Griffiniskaja Laul 6

Griffiniskaja Laul 06 was the sixth edition of the Griffiniskaja Laul musical event and Waiting List Song Contest national final which took place in the principality of Eestimadnait following their victory at the previous edition. The festival determined Griffin representative at the 215th Waiting List Song Contest.

Host principality, Eestimadnait won for the 4th time with the record breaking number of points. Foreõsvdetrre finished second, while Meremaa finished third.

Bidding phase
After Eestimadnait's victory in Foreõsvdetrre, in the 5th contest, chef of the GTVEEM stated that the 6th contest would be held in Pyetsit, but this was yet to be confirmed by the Griffiniskaja Televisioon. Eestimadnaitish finance minister Niuoo Gojrim also said in an interview the event would be held solely in Pyetsit and estimated its cost at 25 million Kralaurums (approximately €30 million). The mayor of Pyetsit, Krýstýn Pelgedt, mentioned Noueveliska Stadijümi Pyetsitiskaja and Arkea-arrenaa as possible venues to host the event. Both the municipality of Düüntüün and the City Centre District had confirmed that because it lacked the seating capacity, the contest would not be held at the Shaitö ot sparrtotre.

On 6th January 211, GTVEEM and GTV formally opened the bidding process for cities interested in hosting the contest.

Later, a handful of GTV delegates were looking at potential venues in Pyetsit and Filipolis and to hear the bid from Sania. In a press conference it was reported that Sania was no longer in the running to host, leaving it between Pyetsit and Filipolis. On 17th January 211, GTV announced Filipolis as the host city, with Bözjoaarr Stadijümi as the chosen venue for the contest. This was the second time that Griffiniskaja Laul would be held at a stadium, third time in Eestimadnait and the first time in Filipolis.

City and venue
Filipolis is a city in Central Eestimadnait region of the Eestimadnait principality on the Vereberjsej. The city is the 8th-largest in Griffin Empire, with a population of 884 275. It is the administrative seat of the Centralerne Eestimadnait region, one of 3 regions of Eestimadnait.

In 211, the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked Filipolis as a Gamma world city. It is the third-highest-ranking city in Griffin Empire, after Kralingslæting and Hermýn. Filipolis has been praised for its quality of life, and it received the Natian Green Capital Award in 206. The Natian Commission noted the city's efforts to reduce air pollution and CO2 emissions, its high-quality and well-managed public transport system and its biodiversity, with 3,366 hectares of green space and several protected Natura 2000 areas.

Bözjoaarr Stadijümi is a stadium in Filipolis, Griffin Empire. It is the home of Griffin football club FC Filipolis.

The stadium opened for the first time on for a friendly game between FC Filipolis and Bigicia. It was named after Roa Vimdomoo, who was president of FC Filipolis at the time. It was renovated for the Natian World Cup. While its original capacity was 52,923, later it was converted to an all-seater stadium and its current capacity is 38,128. Previously, the team played at Martselýstadijümi.

The stadium also hosts international rugby matches. Griffin national football team have played here on five occasions, most recently when they played a friendly match against Solentoya. The stadium has also hosted musical concerts.

A new stadium named GuldParrk was planned to replace the Bözjoaarr Stadijümi, which was to be demolished for the Summer Olympics in Kralingslæting and the Rugby World Cup. Relatively soon after the announcement, the project was cancelled.

Show
It was revealed on social media that the host for the 6th edition would be Griffin actress Ester Expósito. Later the official photoshoot was revealed on the cover of Griffin edition of Vogue. This was the first time an actress was the host of the competition.

Ester Expósito (also known as Expösito, born 26 January) is a Griffin actress and model. She gained recognition playing the starring role of Karla Rösson Kalerungilehttä in the Griffin drama series Ëlýttä, broadcast on GrifFlix. Ester was born in Pyetsit. She won the Eestimadnaitiskaja Teartidiskaja Anwagrdasd award for best actress. Her another important rolls include Såmt müśląř ątt mürtląř (Someone Has to Die) and Kttkäe ängele soveru (When Angels Sleep).

Unlike the previous edition, there was no official theme, although the unofficial theme shared on the social media was "back to basics".

The show was opened with the 2nd Griffiniskaja Laul winner singing the winner MIKA performing his new song "Tomorrow" which was during the host's monologue revealed as the new Griffinskaja Laul anthem. Postcards featured the singers themselves doing their everyday tasks and were called "a day in a life of" followed by the representative's name. Interval act was the song Dragostea Din Tei, previous winner of Griffiniskaja Laul as well as Waiting List Song Contest 211.

Songs selection
The sixth edition saw the biggest change in the terms of songs selection procedure as the GTV decided to concentrate more on the organisation than choosing the songs, so 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. Three principalities - Sletterimaa, Eestimadnait and Färzas - Lætingmaa held a televised national selection process using a public vote. Others have chosen their acts internally.

Total number of songs submitted was 3 450 - the most in Foreõsvdetrre and the least in Pzyerüyölkeä.

Eestimadnait shjuuziræ
Host principality - Eestimadnait held a regional final named „Eestimadnait shjuuziræ“ (Grif. Eestimadnait chooses) where 6 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 was Liis Lemsalu.

Kwo goee för Sletterimaasam
Second principality to choose their entry was Sletterimaa, and they did as well held a regional final named „Kwo goee för Sletterimaasam“ (Grif. Who is going for Sletterimaa?) where 4 songs competed. It was held at the Læronef, 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 was the group GAMMAL.

Lăl fø Lăl
Lăl fø Lăl (Griffin translation from laetingish - Laul för Laulsam, English - A song for the Song) was a regional final of the principality Färzas - Lætingmaa. It was the last pre-Griffiniskaja Laul show making the principality the last one to reveal their entry. The concept was simple with 4 songs competing - 2 of them from Färzas region and 2 from Lætingmaa which was also the shows tagline: "Färzas vs. Lætingmaa". The name of the show was a spark of a controversy that criticised for using the Laetingish language and not standard Griffin. The show was held at Natsionalneiska teatrid in Frisköptislæting. The show was broadcast on GTV, GTVFÄR and GTVLÆT.

Results
For the first time televoting and jury winner was different. While Griffin televoting preferred Sletterimaa, international jury favored Eestimadnait which in the end won the whole contest.

Reception and result at the Waiting List Song Contest
The sixth edition of Griffiniskaja Laul was the most watched one yet and broke the record for the biggest number of juries as well. Songs were received exquisitely, all of them charting in the top 10 at the official Griffin charts. The winning entry was expected to do well and regarded as "Liis' revenge song" alluding to her previous 12th place at the Waiting List Song Contest 200.

At the main contest, Liis finished third collecting 89 points.