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Charlotte McLaughlin

Malta’s Eurovision star calls for free expression of artists after redoing song

The Eurovision Song Contest is being held in Basel, Switzerland(Alamy/PA) -

A Eurovision Song Contest entrant has called for artists to be allowed to “freely express” themselves in the wake of new rules at the competition and being told to redo her song because the title sounded similar to an English swear word.

Maltese singer Miriana Conte had to change the title of her 2025 entry from Kant while in the middle of recording her music video, following a complaint that was reportedly from the BBC.

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