The participation of Cuba in the OTI Festival began at the twentieth OTI Festival in 1991. The Cuban participating broadcaster was the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT), which was member of the (OTI). ICRT participated in all nine editions after its debut. Its best place in the festival was third achieved in 1995.
History The very first Cuban entry in the contest was "" performed by Delia Díaz de Villegas, which was moderately successful making it to the top 10. The song was selected in a national final titled . In 1992, 1993, and 1994 their participation was selected in a national final titled .
The best scoring Cuban entry came in 1995 with the song "Hoy que no estás" performed by Cristina Rebull, which came third in the festival. The following Cuban competing songs in the contest from 1996 to 2000 were also successful, managing again to reach the top 10. Due to the short trajectory of Cuba in the OTI Festival, the country never won or hosted the festival which came to an end in 2000.
Participation overview + Table key 3 Third place F Finalist ◇ Contest cancelled Year Song Artist Songwriter(s) Conductor Place Points 1991 "" Delia Díaz de Villegas Rolando Ojeda Miguel Patterson 1992 "" Augusto Enríquez colspan=2 1993 "" Manolo Sánchez José Valladares Guillermo Valverde colspan=2 1994 "" Osvaldo Rodríguez Osvaldo Rodríguez Guillermo Valverde 9 3 1995 "" Cristina Rebull Carlos Miguel Ojeda 3 1996 "" Eduardo Antonio Eduardo Antonio Claudio Jácome Harb colspan=2 1997 "" Tania Tania Samuel Concepción Víctor Salazar 1998 "" Osnel Odit Bavastro Raúl E. Pérez de la Rosa Álvaro Esquivel Valverde 1999 Contest cancelled ◇ 2000 "" Indira Hernández Leonel Viera López Hernando Hernández
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