 All 6 shows were hosted by Clara Henry, David Lindgren and Hasse Andersson.The winning song would compete for Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 to be held in Kiev, Ukraine.Sweden competed in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 on the 9th of May and had to place within the top 10 out of the 18 in their semi-final in order to qualify and compete in the final on 13 May.