Griffiniskaja Laul 10

From Nation Song Contest
Griffiniskaja Laul 10
Host Tevsarrenaa, Tevs
Meremaa Principality
Griffin Empire
Winner Färzas - Lætingmaa
Nirvana by Zoi
Entries 7
Dates 24 November 2021 - 07 December 2021
NSC Spinoffs
GL 9        GL 11

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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.

Draw Principality Artist Song Note
Theme: Skamløs
01 Sletterimaa Sandra Lyng LiQR Appears in 3rd season
02 Õklingsmaa Astrid S Vi er perfekt, men verden er ikke det Appears in 4th season
03 Foreõsvdetrre Cezinando Håper du har plass Appears in 4th season
04 Eestimadnait Woodkid Run Boy Run Appears in 1st season
05 Pzyerüyölkeä Lykke Li Tonight Appears in 3rd season
06 Färzas - Lætingmaa Gabrielle 5 fine frøkner Appears in 3rd season
07 Meremaa Die Antwoord Baby’s On Fire Appears in 1st season
Theme: All-laul-stars
01 Sletterimaa Greyson Chance Holy Feeling Winner of the 1st edition
02 Foreõsvdetrre Miriam Bryant Passa dig Winner of the 4th edition
03 Färzas - Lætingmaa Madonna Hung Up 4th place at the 5th edition
04 Eestimadnait Liis Lemsalu Magusvalus Winner of the 6th edition
05 Pzyerüyölkeä Finneas The 90s Winner of the 7th edition alongside Ashe
06 Õklingsmaa Natalia Lacunza tarántula 3rd place at the 9th edition alongside VIDEOCLUB
07 Meremaa Yseult Corps Winner of the 9th edition alongside Claire Laffut

Results[edit | edit source]

Draw YU[1] Principality Artist Song Place Points
01 BIH Pzyerüyölkeä Hibrid ft. malbeku Liria 3rd 145
02 MKD Õklingsmaa Lozano Vardare 5th 105
03 MNE Meremaa Sergej Ćetković ft. Who See Pusti probleme 6th 91
04 BIH Foreõsvdetrre Maja Manojlović Ostani još 2nd 159
05 SLO Sletterimaa Younite Pričakovanja 4th 108
06 CRO Eestimadnait Saša Lozar San 7th 24
07 SRB Färzas - Lætingmaa Zoi Nirvana 1st 196

Split votes[edit | edit source]

International jury[edit | edit source]

Draw Principality Place Points
01 Pzyerüyölkeä 12 8 10 8 10 12 1 12 12 5 8 3rd 98
02 Õklingsmaa 10 12 1 1 5 12 5 8 12 10 8 1 4th 85
03 Meremaa 10 8 1 10 8 8 1 1 5 12 6th 64
04 Foreõsvdetrre 5 1 8 10 12 12 8 10 10 10 8 5 5 2nd 104
05 Sletterimaa 1 8 12 5 5 5 8 5 1 10 12 5th 72
06 Eestimadnait 1 5 8 1 1 5 1 1 7th 23
07 Färzas - Lætingmaa 8 5 10 12 12 1 10 5 10 5 12 8 12 10 10 1st 130

Televoting[edit | edit source]

Draw Principality Place Points
01 Pzyerüyölkeä 10 8 8 8 12 1 3rd 47
02 Õklingsmaa 5 5 1 1 8 6th 20
03 Meremaa 1 1 10 5 10 5th 27
04 Foreõsvdetrre 12 8 12 10 8 5 2nd 55
05 Sletterimaa 8 5 5 1 5 12 4th 36
06 Eestimadnait 1 7th 1
07 Färzas - Lætingmaa 10 12 10 12 12 10 1st 66

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Former Yugoslav country acting as a Griffin principality