Griffiniskaja Laul 17

Griffiniskaja Laul 17 was the seventeenth edition of the Griffiniskaja Laul musical event and Nation Song Contest national final which took place in Pyetsit, capital of the principality of Westersund.

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 217th Nation Song Contest. Both juries and televoting combined determined the overall winner of the festival.

Arkea-arrenaa in Pyetsit came back for its hosting gig for the second time in history. This meant that Pyetsit became the city which hosted the contest the biggest number of times. Other cities that participated in the bidding were Rizsit and Filipolis, both previous host cities. The presenter and host of the show was Leo Woodall. 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 3789 with the most of them traditionally coming from Foreõsvdetrre and the least from Westersund despite their victory at the previous edition.

Due to her gig as Mormadoreian representative at the 216th Nation Song Contest with the same song, Paloma Paris has been ruled out as a potential Griffin representative, but wasn't disqualified from the festival.