Griffiniskaja Laul 16

Griffiniskaja Laul 16 will be the sixteenth edition of the Griffiniskaja Laul musical event and Nation Song Contest national final which will take place in the city of Salta in the principality of Meremaa following their second consecutive victory at the previous edition. Ten years after their last victory, principality of Westersund won for the fifth, record breaking time following a string of bad results in the previous edition. Winning entry "Tilt" performed by GRANT went on to represent Griffin Empire at the Nation Song Contest 215 in Balearica Island.

Format
Seven principalities of Griffin Empire traditionally 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. A number of Natian countries applied to be part of the international juries. The jury nations gave points in the same way as Griffin televoting.

International juries' votes determined Griffin representative at the 215th Nation Song Contest. Both juries and televoting combined determined the overall winner of the festival.

It was expected that Mare Incatato won't be back for its third hosting gig and following the bidding phase, it was confirmed that the show would be held, for the first time, in Salta, a major city located in the Duchy of Nordi Meremaa. The chosen venue was newly built NÝT Saltaarrenaa with capacity of 15,500 seats. This was the fourth time that Meremaa hosted the show. Other towns that were interested included major cities like Mare Incatato, Tevs and Zonpolah, but also small town of Gýlfammä. The host of the show was Bryce Dallas Howard. Opening and interval acts included a number of special guests who performed current chart-toppers, as well as Griffin WLSC, NSC and GL hits.

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 4007 with the most of them traditionally coming from Foreõsvdetrre and the least from Westersund whose streak of bad results and low interest continue to be the problem for GTVWES.

The theme of the show was revealed to be "ý páśsādē" (translated from Old Griffin: on/of/in the past), so the show featured some of the oldest recorded videos, old photographs, references and 18th-19th century inspired graphics celebrating history of Meremaa, but also Griffin Empire.