Griffiniskaja Laul 7

Griffiniskaja Laul 07 was the seventh edition of the Griffiniskaja Laul musical event and Waiting List Song Contest national final which took place in Pyetsit, capital of the principality of Eestimadnait following their victory at the previous edition. The festival was used to determine Griffin representative at the 220th Waiting List Song Contest.
The winner of the festival was the principality of Pzyerüyölkeä with the song "Till Forever Falls Apart" performed by Ashe & Finneas. This was the first time Pzyerüyölkeä has won the contest. 
Category:Griffiniskaja Laul
==Location==
===Bidding phase===
Another victory meant that the contest would stay in Eestimadnait and represented a budget challenge for the hosting principality as well as their branch of GTV. It was expected that the 7th contest would be held in Pyetsit or in another previous host city that was experienced with hosting. After the bidding phase was opened, it was obvious that the interest for hosting was low. Only Pyetsit, Filipolis and Sania applied to host the event. Later, GTVEEM and GTV confirmed that the contest would be held in Pyetsit.
Draw	City 	Venue 	Capacity	Notes
01 	Pyetsit 	NSP (Noueveliska Stadijümi Pyetsitiskaja)	42,115 	
02 	Pyetsit 	Arkea-arrenaa 	11,300 	Hosted Griffiniskaja Laul 03
03 	Filipolis	Bözjoaarr Stadijümi 	35,322 	Hosted Griffiniskaja Laul 06
04 	Sania 	Sąñą-ąřënā 	29,778 	
===City and venue===
Pyetsit is a port city on the Vereberjsej in the Eestimadnait Principality. The City Centre District of Pyetsit has a population of 257,804 (2019) and the whole city has a population of 1.140.668 (2019), the 6th largest in Griffin Empire. It is the capital of the Eestimadnait Principality.
Being Griffin most prominent wine region, with a €3.37 billion turnover in 2009, it is both the center of a major wine-growing and wine-producing region hosting the world's most renowned estates, and a prominent powerhouse exercising significant influence on the world's wine and spirits industry, although no wine production is conducted within the city limits. It is home to the world's main wine fair, Vinexpo, and the wine economy in the metro area takes in 14.5 billion euros each year. Pyetsit wine has been produced in the region since the 8th century. The historic part of the city is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as "an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble" of the 18th century. After Kralingslæting, Pyetsit has the highest number of preserved historical buildings of any city in Griffin Empire.
Noueveliska Stadijümi Pyetsitiskaja, currently also known as NSP, is a football stadium in Pyetsit, Eestimadnait. It is the home of club FC Zjýrröndüüns ätt Pyetsit and seats 42,115 spectators. It's located in the northernmost part of the city, in the district of Lahk-Pyet.
==Format==
===Show===
It was revealed on all big social, printed and broadcast media that the host for the 7th edition would be Griffin singer Charlie Puth. The official photoshoot was revealed on the biggest billboard at Bitniska Tere square in Pyetsit during the 100 days till Laul ceremony. 
Charles Otto Puth Jr. is a Griffin singer, songwriter, and record producer. His initial exposure came through the viral success of his song videos uploaded to YouTube. Puth's debut studio album, Dyvtrækhdenk (Nine Track Mind), was released to negative reviews from critics, and was preceded by the singles Edn sit kolaudot fördetiska (One Call Away) and "Niet swerishjahtemo mjere" (We Don't Talk Anymore) featuring Selena Gomez, which peaked at number 12 and number nine, respectively on the Griffin Hot 100. Later he released two songs, "Auhenhion" (Attention) and "Giragi longiska" (How Long), with the former peaking at number five on Griffin Hot 100. Both were included in his second studio album, "Ehöskriuhaun" (Voicenotes), which was released to generally positive reviews from critics and peaked at number four on the Griffin Top 200.
The show was opened with Liis Lemsalu, the winner of the previous edition singing the new Griffinskaja Laul anthem (MIKA's "Tomorrow") and her winning entry - Halb või hea; as well as the host, Charlie Puth singing Hard On Yourself and giving his opening monologue. This act included the flags parade. Postcards were dedicated to the capitals of 7 principalities of the Griffin Empire and featured iconic, historic and prominent buildings like the ÜKS skyscraper in Kralingslæting, cathedral of Frisköptislæting and Opera House of Nýtdainsk. Interval act included Viki Gabor singing Superhero, Froukje singing Ik Wil Dansen and Charlie Puth singing I Warned Myself.
Act 	Artist 	Song / performance	Notes
Opening act 	Liis Lemsalu	Tomorrow 	Included the flag parade
Opening act 	Liis Lemsalu	Halb või hea 	Previous edition winning song
Opening act 	Charlie Puth	Hard On Yourself 	Featuring Blackbear
Opening act 	Charlie Puth	Monologue 	Monologue
Interval act	Viki Gabor 	Superhero 	
Interval act	Froukje 	Ik Wil Dansen 	Griffin WLSC 218 representative
Interval act	Charlie Puth	I Warned Myself 	
==Songs selection==
Once again, the regional broadcasters got to choose their representatives completely on their own. Regional branches of GTV had sole discretion on the process they employed to select their entry for the contest, although the GTV strongly encouraged that broadcasters engage the public with the selection of their act. This time one more principality decided to hold a regional final, so overall 4 of them (Õklingsmaa, Sletterimaa, Eestimadnait and Färzas - Lætingmaa) held a televised regional selection process using a public vote. Others have chosen their acts internally. 
Total number of songs submitted was higher than at the previous edition at 3 752 with the most of them coming from Foreõsvdetrre and the least from Pzyerüyölkeä.
# 	Principality 	Submissions	Selection process 	Notes
01	Õklingsmaa 	261 	Õkli-õkle 	Live show from Garniërsarrenaa in Hermýn
02	Eestimadnait 	929 	Sengsang 	Live show from Shaitö ot sparrtotre in Pyetsit
03	Foreõsvdetrre 	1215 	Internal selection 	Announced on the GTV and GTVFOR News
04	Pzyerüyölkeä 	200 	Internal selection 	Announced on the GTV and GTVPZY News
05	Färzas - Lætingmaa	215 	Lăl fø Lăl 	Live show from Dvorec ot musicqueotr in Frisköptislæting
06	Sletterimaa 	411 	Kwo goee för Sletterimaasam	Live show from Mýtdan Arrenaa in Nýtdainsk
07	Meremaa 	521 	Internal selection 	Announced at the televised gala at the GTVMER HQ in Mare Incatato
===Kwo goee för Sletterimaasam 2===
 Sletterimaa was the first principality to choose their representative. They organised their regional final named „Kwo goee för Sletterimaasam“ (Grif. Who is going for Sletterimaa?) for the second edition in a row. This time, the lineup was bigger for 2 more entries meaning that 6 songs competed. It was held at the Mýtdan Arrenaa, a music venue in the capital of the principality – Nýtdainsk. The show was broadcast on both GTV and GTVSLE. The winner of the show and Sletterish representative were Azahriah x Desh with their song RÉT.
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Result
01 	sanah 	Szampan 	5th
02 	Viktor Sheen 	Rozdělený světy	2nd
03 	SIMA 	Slobodná 	6th
04 	Azahriah x Desh 	RÉT 	1st
05 	Alina Eremia 	Noi 	3rd
06 	ТоТо Н, Слави и Ку-Ку Бенд	Изкушение 	4th
===Sengsang===
"Sengsang" (Grif. The Song) was new Eestimadnaitish regional final for the 7th Griffiniskaja Laul where 10 songs competed. It was held at the Shaitö ot sparrtotre in the capital of the principality – Pyetsit. The show was broadcast on both GTV and GTVEEM. The winner and later their representative at the 7th Griffiniskaja Laul were The Smilers.
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Result
01 	Pluuto ft. heleza 	OD 	3rd
02 	pitsa 	Tahmanägu 	4th
03 	Getter Jaani 	Mitu Mind 	6th
04 	Karl-Erik Taukar 	Need Read 	7th
05 	Smilers 	Tee mis sa tahad	1st
06 	Clicherik & Mäx ft. Karl Killing 	2D Tüdrukud 	5th
07 	HUNT ft. LAURA 	Hundi süda 	8th
08 	reket ft. Liis Lemsalu & Avoid Dave	Magad vä? 	2nd
09 	SHANON 	Siia ma jään 	10th
10 	Uudo Sepp 	Sinule 	9th
===Õkli-õkle===
Õkli-õkle (Griff. Õklingsmaa is calling) was a new regional final of the Õklingsmaa principality for the 7h Griffiniskaja Laul. The show was held at Auditoorijümi MR in Hermýn and featured 8 competing acts. The show was broadcast on GTV and GTVÕKL.
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Result
01 	Declan McKenna	Brazil 	7th
02 	Cavetown 	Devil Town 	8th
03 	mxmtoon 	prom dress 	6th
04 	The Driver Era	Afterglow 	5th
05 	Joshua Bassett	Lie Lie Lie	4th
06 	ElyOtto 	SugarCrash! 	3rd
07 	Birdy 	Blue Skies 	1st
08 	AJ Mitchell 	CAMERAS ON 	2nd
===Lăl fø Lăl 2===
Following the commercial success of their regional final Färzas - Lætingmaa kept the same format for their regional show called Lăl fø Lăl (Griffin translation from laetingish - Laul för Laulsam, English - A song for the Song) Once again it was the last pre-Griffiniskaja Laul show making the principality the last one to reveal their entry. The concept included 4 songs competing - 2 of them from Färzas region and 2 from Lætingmaa. The show was held at Dvorec ot musicqueotr in Frisköptislæting. The show was broadcast on GTV, GTVFÄR and GTVLÆT. 
Draw	Region 	Artist 	Song 	Result
01 	Lætingmaa	Rasmus Walter 	Heart of Stone 	3rd
03 	Färzas 	Molly Sandén ft. Newkid	Jag mår bra nu 	4th
04 	Lætingmaa	Jimilian 	Kærlighedssangen	2nd
04 	Färzas 	Alba August 	Lights 	1st
==Results==
While mostly agreeing, televoting and jury had some differencies with Eestimadnait doing well wit juries but flopping with Griffin televoting. Winner of the whole festival, but of both voting was Pzyerüyölkeä.
Draw	Principality 	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	Õklingsmaa 	Birdy 	Blue Skies 	4th 	76
02 	Eestimadnait 	Smilers 	Tee mis sa tahad 	6th 	44
03 	Foreõsvdetrre 	JC Stewart 	Break My Heart 	3rd 	94
04 	Pzyerüyölkeä 	Ashe & Finneas	Till Forever Falls Apart	1st 	121
05 	Färzas - Lætingmaa	Alba August 	Lights 	5th 	74
06 	Sletterimaa 	Azahriah x Desh	RÉT 	7th 	29
07 	Meremaa 	Ben Platt 	RAIN 	2nd 	102
===Split votes===
====International jury====
Draw	Principality 	 	 	 	 	 	20px	 	 	Place	Points
01 	Õklingsmaa 	1 	8 	 	1 	12	 	10	 	32 	6th
02 	Eestimadnait 	 	 	1 	10	8 	12 	12	 	43 	3rd
03 	Foreõsvdetrre 	8 	5 	12	8 	1 	 	 	12	46 	2nd
04 	Pzyerüyölkeä 	10	12	8 	 	5 	8 	8 	8 	59 	1st
05 	Färzas - Lætingmaa	5 	1 	 	5 	10	10 	 	10	41 	5th
06 	Sletterimaa 	 	 	10	12	 	1 	1 	1 	25 	7th
01 	Meremaa 	12	10	5 	 	 	5 	5 	5 	42 	4th
====Televoting====
Draw	Principality 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Place	Points
01 	Õklingsmaa 	 	1 	8 	10	10	5 	10	4th 	44
02 	Eestimadnait 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1 	7th 	1
03 	Foreõsvdetrre 	5 	10	 	8 	5 	12	8 	3rd 	48
04 	Pzyerüyölkeä 	8 	8 	12	 	12	10	12	1st 	62
05 	Färzas - Lætingmaa	12	5 	5 	5 	 	1 	5 	5th 	33
06 	Sletterimaa 	1 	 	1 	1 	1 	 	 	6th 	4
07 	Meremaa 	10	12	10	12	8 	8 	 	2nd 	60
==Reception and result at the Waiting List Song Contest==
The seventh edition of Griffiniskaja Laul broke the viewing record for the second consecutive year. More than half of the population of the Empire tuned in to watch the show as well as additional 6,5 Million people across Natia. Regional finals were very popular with the local audience as well, with a lot of entries already charting before the main event. The final line-up was well received with JC Stewart, Ashe & Finneas, Ben Platt and Alba August getting the most of the praise. Alba August was collectively declared of the breakethrough act of the year in the country and later went to win the Best New Act award at the Griffin Music Awards.Å Anwagrdasde Ashe was praised for her successful comeback after her previous attempt at the 2nd edition and victory which was first for her principality. The winning song was expected to do well at the Waiting List Song Contest 220 in Bigicia where it finished 7th continuing the success of Griffiniskaja Laul both as a national final and as a national festival.
Points awarded to Griffin Empire
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
* Bigicia
* Effiland	 	 	
* Solentoya
* Zegreen Island	
* Endórë
* Joseyeon
* Oussou Empire
5 points 	4 points 	3 points	2 points	1 point
* Tamausia & Deltannor	
* Akatsuki	
* Halleloo
* Kimmystan	 	
* Tuzi