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Ted Talks

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The Maltese broadcaster attempts to spread the narrative that the EBU is discriminating the Maltese language because they asked PBS to censor the one and only word in Maltese in the song.




It's quite a desperate attempt to turn things around. I mean, it wouldn't have been an issue if the whole chorus was sung in Maltese.
Trying to portray the EBU as discriminators is ridiculous and pathetic.
The EBU tried to make "Kant" happen and even praised the "comeback of the Maltese language" after so many years.

Seriously, they should drop that narrative ASAP and find a creative way to save the song.
Desperation and a hefty stench of it coming off Malta. To try and claim it’s discrimination does a real disservice to actual discrimination that goes on in the world. A shameless and shameful statement on their part.

They are doing themselves no favours here.
Apparently it was confirmed on BBC Radio 4 that the BBC didn’t complain - the digging continues!
Maybe Malta complained about themselves? xlmao They do like attention clearly…
 

Leydan

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Apparently it was confirmed on BBC Radio 4 that the BBC didn’t complain - the digging continues!

Shocker. There was no actual proof it was the BBC, just people making an assumption and running with it. Tbh I feel like it would have been multiple broadcasters and not just one anyway even if it turns out to be RTE. 🤷‍♂️
 
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voteme

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Regardless of who complained... Having a whole song in one language than changing a word to your own language which sounds like the worst swear word in the original language is just stupid.

I'm usually a massive Malta fan, but they have got what they deserved this time.
 
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There seems to be an awful lot of things being said so I'll give you my perspective here.

Firstly, this is not the BBCs fault directly. They are bound by OFCOM, which is the UKs broadcast regulator and they are pretty strict on what can be and can't be said before 9pm, even before we knew about this, the BBC couldn't play Kant on the radio purely cause or this reason.

Secondly, people seem to forget that the EBU can't just decide to say to Malta to change their song. They would of had to have looked at the song carefully beforehand and Yes, I do think the EBU should not be coming out a week before the deadline saying the song should be changed and there are double standards.

Overall, people shouldn't be directing their anger towards the BBC, but rather OFCOM who are the rule makers here.
The BBC are bound by a lot of things such as impartiality which they ignore all the time. I don’t see an issue with the one Maltese word which sounds like a word some people find offensive.

Also it’s a word very common on tv 😂
 

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The hypocrisy of the BBC

 

Cathan

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The Maltese broadcaster attempts to spread the narrative that the EBU is discriminating the Maltese language because they asked PBS to censor the one and only word in Maltese in the song.




It's quite a desperate attempt to turn things around. I mean, it wouldn't have been an issue if the whole chorus was sung in Maltese.
Trying to portray the EBU as discriminators is ridiculous and pathetic.
The EBU tried to make "Kant" happen and even praised the "comeback of the Maltese language" after so many years.

Seriously, they should drop that narrative ASAP and find a creative way to save the song.
If they care so much about the Maltese language maybe have more than 1 word of Maltese in the song next time!

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. They knew exactly what they were doing and that this was always a possibility, they must now swallow the consequences.
 

mauve

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Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. They knew exactly what they were doing and that this was always a possibility, they must now swallow the consequences.
Exactly on point! At least Malta should have kept the whole song in Maltese, then I would have had no problem with the word "Kant", it would have been more believable. But to me it just sounds cheap.
 

debemaks

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Personally I see a big huff for nothing, they wrote it in Maltese but they ofcourse meant it in English. I cannot see why Zorra was accepted as well as Kuula remind to a*s in italian language and there's plenty of example in any language that reminds to bad words in another language. IMHO Malta has two way out of it:
- skipping Kant to be sang and let the crowd do it
- or little rephrasing like "...Serving? I can't!" that would be a reaaallly cool way to go around the obstacle without say the Kant word but everyone will now what they really mean

Then why accept "ich komme" which doesn't make sense in a song completely in Finnish? The intent there is exactly the same!
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Lietuvis

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Maybe she should change the Kant into Mike Hunt - she can say it's her presumed love interest.
 

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I see them going with either "I'm serving chant" or something like "Qed inservi kant", or whatever else they want in Maltese. That would really rub it in, change the supposedly offensive Maltese word by using even more Maltese. Maybe they could add more Maltese lines to the lyrics!
 
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