Spain 2017: Manel Navarro will Represent Spain At Eurovision
The grand final of Spain took place on 11 February 2017 at the VAV studios in Leganés, Community of Madrid, hosted by Jaime Cantizano.
The six artists that participated in the show tonight were:
- Manel Navarro – Do it for your lover
- Leklein – Ouch!!
- Paula Rojo – Lo que nunca fue
- Mario Jefferson – Spin my head
- Maika – Momento critico
- Mirela – Contigo
Manel Navarro was the winner of the competition with the song “Do it for your lover”, was determined by a combination of the votes from the public via televote, SMS and app voting (50%) and the votes from an in-studio jury panel (50%) consisting of television and radio professionals.
In case of a tie, the jury panel was assigned the role to decide the winner in a second round of voting.
Manel Navarro and Mirela both obtained 58 points, and two of the three panel members voted for Manel in the tie-break.
The members of the jury panel were:
- Xavi Martínez
- Virginia Rodríguez
- Javier Cárdenas
Results (from wikipedia)
| Objetivo Eurovisión 2017 – 11 February 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Draw | Artist | Song (English Translation) | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |||||
| 1 | Manel Navarro | “Do It for Your Lover” | Manel Navarro | 34 | 24 | 58 | 1a | |||||
| 2 | LeKlein | “Ouch!!” | David Ascanio, Vanesa Cortés, Albert Neve, Abel Ramos | 22 | 30 | 52 | 3 | |||||
| 3 | Paula Rojo | “Lo que nunca fue” (What never was) | Paula Rojo, Álvaro Bárcena | 21 | 18 | 39 | 6 | |||||
| 4 | Mario Jefferson | “Spin My Head” | Chris Wahle | 25 | 15 | 40 | 5 | |||||
| 5 | Maika | “Momento crítico” (Critical moment) | Rafael Artesero, José Juan Santana | 20 | 21 | 41 | 4 | |||||
| 6 | Mirela | “Contigo” (With you) | Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson, Isaac Luke, Ander Pérez | 22 | 36 | 58 | 2a | |||||
