 The Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) organised the national final "Melodifestivalen 2017" in order to select the Swedish entry for the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine.After a six-week-long competition consisting of four semi-finals, a Second Chance round and a final, "I Can't Go On" performed by Robin Bengtsson emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from eleven international jury groups and a public vote.Sweden was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017.