Bolivia withdrew from the event from 1975 to 1980 and then, withdrew again in 1981 because the poor placings and the dire economic situation of the participating broadcasters.
Bolivia never won the OTI contest and never hosted it.
| Year | Artist | Song | Place | Pts | | 2000 | Micaela | Destino (Destiny) |
| 1998 | Pablo Zambrano | El canto de las aves (The song of the birds) |
| 1997 | Cryssel Bolívar | El lugar donde te amé (The place where I loved you) |
| 1996 | Huáscar Bolívar Vallejo | Has estado con él (You've been with him) |
| 1995 | Denise Rivera | Adiós a mi tierra (Bye bye my country) |
| 1994 | Gilka Gutiérrez | Para poder hablar de amor (To be able to talk about love) | 8 | 6 |
| 1993 | Adrián Barrenechea | El jardín de los sueños (The garden of dreams) |
| 1992 | Erick Ocampo Linares | Eternamente amada (Eternally loved) |
| 1991 | Solocanto | No eres ya tú (You are not yourself anymoe) |
| 1989 | Milton Cortez | Como dos enamorados (Like two lovers) |
| 1988 | Mimi | Sólo un despertar (Only one wake) | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | Hombre Nuevo | Utopía |
| 1986 | Carlos Alejandro Suárez | Para tocar lo más profundo (To touch the deepest) |
| 1982 | Raúl Menacho | Hay un nuevo día para ti (There's a new day for you) | 20 | 1 |
| 1980 | Susana Joffré[1] | Qué suerte... qué pena (How lucky!... what a pity!) | 22 | 0 |
| 1975 | Óscar Roca | Por esas cosas te amo (For those things I love you) | 17 | 0 |
| 1974 | Jenny | Los muros (The walls) | 14 | 2 |
| 1973 | Arturo Quesada | No sé vivir sin ti (I can't live without you) | 14 | 1 |
| 1972 | Arturo Quesada | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kf-_8Ebis No volveré a pasar por allí] (I won't pass by there again) | 10 | 3 |
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