Malta’s Eurovision entrant uses a BBC presenter’s voice in song change after ‘complaints’

nme.com:

Eurovision entrant has used the voice of a BBC presenter in a new version of her song, ‘Kant’, now titled ‘SERVING’, after she got “complaints” about the track.Miriana Conte, who is representing Malta in the music contest, was due to perform her track ‘Kant’ at this year’s event in Basel, Switzerland.The word ‘kant’ translates to ‘singing’ in Maltese, however, it was claimed the BBC ‘complained’ about the entry as the word sounds similar to a British swear word.

Conte has now changed the title and lyrics of the track, and she’s used the voice of BBC economics editor Faisal Islam on the new version.Islam interviewed Conte on BBC’s Newsnight about having just a few days to change the words in her song.

She told the BBC that she was not trying to “offend anyone” and the word means different things to different people, and to her it means “I’m serving singing”.In the updated version of the track, Islam’s voice says: “Serving brunch, maybe, I don’t know.”Listen to ‘SERVING’ below.

The 2025 Eurovision will be held in Basel, Switzerland – following the victory of Nemo at this year’s event with their track ‘The Code’.