Griffiniskaja Laul 18

Griffiniskaja Laul 18 will be the eighteenth edition of the Griffiniskaja Laul musical event and Nation Song Contest national final which will take place in the city of Zonpolah, principality of Meremaa.

Format
Seven principalities of Griffin Empire traditionally submitted their entry of choice to compete in a one night final. Each principality gave 1, 5, 8, 10 and 12 points to their favourite songs via televoting. It was forbidden to vote for ones own principality. A number of Natian countries applied to be part of the international juries. The jury nations gave points in the same way as Griffin televoting.

International juries' votes determined Griffin representative at the 219th Nation Song Contest. Both juries and televoting combined determined the overall winner of the festival.

VTB Arrenaa in Pyetsit hosted the event for the first time in history. This was 4th city in Meremaa to do so as it was hosted two times in Mare Incatato, as well as once in Tevs and once Salta previously. Other cities that participated in the bidding were all previous host cities, but also Hjemtilëiyl, seaside resort city well-known for its film festival. The presenter and host of the show was the winner of the previous edition - Stephen Sanchez. Opening and interval acts included a number of special guests who performed current chart-toppers, as well as Griffin WLSC, NSC and GL hits.

Regional branches of GTV had sole discretion on the process they employed to select their entry for the contest. There were no regional finals for meaning that all principalities have chosen their acts internally. Number of songs submitted was 3521 with the most of them traditionally coming from Foreõsvdetrre and the least from Õklingsmaa, followed closely by Westersund.