'' Melodifestivalen 2016 '' was the Swedish music competition that selected Sweden 's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 . 28 songs were initially selected to compete , however , after a disqualification , 27 ultimately competed in a six-week-long process which consisted of four semi-finals on 6 , 13 , 20 and 27 February 2016 , a second chance round on 5 March 2016 , and a final on 12 March 2016 . The six shows were hosted by Gina Dirawi , who was joined by guest hosts during each show : Petra Mede ( Semi-final 1 ) , Henrik Schyffert ( Semi-final 3 ) , Sarah Dawn Finer ( Semi-final 4 ) , Peter Jöback ( Second chance round ) , Ola Salo ( Second chance round ) and William Spetz ( Final ) ; Charlotte Perrelli was originally supposed to host the second semi-final , however , due to a conflict of interest concerning her endorsement deal with Swedish mobile brand Comviq , she was demoted to a guest performer . Seven songs competed in each semi-final — the top two qualified directly to the final , while the third and fourth placed songs qualified to the second chance round . The bottom three songs in each semifinal were eliminated from the competition . An additional four songs qualified to the final from the second chance round . The results in the semi-finals and second chance round were determined exclusively by public televote and app voting , while the overall winner of the competition was selected in the final through the combination of a public vote and the votes from eleven international jury groups . Among the competing artists were former Eurovision Song Contest contestants Tommy Nilsson who represented Sweden in 1989 , Martin Stenmarck who represented Sweden in 2005 and Krista Siegfrids who represented Finland in 2013 . Molly Sandén represented Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016