Pre-Qualification Round 1

Pre-Qualification Round 1 (abbreviated PQR 1), is a pre-event held for the first edition of The Song. Nine countries were participating and two of them qualified to the semi finals of the edition.

Format
Because the countries were max 20 in each semi-final EBU decided to plan a pre-qualification to remove some countries fairly from this edition. Two countries qualified from the pre-qualification round and joined the Semi Finals of this edition.