2010 Viña del Mar International Song Festival
| 2010 Viña del Mar International Song Festival | |
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| Presented by | Soledad Onetto Felipe Camiroaga |
| Country of origin | Chile |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Viña del Mar, Chile |
| Running time | 270 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Canal 13, TVN, A&E |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV), 720p (HDTV) |
| Original release | February 22 – February 27, 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | festival2010 |
The Viña del Mar International Song Festival 2010 was held from February 22, 2010 until Saturday February 27, 2010. The musical event was broadcast on Chilean TV channels TVN and Canal 13, and will be held in Viña del Mar, Chile, like the past 50 editions. The show is hosted for the second time by Soledad Onetto and Felipe Camiroaga. For the first time the whole event was broadcast in HD (High Definition) via Canal 13.
The last day on February 27, 2010 of the festival was canceled due to the 2010 Chile earthquake.
For the first time, the people participated in the choice of the song that represents Chile in the international competition via text message which chose 5 songs. In a ceremony on November 28, 2009, a judges chose the finalist, which was "El Tiempo en La Bastillas" by Difuntos Correa, originally performed by Fernando Ubiergo, the song received 18,32% of the people votes.
The Organization of the event began in mid-2009 with initial discussions with producers, among the first artists that were proposed included, Shakira, Makano, Julio Iglesias, Myriam Hernández. During November 2009, artists such as Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Tina Turner, Ashley Tisdale, Alicia Keys, Alejandro Sanz and Maná were named as possible in the event.
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