Griffiniskaja Laul 2

Griffiniskaja Laul 02 was the second edition (both in 2020 and overall) of the Griffiniskaja Laul musical event and Waiting List Song Contest national final. The contest was held on 11th May 2020 at the NÝTarrenaa in Nýtdainsk, the capital of Sletterimaa principality following their victory at the previous edition. The host and presenter of the show was once again Jüri Pootsmann, Griffin singer and TV personality.

The winner of the second Griffiniskaja Laul was MIKA with the song "Dear Jealousy", representing the principality of Eestimadnait (today known as Westersund), with Lido - THEY collaboration representing principality of Meremaa came second, and Foreõsvdetrre represented by Griffin superstar LALEH came third. MIKA, the winner of the contest represented Griffin Empire in the Waiting List Song Contest 197 in Uralysk, Svobodnia, where he finished 9th.

Location
NÝTarrenaa is a multi-use retractable roof stadium in Nýtdainsk Nýtsit District in the city of the Nýtdainsk, the capital of Sletterimaa, that opened in August 2012. It has a seating capacity of 50,186 and is the home stadium of LOSC Nýt. Initially named Grandiozsiska Nýtdainskiskaja Stadijümi, the stadium was renamed on 21 June 2013 to the shorterned version Nýtdainskiskaja Arrenaa, and later to the current version.

Nýtdainsk
Nýtdainsk is city at the northern tip of Griffin Empire, in Griffin lowlands. On the Dainýl River, near Griffin's border with Ujedinjeni Gvozd, it is the capital of principality of Sletterimaa. As of 2017, Nýtdainsk had a population of 232,787 within its City Centre District and 1,159,547 within the city borders. Nýtdainsk features an array of architectural styles with various amounts of Sletterish influence, including the use of brown and red brick. In addition, many residential neighborhoods, consist of attached 2–3 story houses aligned in a row, with narrow gardens in the back. These architectural attributes, many uncommon in Griffin EMpire, help make Nýtdainsk a transition in Griffin EMpire to neighboring Ujedinjeni Gvozd, as well as nearby Tybalteva, where the presence of brick, as well as row houses or the terraced house is much more prominent. Points of interest include
 * Nýtdainsk katedraal
 * Nýtdainskiskaja förtrr
 * Shaitö ot bonitaiska arsotre
 * Parjegöloogosiskaja garrdann ot faqltititëtotr farmasýloogosiska
 * Parjegöloogosiskaja garrdann Magire Pila
 * Parjegiskaja garrdan Nýtdainskiskaja

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. Seven 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.

Just like the first edition, there were no official theme nor slogan of the contest. Visual design used neon colours and futuristic elements. The stage was reused from the previous edition. The host, for the second edition in a raw, was Griffin singer Jüri Pootsmann.

Results
The winner of both international jury and Griffin vote was Eestimadnait (today Westersund) meaning that MIKA was both winner of the festival and Griffin representative at the Waiting List Song Contest. MIKA's winning song was a competing entry at the national annual music festival Laul 2019.

Reception and result at the Waiting List Song Contest
Just like the first edition, the show received positive reviews from music professionals, entertainment critics, general public. Charts in Griffin Empire were dominated by the songs from Griffiniskaja Laul with winning entry charting in Pyreica as well. Some of the entries like Avocado Toast or Dear Jealousy were already well known following their performance at Laul 2019 so this meant that some of the songs appeared for the second time on the charts since their release.

Winning entry received mixed reviews, mostly positive. Anders Jaderup of SaudiGriffinisk' commented that the song sounds "like a song from a Broadway musical, especially in the last chorus with the choir" and that "this might be (his) favourite song from the album so far". On the other hand, music critic Fredi Eokmebrakk said that the "song is rather unoriginal and unexciting". Utopolis' critics stayed mostly neutral praisng the production while agreeing that the song itself it is typical pop song. At the 197th Song Contest in Svobodnia, MIKA finished 9th with 63 points.