No kant do: Eurovision bars Malta’s entry over title’s similarity to C-word

Singer Miriana Conte told to change title and lyrics owing to suggestive play on Maltese word for ‘singing’

Malta’s contestant at this year’s Eurovision contest will have to change the title and lyrics of her song owing to the phonetic resemblance between the Maltese word for “singing” and the C-word, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has ruled.

Miriana Conte, 23, will represent Malta at the five-day music event in Basel, Switzerland, on 13 to 17 May after winning the Maltese song contest last month with her song Kant.

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