Griffiniskaja Laul 9

Griffiniskaja Laul 09 will be the ninth edition of the Griffiniskaja Laul musical event and Waiting List Song Contest national final which will take place in the principality of Meremaa following their victory at the previous edition.

Bidding phase
This was the first time that Merema won and hosted an edition of the contest. Preparations for the contest began relatively later than usual following the reorganisation in the Griffiniskaja Televisioon as well as local elections in the principality. Despite the late start, it was confirmed by the executive supervisor of the Griffiniskaja Televisioon (GTV) that tradition of co-organisation between the main channel GTV 1 with a regional broadcaster (in this case GTV MER) will continue. This was confirmed by the director of GTV MER as well.

Meremaa was excited to host the event having the biggest bidding phase to date. All major cities expressed interest in hosting the contest and all of their bids were accepted by GTV for the official hosting rights competition. These cities are: Mare Incatato(the capital and the biggest city of the principality, also the second biggest city in the Griffin Empire), Tevs (7th biggest city in the Empire), Salta (13th biggest city in the Empire), and Zonpolah (17th biggest city in the Empire). However the interest was big among the smaller towns as well with Umutstad bidding the whole town as a venue. Total of nine cities and towns had applied to host the show.