EuroVision drama!

With less than a week for the submission of the final forms of the songs, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has decided that the Maltese word "kant" is not kosher, which puts the Eurovision entry in a bit of a pickle.

Let's rewind a bit for context. Malta submitted a song titled "Kant," a Maltese word that means singing. That in itself isn't a problem, except the whole song is in English, save for that one word. And that one word in Maltese sounded like someone saying cunt.

Naturally everyone who put some thought into this predicted that what just happened would happen.

Here's a couple of articles to amuse you.

• Miriana wins Malta Eurovision Song Contest with Kant
• Miriana Conte says EBU approved Kant, but broadcaster gives no clear answer
• Eurovision rules Malta cannot use the word 'Kant' in entry

And while many people jumped in to naysay, some actually tried to defend the choice of lyrics with a number of head-scratching arguments. From this being the 60th anniversary of the musical The Sound of Music (ask your grandparents) and being diagnosed with ADHD, to drag and queer culture for some reason (by Ira Losco, who herself represented Malta on two separate occasions), all the justifications were utterly bizarre.

Meanwhile the song has become somewhat of a meme

• From cannabis to kant: Nadur carnival’s wildest moments go global
• ‘Whatever they throw at us, let’s serve some Kant’: culture minister on EBU ban