Pre-Qualification Round 5

Pre-Qualification Round 5 (abbreviated PQR 5), is a pre-event held, for the fifth edition of The Song, in Türkiye. Thirteen countries participated and eight of them qualified to the semi-finals of the edition.

Location
Trabzon (Georgian: ტრაპიზონი t'rap'izoni), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Türkiye and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Persia in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast. The Venetian and Genoese merchants paid visits to Trabzon during the medieval period and sold silk, linen and woolen fabric. Both republics had merchant colonies within the city – Leonkastron and the former "Venetian castle" – that played a role to Trabzon similar to the one Galata played to Constantinople (modern Istanbul). Trabzon formed the basis of several states in its long history and was the capital city of the Empire of Trebizond between 1204 and 1461. During the early modern period, Trabzon, because of the importance of its port, again became a focal point of trade to Persia and the Caucasus. Historically the city was a center of Greek culture and education and from 1683 to 1921, a teachers' college operated known as Phrontisterion of Trapezous, which provided a major impetus for the rapid expansion of Greek education throughout the region. The building of this institution (built in 1902) still remains the most impressive Pontic Greek monument in the city and today hosts the Turkish school Anadolu Lisesi.

Venue
Hayri Gür Arena, a.k.a. Pelitli Arena is an indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose venue located in Trabzon, Türkiye.

Built between 2009 and 2010 at a cost of ₺ 23 million (approx. $ 14 million), the venue was initially designed for a seating capacity of 5,000, however, it was later extended to hold 7,500 spectators. In the beginning, it was called Pelitli Arena from the location of the venue, being in a small suburban area of the same name. Later, the arena was renamed Hayri Gür to honor Trabzonspor's first coach and long-time board member, who died in 2010 at age of 98.

The building has two training halls, rooms for health care, doping test and press. In addition, there are social and leisure facilities. The arena's parking lot can hold 456 cars.

Completed in 2011, The venue is home to the basketball team of Trabzonspor Basketball. It hosted the basketball matches for boys during the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.

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. 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, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Iceland, Malta, Moldova, San Marino, Slovenia and Spain.