Eurovision Regole Malta non può usare la parola “kant” (che significa “cantare” in maltese) perché sembra troppo simile a una parolaccia in inglese
https://timesofmalta.com/article/eurovision-rules-malta-cannot-use-word-kant-entry.1106047
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So, I guess any mentions of Immanuel Kant’re also out of question?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant
That’s a stupid rule, honestly.
Here’s a youtube link to the song – [https://youtu.be/8qNK1tt6L5k?si=gVV7hqX8NwuJVPmR](https://youtu.be/8qNK1tt6L5k?si=gVV7hqX8NwuJVPmR) – the chorus (e.g. at 1:01) does sound like that English word.
Was that the intention all along, both from the singer’s side and the Eurovision side? To gin up a controversy, a nice little Streissand-Effect ban that compels people to look for the offending content? If so, then mission accomplished, as Eurovision is now in the news again, just in time to remind people “oh right, it’s almost Eurovision season.”
good that they are working on the important issues in life.
Just say CUNT, much better jajaja
Well Österdahl is returning so clearly they decided there was only room for one.
I wish Malta would lean in and say exactly what they were doing and Eurovision should have raised an issue before. I understand the obvious, and valid, reasons why they aren’t but any kind of “it’s just sing in Maltese” reduces what was so fun and clever about the original song.
The fact it sounds like “a swear word in English” is the entire point of the song surely?
Once that was accepted it needed to be accepted. Ridiculous to throw it out with so little time to rework it and keep the edge that everyone obviously liked.
Remember how Croatia got robbed last year?
They KANT do that!
What a bunch of Kants
What Anglo-centric cunt decided that?
The worst part is that they previously said it was totally fine. Now they have changed their minds right before the deadline which is on this weekend. So Malta needs to change the lyrics of the song and they have only like 5 days to do so. This song was selected 3 weeks ago but they were totally fine with lyrics back then.
I mean… She sings 100% in english, she is using an idiom that is “I’m serving cunt” which is well known, she prononces it the same but says “yeah I can say this because in maltese it means “song”…
Well it is a bit of a stretch. If she would have sung a part in maltese or introducing the pun in the song or something I think it would have been ok. But here it looks just like a person who think she found a loophole to say vulgar things.
I could say the same with a song entirely in english and say “erre I did not say fuck, I said “phoque” it is french for seal and is the same sound, you can’t forbid french!”
But it’s ok she has no chance of winning but everybody already knows her song and it will live long and prosper in drag shows I think. She might not get much royalties but I think it is at the most popular it can be
Just a heads up: the problem is not the word itself, but that the song is in English and a line goes “do re mi fa so I’m serving Kant.”
That was definitely the word cunt. I heard short U not long A.
Next year Finland’s entry is ”Katso merta, rantaa!”
Italians going to have fun with that.
The whole song is in english, and then she says “serving kant” lol, she even pronounces it as c*nt. They’re clearly just saying it’s “kant” as an excuse.
Eurovision isn’t family-friendly at all this year anyway, so they should either just kick everything non-family-friendly or might as well accept “Kant” as well.
Let Malta Kant
The Sex Pistols got them with Pretty Vacant.
In other news, Australia has just withdrawn from Eurovison
Hugo Kant and Immanuel Kant would like a word
Sehr kantig.
They should rename it “Beach”
What the phoque !
Can’t wait until they learn that in Romanian the word “how” is “cum” like in “How did you do this?” in “Cum ai făcut asta?”
As an Australian I am outraged. That rules out 50% of our vocabulary.
Sad Immanuel noises
Immanuel Kant is Not amused about this
Can english use the word can’t or they just can’t?
Immanuel has entered the chat…
What!?! Say Kant as much as you want, who cares what it sounds like in another language!