Griffiniskaja Laul 10

Griffiniskaja Laul 10 was the tenth edition of the Griffiniskaja Laul musical event and Waiting List Song Contest national final which took place in the principality of Meremaa following their second consecutive victory at the previous edition. The show was hosted in the newly built Tevsarrenaa. The winner was Zoi from Färzas - Lætingmaa who went on to represent the country at the 232nd Waiting List Song Contest and also was Griffin 50th representative at the contest. This was the first victory for this principality. Foreõsvdetrre won the second place and Pzyerüyölkeä finished in third place.

At the 232nd Waiting List Song Contest which was held in Planigslæting, Griffin Empire Zoi emerged victorious with 137 points which was second Griffin victory in a row, third in 4 editions and sixth overall.

Format
Seven principalities of Griffin Empire 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. Sixteen Natian countries were part of the international juries with eight more nations broadcasting the show live. The jury 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.

Following their victory at the edition before, Meremaa confirmed to host the next edition of the contest with collaboration between GTV 1 and GTV MER continuing. Cities all over Meremaa were once again excited to host the event, but under the new rules many of them failed to submit a suitable bid. Despite that Umutstad bidding the whole town as a venue again, but the bid was rejected and according to rules disqualified. On the other hand, major cities likeMare Incatato, Tevs, Salta, and Zonpolah had all of their bids accepted by GTV for the official hosting rights competition. Total of five cities and towns had been officialy in the race with Hjemtilëiyl being there because of the historical importance of their venue even though it was not suitable according to the rules. Tevs and their newly built Tevsarrenaa were revealed as hosts.

Theme and other planned entries
Just like at the fifth edition, Griffin national broadcaster decided to celebrate the 10th jubilee by having a theme. It was announced that the public will choose the official theme through a poll. Later the three potential themes were revealed: Socialist Federal Laul which would be a tribute to the current music scene from the countries of former Yugoslavia, Skamløs - a tribute to the well-known Griffin TV show SKAM, and All-laul-stars which included the best placing artists re-representing their principalities. From the very start, the first theme was in the lead in the poll, and on November 1st it was announced as the official theme of the show. During the same press conference it was announced that the show will be hosted by Dragana Kosjerina honouring the Yugoslavia theme. Traditional official photoshoot was revealed later on the specially crafted billboards along both Avenue Mereiskaja and Kaldetingsinoriskaja kosht in Tevs during the traditional 100 days till Laul ceremony.

Traditionally, all regional branches of GTV had sole discretion on the process they employed to select their entry for the contest, although the GTV strongly encouraged that broadcasters engage the public with the selection of their act. This was the third edition in a row that there were no regional finals. This was expected considering that the televisions had to prepare as many as three songs based on the given topics. The number of submissions increased significantly, probably because it was a jubilee edition. At 4 000 submissions, the first theme was the most popular, around 102 submissions were confirmed for the second theme. The third topic was specific because it referred exclusively to artists who had already participated in the competition. All record breaking artists accepted the offer, however, the theme wasn't supported by the public. This is the full list of planned entries for the themes that have not been selected.