The festival was held on Saturday 10 November 1984, beginning at 17:00
CST (23:00
UTC). It was presented by
Raúl Velasco,
Pilín León, and Claudia Córdoba. Velasco had previously presented the festival in
1974,
1976, and
1981. The musical director was , who conducted the orchestra when required. The presenters introduced each of the competing entries with a speech praising the country it represented. The event featured guest performances by
María Conchita Alonso and
Rocío Dúrcal. The first interval act consisted of a medley of songs composed by
Juan Carlos Calderón performed by the orchestra and its backing singers. The second interval act consisted of a guest performance by
Emmanuel. During the course of the festival, Velasco named the following celebrities in attendance, who stood up and waved:
Dulce,
Prisma,
Frank Moro,
Jacqueline Andere, ,
Alberto Vázquez,
Rogelio Guerra,
Héctor Suárez,
Guillermo Dávila, Grupo Gaviota, Susy Lemán,
Guillermo Capetillo, and
Erika Buenfil. The following dignitaries were also presented: Rafael del Castillo, president of the
Mexican Football Federation;
João Havelange, president of
FIFA; , ambassador of Honduras to Mexico; Eugenia Tejada de Putzeys,
Minister of Education of Guatemala; Jorge Palmieri, ex-ambassador of Guatemala; Francisco Nofli, ambassador of Portugal; Mario Chávez Chávez, general consul of Ecuador; Hanibal Campaña, ambassador of the Dominican Republic; Manuel Emilio Moraes, head of the diplomatic mission of Costa Rica; Ignacio Maña, ambassador of Colombia; Romy Vázquez de González, attaché of the embassy of Panama; Nicolás Josué Pinto, minister of the embassy of Argentina; Edith Guzmán, press attaché of the embassy of Venezuela; and Víctor Manuel Cortés Castro, head of the diplomatic mission of El Salvador. The competition was held in two rounds, in the first round all the songs in competition were performed, from which three were qualified for the second round after the secret vote of the jury. Only those three qualifiers and the points they received were announced. The three songs were performed again and the jury voted again. Only the final ranking obtained by the three qualifiers was announced at the end. The winner was the song "" performed by
Fernando Ubiergo representing
Chile; with "" by
Adelaide Ferreira representing
Portugal placing second; and "" by
Yuri representing
Mexico placing third. Each of these entries received two trophies, one for the songwriters and one for the performer. The first prize trophies were delivered by João Havelange, president of FIFA, and
Guillermo Cañedo, president of OTI; the second prize trophies by Óscar Gutiérrez, vice-president of the OTI legal commission, and Amaury Daumas, secretary general of OTI; and the third prize trophies by Héctor Condomenech, OTI consultant, and
Eladio Lárez, vice-president of the OTI programs committee. The festival ended with a reprise of the winning entry.
Jury For the first time in the festival's history, a single jury composed of well-known international figures was assembled that, present in the hall, was responsible for judging the competing songs. The voting system was not disclosed, and only the top three songs were announced after the two-round secret vote. The voting was supervised by Darío de la Peña –head of programs at OTI–, with José Antonio Suárez as notary public. The members of the jury were: •
Ednita Nazariosinger, represented Puerto Rico in 1979 •
Juan Carlos Calderónsongwriter •
Mirla Castellanossinger, represented Venezuela in 1972 and 1975 •
Emmanuelsinger •
María Conchita Alonsosinger •
Antonio Vodanovictelevision presenter •
Rocío Dúrcalsinger ==Broadcast==