TVR organised the national final Selecția Națională 2017 in order to select the Romanian entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine.

TVR has consistently selected the Romanian Eurovision entry through national finals that feature a competition among several artists and songs.

After consistently being present for every contest since 2002, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced in April 2016 that the nation had been removed from the contest due to repeated non-payment of debts by TVR to the EBU, making the 2016 Romanian entry, "Moment of Silence" by Ovidiu Anton, become ineligible to compete.

[2][3] TVR had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Romania, a procedure which the broadcaster opted for once again to select their 2017 entry.

Selecția Națională 2017 was the national final organised by TVR in order to select Romania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

[4] The producers of the competition were Iuliana Marciuc and Bogdan Ghiţulescu, the former who was also appointed as the head of the Romanian delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest, while the director of the shows was Aurel Badea.

[5] After the combination of the jury votes, the top fifteen entries that scored the highest were selected for the national final.

It was revealed during the show that "I Know" performed by Lora had initially been selected for the national final but was withdrawn from the competition following the auditions.

[16][17] On 8 April, they 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.

[19] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final.

[22] However, following Russia's withdrawal from the contest on 13 April and subsequent removal from the running order of the second semi-final, Romania's performing position shifted to 5.

[23] All three shows were broadcast in Romania on TVR1, TVRi and TVR HD with commentary by Liana Stanciu and Radu Andrei Tudor.

[25][26][27] At the end of the show, Romania was announced as having finished in the top ten and subsequently qualifying for the grand final.

Each nation's jury consisted of five 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.

[30] In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.