Festival Internacional de la Cancion de Vina del Mar (Chile) — Folk and International Song Competitions, Scored on a Seven-Point Scale

Cultural & Folk Festival · Latin America

The Vina del Mar song festival of Chile, with its folk and international competitions judged on a seven-point scale.

Sets up a two-category song festival: a folk competition and an international competition, each for solo singers aged 16 and over, scored on the 1 to 7 scale used in Chilean schools, with a Silver Seagull champion title.

This template builds a song festival in the style of the one held each year at Vina del Mar, on the coast of Chile. A coordinator opens an event that already holds the two competitive categories, the age and participant settings, the grades and the champion title, instead of a blank catalogue. It suits a televised-style singing contest where a panel and the public both have a say.

The template carries two items, both on stage. Cancion – Competencia Folclorica is the folk competition and Cancion – Competencia Internacional is the international competition. Each sits in its own group, set up for individual singers aged 16 and over, open to both genders, performing in Spanish, with a ten-minute limit per performance. The international group allows overlap, so a singer can enter both categories.

Scoring follows the real format as reported: a jury of nine marks each song on Chile’s standard 1 to 7 academic scale, and a separate audience vote is counted on its own. No named sub-criteria are published for the jury, so the template does not invent any; it gives you a single mark out of 7 per judge. Grades are Excellent (6.0 to 7.0), Good (5.0 to 5.9) and Average (4.0 to 4.9). The champion title is Gaviota de Plata, with 10 bonus points, then second with 6 and third with 3. Only the Gaviota de Plata is an official title; second and third are record-keeping.

To run it, collect entries through the Registration Page, add up to nine judges, and let the tabulation average each song’s marks into one result per category. The audience vote is not part of the judges’ scoring in the software, so tally it separately and combine it as your own rules require. The comedy awards and the honours for invited guest artists that appear around the real festival are not competitions here and are left out.

Where this event is run

Chile, where this song festival is among the best-known in Latin America, and any organiser running a regional, school or community singing contest with a folk category and a contemporary category judged by a panel. It is a poor fit for a multi-item arts festival, because it holds only two individual song items.

• Chile (Vina del Mar, Valparaiso Region)
• Spanish-speaking song festivals across Latin America

Key facts

• 2 items: a folk song competition and an international song competition, both on stage
• Two groups, each for individual singers aged 16 and over, open to both genders
• Performed in Spanish with a ten-minute limit per song (a working default)
• Judged by a nine-member panel on the 1 to 7 scale, plus a separate audience vote tallied outside the software
• Grades: Excellent 6.0 to 7.0, Good 5.0 to 5.9, Average 4.0 to 4.9
• Champion title Gaviota de Plata carries 10 bonus points, second 6 and third 3

Age groups

2

Competition items

2

Competitions

2

Grade bands

3

Rank awards

3

Age groups

Every candidate is placed into one of these groups by age, and competitions are run per group.

Comp Folclorica

16From

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99To

Candidates aged 16 to 99 compete in this group

Comp Internac

16From

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99To

Candidates aged 16 to 99 compete in this group

Competition items

The events themselves — each with the category it belongs to and how judges score it.

Cancion - Competencia Folclorica (Folk Song)

On StageMarks

Cancion - Competencia Internacional (International Song)

On StageMarks

Frequently asked questions

Can I change this template after installing it?

Yes — installing it creates a fully configured, live event, not a locked package. Every age group, competition item, rule and scoring setting can be edited afterwards to match exactly what your event actually needs.

Do I need technical knowledge to set this up?

No. Installing a template does the setup work for you; you only need to review the details (dates, unit or house names) and open registration.

Want the fuller picture first? See our guide to judge scoring and tabulation software.