguese	Failed to qualify		12	83

Greenland

Greenland

Participating broadcaster	Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (KNR)
Participation summary
Appearances	3 (2 finals)
First appearance	2003
Highest placement	10th: 2003

Greenland debuted in the contest in 2003, the first year with the semifinal system implemented, and in it, it qualified to the final in seventh place with 104 points, and in the final, finished tenth with 65 points. Since then, Greenland has earned a reputation for being the most unpredictable country in the contest in therms of voting patterns, as the only country it consistently gives points is Canada.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
2003	Tupaarnaq Illit	"Ajannanga"	Kalaallisut, English	10	65	7	104
2004	Angu	"Red Lights"	English	20	38	Top 12 in 2003 final
2005	Kimmernaq	"Taamaannerit"	Kalaallisut	Failed to qualify		14	61

Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe

Participating broadcaster	La Première
Participation summary
Appearances	25 (24 finals)
First appearance	1974
Highest placement	1st: 1999

Guadeloupe debuted in the 1974 as the second primarily french speak nation to debut in the contest. They ended their first participation in 18th place scoring only ten points, in their second participation, they ended with a much better result, finishing in the top 5 with 74 points.

After a couple of years of non-recurring and middling performances, the country returned to the contest in 1988, with a newly structured delegation, that did significantly better numbers for the country in the contest, constantly finishing inside the top 10, and scoring their first podium finish in 1991, and being the runner ups of the 1993 contest. They finally won the contest for the first time in 1999, with the song "Septième ciel" by Jane Fostin, who had already represented them in the contest in 1996. The result is notable for being the only time in the history of the contest where the final result ended in a tie, as Mexico's entry also had recieved 167 points, but Guadeloupe ended with the title after it won the tiebreaker criteria, that is, Guadeloupe recieved more 12 points sets than Mexico.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1974	Fania Basse Terrienne	"Fania basse terrienne"	French	18	10	No semi-finals
1975	Franck Valmont	"Petit bonhomme"	French	5	74
1976	Exile One	"Jamais voir ça"	French	13	34
Did not participate in 1977
1978	Fair-Nick Stars	"Arrêté mal palé"	French	5	97
Did not participate from 1979 to 1982
1983	Zepiss	"Chimin Spirit"	Antillean Creole	15	27
1984	Meliza	"Paradis en moin"	Antillean Creole	12	53
1985	Patrick Saint-Éloi & Jean-Philippe Marthély	"Pa bizwen palé"	Antillean Creole	11	42
Did not participate from 1986 to 1987
1988	Feeling Kréyol	"Las palé"	Antillean Creole	7	64
1989	Zouk Machine	"Maldòn"	Antillean Creole	4	92
1990	Daddy Yod	"Ca chauffe pour lui"	French	15	39
1991	Tanya Saint-Val	"Tropical"	Antillean Creole, French	3	112
1992	Thierry Cham	"Faim de loup"	French	8	67
1993	Volt-Face	"Zouké Light"	Antillean Creole	2	121
1994	Joëlle Ursull	"Joujou"	French	5	84
1995	Francky Vincent	"Fruit de la passion"	French	9	57
1996	Jane Fostin	"La taille de ton amour"	French	6	72
1997	Lady Laistee	"L'impact net"	French	23	19
1998	K-Reen	"Pardonne moi"	French	19	26
1999	Jane Fostin	"Septième ciel"	French	1	167
2000	Lady Laistee	"For the Ladies"	French, English	14	43
2001	Matt Houston	"R&B 2 rue"	French	22	19
2002	Soumia	"Mes sentiments"	French	14	44
2003	Thierry Cham	"Dernière chance"	French	15	49	Top 15 in 2002 final
2004	Joël Virgel	"Kiss Me"	English	19	43	8	99
2005	Kayliah	"Quand une fille est love"	French	Failed to qualify		16 ◁	36

Guatemala

Guatemala

Participating broadcaster	Canal 7
Participation summary
Appearances	15 (14 finals)
First appearance	1984
Highest placement	6th: 1991, 2003

Guatemala debuted in the 1984 contest, ending that contest in eleventh place and recieving their first twelve points from the Dominican Republic.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1984	Alux Nahual	"Dime que has olvidado"	Spanish	11	57	No semi-finals
1985	Ana Curra	"Una noche sin ti"	Spanish	9	46
1986	Ricardo Arjona	"Dejame decir que te amo"	Spanish	18 ◁	9
Did not participate from 1987 to 1990
1991	The Triplets	"You Don't Have to Go Home Tonight"	English	6	76
1992	Ricardo Arjona	"Mujeres"	Spanish	16	38
1993	Alux Nahual	"Del suelo se suele aprender"	Spanish	18	25
1994	Bohemia Suburbana	"En el jardin"	Spanish	24 ◁	18
Did not participate in 1995
1996	Influenza	"Si no hay sentimiento"	Spanish	12	45
1997	Extinción	"Orange Buddha"	Spanish	19	28
1998	Ricardo Arjona	"Dime que no"	Spanish	16	30
Did not participate in 1999
2000	Ricardo Arjona	"Cuando"	Spanish	13	46
Did not participate in 2001
2002	Malacates Trébol Shop	"Morena"	Spanish	16	37
2003	Viento en Contra	"Muero por ti, muero sin ti"	Spanish	6	103	3	182
2004	Divo feat. DL Incognito	"Wreck the Mic"	English	24 ◁	5	Top 12 in 2003 final
2005	Shery	"El amor es un fantasma"	Spanish	Failed to qualify		13	71

Guyana

Guyana

Participating broadcaster	Television Guyana (TVG)
Participation summary
Appearances	6 (6 finals)
First appearance	1999
Highest placement	6th: 2000

Guyana debuted in the contest in 1999, finishing in a disappointing 20th place out of 24 countries, in fear of a possible relegation in 2001, TVG decided to internally select a british act, they landed on Heather Small, that with the song "Proud", scored the country a sixth place finish for Guyana, saving them from that fate, however, they ended up being relegated in 2002 after a 19th place finish in the 2001 contest.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1999	Celia Samaroo	"Chuna na na"	Guyanese Creole	20	19	No semi-finals
2000	Heather Small	"Proud"	English	6	87
2001	Maxee	"When I Look Into Your Eyes"	English	19	25
Did not participate in 2002
2003	Eddy Wata	"Jam (Say Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh...)"	English	8	88	8	101
2004	Bosko	"That Fire"	English	18	46	Top 12 in 2003 final
2005	Junior Kelly	"Recieve"	English	12	66	2	163

Haiti

Haiti

Participating broadcaster	Télévision Nationale d'Haïti (TNH)
Participation summary
Appearances	12 (11 finals)
First appearance	1989
Highest placement	1st: 1990

Haiti debuted in the 1989 contest, ending that contest in 18th place, however, they won the contest in their second participation in 1990, making them one of the fastest countries to achieve their first victory. Despite this, the country rarely finished inside the top 10, and their next top 5 finish would only come in (...).

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1989	Reginald Policard	"Docteur Claude"	Haitian Creole	18	27	No semi-finals
1990	Sakaj	"Pa gad sou lot"	Haitian Creole	1	139
1991	Rara Machine	"Banwmenlanmou"	Haitian Creole	12	53
1992	Boukman Eksperyans	"Jou nou revolte"	Haitian Creole	9	61
Did not participate in 1993
1994	Manno Charlemagne	"Ya bezwen mwen"	Haitian Creole	19	30
1995	Luck Mervil	"Emporte-moi"	French	7	68
1996	RAM	"Pale'm mal"	Haitian Creole	19	31
Did not participate in 1997
1998	Boukman Eksperyans	"Imamou lele"	Haitian Creole	18	27
1999	Boukan Ginen	"Se yo ki lakoz"	Haitian Creole	13	44
2000	Tabou Combo	"Tu as volé"	Haitian Creole	9	61
Did not participate in 2001
2002	Moonlight Benjamin	"Mouvman"	Haitian Creole	17	36
2003	Marlène Dorcena	"Panama"	Haitian Creole	Failed to qualify		13	72
Did not participate from 2004 to 2005

Honduras

Honduras

Participating broadcaster	Canal 5
Participation summary
Appearances	6 (6 finals)
First appearance	2000
Highest placement	2nd: 2002

Honduras was the last central american country to debut in the contest, only doing so in the year 2000, finishing 16th place. After that, Honduras quickly earned a reputation and became known as one of the strongest countries in Central America, solidified after its second place finish in the 2002 contest.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi
2000	Guillermo Anderson	"En mi pais"	Spanish	16	36	No semi-finals
2001	Fangoria	"Eternamente inocente"	Spanish	7	69
2002	Sherry y Sheyla	"Loca porque te quiero"	Spanish	2	149
2003	Frankie J	"Don't Wanna Try"	English, Spanish	11	59	Top 15 in 2002 final
2004	Aurelio Martínez	"Yalifu"	Garifuna	15	54	Top 12 in 2003 final
2005	Guillermo Anderson	"Tesoro que tenés"	Spanish	18	38	Top 16 in 2004 final

Jamaica

Jamaica

Participating broadcaster	Television Jamaica (TVJ, 1997–) Former members Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC, 1967–1996)
Participation summary
Appearances	37 (36 finals)
First appearance	1967
Highest placement	1st: 1994, 1995

Jamaica debuted in the 1967 contest, ending that edition in 13th place out of 15 countries.

During its initial years, Jamaica had trouble getting high placements on the board, with their only significant placement being in their fifth participation at the 1971 concert in Fresno, where they ended in 4th place with the song "Soul Bird" by Jackie Mittoo, a placement that proved essential in making Jamaica find its footing in the contest, and the country finished second place in the following contest, with the song "Divided" by Peter Straker.

After a streak of poor participations in the late 80s and early 90s, Jamaica got relegated in the 1992 contest, which led to the delegation being completely reestructured for the 1993 contest, it worked, and the country finished the contest in sixth place, and in the year after, achieved its first victory, with the song "Here Comes the Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze, and in the following year, it became the second country ever to win the contest as a host nation, with the song "Shy Guy" by Diana King, that achieved the highest score ever achieved by a song in the history of the contest at the time, 185 points and defeating the soon-to-become international mega star Shakira.

Grace Jones represented Jamaica in the contest in 1980 and 1985, finishing second in the latter contest with the song "Slave to the Rhythm".

In 1997, national broadcaster JBC dissolved, and in its place TVJ was created, who continued to broadcast the contest since 1997.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1967	Ken Boothe	"When I Fall in Love"	English	13	4	No semi-finals
1968	Alton Ellis	"La La La Means I Love You"	English	10	11
1969	Pat Kelly	"How Long Will It Take"	English	14	6
1970	Bob & Marcia	"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"	English	10	11
1971	Jackie Mittoo	"Soul Bird"	English	4	24
1972	Peter Straker	"Divided"	English	2	64
1973	I-Roy	"Blackman Time"	English	14	12
1974	Marcia Griffiths	"When Will I See You Again"	English	9	25
1975	Big Youth	"Natty Dread She Want"	English	10	43
1976	Susan Cadogan	"Hurt So Good"	English	15	29
1977	The Heptones	"Party Time"	English	15	20
1978	Althea & Donna	"Uptown Top Ranking"	English	8	54
1979	Johnny Osbourne	"We Need Love"	English	13	27
1980	Grace Jones	"Warm Leatherette"	English	7	71
1981	Michael Prophet	"Hold on to What You Got"	English	10	51
1982	Sister Nancy	"Bam Bam"	English	3	112
1983	Barrington Levy	"Trying to Rule My Life"	English	7	73
1984	Sugar Minott	"Wicked Ago Feel It"	English	17	21
1985	Grace Jones	"Slave to the Rhythm"	English	2	139
1986	Ruby Turner	"If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)"	English	7	70
Did not participate in 1987
1988	Eek-A-Mouse	"Peeni Walli"	English	14	37
1989	Shelly Thunder	"Kuff"	English	19	26
1990	Shabba Ranks ft. Krystal	"Twice My Age"	English	18	29
1991	Chubb Rock	"Just the Two of Us"	English	19	28
Did not participate in 1992
1993	Inner Circle	"Bad Boys"	English	6	95
1994	Ini Kamoze	"Here Comes the Hotstepper"	English	1	137
1995	Diana King	"Shy Guy"	English	1	185
1996	Inner Circle	"Da Bomb"	English	2	134
1997	Shaggy feat. Marsha	"Piece of My Heart"	English	17	31
1998	Frisco Kid feat. Mr. Easy	"Bashment Time"	English	20	22
1999	Andru Donalds	"All Out of Love"	English	4	105
2000	Shaggy feat. Pee Wee	"Dance & Shout"	English	5	94
2001	T.O.K.	"Shake Yuh Bam Bam"	English	17	36
2002	Jarvis Church	"Who Will Be Your Man"	English	9	57
2003	Wayne Wonder	"Bounce Along"	English	24	27	Top 15 in 2002 final
2004	Lady Saw	"Strip Tease"	English	Failed to qualify		13	67
2005	Marcia Barrett	"Belfast"	English	5	111	3	151

Martinique

Martinique

Participating broadcaster	La Première
Participation summary
Appearances	23 (22 finals)
First appearance	1972
Highest placement	1st: 2001

Martinique debuted in the 1972 contest, being the first primarily french speaking country to particiapte.

Much like Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique initially served as a hub to other francophonic nations in the caribbean for the contest, with artists from Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy often participating of the national selection for the country, despite sending native artists more often than Trinidad and Tobago.

Their first significant placement in the contest was a 6th place in 1974, with their first podium finish happening in 1988, with the song "Nuit d'amour" by Kova Rea finishing third overall.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1972	Barel Coppet & Mister Lof	"Rhum et coutelas"	French	14	17	No semi-finals
1973	Eugène Mona et son Groupe du Marigot	"Bégui bégui bang"	French	12	16
1974	Marius Cultier	"Souskaï"	French	6	32
1975	Henri Guédon	"Eti yo"	Antillean Creole	11	38
1976	Marius Cultier	"Eso guédé"	Antillean Creole	4	86
1977	Ti-Émile	"Chaud i chaud"	Antillean Creole	12	35
1978	Max-B	"Possesion"	French	17	10
Did not participate from 1979 to 1981
1982	Philippe Lavil	"Il tape sur des bambous"	French	17	26
Did not participate from 1983 to 1987
1988	Kova Rea	"Nuit d'amour"	French	3	107
1989	Jackson Suriam	"Taxi"	French	22 ◁	11
1990	Kali	"Ti kanno"	Antillean Creole	6	77
1991	Jocelyne Béroard & Jacob Desvarieux	"Milans"	Antillean Creole	23	8
Did not participate in 1992
1993	Native	"Si la vie demande ça"	French	10	64
Did not participate in 1994
1995	Tony Chasseur	"Séréna"	Antillean Creole	20	19
1996	Edith Lefel & Malavoi	"Asi paré"	Antillean Creole	13	43
1997	Nuttea	"Agitateur"	French	22	22
1998	Poetic Lover	"Fier d'avoir ton love"	French	21	16
Did not participate in 1999
2000	Métisse	"Boom Boom Ba"	French, English, Agni	4	114
2001	Kelly Joyce	"Vivre la vie"	French	1	188
2002	Yaniss Odua	"La caraïbe"	French	19	31
2003	Princess Lover	"Mon soleil"	French	Failed to qualify		16	41
2004	Lynnsha	"Rendez-vous"	French	22	11	7	110
2005	LS feat. Menzo	"Nos différences"	French	21	35	8	115

Mexico

Mexico

Participating broadcaster	Las Estrellas
Participation summary
Appearances	50
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1973, 1987, 1989, 2005

Mexico is one of the six original Amerivision countries, they won the contest for the first time in 1973.

In the initial years, Mexico struggled considerably to have high placings in the contest, often staying in the middle of the board, during that time, broadcaster Las Estrellas belonged to Telesistema Mexicano, but after the merger that led to the creation of Televisa, Mexico got its first victory, 1973, which means Mexico was the original six country that took the longest to win the contest.

Televisa is one of the largest budget contributors to the event, leading to Mexico being one of the countries in the "Big 4", together with Brazil, Canada and United States.

Mexico was an early adopter of the national final selecting contest, with most of its entries after the 1959 contest being selected via the program "Una voz para el México".

Throughout the late 70s and early to mid 80s, the country stuggled to gdo well in the contest, while never ending last place, it always stayed outside of the top 10, their fate only started to change after a re-estructuring of the mexican delegation, that resulted in the country finishing third in 1986, which started a golden age for the country in the contest, that won two nearly back-to-back titles in 1987 and 1989. In 1999, it tied for first place with Guadeloupe with 167 points each, but finished second as Guadeloupe recieved more 12 points sets than Mexico did.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi
1956	Gloria Lasso	"Luna de miel"	Spanish	4	14	No semi-finals
1956	Jorge Negrete	"Mexico lindo y querido"	Spanish	9	6
1957	Elvira Ríos	"Noche de luna"	Spanish	9 ◁	1
1958	Los Tres Ases	"Regálame ésta noche"	Spanish	8	3
1959	Tony Camargo	"El año viejo"	Spanish	4	7
1960	Los Locos del Ritmo	"Tus ojos"	Spanish	3	15
1961	Chavela Vargas	"Paloma negra"	Spanish	5	10
1962	Angélica María	"Dile adios"	Spanish	5	15
1963	Sonia López	"Enemigos"	Spanish	4	23
1964	Irma Serrano	"Copitas de mezcal"	Spanish	5	17
1965	Las Hermanas Navarro	"Cuento corderitos"	Spanish	2	33
1966	Álvaro Carrillo	"El andariego"	Spanish	4	22
1967	Armando Manzanero	"Contigo aprendi"	Spanish	11	5
1968	Armando Manzanero	"Somos novios"	Spanish	8	14
1969	José José	"Una mañana"	Spanish	10	10
1970	Leo Acosta	"Rencorosa"	Spanish	3	25
1971	Guadalupe Trigo	"Mi ciudad"	Spanish	5	22
1972	Iguana	"Arcoiris de cristal"	Spanish	8	30
1973	Sola	"Soy rebelde"	Spanish	1	79
1974	Pájaro Alberto	"Seguir al sol"	Spanish	7	28
1975	Los Dug Dug's	"Cambia, cambia"	Spanish	2	118
1976	José José	"El príncipe"	Spanish	9	51
1977	Gualberto Castro	"Bola negra"	Spanish	11	38
1978	Los Yonic's	"Soy yo"	Spanish	13	31
1979	Jorge Santana	"It's All About Love"	English	15	24
1980	Emmanuel	"Insoportablemente bella"	Spanish	15	29
1981	Estela Nuñez	"Te acuerdas?"	Spanish	13	30
1982	Yuri	"Maldita primavera"	Spanish	14	34
1983	Lucía Méndez	"Mi amor, amor"	Spanish	19	13
1984	Daniela Romo	"Enamorada de ti"	Spanish	8	62
1985	Casino Shanghai	"Cuerpos huecos"	Spanish	18	18
1986	Flans	"Tímido"	Spanish	3	106
1987	Luis Miguel	"Ahora te puedes marchar"	Spanish	1	116
1988	Cecilia Toussaint	"Carretera"	Spanish	10	55
1989	Gloria Trevi	"Dr. Psiquiatra"	Spanish	1	146
1990	Ana Gabriel	"Quien como tú"	Spanish	4	105
1991	Selena	"Como la flor"	Spanish	18	43
1992	Bibi Gaytán	"Mucha mujer pra tí"	Spanish	14	44
1993	Aleks Syntek	"Más fuerte de lo que pensaba"	Spanish	5	109
1994	Café Tacuba	"Las flores"	Spanish	23	24
1995	Fey	"Media naranja"	Spanish	11	48
1996	Paulina Rubio	"Enamorada"	Spanish	4	99
1997	Julieta Venegas	"De mis pasos"	Spanish	3	125
1998	Sasha Sokol	"En la ciudad"	Spanish	6	95
1999	Lynda	"Corazón perdido"	Spanish	2	167
2000	Jeans	"Dime que me amas"	Spanish	20	18
2001	Ely Guerra	"De la calle"	Spanish	23	14
2002	Paulina Rubio	"Baila Casanova"	Spanish	5	85
2003	Luis Miguel	"Te necesito"	Spanish	22	34	Member of the "Big Four"
2004	La Quinta Estación	"Niña"	Spanish	3	163
2005	María Daniela y su Sonido Lasser	"Chicle de menta"	Spanish	1	199

Netherlands Antilles

Netherlands Antilles

Participating broadcaster	Telecuraçao
Participation summary
Appearances	25 (25 finals)
First appearance	1968
Highest placement	1st: 1968, 1969, 1979, 1993

The Netherlands Antilles are notorious for many things, mainly, for being the only extinct country to participate of the contest, for being one of the only two countries outside of the original 6 to win the contest in its debut in 1968 – The other being Panama in 1965. –, for being the first country to win two contests in a roll and for winning the contest in its first two participations ever.

Despite being a very successful country that usually stood in the top half of the scoreboards each year, the Netherlands Antilles is a country that had the tendency to withdraw mainly due to budget reasons, their initial went from 1968 to 1973, where they sent only songs in English and sent repeated artists considerably, with Euson being sent three times and Marva Hodge twice. They would withdraw from the contest in 1974, only to return in 1977, sending their first song ever sung in dutch to the contest in 1978, staying until 1980 and withdrawing again in 1981, their future runs went from 1982 to 1987, 1991 to 1996, 2001 to 2002, 2004, and finally, they would do their final participations in 2009 and 2010, before dissolving as a country and being split into the current participating nations of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire.

The country would often send artists of Surinamean background in years that Suriname didn't participate of the contest, two of which scored two wins for the country, Sumy in 1979 and CB Milton in 1993.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1968	Euson & Stax	"I Want You Around Me"	English	1	41	No semi-finals
1969	Marva Hodge	"You're the One for Me"	English	1	39
1970	Marva Hodge & The Moody Sec	"Let the Sun Shine In"	English	2	36
1971	Euson & Stax	"A Fool for You"	English	14	8
1972	Oscar Harris & The Twinkle Stars	"Let It Be Me"	English	9	26
1973	Euson	"Life Is on My Side"	English	7	31
Did not participate from 1974 to 1976
1977	Gilla & Bobby Farrell	"Gentleman Callers Not Allowed"	English	4	95
1978	Max Nijman	"Te mi wan sji joe"	Dutch	12	33
1979	Sumy	"Going Insane"	English	1	129
1980	Renée	"Jimmy"	English	17	15
Did not participate in 1981
1982	Kenneth Sherman	"Why Can't We Live Together"	English	2	133
1983	Dhaddy Brokke & Tony Sherman	"Spaar bo amor"	Papiamento, Spanish	13	39
1984	Wally Warning	"Land of Hunger"	English	6	77
1985	Boney M., Bobby Farrell and The School Rebels	"Happy Song"	English	7	66
1986	Leslie Vaughn	"Somebody Loves You"	English	5	74
1987	Richenel	"Temptation"	English	9	52
Did not participate from 1988 to 1990
1991	Lou Prince	"Just in Time"	English	20	24
1992	Daisy Dee	"Crazy"	English	5	100
1993	CB Milton	"Send Me an Angel"	English	1	140
1994	Ardis	"Ain't Nobody's Business"	English	7	70
1995	Orkesta Rizam	"U'n t'ami di"	Papiamento	14	40
1996	Daisy Dee	"Just Jump"	English	15	36
Did not participate from 1997 to 2000
2001	Maruja	"Talking to the Moon"	English	3	124
2002	Riva	"Time Is the Healer"	English	25 ◁	16
Did not participate in 2003
2004	Izaline Calister	"Wow'i Kariño"	Papiamento	13	59	10	95
Did not participate from 2005 to 2008

Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Participating broadcaster	Televicentro
Participation summary
Appearances	19 (19 finals)
First appearance	1970
Highest placement	1st: 2004

Nicaragua debuted in the contest in 1970, ending in 9th place.

It was the second central american country to debut in the contest, after Panama in 1965. They became notable in the 1971 contest for being the first country to send a song sung in a native language, as the entry for that year, "Reedo reedo mama juka" by Los Barbaros del Ritmo, had verses sung in Rama.

After the 1972 contest, which they ended in last place, Nicaragua withdrew for the first time, only to return in 1976.

Spanish singer David Bisbal, that in 2004 gave Nicaragua their first ever win with the song "Bulería".

The country scored its first top 5 finish in 1991, with the song "Black Culture" by Soul Vibrations, and in 2004, in its first participation in the contest with the semifinal system, it became the first country to win the semifinal and the final of the same year, doing so with the song "Bulería" by David Bisbal, despite the victory, the result was met with controversy as Bisbal is originary from Spain, much like Raphael, the winner of the 1965 contest for Panama, which led to the speculation that central american countries could only win if they sent a musician from Spain to represent them.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1970	Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy	"Hilachas de sol"	Spanish	9	12	No semi-finals
1971	Los Barbaros del Ritmo	"Reedo reedo mama juka"	Rama, Spanish	13	9
1972	Bwana	"La jurumba"	Spanish	18 ◁	1
Did not participate from 1972 to 1975
1976	Kako & Camilo Azuquita	"La candado y la llave"	Spanish	6	64
1977	Carlos Mejía Godoy	"El cristo de Palacaguina"	Spanish	6	74
1978	Norma Helena Gadea	"El calabazo"	Spanish	15	28
Did not participate from 1979 to 1987
1988	Luis Enrique	"Desesperado"	Spanish	13	42
1989	Luis Enrique	"Lo que pasó entre tu y yo pasó"	Spanish	21	15
1990	Guardabarranco	"Días de amar"	Spanish	9	60
1991	Soul Vibrations	"Black Culture"	English	5	83
1992	Camilo Sesto	"Resplandor de amor"	Spanish	23	7
1993	Olga Tañón	"Contigo o sin ti"	Spanish	17	29
1994	Guardabarranco	"Casa abierta"	Spanish	11	54
Did not participate from 1995 to 1996
1997	Lya Barrioz	"Vuelve a decir te quiero"	Spanish	11	59
1998	Mikel Erentxun	"¿Quién se acuerda de ti?"	Spanish	14	37
1999	Katia Cardenal	"Brazos de sol"	Spanish	9	54
2000	Salvador Cardenal	"Cuando éramos chavalos"	Spanish	24 ◁	3
Did not participate from 2001 to 2003
2004	David Bisbal	"Bulería"	Spanish	1	258	1	271
2005	Perrozompopo	"Berekum"	Spanish	9	73	Host country

Panama

Panama

Participating broadcaster	RPC Televisión
Participation summary
Appearances	28 (26 finals)
First appearance	1965
Highest placement	1st: 1965

Panama debuted in the contest in 1965, as the first central american country to do so, and won in its very first participation, it was the first time a non-original six country won the contest in its very first participation, however, the win was seem as controversial, as the panamanian entry, Raphael, was spanish and had no ties with Panama in itself. However, the ABU rules specifically state that the representative doesn't necessarily have to be from the country it is representing to participate of the contest, and that the only reason this happened is because RPC invited Raphael to participate of the event and he accepted. After its success in the ASC, Raphael went on to represent his home country in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1966 and 1967, ending 7th and 6th respectively.

Panama became the first former-champion country to withdraw from the contest in 1973, alledging budget issues, only to return in 1975.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1965	Raphael	"Casi, casi"	Spanish	1	35	No semi-finals
1966	Joe Panama	"Echala pafuera"	Spanish	13	2
1967	Joe Panama	"Tu eres mi vida"	Spanish	8	9
1968	The Beachers	"Africa caliente"	Spanish	13	4
1969	Los Dinámicos Exciters	"Algo muy profundo"	Spanish	6	18
1970	Basilio	"No digas adios"	Spanish	5	19
1971	Los Fabulosos Festivals	"El mensaje"	Spanish, English	15	6
1972	Lito Barrientos	"Charanga 'pa gozar"	Spanish	15	16
Did not participate from 1973 to 1974
1975	Poder Del Alma	"La conga de las dos razas"	Spanish	7	56
1976	Tony Silvester	"Magic Touch"	English	3	94
1977	Charlie Palmieri & Meñique	"Con salsa y sabor"	Spanish	7	68
1978	Basilio	"La gioconda"	Spanish	10	41
1979	Azuquita y Su Melao	"Yo No Sé Nada"	Spanish	17 ◁	19
Did not participate from 1980 to 1985
1986	Roberto Blades	"María"	Spanish	14	24
1987	Oceano	"El derramo su amor por ti"	Spanish	7	56
1988	Renato	"Que locura"	Spanish	20 ◁	4
Did not participate in 1989
1990	El General	"Pu Tun Tun"	Spanish	22	14
Did not participate in 1991
1992	El General	"El maestro"	Spanish	7	76
1993	Daphne	"When You Love Someone"	English	12	55
1994	Mónica Naranjo	"Solo se vive una vez"	Spanish	17	36
1995	Los Rabanes	"¿Por qué te fuiste, Benito?"	Spanish	20	19
1996	Nando Boom	"Mami tú te ves bien"	Spanish	21	25
1997	Rafael Alfaro	"Retrato de un libro"	Spanish	18	30
1998	Chocolate Genius	"Life"	English	24 ◁	6
Did not participate in 1999
2000	Los Rabanes	"Señorita, a mí me gusta su Style"	Spanish, Portuguese	3	120
Did not participate from 2001 to 2002
2003	Ivan Barrios	"Mi bendición"	Spanish	Failed to qualify		11	89
2004	Señor Loop	"Roncabalao"	Spanish	Failed to qualify		16	59
2005	Cage9	"Dead Letter"	English	8	78	6	133

Paraguay

Paraguay

Participating broadcaster	Sistema Nacional de Televisión (SNT)
Participation summary
Appearances	14 (12 finals)
First appearance	1967
Highest placement	3rd: 1973, 1983

Paraguay debuted in the contest in 1967, and ended that edition tying for last place with the Dominican Republic.

In its early years, Paraguay had notorious struggles to do well in the contest, in its first ever participation, it ended last place and only peaked at 13th place with 4 points recieved. The poor placements led the paraguayan broadcaster SNT to withdraw from the next two contests, when they returned, they notoriously started to perform much better, even scoring two third place finishes in 1973 and 1983.

Despite the great results and finishing third in 1983, the country withdrew from the contest in 1984 due to unspecified reasons, and spent over a decade without participating.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1967	Digno García	"Arrivederci Maria"	Spanish, Italian	14 ◁	1	No semi-finals
1968	Los 3 Sudamericanos	"La luna ya está en el bote"	Spanish	13	4
1969	Los Blue Caps	"De cualquier manera"	Spanish	16	2
Did not participate from 1970 to 1971
1972	Los Blue Caps	"Volverás mi amor, yo te esperaré"	Spanish	6	31
1973	Los Jokers	"Dientes de perro"	Spanish	3	41
1974	IODI	"Mi cigarro"	Spanish	5	35
1975	IODI	"Yo necesito de ti"	Spanish	8	53
1976	Digno García	"Besame mucho"	Spanish	10	46
1977	Sandra Mihanovich	"Falta poco tiempo"	Spanish	10	49
Did not participate from 1978 to 1981
1982	Perla	"Comienza a amanecer"	Spanish	9	47
1983	Pro-Rock Ensamble	"Los Junior's Beat"	Spanish	3	123
Did not participate from 1984 to 1994
1995	Rodrigo	"De enero a enero"	Spanish	24 ◁	5
Did not participate from 1996 to 2002
2003	Flou	"El recuerdo aquel"	Spanish	Failed to qualify		15	57
2004	Gabriela Anders	"You Go to My Head"	English	Failed to qualify		11	86
Did not participate in 2005

Peru

Peru

Participating broadcaster	América Televisión
Participation summary
Appearances	38 (37 finals)
First appearance	1959
Highest placement	2nd: 1959

Peru debuted in the contest in 1959, their best result was a second place in 1959.

Despite having an early lead, finishing its first ever participation in second place, Peru went on to struggle in the upcoming years, even ending last place in 1963. For those reasons, peru is largely seen as one of the least impactful countries in South America in the contest, even withdrawing in 1972 and in 1978 after two consecutive last place finishes, in the latter withdrawal, the country stayed the longest period in its history out of the contest, six years, only to return in the 1984 contest, where they scored their best finish since Yma Sumac's second place finish in 1959 and first podium entry since.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1959	Yma Sumac	"La flor de la canela"	Spanish	2	19	No semi-finals
1960	Los Kipus	"Ansias"	Spanish	8	4
1961	José Mojica	"Júrame"	Spanish	9	7
1962	Alicia Maguiña	"Inocente amor"	Spanish	7	7
1963	Los Kreps	"Linda Muchachita"	Spanish	10 ◁	1
1964	María de Jesús Vásquez	"Amarradito"	Spanish	9	7
1965	Jean Paul "El Troglodita"	"Tengo un Mustang"	Spanish	4	21
1966	Lissette	"Mis cosas favoritas"	Spanish	9	12
1967	Chabuca Granda & Óscar Avilés	"Bello durmiente"	Spanish	9	7
1968	Eva Luz Vargas	"Tierra peruana"	Spanish	4	21
1969	Los Datsuns	"Otra mejor que tú"	Spanish	15	4
1970	Los Destellos	"Elsa"	Spanish	16	3
1971	Victoria Santa Cruz	"La picantería"	Spanish	8	15
Did not participate in 1972
1973	Lucia de la Cruz	"Vieja limeña"	Spanish	10	20
1974	Zulu	"Sueño de amor"	Spanish	8	26
1975	Los Wembler's de Iquitos	"La danza del petrolero"	Spanish	9	47
1976	Los Pasteles Verdes	"En mi viejo San Juan"	Spanish	17 ◁	9
1977	Innovations	"Seabird"	English	17 ◁	6
Did not participate from 1978 to 1983
1984	Melissa	"Altamente peligroso"	Spanish	3	101
1985	Miki González	"Dímelo, dímelo"	Spanish	8	57
1986	Lissette	"Yo me voy sola"	Spanish	8	61
1987	Miki González	"Vamos a Tocache"	Spanish	14	27
1988	Feiser	"Esta es la noche"	Spanish	6	73
1989	Los Hijos Del Sol	"Un barco ciego"	Spanish	12	51
1990	Nosequien y Los Nosecuantos	"Magdalena"	Spanish	21	17
Did not participate in 1991
1992	Tierra Sur	"Cruzando la linea"	Spanish	13	45
Did not participate in 1993
1994	Mar de Copas	"Prendí otro fuego por ella"	Spanish	10	61
1995	Lucila Campos	"No te he dado motivo"	Spanish	12	45
1996	Los Zopilotes	"A quien"	Spanish	17	34
1997	Diego Bertie	"Que dificil és amar"	Spanish	6	73
1998	Patricia Loaiza	"Y solo yo quiero"	Spanish	3	133
1999	La Sarita	"Más poder"	Spanish	6	67
2000	Madre Matilda	"Sin llorar"	Spanish	7	68
2001	Catervas	"Tu creencia"	Spanish	21	21
2002	Tania Libertad & Cesária Évora	"Historia de un amor"	Spanish	23	24
2003	Fuera del Resto	"Tregua"	Spanish	19	39	9	99
2004	Turbopótamos	"Ultra Beba"	Spanish, English	Failed to qualify		17	33
2005	Caroline Cruz	"Zapatos para caminar en el sol"	Spanish	19	36	9	110

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Participating broadcaster	Telemundo Puerto Rico
Participation summary
Appearances	45 (45 finals)
First appearance	1957
Highest placement	1st: 1961, 1967

Puerto Rico debuted in the contest in 1957, they won the competition twice, first in 1961 and later in 1967.

Puerto Rico is often considered the biggest wild card in the contest, either doing terribly or amazingly in it. In its first four participations, the country seriously struggled to maintain good results, even being the first country to recieved the dreaded nul points in the contest's history in 1959, and repeating the feat in the following year, however, in a major upset, the country was crowned the winner of the 1961 contest with the song "Ramona" by Rafael Cortijo, credited to "Cortijo y Su Combo", initially this was believed to be a sign of things to come for Puerto Rico, but after three lack-luster performances in the following years, – including its first ever placement out of the top 10 in the 1964 contest – this theory was quickly shut down, but in between poor placements, the country managed to get a third place in 1965 and win a second time two years later, and that inconsistency makes Puerto Rico one of the hardest countries to predict in the contest.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1957	Virginia López	"Estraño sentir"	Spanish	8	2	No semi-finals
1958	Virginia López	"Tus promesas de amor"	Spanish	5	8
1959	Ramito	"Sabor boricua"	Spanish	10 ◁	0
1960	Odilio González	"Saludo a lares (Mapeyé)"	Spanish	10 ◁	0
1961	Cortijo y Su Combo	"Ramona"	Spanish	1	18
1962	Rita Moreno	"Day by Day"	English	9	5
1963	Mon Rivera	"Pachanga con guaguancó"	Spanish	7	12
1964	Ricardo Ray	"Comejen"	Spanish	11	5
1965	Lucecita	"El rebelde"	Spanish	3	25
1966	Bobby Valentín	"Bad Breath"	English	11	6
1967	Bobby Valentín	"Use It Before You Lose It"	English	1	25
1968	King Nando	"Funky Shing-a-Ling"	English	6	15
1969	Ismael Rivera y Sus Cachimbos	"Gulliver"	Spanish	17 ◁	1
1970	Roberto Angleró	"Abicú"	Spanish	15	4
1971	Cheo Feliciano	"Mi triste problema"	Spanish	12	10
1972	Sophy	"Locuras tengo de ti"	Spanish	10	22
1973	Roy Brown & Antonio Cabán Vale	"Oda a mi generación"	Spanish	5	36
1974	Ismael Rivera	"Yo no quiero piedras en mi caminoe"	Spanish	17	12
Did not participate in 1975
1976	Danny Rivera	"Tú vives en mi pensamiento"	Spanish	8	57
1977	Yolandita Monge	"Yo soy una mas"	Spanish	14	24
1978	Héctor Lavoe	"Comedia"	Spanish	6	87
1979	Cheo Feliciano	"Lamento guajiro"	Spanish	3	99
1980	Lucecita	"Creceremos"	Spanish	8	59
1981	José Feliciano	"I Wanna Be Where You Are"	English	5	76
1982	Menudo	"Subete a mi moto"	Spanish	19	20
1983	René	"Viva la radio"	Spanish	10	50
1984	Chayanne	"Es mi nombre"	Spanish	4	92
1985	Menudo	"Hold Me"	English	3	115
1986	Ednita Nazario	"Tú, sin mí"	Spanish	10	45
Did not participate in 1987
1988	India	"Dancing on the Fire"	English	5	88
1989	Lisa M	"Rock to the Beat"	English	5	89
1990	Vico C & DJ Negro	"El filosofo"	Spanish	16	36
1991	Sa-Fire	"Taste the Bass"	English	10	56
1992	Sophy	"Mi deseo"	Spanish	21	16
1993	Kid Power Posse	"Check the Rhythm"	Spanish	20	16
Did not participate in 1994
1995	Ricky Martin	"María"	Spanish	4	106
1996	No Mercy	"Where Do You Go"	English	9	58
1997	Millie	"Emociones"	Spanish	7	68
1998	Carlos Ponce	"Rezo"	Spanish	11	49
1999	Noelia	"Candela"	Spanish	21	16
2000	Son by Four	"A puro dolor"	Spanish	23	6
Did not participate in 2001
2002	Tego Calderón	"Al natural"	Spanish	15	43
2003	Ivy Queen	"Tuya soy"	Spanish	21	38	Top 15 in 2002 final
2004	Daddy Yankee with Zion & Lennox	"Tu príncipe"	Spanish	21	36	4	150
2005	Luis Fonsi	"Nada es para siempre"	Spanish	6	105	1	206

Suriname

Suriname

Participating broadcaster	Surinaamse Televisie Stichting (STVS)
Participation summary
Appearances	22 (22 finals)
First appearance	1980
Highest placement	1st: 1997

After borrowing a couple of artists to the Netherlands Antilles and the victory of one of them in 1979, Suriname debuted in the contest in 1980, ending in a devastating last place, that led to them withdrawing from the 1981 contest and return in the next year, where they sent former winner for the Netherlands Antilles, Sumy, to represent them, and despite getting more points, they still came last place, which made Sumy the first participant of the contest to end both in first and last place. Despite that, they ended up becoming a recurring country in the contest and redeemed themselves in the following edition, ending fifth with the song "Funk It Up" by Monica Chen.

The country went on to have two runner-up placements in 1986 and 1989.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1980	Oscar Harris	"Disco Calypso"	Dutch, English	18 ◁	12	No semi-finals
Did not participate in 1981
1982	Sumy	"Where Were You Last Night"	English	20 ◁	17
1983	Monica Chen	"Funk It Up"	English	5	99
1984	Iwan Esseboom	"Tangi fu bun na kodja"	Sranan Tongo	14	38
1985	Glenda Peters	"Since You Came Into My Life"	English	12	39
1986	Mai Tai	"Turn Your Love Around"	English	2	141
1987	Greg Hobson	"Love's Gonna Get You"	English	16 ◁	20
Did not participate in 1988
1989	Michèle	"All My Love"	English	2	121
1990	Ruth Jacott & Hans Vermeulen	"Teygo makandra"	Sranan Tongo	20	22
Did not participate in 1991
1992	Humphrey Campbell	"You're So Good"	English	18	29
Did not participate in 1993
1994	Michèle	"Love Is History"	English	9	66
1995	Ruth Jacott	"Onderweg naar morgen"	Dutch	15	36
1996	CB Milton	"Time Is Up"	English	5	84
1997	Total Touch	"Touch Me There"	English	1	152
1998	Roméo	"Coming Home"	English	17	29
1999	Def Rhymz	"Doekoe"	Dutch	19	28
2000	Blues ft. Jessica Folcker	"Trehundra dar"	Swedish	10	52
2001	Gordon & Re-Play	"Weet dat ik van je hou"	Dutch	25 ◁	5
2002	Def Rhymz	"Ik ben niet te stoppen"	Dutch	20	30
2003	Glennis Grace	"Ain't Nothing Gonna Stop Me Now"	English	3	163	1	233
2004	K-Liber	"Loungen"	Dutch, Spanish	7	87	Top 12 in 2003 final
2005	Papa Winnie	"Stay"	English	24	25	Top 16 in 2004 final

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Participating broadcaster	Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT)
Participation summary
Appearances	38 (37 finals)
First appearance	1964
Highest placement	1st: 1974, 1980, 1996, 2002

Trinidad and Tobago debuted in the contest in 1964, and ended in last place that year.

As the first country from the Lesser Antilles to participate of the contest, Trinidad and Tobago served as the unintentional hub for artists from other countries of the region to participate of the contest, after internally selecting Lord Kitchener in its first participation and ending the contest in last place, the broadcaster created the national selection TTT Festival to select its future entries in the contest, which led to several artists from countries like Grenada, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to participate of the program in order to get a spot in Amerivision, which was proven successful, given the first edition was won by Grenadinian singer Mighty Sparrow and the second being won by Barbadian band The Merrymen. However, despite backlash from local musicians, TTT didn't do anything to stop it, as it was indeed leading to the country performing better in the contest. However, as other countries from the region joined the contest, the quantity of foreigner artists participating of the TTT Festival started to decrease, and while eventually foreigner artists still represent Trinidad and Tobago, the majority of modern representatives are native to the nation.

Billy Ocean, lead singer of Scorched Earth, the band that gave Trinidad and Tobago its first win in the contest in 1974, with the song "On the Run". He would later on represent Trinidad and Tobago as a solo artist in the contest in 1981, 1984 and 1993.

After a disappointing finish in last at the 1971 contest, Trinidad and Tobago withdrew from the contest for the next two years, and when it returned, it became the first returning country to win the contest, with the song "On the Run" by the Billy Ocean led band Scorched Earth, which kickstarted a wave of success for the country in the mid 70s, as it ended in the top 3 in the next two editions as well. The country highly benefited from its submission of disco and funk songs in that period, that eventually led to a second win in 1980 with the song "We Are Family" by Mac and Katie Kissoon and nearly won for a second time in a roll in the following year.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1964	Lord Kitchener	"My Wife's Nightie"	English	12 ◁	3	No semi-finals
1965	Mighty Sparrow	"Man Like to Feel"	English	9	8
1966	The Merrymen	"There Won't Be Anymore"	English	10	10
1967	Mighty Sparrow	"Revenge"	English	5	13
1968	Joe Mansano	"Life on Reggae Planet"	English	15	3
1969	The Mighty Duke	"Black Is Beautiful"	English	12	9
1970	Mac Kissoon	"Get Down With It"	English	8	13
1971	The Esso Trinidad Steel Band	"I Want You Back"	English	18 ◁	1
Did not participate from 1972 to 1973
1974	Scorched Earth	"On the Run"	English	1	76
1975	Wild Fire	"Check It Out"	English	3	102
1976	Tony Wilson	"I Like Your Style"	English	2	113
1977	Lee Vanderbilt	"Get Into What You're In"	English	9	55
1978	Calypso Rose	"The Action Is Tight"	English	11	36
1979	Mac Kissoon	"Lavender Blue"	English	14	25
1980	Mac and Katie Kissoon	"We Are Family"	English	1	122
1981	Billy Ocean	"Stay the Night"	English	2	130
Did not participate in 1982
1983	Katie Kissoon	"You're the One (You're My Number One)"	English	8	68
1984	Billy Ocean	"Suddenly"	English	10	58
1985	Lord Laro	"Lover's License"	English	10	44
1986	Judy Boucher	"Can't Be With You Tonight"	English	17	17
1987	Judy Boucher	"You Caught My Eyes"	English	13	29
1988	Hugh Bullen	"Night Girl"	English	2	127
Did not participate in 1989
1990	Joanna Law	"First Time Ever"	English	7	76
1991	Tambu	"Reach Out"	English	13	51
1992	Nerious Joseph	"Guidance"	English	20	21
1993	Billy Ocean	"Pressure"	English	7	86
1994	Haddaway	"Rock My Heart"	English	12	52
1995	Imo	"Glory of Om"	English	18	28
1996	Ardis	"Woman to Woman"	English	1	173
1997	Haddaway	"What About Me"	English	9	65
1998	Andru Donalds	"Beautiful Friday"	English	4	121
1999	Jack Radics	"No Matter"	English	18	33
2000	Papa Reu feat. Lil' Keke	"Diamonds and Pearls"	English	17	32
2001	Beres Hammond	"They Gonna Talk"	English	12	52
2002	Heather Headley	"He Is"	English	1	157
2003	Destra Garcia	"Carnival"	English	19	39	Host country
2004	Shurwayne Winchester	"Get Out of My Dreams"	English	Failed to qualify		15	62
2005	Avion Blackman	"Give Me Life"	English	13	58	5	140

United States

United States

Participating broadcaster	National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Participation summary
Appearances	49
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1970, 1981, 2003

United States is one of the six original Amerivision countries, winning the contest once.

Despite being always considered a major favorite of the competition, the United States seriously struggled to do as well as anticipated in the early years of the contest, despite constant podium placements, only achieving their first victory in 1970. In 1995, after a streak of poor participations, including a last place finish in 1993, the country ended up in the relegation zone for that year's contest, which made the 1995 edition the only that the United States didn't participate. After the event, the american delegation was completely reestructured. In 2003, ten years after the country's last place finish and following a sequence of podium placements, the wait for the third victory ended with the song "Are You Happy Now?" by Michelle Branch, ending a gap of 22 years without victories and winning the first ever contest with the semifinal system implemented, despite the country automatically qualifying for the final as part of the Big Four.

Despite this, NBC, the american broadcaster, is considered to be the largest financial contributor to the contest, and is often treated as the backup host nation, as it often hosts contests when the previous year's winner or runner up declines the offer. The first time that happened being in 1961, when it hosted the contest in behalf of Uruguay. Because of that, United States is the country that hosted the event most times, in a total of seven occasions, twice in New York, once in Anaheim, once in Chicago, once in Houston, once in Miami and once in San Francisco.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi
1956	Harry Belafonte	"Jamaica Farewell"	English	7	9	No semi-finals
1956	Julie London	"Lonely Girl"	English	12 ◁	1
1957	Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps	"Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me"	English	4	11
1958	Sarah Vaughan	"The Midnight Sun Will Never Set"	English	3	15
1959	The Flamingos	"I'm in the Mood for Love"	English	4	13
1960	Cathie Taylor	"The Sweetest Story Ever Told"	English	9	2
1961	Wanda Jackson	"There's a Party Goin' On"	English	3	14
1962	Buck Owens	"Fool Me Again"	English	4	17
1963	Lesley Gore	"Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows"	English	3	24
1964	Jan & Dean	"The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)"	English	2	27
1965	Judy Roderick	"Me and My Chaffeur"	English	12	4
1966	The Cyrkle	"Red Rubber Ball"	English	7	15
1967	Tammy Wynette	"Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad"	English	4	15
1968	Del Shannon	"Gemini"	English	11	9
1969	Wendy and Bonnie	"I Realized You"	English	10	10
1970	Minnie Riperton	"Les fleurs"	English	1	47
1971	Barbra Streisand	"The Summer Knows"	English	9	14
1972	Lyn Collins	"Think (About It)"	English	6	31
1973	Millie Jackson	"It Hurts So Good"	English	2	63
1974	Rufus & Chaka Khan	"Your Smile"	English	12	22
1975	Linda Ronstadt	"Love Is a Rose"	English	13	29
1976	The Doobie Brothers & James Taylor	"Takin' It to the Streets"	English	5	74
1977	Bonnie Raitt	"Home"	English	8	60
1978	Cheryl Lynn	"Got to Be Real"	English	3	116
1979	Jennifer Warnes	"I Know a Heartache When I See One"	English	10	38
1980	Patrice Rushen	"Look Up!"	English	13	36
1981	Kim Carnes	"Bette Davis Eyes"	English	1	145
1982	Daryl Hall & John Oates	"Maneater"	English	15	32
1983	Christopher Cross	"All Right"	English	17	16
1984	Shannon	"Let the Music Play"	English	2	125
1985	DeBarge	"Rhythm of the Night"	English	17	25
1986	Stacey Q	"Two of Hearts"	English	11	34
1987	Terence Trent D'Arby	"Wishing Well"	English	6	73
1988	Chicago	"I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love"	English	12	46
1989	Inner City	"Good Life"	English	10	55
1990	Information Society	"How Long"	English	19	23
1991	Desmond Child	"The Price of Lovin' You"	English	2	132
1992	Trisha Yearwood	"Wrong Side of Memphis"	English	17	33
1993	Michael Bolton	"Completely"	English	24 ◁	2
1994	Reba McEntire	"And Still"	English	22	26
Did not participate in 1995
1996	Toni Braxton	"You're Makin' Me High"	English	20	30
1997	Lisa Loeb	"I Do"	English	12	54
1998	Ultra Naté	"Free"	English	7	80
1999	TLC	"Unpretty"	English	12	47
2000	Chanté Moore	"Straight Up"	English	12	49
2001	Anastacia	"Paid My Dues"	English	2	156
2002	Christina Milian	"When You Look at Me"	English	3	126
2003	Michelle Branch	"Are You Happy Now?"	English	1	222	Member of the "Big Four"
2004	Imani Coppola	"Afrodite"	English	11	68
2005	Omarion	"Touch"	English	14	55

Uruguay

Uruguay

Participating broadcaster	Canal 10
Participation summary
Appearances	46 (46 finals)
First appearance	1957
Highest placement	1st: 1958, 1960, 1963, 1982

Uruguay debuted in the contest in 1957, they are the biggest winners in the contest history, winning three times.

Often considered to be one of the biggest surprises in the contest's history, Uruguay did remarkably well in the early years of the contest, ending third place in their first participation and winning in the following year, they later became the second country to win twice in 1960 and in 1963 they became the first country to win three times. Which led to them recieving a constant status of favorites for the contest.

They were also the first country to win the contest with a returning artist, as the 1963 winner, Julio Sosa, had already participated of the contest in 1961, ending 6th place.

Despite the initial luck of the country, it would take nineteen for the fourth uruguayan victory to come. After a second place finish in 1966, the country would only return to the podium in 1980 (despite three fourth place finishes in the meantime), only achieving their fourth win in 1982.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1957	Romeo Gavioli y Su Orquesta Típica	"Estampa del 900"	Spanish	3	16	No semi-finals
1958	Amalia de la Vega	"Mi poncho"	Spanish	1	22
1959	Amalia de la Vega	"El lazo"	Spanish	5	10
1960	Los TNT	"Eso, eso, eso"	Spanish	1	31
1961	Julio Sosa	"Rencor"	Spanish	6	9
1962	Los Olimareños	"Orejano"	Spanish	10 ◁	3
1963	Julio Sosa	"Madame Ivonne"	Spanish	1	29
1964	Los Iracundos	"Calla"	Spanish	4	20
1965	Los Shakers	"No me pidas amor"	English, Spanish	8	10
1966	Alfredo Zitarrosa	"Milonga para una niña"	Spanish	2	28
1967	Aníbal Sampayo	"Garzas viajeras"	Spanish	9	7
1968	Los Delfines	"Sin tiempo para vivir"	English, Spanish	6	15
1969	Vera Sienra & Eduardo Mateo	"Aquel"	Spanish	4	22
1970	Limonada	"Ojos que miran lejos"	Spanish	11	9
1971	Tótem	"De este cielo santo"	Spanish	10	13
1972	Lágrima Ríos	"Un cielo para los dos"	Spanish	4	41
1973	Diane Denoir	"Las flores nuevas"	Spanish	15	10
1974	Carlos Benavides	"Soy del campo"	Spanish	14	17
1975	Rubén Rada	"Ayer te ví"	Spanish	6	62
1976	Yalta	"Poeta al sur"	Spanish	11	43
1977	El Kinto	"Muy lejos te vas"	Spanish	13	29
1978	Jaime Roos	"Sí sí sí"	Spanish	9	53
1979	Larbanois & Carrero	"Olero"	Spanish	4	92
1980	Rumbo	"A redoblar"	Spanish	3	95
1981	Sylvia Meyer	"Hoy a pesar de ser hoy"	Spanish	9	54
1982	Jaime Roos	"Adiós juventud"	Spanish	1	138
1983	Jorge Galemire	"Tus abrazos"	Spanish	12	41
1984	Eduardo Mateo	"Cuerpo y alma"	Spanish	20 ◁	2
1985	Fernando Cabrera	"Pandemonios"	Spanish	14	31
1986	Mariana Ingold	"Cara a cara"	Spanish	15	22
1987	Elli Medeiros	"A bailar calypso"	French, Spanish	2	105
1988	Alberto Wolf y Los Terapeutas	"El club de memo"	Spanish	19	9
1989	Las Tres	"Andenes"	Spanish	17	32
Did not participate in 1990
1991	Jazzy Mel	"Fue amor"	Spanish	11	55
1992	Rossana Taddei	"De Minas à Paris"	Spanish	2	136
1993	Alberto Wolf	"Corazones musicales"	Spanish	22	7
1994	Exilio Psíquico	"Supongo que"	Spanish	15	42
1995	Claudio Taddei	"Estoy contento, nena"	Spanish	17	30
1996	Jaime Roos	"Si me voy antes que vos"	Spanish	11	54
1997	Rossana Taddei & Leo Maslíah	"Bellos tatuajes"	Spanish	20	24
1998	Natalia Oreiro	"Me muero de amor"	Spanish	22	13
1999	Mariana Ingold	"El gran misterio"	Spanish	7	63
Did not participate in 2000
2001	Natalia Oreiro	"Tu veneno"	Spanish	5	84
2002	Cursi	"La pachanga falsa"	Spanish	12	50
2003	Mario Guerrero	"Me gustas"	Spanish	25 ◁	4	Top 15 in 2002 final
2004	Supervielle feat. Adriana Varela	"Perfume"	Spanish	6	104	5	148
2005	Dani Umpi	"Atracción"	Spanish	19	36	Top 16 in 2004 final

US Virgin Islands

United States Virgin Islands
American Virgin Islands US Virgin Islands

Participating broadcaster	Virgin Islands Television Network (WSVI)
Participation summary
Appearances	10 (9 finals)
First appearance	1979
Highest placement	8th: 1979

The US Virgin Islands debuted in the contest in the 1979 contest, and from there, only made sporadic appearances in the contest.

Until the 1994 contest, they were refered as American Virgin Islands.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1979	Venus Dodson	"Shining"	English	8	57	No semi-finals
1980	Infinite Love Experience	"I Never Knew"	English	14	34
Did not participate from 1981 to 1992
1993	Kenny Chesney	"Whatever It Takes"	English	21	13
1994	Vanessa Daou	"The Long Tunnel of Wanting You"	English	13	47
1995	Vanessa Daou	"Dear Anne Sexton"	English	12	45
Did not participate from 1996 to 1999
2000	Vanessa Daou	"Lovechild"	English	11	50
2001	Dezarie	"Most High"	English	24	8
Did not participate in 2002
2003	Iba	"No Apology"	English	Failed to qualify		12	79
2004	Insight	"Evolve"	English	16	48	6	112
2005	Kenny Chesney	"Summertime"	English	9	73	Top 16 in 2004 final

Venezuela

Venezuela

Participating broadcaster	Venevisión
Participation summary
Appearances	25 (25 finals)
First appearance	1965
Highest placement	2nd: 1969

Venezuela debuted in the contest in 1965, with their best placement being a 2nd place in 1969.

The country is often seen as inconsistent in the contest, not only due to the fact that it often floats around the board with no pattern of placements, but also due to its tendency to withdraw from the contest, with the first withdraw happening in 1967, and many others happening throughout the decades. Their longest continuous participation streak happened from 1968 to 1974, seven consecutive years participating.

In 1983, Colombia won the contest with venezuelan singer Ilan Chester, a result that upsetted severely the non-participating venezuelan delegation, leading to their return the following year and them even sending Chester in 1985, who failed to get similar results, leading to the venezuelan delegation withdrawing once again in the following year.

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1965	Felipe Pirela	"Cuando estemos viejos"	Spanish	10	7	No semi-finals
1966	Los 007	"Carmen"	Spanish	8	14
Did not participate in 1967
1968	Soledad Bravo	"Zorongo gitano"	Spanish	12	7
1969	Henrique Lazo	"Confesiones de media noche"	Spanish	2	36
1970	Ray Pérez & Perucho Torcat	"Reproche"	Spanish	14	6
1971	Aldemaro Romero	"Pajarillo"	Spanish	16	4
1972	Nancy Ramos	"Mi llano es un paraiso"	Spanish	12	19
1973	Los Guaraguao	"Los estudiantes"	Spanish	9	21
1974	Cecilia Todd	"Pajarillo verde"	Spanish	14	17
Did not participate from 1975 to 1978
1979	Tempano	"Anhelos"	Spanish	16	23
1980	José Luis Rodríguez	"Pavo real"	Spanish	10	44
1981	Pablo Milanés	"El prégon de las flores"	Spanish	15	15
Did not participate from 1982 to 1983
1984	Karina	"A quién"	Spanish	9	59
1985	Ilan Chester	"Solo faltas tu"	Spanish	16	29
Did not participate from 1986 to 1989
1990	Franco De Vita	"No basta"	Spanish	5	92
1991	Diveana	"Tú"	Spanish	24 ◁	3
Did not participate from 1992 to 1995
1996	Los Gusanos	"El lado prohibido"	Spanish	22	23
1997	Adolescent's Orquestra	"Arrepentida"	Spanish	15	36
1998	Los Amigos Invisibles	"Ultra-Funk"	Spanish	15	33
1999	Franco De Vita	"Te veo venir soledad"	Spanish	8	58
Did not participate in 2000
2001	Sur Carabela	"Lejos de aqui"	Spanish	13	49
2002	Tecupae	"No te quiero"	Spanish	18	35
2003	Uff	"Me enamoro de ti"	Spanish	16	48	5	127
2004	Carlos Baute	"Chiki Chiki"	Spanish	4	153	2	196
2005	Panasuyo	"Rio bellisimo"	Spanish	25 ◁	14	Top 16 in 2004 final