Griffiniskaja Laul 13

Griffiniskaja Laul 13 was the thirteenth edition of the Griffiniskaja Laul musical event and Nation Song Contest national final which took place in the principality of Pzyerüyölkeä following their second victory at the previous edition.

Format
Seven principalities of Griffin Empire submit their entry of choice to compete in a one night final. Each principality gives 1, 5, 8, 10 and 12 points to their favourite songs via televoting. It is forbidden to vote for ones own principality. A number of Natian countries were invited to join the show as international juries as a tradition. These nations gave points in the same way as Griffin televoting.

International juries' votes determined Griffin representative at the 209th Nation Song Contest. Both juries and televoting combined determined the overall winner of the festival.

Following the bidding phase, it was decided that the show would be held in SGArrenaa that has previously already bid to host the 8th edition of Griffiniskaja Laul. The arena was renovated and enlarged two years before, so the capacity was 24,000 instead of previous 14,000. This was the second time that Pzeryolkey hosted the festival, but the first time in the seaside city of Rakozsit. Other towns that were interested included the capital Göldtsit, Läähtisit, Plosnatsit and Pustigslæting. The host of the show was Geogre Ezra, winner of the previous edition who with other special guests performed Griffin WLSC, NSC and GL hits as part of opening and interval acts.

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 4730 with the most of them coming from Foreõsvdetrre as expected and the least from hosting principality of Pzyerüyölkeä.