Pre-Qualification Round 4

Pre-Qualification Round 4 (abbreviated PQR 4), is a pre-event held for the fourth edition of The Song, in the United Kingdom. The contest was held at the Balloch Castle Country Park Stage. Thirteen countries were participating and eight of them qualified to the semi finals of the edition.

Format
The European Broadcaster Union (EBU) announced that the limit of entries for each edition would be 46 participants. As the confirmation of participation from eligible countries exceeded this amount, the EBU created a pre-qualification round that would take place each edition before the actual contest. During the third edition, the EBU announced that there would be a change of formation to the Pre-Qualification Round. From this edition and onwards, eight countries shall qualify into the semi-finals from the pre-qualification round, whilst the remaining are eliminated. This edition the participating countries of the pre-qualification round were Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, San Marino, Serbia and Türkiye.