During an interview on, Ras Imb Ras Mirana Conte has confirmed that the EBU has approved the lyrics of her Eurovision Song Contest 2025 entry, ‘Kant’ which won the national selection Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 on Saturday night.
What is ‘Kant’ and why would the EBU be cautious of how much it’s serving?
Over the weekend, the Maltese national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place. In the Final of Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025, Miriana Conte served victory and served, ‘Kant’. The viral entry that has caused a stir among the Eurovision fan community, became the latest song to represent the Mediterranean island in Basel this May.
The drama that surrounds ‘Kant’ is the clever word play of the lyric, “serving Kant”. In the Maltese language the word ‘Kant’ means singing. However, to those that speak English, the pronunciation sounds very similar to a strong word that when combined with ‘serving’, refers to a slang term that originated in drag culture to reclaim the extreme swear word into a positive term of empowerment. To suggest that someone has slayed hard and served a bold, fierce, feminine statement. The phrase is now part of mainstream internet culture.
Of course, this led many to ponder if the EBU would accept the lyrics, “serving Kant” and how OFCOM and watershed rules in an English speaking country like the United Kingdom or Ireland would react. Especially after the EBU recently updated its own code of conduct and duty of care policy.
‘Kant’ approved as a revamp is also announced
Following Miriana Conte’s victory in MESC 2025, the EBU swiftly uploaded the performance to its YouTube channel with the caption, ‘Kant’ (Singing). In order to stress that it is in fact a Maltese word. As well as adding clarification on the language in the official press article of her victory.
Today, in an interview with Massimo Axisa on TVM+’s Ras Imb Ras, Miriana Conte has confirmed that the EBU has indeed agreed she can serve ‘Kant’ on the Basel stage.
The EBU accepted that the song remains the same, so it shouldn’t be a problem.
Miriana Conte
Interestingly, Miriana confirmed that a revamp to the lyrics and choreography will be on the way. However, the core integrity of the song and especially the infamous chorus, will remain the same.
The song will obviously be revamped, but it won’t change, it’ll stay the same.
Miriana Conte
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