12 May, 2017 @ 13:22
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Spain’s Eurovision entry says the UK’s Lucie Jones is his biggest competition

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pjimage-18MANEL Navarro has revealed that he sees the UK’s Lucie Jones as his biggest competition for this weekend’s Eurovision.

The Spanish hopeful will sing Do It For Your Lover during Saturday’s live final against Jones, who won over the UK voting public in this year’s You Decide show.

“I think my biggest competition is England because Lucie is awesome,” the 21-year-old told The Sun.

“She has a very beautiful voice and a really good song. I think she is one of the best contestants.”

He added: “I think also Italy, Francesco Gabbani, he’s very good as well.”

Navarro will battle 40 other hopefuls in Kiev, Ukraine, on Saturday night.

The singer became one of the most controversial contestants of this year after coming third in the public vote but still being chosen to represent Spain.

His selection came after the nominations point system saw him draw with fellow hopeful Mirela before it went to a jury vote.

His victory was met with boos from the studio supporters.

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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