Griffiniskaja Laul 8

Griffiniskaja Laul 08 was the eighth edition of the Griffiniskaja Laul musical event and Waiting List Song Contest national final which took place in the principality of Pzyerüyölkeä following their victory at the previous edition. The festival was planned to choose Griffin representative for the 224th Waiting List Song Contest, but due to the organisation issues it had been used to determine Griffin entry for the 225th Waiting List Song Contest instead. Visual identity and the original line up changed with the postponement; however venue and the host, as well as opening and interval act stayed the same.

The winner of the festival was the principality of Meremaa with the song "Fall So Hard" performed by a returnee artist - Christopher. This was the first time Meremaa has won the contest.

Format
Seven principalities of Griffin Empire 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. Ten Natian countries were part of the international juries with two more nations broadcasting the show live. The jury nations gave points in the same way as Griffin televoting.

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

It was revealed on all major social, printed and broadcast media that the host for the 8th edition would be Griffin actor Skylar Astin. The official photoshoot was revealed on the biggest billboard in front of the Kaptöllä at Griffiniskaja Tere square in Pyetsit during the traditional 100 days till Laul ceremony.

This was the first time that Pzyerüyölkeä won and hosted an edition of the contest. It was confirmed early that tradition of co-organisation between the main channel GTV 1 with a winning regional broadcaster will continue. Five major cities Pzyerüyölkeä expressed interest in hosting the contest: Göldtsit, Rakozsit, Läähtisit, Plosnatsit and Pustigslæting. During a special press conference it was revealed that the principality's capital would host the event at the city stadium.

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. Even though the regional broadcasters got to choose their representatives completely on their own once again, there were no regional finals and all principalities have chosen their acts internally.

Number of songs submitted for the first planned event was once again higher than at the previous edition at 3 811 with the most of them coming from Foreõsvdetrre and the least from Färzas - Lætingmaa. After the show was postponed, new applications process was opened and 3541 songs were received.