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| Birth name | Manel Navarro Quesada |
| Born | (1996-03-07)7 March 1996 (age 29) Sabadell,Catalonia,Spain |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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Manel Navarro Quesada (born 7 March 1996) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He representedSpain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Do It for Your Lover" and finished last in the final.
Navarro first came to prominence in 2014, when he won the second edition of the regional contest for young singers, Catalunya Teen Star, with an acoustic cover of "Hold On, We're Going Home" byDrake. He also had a YouTube channel where he would publish acoustic covers of songs.[1][2] Following his victory, he was signed to record label TeenStarRecords, and released his debut single, "Brand New Day", on 4 December 2014.[3] Navarro served as the opening act at Sweet California's 2015 tourWonder Tour.[4][5] In 2015, Navarro was signed toSony Music Spain,[6] and on 24 June 2016, he released his first single with Sony, "Candle", which reached number two atSpotify's Viral 50 chart in Spain.[7]
In January 2017, Navarro's second single with Sony, "Do It for Your Lover", was released.[8] On 12 January 2017, Navarro was announced as one of the six candidates torepresent Spain in theEurovision Song Contest 2017 with "Do It for Your Lover".[9] 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 inKyiv, Ukraine.[10] 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 ofLos 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 favouriteMirela. 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 abras d'honneur.[11] He would apologise for the gesture two days later during a TVE press conference.[12] 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.[13][14]
On 2 June 2017, Navarro released the followup single "Keep On Falling".
On 27 April 2018, after signing toUniversal, Navarro released the single "Voulez-vous danser?".[15][16]
On 25 October 2019, Navarro released "Mi mejor despedida" featuring the Spanish band Funambulista, the first single from his upcoming first studio album.[17]
Navarro's first studio album, titledCicatriz, was released on 23 April 2021.[18]
| Title | Details | Peak position |
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| Cicatriz |
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| Title | Year | Peak position | Album | ||||||||||||||||
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| SPA [20] | SWE Heat [21] | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Brand New Day" | 2014 | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||||||||
| "Candle" | 2016 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Do It for Your Lover" | 2017 | 75 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| "Keep On Falling" | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Voulez-vous danser?" | 2018 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Roller Coaster Ride"[22] (withJOWST and Maria Celin) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Mi mejor despedida" (with Funambulista) | 2019 | — | — | Cicatriz | |||||||||||||||
| "Que te vaya bien" (with Belén Aguilera) | 2020 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Los restos" (with Bruno Alves) | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||||||||
| "Quiéreme" (with Bely Basarte) | — | — | Cicatriz | ||||||||||||||||
| "Que Tengas Suerte" (withDavid Otero) | 2021 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "¿Qué Tal?" (withMiki Núñez) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Pierda" (withDanny Romero) | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | Succeeded by |
