 SVT created a shortlist of entries from the received submissions and formed a selection panel that was tasked to select fourteen entries for the competition.Only five entries from the "Public contest" were under consideration with no guarantee that one would be selected to compete in Melodifestivalen.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.