Edition 03

Festival Cancion Latino Iberoamericana 03 is the third and current edition of Festival Cancion Latino Iberoamericana. The edition will be taking place in Bogota, Colombia after they won the contest last edition. 13 countries participated in this edition. 9 countries withdrew and 6 countries made their first appearance in the contest. The final took place on the 9th of May. Brazil and Venezuela took part in a tiebreaker after both finishing with 77 points after the jury vote. Venezuela won the tiebreaker and thus won the competition with the song "Mequetrefe".

Location
Bogotá is the capital city of Colombia, a country in South America with territories in North America. It is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, the northwest by Panama, the south by Ecuador and Peru, the east by Venezuela, the southeast by Brazil, and the west by the Pacific Ocean. Bogotá is Colombia’s sprawling, high-altitude capital. La Candelaria, its cobblestoned center, features colonial-era landmarks like the neoclassical performance hall Teatro Colón and the 17th-century Iglesia de San Francisco.