Pre-Qualification Round 1

Pre-Qualification Round 1 (abbreviated PQR 1), is a pre-event held for the fifth edition of the GreatVision Song Contest. Eight countries will participating and four of them qualified to the semi finals of the edition.
== Location ==
: For further information see Tirana
Tirana is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is also the heart of Albania's cultural, economic and governmental activity, located on the central-west corner of the country surrounded by mountains and hills with the Dajti Mountain on the east and a slight valley opening on the north-west overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance. The city is located some 700 kilometres (430 miles) north of Athens, 290 km (180 mi) west of Skopje, 250 km (160 mi) south-east of Pristina and 160 km (99 mi) south of Podgorica.
=== Bidding phase ===
The hosting submissions for the pre-qualification round started on 8 October 2017 and will end two days later, on 10 October 2017. Poland applied to host with the Spodek located in Katowice while the Sydney Opera House in Sydney was Australia's choice of venue. Spain was the third country to join the bidding phase with the Camp Nou in Barcelona as their venue. Albania selected the Pallati i Kongreseve in Tirana to join the bidding phase.
New Zealand applied to host the event with the Spark Arena located in Auckland. Japan became the sixth country to join the bidding phase; they selected Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, Tokyo as their venue. Singapore submitted the Singapore Indoor Stadium to serve as the venue. The eighth and last country to join the bidding phase was the United States who applied to host the event with the American Airlines Arena in Miami.
The host will selected through a poll.
=== Round 1 ===
In the first round the eight countries were divided into to 2 pots. The two countries with the most votes, qualified for the Super Final.
==== Pot 1 ====
Logo	Slogan 	Venue 	Presenter(s) 	CountryBroadcaster	Result
 	Ambition 	Pallati i Kongreseve
, Tirana 	Enca Haxhia 	Albania 	78%
 	We Will Be Stars 	Spark Arena, Auckland 	Lorde 	New Zealand 	0%
 	Catching Phrases. 	Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore	Luke Loke & Kelly Poon 	Singapore 	6%
 	#Building Universes	American Airlines Arena
, Miami 	Taylor Swift & Rachel Platten	United States 	17%
==== Pot 2 ====
Logo	Slogan 	Venue 	Presenter(s) 	CountryBroadcaster	Result
 	 	Sydney Opera House, Sydney	Delta Goodrem 	Australia 	6%
 	+Simplicity in Complication	Sunshine City
, Ikebukuro, Tokyo	Momo, Sana & Mina 	Japan 	50%
 	Making Mistakes 	Spodek
, Katowice 	Kasia Moś & Rafał Maślak	Poland 	27%
 	Dream On 	Camp Nou, Barcelona 	Alvaro Soler 	Spain 	17%
=== Round 2 ===
In the second round the four remaining countries battled for the victory. The Country with the most votes will be the host country of the Pre-Qualification round.
Logo	Slogan 	Venue 	Presenter(s) 	CountryBroadcaster	Result
 	Ambition 	Pallati i Kongreseve, Tirana 	Enca Haxhia 	Albania 	40%Winner
 	+Simplicity in Complication	Sunshine City, Ikebukuro, Tokyo	Momo, Sana & Mina 	Japan 	25%
 	Making Mistakes 	Spodek, Katowice 	Kasia Moś & Rafał Maślak 	Poland 	20%
 	#Building Universes 	American Airlines Arena, Miami 	Taylor Swift & Rachel Platten	United States 	15%
== Format ==
In the first pre-qualification, the eight participating countries were chosen based on their results of the last three editions. There were four qualifiers, making it a total of twenty-one countries in each of the semi-finals of the edition. Eight countries participated in the first pre-qualification round. Andorra, Armenia, China and Norway qualifed to the semi-finals, while Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ireland, Malta and United Kingdom were eliminated.
== Results ==
Draw	Country 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Norway 	Astrid S 	"Think Before I Talk" 	4 	142
02 	Malta 	The Travellers 	"Ħafi Paċi Kuluri" 	8 	101
03 	Ireland 	Niall Horan 	"Too Much To Ask" 	6 	131
04 	China 	Cosmic Girls(WJSN)	"Secret" 	2 	152
05 	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Maja Milinkovic 	"Esta noite chora uma guitarra"	7 	119
06 	Armenia 	Lucy 	"Turn Around" 	1 	202
07 	Andorra 	Sweet California 	"Good Life" 	3 	147
08 	United Kingdom 	Sam Smith 	"Too Good To Goodbyes" 	5 	140
=== Voting grid ===
 	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results	Voting results
 	Points 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Norway 	142 	 	6 	8 	7 	 	 	 	 	
10 	7 	7 	97 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Malta 	101 	7 	 	5 	5 	 	 	 	 	
8 	4 	5 	67 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ireland	131 	8 	8 	 	6 	 	 	 	 	
5 	8 	6 	90 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
China 	152 	5 	7 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	
12 	6 	12 	104 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
B&H 	119 	6 	10 	4 	4 	 	6 	5 	4 	80
Armenia	202 	10 	4 	10 	12 	 	 	 	 	
 	12 	8 	146 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Andorra	147 	4 	5 	7 	8 	 	 	 	 	
7 	 	10 	106 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
UK 	140 	12 	12 	12 	10 	 	 	 	 	
4 	10 	 	80 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
== See also ==
* GreatVision Song Contest 5