2015 Viña del Mar International Song Festival

2015 Viña del Mar International Song Festival
Directed by	Juan Pablo González
Presented by	Rafael Araneda Carolina de Moras
Country of origin	Chile
Production
Producer(s)	Pablo Morales Claudio Cabezas Antonio Vodanovic
Location(s)	Viña del Mar, Chile
Running time	270 minutes
Release
Original network	Chilevisión
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080p (HDTV)
Original release	February 22, 2015 – February 27, 2015
External links
[chilevision.cl/festival_de_vina/ Website]

The LVI Edition of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival took place from February 22 to 27, 2015 at Anfiteatro de la Quinta Vergara, in the Chilean city of Viña del Mar.

Artists

Confirmed

Singers

• Yusuf Islam
• Alejandro Fernández
• Reik
• Emmanuel
• Ricardo Arjona
• Luis Fonsi
• Yandel
• Cultura Profética
• Pedro Aznar
• Vicentico
• Romeo Santos
• Nicole
• Nano Stern
• Noche de Brujas
• Oscar D'León

Comedians

• Dinamita Show
• Huaso Filomeno
• Centella
• Arturo Ruiz-Tagle
• Leon Murillo

Broadcasting

NBC Universo Will Air Viña del Mar Festival in the U.S.^[1] NBC Universo will provide more than 34 hours of exclusive U.S. coverage that will include live streaming and concert specials via multiple platforms, including TV and mobile devices. In addition, the network will air a series of "best of" one-hour specials that will air Sundays at 8 p.m. for two full months, beginning March 1.^[2]

Controversy

Chilean media have argued the festival is run by male chauvinists since it only has 8 female acts out of 70.^[3][4]

Schedule

Day 1 (Sunday 22)

• Luis Fonsi
• Dinamita Show
• Yandel

Day 2 (Monday 23)

• Ricardo Arjona
• Centella
• Reik

Day 3 (Tuesday 24)

• Alejandro Fernández
• Huaso Filomeno
• Nicole
• Emmanuel

Day 4 (Wednesday 25)

• Vicentico
• León Murillo
• Pedro Aznar
• Cultura Profética

Day 5 (Thursday 26)

• Romeo Santos
• Noche de Brujas

Day 6 (Friday 27)

• Yusuf Islam
• Arturo Ruiz-Tagle
• Nano Stern
• Oscar D'León

Competition

Judges

• Pedro Aznar
• Nicole
• Nano Stern
• Ignacio Gutiérrez
• Isidora Urrejola
• Nayade Jara
• Alejandro Guarello
• Iván Núñez
• Maria Alejandra Requena
• Oscar D'León

Folkloric competition

Participants

The finalists in the Folkloric Category at the Festival Viña del Mar 2015:^[5][6][7]

Country	Song	Interpreter	Song and Lyrics	Position
Argentina	"Cuyanito bien planta'o"	Ricardo Dimaría	Ricardo Dimaría
Bolivia	"Morena"	Pasión Andina	Nelson Gutiérrez
Brazil	"Forró no Canadá"	Marco Castillo	Marco Castillo
Chile	"La mexicana"	Elizabeth Morris	Elizabeth Morris	1
Colombia	"Llegar a Nueva York"	Bendito Parche	TBD
Peru	"Sonero de callejón"	Álex Ramírez y Costa Nuestra	Álex Ramírez

International competition

Participants

The finalists in the International Category at the Festival Viña del Mar 2015:^[5]

Country	Song	Interpreter	Song and Lyrics	Position
Argentina	"Mejor que te perdí"	Laura Sky	Dany Tomas y Daniel Reschigna
Canada	"Something beautiful"	Lori Nuic	Lori Nuic y Karen Kosowski y Jeff Dalziel
Chile	"Boom chiqui boom"	Arturo Domínguez	Arturo Domínguez y Antony Albert
Colombia	"Baila conmigo"	Julián Díaz
United States	"Living your life for happiness"	Bobby Kimball	Bobby Kimball y Tommy Denander
Italy	"Per fortuna"	Michele Cortese	Franco Simone	1

Queen

Jhendelyn Núñez, known to participate in Vedette shows--> WON

Applicants

• Jhendelyn Núñez, known to participate in Vedette shows--> WON
• Flavia Fucenecco, participated in reality show.-->4th place
• Katherine Salosny, actress and recognized TV and radio show host.-->2nd place.
• Daniella Chávez, Playboy bunny.-->3rd place.

References

1. "Vina 2015". www.billboard.com. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
2. "NBC UNIVERSO Exclusively Brings to U.S. Screens 'Festival Internacional de Viña del Mar 2015,' A Multi-Platform Telecast on TV, Online, Mobile Devices and on Demand". businesswire.com 20, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
3. "Vina is a male chauvenist festival?". 24horas.cl 20, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
4. "Viña 2015 prescinde de las mujeres en su cartel y sólo tendrá una carta femenina". latercera.com 20, 2015. External link in |website= (help)
5. Cordovez, Karen (December 3, 2014). "Festival de Viña 2015 busca revitalizar sus competencias con nombres de peso". www.emol.com.
6. Pasión Andina representará a Bolivia en Viña del Mar 2015. Los Tiempos, December 3, 2014.
7. Hoy se realizó el lanzamiento oficial del Festival de Viña del Mar