In January 2017 , Navarro 's second single with Sony , " Do It for Your Lover " , was released . On 12 January 2017 , Navarro was announced as one of the six candidates to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with " Do It for Your Lover " . On 11 February 2017 , he was declared the winner of the national final amid much controversy , and thus represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev , Ukraine . In the national final , Navarro was awarded the first place in the jury panel 's vote but came third in the popular vote . The controversy arose from the presence in the jury panel of Los 40 radio host Xavi Martínez , who had previously promoted Navarro on his radio program and via Twitter ; Martínez awarded the minimum possible points to Navarro 's most direct competitor and eventual public vote 's favourite Mirela . Navarro and Mirela tied in number of points , and the jury panel selected Navarro as the winner in a tie-break voting round . Loud boos and accusations of rigging could be heard from the audience at the studio , to which Navarro responded with a bras d'honneur . He would apologise for the gesture two days later during a TVE press conference . At the Eurovision Song Contest final , he finished in last place : Navarro obtained no points from the professional juries and only five points from the public televote , all of which came from Portugal . He also made a voice crack during the act , which lead to thousands of memes calling him " gallo " , word that in Spanish means both voice crack and rooster
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Manel Navarro