United States in the OTI Festival 1978

The Spanish International Network (SIN) held a national televised competition to select its entry for the 7th edition of the OTI Festival. This was the first edition of the National OTI–SIN Festival. In the final, each song represented a SIN affiliate, each of which had selected its entry through a local pre-selection. Miami pre-selection WLTV held an internal pre-selection. The song selected for the national final was "", written by Ernesto Alejandro and performed by Susy Leman. Final The final was held on Saturday 14 October 1978 at the Miami Jai-Alai Fronton in Miami, featuring six songs. It was broadcast live on all SIN affiliates. The winner was "" representing WLTV–Miami, written by Ernesto Alejandro and performed by Susy Leman. == At the OTI Festival ==

On 2 December 1978, the OTI Festival was held at the Municipal Theatre in Santiago, Chile, hosted by (TVN), (UCTV), (UTV), and (UCVTV), and broadcast live throughout Ibero-America. Susy Leman performed "" in position 6, with conducting the event's orchestra, and placing second out of 19 competing entries, with 46 points. Voting Each participating broadcaster, or group of broadcasters that jointly participated representing a country, assembled a jury who awarded 5–1 points to their five favourite songs in order of preference. == Notes ==