Griffiniskaja Laul 5

Griffiniskaja Laul 05 will be the fifth edition of the Griffiniskaja Laul musical event and Waiting List Song Contest national final. The contest will take place in the principality of Foreõsvdetrre following their victory at the previous edition.

Location
The contest will be held in Foreõsvdetrre. It will be the second time the principality will host the contest, the first time being the debut edition of the contest. Preparations for the contest began immediately after the principality won. The executive supervisor of the Griffiniskaja Televisioon (GTV) confirmed that the main channel GTV 1 will again co-organise the event with a regional broadcaster, this time GTV FOR as they won the previous edition.

It was confirmed that two of the biggest cities in the principality applied to host the event, the capital being represented by its districts rather than an unified bid.

Format
Seven principalities of Griffin Empire submit their entry of choice to compete in a one night final. Each principality gives 1,5,8 10 and 12 points to their favorite songs via televoting. It is forbidden to vote to ones own principality. Some Natian countries were invited to join the show as international juries. These nations gave points in the same way as Griffin televoting.

International juries' votes determine Griffin representative at the Waiting List Song Contest. Both juries and televoting combined determine the overall winner of the festival.

The theme of the contest was "back to the future" and celebrated the music of last 7 decades. Each principality was assigned a decade and had to submit an entry in a spirit of the mentioned decade. Postcards showed different locations throughout the country and how they changed through the last century. The presenter and host of the evening was Kralingslatingian singer Alfie Templeman	that was presented as a "Griffin eyecandy".