Griffiniskaja Laul 7

Griffiniskaja Laul 07 was the seventh 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.

Bidding phase
Another victory meant that the contest would stay in Eestimadnait and represented a budget challenge for the hosting principality as well as their branch of GTV. It was expected that the 7th contest would be held in Pyetsit or in another previous host city that was experienced with hosting. After the bidding phase was opened, it was obvious that the interest for hosting was low. Only Pyetsit, Filipolis and Sania applied to host the event. Later, GTVEEM and GTV confirmed that the contest would be held in Pyetsit.

City and venue
Pyetsit is a port city on the Vereberjsej in the Eestimadnait Principality. The City Centre District of Pyetsit has a population of 257,804 (2019) and the whole city has a population of 1.140.668 (2019), the 6th largest in Griffin Empire. It is the capital of the Eestimadnait Principality.

Being Griffin most prominent wine region, with a €3.37 billion turnover in 2009, it is both the center of a major wine-growing and wine-producing region hosting the world's most renowned estates, and a prominent powerhouse exercising significant influence on the world's wine and spirits industry, although no wine production is conducted within the city limits. It is home to the world's main wine fair, Vinexpo, and the wine economy in the metro area takes in 14.5 billion euros each year. Pyetsit wine has been produced in the region since the 8th century. The historic part of the city is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as "an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble" of the 18th century. After Kralingslæting, Pyetsit has the highest number of preserved historical buildings of any city in Griffin Empire.

Noueveliska Stadijümi Pyetsitiskaja, currently also known as NSP, is a football stadium in Pyetsit, Eestimadnait. It is the home of club FC Zjýrröndüüns ätt Pyetsit and seats 42,115 spectators. It's located in the northernmost part of the city, in the district of Lahk-Pyet.

Show
It was revealed on all big social, printed and broadcast media that the host for the 7th edition would be Griffin singer Charlie Puth. The official photoshoot was revealed on the biggest billboard at Bitniska Tere square in Pyetsit during the 100 days till Laul ceremony.

Charles Otto Puth Jr.  is a Griffin singer, songwriter, and record producer. His initial exposure came through the viral success of his song videos uploaded to YouTube. Puth's debut studio album, Dyvtrækhdenk (Nine Track Mind), was released to negative reviews from critics, and was preceded by the singles Edn sit kolaudot fördetiska (One Call Away) and "Niet swerishjahtemo mjere" (We Don't Talk Anymore) featuring Selena Gomez, which peaked at number 12 and number nine, respectively on the Griffin Hot 100. Later he released two songs, "Auhenhion" (Attention) and "Giragi longiska" (How Long), with the former peaking at number five on Griffin Hot 100. Both were included in his second studio album, "Ehöskriuhaun" (Voicenotes), which was released to generally positive reviews from critics and peaked at number four on the Griffin Top 200.

The show was opened with Liis Lemsalu, the winner of the previous edition singing the new Griffinskaja Laul anthem (MIKA's "Tomorrow") and her winning entry - Halb või hea; as well as the host, Charlie Puth singing Hard On Yourself and giving his opening monologue. This act included the flags parade. Postcards were dedicated to the capitals of 7 principalities of the Griffin Empire and featured iconic, historic and prominent buildings like the ÜKS skyscraper in Kralingslæting, cathedral of Frisköptislæting and Opera House of Nýtdainsk. Interval act included Viki Gabor singing Superhero, AJR singing Way Less Sad and Charlie Puth singing I Warned Myself.