Griffiniskaja Laul 11

Griffiniskaja Laul 11 was the eleventh and last edition of the Griffiniskaja Laul musical event and Waiting List Song Contest national final which took place in the principality of Färzas - Lætingmaa following their first victory at the previous edition. It was the only edition that was held in 2022. It was held a month after the big Laul 2022. Despite the ratification of Nýtnāfüńsfėrŝąñźėrlāřïńgslå on March 2nd 2021, Eestimadnait still competed under that name. Sletterimaa achieved their second victory ever with a rap song Vihje which went on to represent the country at the 237th Waiting List Song Contest. Õklingsmaa came in second and Pzyerüyölkeä in third place.

Citing organisation fatigue, budget cuts and music show oversaturation in media, GTV confirmed they would cancel the event and focus on the traditional Laul festival.

Bidding phase
At the press conference following the previous edition, Färzas – Lætingmaa confirmed to host the next edition of the contest. Traditionally, preparations began right after the previous show ended. The collaboration between the main channel GTV 1 and a regional winning broadcaster was continued and this time both regional broadcasters took part. The bidding phase for the host city and venue was opened by the director of GTV FÄR just a day later after their victory, and a week later it was confirmed by GTV LÆT that the contest would take place in the principality's capital. Overall six cities were shortlisted and ten bids were considered.

Venue
Friskarrenaa, colloquially known as Fŝiska, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Frisköptislæting. Located in Mŝiśplăŝ between Sýda and Ruglingslegtimaa avenues from Frëdrýk V to Norăsłoos Street, it is situated atop Färzas Station. It is used for professional ice hockey and basketball, as well as boxing, concerts, ice shows, circuses, professional wrestling and other forms of sports and entertainment. It is close to other city landmarks, including the Nýtbucureestobegradtshwar, Bigiciatown, and Lauling Square. Fŝiska is the oldest major sporting facility in the Frisköptislæting metropolitan area. In 2017, it was the second-busiest music arena in the country in terms of ticket sales. Including two major renovations, its total construction cost is approximately 1.1 billion Kralaurums.

Frisköptislæting
Frisköptislæting is the capital and largest city of the Färzas - Lætingmaa Principality and is the official seat of the All-Natian Parliament. It is located at the border with Ujedinjeni Gvozd in easternmost part of the historical region of Lætingmaa.

In 2020, central city district had 280,966 inhabitants and the whole city had a population of 764.013 in 2020, making it the ninth-largest city in Griffin Empire. It is the seat of several Natian institutions and among the few cities in the world not being a state capital and hosting international organisations of the first order. The city is the seat of many international institutions such as the International Institute of Human Rights. It is the second city in Griffin Empire in terms of international congress and symposia, after Kralingslæting.

Frisköptislæting's historic city centre, was classified a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988, the first time such an honour was placed on an entire city centre. Frisköptislæting is unique in terms of culture and is cultural bridge between Griffin and rest of Natia, especially through the University of Frisköptislæting, currently the second-largest in Griffin Empire, and the coexistence of Christian and Griffin culture.

Economically, Frisköptislæting is an important centre of manufacturing and engineering, as well as a hub of road, rail, and river transportation.

Format
Seven principalities of Griffin Empire submited their entry of choice to compete in a one night final named after the Griffin National Ferstival Laul. 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. Nine Natian countries were internally invited to join the show as international juries. These 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.

Show
Unlike its previous edition, the show was somewhat less busy. It focused on the previous Färzas and Laetingmaa efforts. Graphics were inspired by watercolours as well as night sky and space with postcards featuring AI representations of each principality as a galaxy. The host was Färzas singer Julita Maria Kusy, better known as Marie which represented Griffin Empire at the Waiting List Song Contest 235 in Sween with her song "Zero Calorie Cookie". Once again, the stage was reused from the previous edition.

Songs selection
Once again, regional branches of GTV had sole discretion on the process they employed to select their entry for the contest, this time the GTV strongly discouraged broadcasters to engage the public with the selection of their act. The regional broadcasters agreed and despite they got to choose their representatives completely on their own once again, there were no regional finals for the second edition in a row and all principalities have chosen their acts internally. Number of songs submitted was 4 311 with the most of them coming from Foreõsvdetrre as expected and the least from Meremaa. This time around 95% of these songs were second, third or fourth re-submissions. This was also one of the reasons for the cancellation of the contest.

Reception and result at the Waiting List Song Contest
Overall, the eleventh edition received mixed reviews and the winning song Vihje wasn't expected to do well at the Waiting List Song Contest 237 held in Moisantia. Mikael Gabriel and nublu finished 18th collecting 36 points total. However, all seven songs had a fantastic success on home ground all of them charting in the Griffin National charts. This was the only edition where there were no songs connected to Laul in any way.