Melodifestivalen 2017

The competition was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 4 February and 11 March 2017.

An initial 28 entries were selected for the competition through three methods: an open call for song submissions, direct invitations to specific artists and songwriters and a wildcard given to one of the artists that participated in the Svensktoppen nästa competition organised by Sveriges Radio P4.

Melodifestivalen 2017, organised by Sveriges Television (SVT), was the sixteenth consecutive edition of the contest in which the competition took place in different cities across Sweden.

Christer Björkman was announced as the executive producer of the competition, while Annette Helenius was assigned as the project manager for a second consecutive year.

[1] Entries submitted for the competition were required to be new compositions which had never been published, between 2–3 minutes in length and with at least one songwriter that holds Swedish citizenship.

The choice of language was free, however, SVT aims to have 30% of the contest's places reserved for entries sung mainly in Swedish.

SVT also aims to reserve at least 50% of the contest's places for entries written by female composers and lyricists either in a solo or collaborative capacity.

[1] At a press conference on 30 September 2016, Clara Henry, David Lindgren and Hasse Andersson were announced as the hosts for all six shows of Melodifestivalen 2017.

[6] Henry previously appeared in comedic skits and hosted pre and post shows during Melodifestivalen 2014.

[citation needed] Information regarding the selected entries and artists were publicised by SVT on 30 November 2016.