Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Country	Sweden
National selection
Selection process	Melodifestivalen 2016
Selection date(s)	Heats: 6 February 2016 13 February 2016 20 February 2016 27 February 2016 Second Chance: 5 March 2016 Final: 12 March 2016
Selected entrant	Frans
Selected song	"If I Were Sorry"
Selected songwriter(s)	Oscar Fogelström Michael Saxell Fredrik Andersson Frans Jeppsson Wall
Finals performance
Final result	5th, 261 points
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "If I Were Sorry" written by Oscar Fogelström, Michael Saxell, Fredrik Andersson and Frans Jeppsson Wall. The song was performed by Frans. In addition to participating in the contest, the Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the competition in 2015 with the song "Heroes" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. SVT organised the national final Melodifestivalen 2016 in order to select the Swedish entry for the 2016 contest in Stockholm. After a six-week-long competition consisting of four heats, a Second Chance round and a final, "If I Were Sorry" performed by Frans emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from eleven international jury groups and a public vote.

As the host country, Sweden qualified to compete directly in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Sweden's running order position was determined by draw. Performing in position 9 during the final, Sweden placed fifth out of the 26 participating countries with 261 points.