Festival de Viña 2020


Viña 2020 is the 61st edition of the International Song Festival of Viña del Mar, held between 23 and 28 February 2020, being conducted by Maria Luisa Godoy and Martin Cárcamo. It is organized by Televisión Nacional de Chile, Canal 13 and Fox Channel Latin America.

Artists

As usual, the routines were divided into two types of entertainment: singing and comedy.

Singers

As every year, there is an international song competition, an international one, aimed at various musical themes of each country, and a folkloric competition, with a song typical of the folklore of the country represented. The winner is awarded with the most recognized prize of the contest: "La Gaviota de Plata".
This year, the results were as follows:

International

Political humor

Chilean comedians such as the ":es:Fusión Humor|Fusión Humor" quartet or the humorist and imitator Stefan Kramer made comic routines laughing at controversial situations within the political-social landscape lived in Chile at the end of 2019, and early 2020. The organization was accused of censorship of humorous routines that made fun of politicians and the Government of Chile, mainly of the current president Sebastián Piñera.

Singer declarations

Popular Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel and Chilean singer Mon Laferte made political statements during their presentations. The Chilean singer criticized the actions of the uniformed police in Chile: "Carabineros" and the actions of the Government of Sebastián Piñera. For its part, the Mexican singer acknowledged that she was not interested in politics, but that she was sorry that the people were harmed, comparing the situation in Chile with countries such as Nicaragua, Mexico or Venezuela.