The Spanish participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), organised the national final Objetivo Eurovisión 2017 in order to select its entry for the contest.

They have also finished second four times, with "En un mundo nuevo" by Karina in 1971, "Eres tú" by Mocedades in 1973, "Su canción" by Betty Missiego in 1979, and "Vuelve conmigo" by Anabel Conde in 1995.

[5] The selected entries were revealed via RTVE's official website on 1 December 2016 and among the competing artists was Javi Soleil who represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 as part of D'Nash.

performed by LeKlein qualified for the national final exclusively through a public vote via RTVE's official website and Eurovision app.

[14] Objetivo Eurovisión 2017 was the national final organised by RTVE that took place on 11 February 2017 at the VAV studios in Leganés (Madrid), hosted by Jaime Cantizano.

[19] The three members of the in-studio jury that evaluated the entries during the final were:[20] The six competing acts were announced on 12 January 2017 during the concert show of Eurocasting.

During the tie-break voting round of Objetivo Eurovisión 2017, when the jury selected Manel Navarro over the public vote's favourite Mirela, and before his reprise performance, loud boos and accusations of rigging could be heard, which resulted in uneasy moments: Manel Navarro responded with a bras d'honneur as he was being booed while on stage.

[31] In February 2017, members of the Spanish Parliament José Miguel Camacho and Ricardo Sixto placed motions to request RTVE for clarification on the details of the selection process for Eurovision and on the possibility of nullifying the results of the national final.

[32][33] On 22 February 2017, TVE's Head of Entertainment and organiser of the national final Toñi Prieto was summoned to appear before RTVE's Audit Committee to clarify allegations of mishandling.

[35] The official video of the song, directed by Mauri D. Galiano, was filmed in February 2017 on the north coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands.

[39] On 8 April, he performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Selma Björnsdóttir.

[45] On 25 April, a farewell party was held for Navarro before he travelled to Kyiv for the contest, which took place at the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid, hosted by Ambassador Anatoly Scherba.

[51] The Spanish performance featured Manel Navarro on stage wearing a Hawaiian shirt, joined by two backing vocalists, two guitarists and a drummer dressed in surfer outfits.

[54] The two backing vocalists that joined Manel Navarro were Álex González and Alejandro de los Santos, while the musicians were Edgar Regincos, Marc Montserrat and Pol Niubó.

[56] RTVE indirectly blamed Navarro's voice crack during the performance as the reason for the nation's last place, which was criticized by Spanish media.

Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency.

This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.