It’s been one of the biggest mysteries of the 2017 national final season. Now Spanish broadcaster RTVE has finally confirmed the date of Objetivo Eurovision. Spain’s national final will be held this Saturday, 11 February.
This Saturday is a busy day for the 2017 national final season. Six other countries are holding national selection events that same night. Spain will join Ukraine, Hungary, Lithuania, Sweden, Italy and Estonia in making a Saturday night selection.
Along with the date, the broadcaster has also confirmed the time — and it’s a late one. Objetivo Eurovision will begin at 22:05 CET.
But the late beginning can be an advantage for Eurovision fans. Spain’s evening start means the show won’t overlap with many other national selection shows on Saturday. The grand final of Italy’s Sanremo is the only other show that can be expected to run that late.
The Saturday night show will see wildcard winner LeKlein join the internally selected acts Manel Navarro, Maika, Mirela, Mario Jefferson and Paula Rojo. The six acts will battle it out to see who will represent Spain in Kyiv.
Earlier in the week, RTVE released the running order of Objetivo Eurovision. The show will open with Manel Navarro singing “Do It For Your Lover” and will close with Mirela and her sunny “Contigo”.
OBJETIVO EUROVISION 2017 RUNNING ORDER
- Manel Navarro – “Do It For Your Lover”
- LeKlein – “Ouch”
- Paula Rojo – “Lo que nunca fué” (What Never Was)
- Mario Jefferson – “Spin My Head”
- Maika – “Momento Crítico” (Critical Moment)
- Mirela – “Contigo” (With You)
The show’s host was also confirmed. Television veteran Jaime Cantizano will have the job. Cantizano is no stranger to Spanish television. He’s mostly known for hosting Dónde estás corazón, a weekly gossip show. He’s also hosted Hit: la canción, which was rumoured to serve as Spain’s national final in 2015, and the Spanish version of Strictly Come Dancing.
What do you think of Spain’s national final date? Should RTVE have announced it earlier? Share your comments below!
The ones that think the hour is too late have to know that other years Objetivo Eurovision was placed in days like Wednesdey so it was even worst.
Spain better chose Do It For Your Lover if they wanna reach Top 10 again. Juries will love it because its radio friendly and Manel singing the chorus in English(ESC version?) is brilliant just like France did last year!
The best about the show is to see what a hottie Jaime Cantizano is
Like… RTVE minds a bit its show overlaping with other national selections. Because, you know, RTVE is all about minding about eurofans. Specially foreign eurofans.
I still can’;t believe how incompetent RTVE is. The selection is a mess, no good songs and i think Ouch will win.
They need to do the national final in an small arena and include a variety of artists and songs.
It’s not late. But it depends on where are you watching. 22.05 CET is 21.05 in some countries, 23.05 in some others.
It’s good though because it won’t be at the same time with the other events (except Sanremo).
Perfect time. First MF then Spanish nf with Mirela winning 🙂 cant wait!
Should have been on Friday – I’ll be watching Sanremo.
It’s Mirela for me.
And you think that’s late? Be thankful it’s not running on a weekday. Had it been scheduled on, say, a Wednesday or Thursday, it would start at some point between 22:30 and 23:00. That’s Spanish prime time for ya.
Clashing with Sanremo…
Mirela or Manel, others are very bad… LeKlein’s song is just to mediocre and lyrics are the worst. Paula is nice, but nothing special. Mario and Maika aren’t even worth mentioning…
22:05 is not late, not even children sleep at that hour, especially saturday.
I hope Mirela will win, but I don’t think is fair that she is last, while the second best Manel is first. It looks that the broadcaster will just send Mirela.
Only with Leklein and maybe Paula ,Spain have chance to be in TOP 15 in final . With other, result for Spain wii be from 21 to 26 place.
Haha, for spanish people isn’t that late. It is a reasonable hour during or just after lunch time in Spain, so the choise makes sense.
Looking forward to watching it!
Mirela or Leklein please should go