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Malta has made a decision. The country’s entry for Basel was chosen on Saturday night during the grand final of Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

Taking place at the Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre, 16 competitors made it to the grand final. But in the end, it was Miriana Conte who served stage presence and “Kant.” She ended the night with a trophy and a ticket to Switzerland.

Our hosts for the evening were Valentina Rossi, Davide Tucci and Pauline Agius.

Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025: Grand final

The decision on who won was determined by votes from both the public and a professional jury — including our very own William Lee Adams.

Jury vote

  1. Kristy Spiteri – 102 points
  2. Miriana Conte – 88 points
  3. Victoria – 74 points
  4. Kantera – 52 points
  5. Krista Šujak – 44 points
  6. Kurt Calleja – 31 points
  7. JVF – 30 points
  8. The Alchemists – 30 points
  9. Raquela – 21 points
  10. Mark Anthony Bartolo – 15 points
  11. Justine Shorfid – 14 points
  12. Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni – 10 points
  13. Martina Borg – 6 points
  14. Stefan Galea – 4 points
  15. Adria Twins – 1 point
  16. Nathan – 0 points

Public vote

  1. Miriana Conte – 94 points
  2. Kantera – 85 points
  3. Kristy Spiteri – 72 points
  4. Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni – 62 points
  5. JVF – 46 points
  6. Victoria – 40 points
  7. Adria Twins – 26 point
  8. Kurt Calleja – 16 points
  9. Krista Šujak – 15 points
  10. Mark Anthony Bartolo – 12 points
  11. The Alchemists – 11 points
  12. Justine Shorfid – 10 points
  13. Nathan – 10 points
  14. Martina Borg – 9 points
  15. Stefan Galea – 9 points
  16. Raquela – 5 points

Overall result

  1. Miriana Conte – 182 points
  2. Kristy Spiteri – 174 points
  3. Kantera – 137 points
  4. Victoria – 114 points
  5. JVF – 76 points
  6. Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni – 72 points
  7. Krista Šujak – 59 points
  8. Kurt Calleja – 47 points
  9. The Alchemists – 41 points
  10. Adria Twins – 27 point
  11. Mark Anthony Bartolo – 27 points
  12. Raquela – 26 points
  13. Justine Shorfid – 24 points
  14. Martina Borg – 15 points
  15. Stefan Galea – 13 points
  16. Nathan – 10 points

Running order

  1. Miriana Conte – “Kant”
  2. Victoria – “Juno”
  3. Dario Bezzina ft. Żeppi l-Muni – “Għażliet”
  4. JVF – “Festa (No Time for Siesta)”
  5. The Alchemists – “Rubble & Stone”
  6. Krista Šujak – “Unheard”
  7. Raquela – “Silenced”
  8. Kantera – “LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum”
  9. Nathan – “Concrete”
  10. Justine Shorfid – “Still I Rise”
  11. Adria Twins – “Qalb ma’ Qalb”
  12. Martina Borg – “Yo Listen”
  13. Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Hideaway”
  14. Kurt Calleja – “Aziz/a”
  15. Kristy Spiteri – “Heaven Sent”
  16. Stefan Galea – “Lablab (Talk Talk)”

What are your thoughts on the grand final of Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025? How do you think Malta will do in Basel? Let us know in the comments below.

 
 
 
 
 
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Jack
Jack
1 month ago

This song is a joke, I would understand if she was using Kant in context but they just wanted to use a bad word. It doesn’t make sense with the rest of the song. Also why do Malta want to constantly send plus size women with pitchy vocals to Eurovision it’s getting old. She is trying to hard to be like destiny. Does Malta have an obesity problem?

Poul Riisen
Poul Riisen
1 month ago
Reply to  Jack

That’s discrimination and stereotyping. As if Malta sends plus-size singers every year. But even if it were the case, why would one have to comment on that issue? It’s 2024. If you don’t like her body, be our guest and be skinny.

Poul Riisen
Poul Riisen
1 month ago
Reply to  Poul Riisen

2025, even worse. :p

Eurofan Mexico
Eurofan Mexico
1 month ago

Heaven Sent 8s the Winner Without Crown of ESC 25 sorry Malta

Ted
Ted
1 month ago

I’ll bop to this in my room, but I will cringe when watching in front of family.
Sounds vaguely familiar to an Alesha Dixon song circa 2006.
And those live vocals need work. The live vocals are a tad week and she was miming the chorus, badly. The jury won’t like this and it will divide the viewers. Be prepared as this won’t do as well as Malta think it will.

Poul Riisen
Poul Riisen
1 month ago

Good luck Malta, you will need it. It’s not bad but it’s cliche and provocative in a not that smart and witty way. It will Qualify but that’s about it.

BiCHOTA
BiCHOTA
1 month ago

She’s serving cringe

BiCHOTA
BiCHOTA
1 month ago

I fear she’ll end up making a fool of herself in Basel :/

Vjera Brdar
Vjera Brdar
1 month ago

Wow… THAT was something uhmm. Serving awful song, terrible vocals, hideous dress sense and overall cheapness.
This nighmare is like that Destiny chick but even more dreadful.
Girl, keep that kunt to yourself please.

Andrew
Andrew
1 month ago
Reply to  Vjera Brdar

She’s serving it whether you like it or not 😀

Jack
Jack
1 month ago
Reply to  Andrew

She’s serving pork

Vjera Brdar
Vjera Brdar
1 month ago

Well, f*** me silly! There I was thinking this would be about the great German philosopher…

BadWoolfGirl
BadWoolfGirl
1 month ago
Reply to  Vjera Brdar

Immanuel Kant was a real pissant Who was very rarely stable. Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar Who could think you under the table. David Hume could out-consume Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel, And Wittgenstein was a beery swine Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel. There’s nothing Nietzsche couldn’t teach ya’ ‘Bout the raising of the wrist. SOCRATES, HIMSELF, WAS PERMANENTLY PISSED… John Stuart Mill, of his own free will, On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill. Plato, they say, could stick it away; Half a crate of whiskey every day. Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,… Read more »

Jesse O'Rourke
Jesse O'Rourke
1 month ago

awful song ..cheap and vulgar performance.

Nadors
Nadors
1 month ago

I finally get the recognition I deserve

Kobe
Kobe
1 month ago

Just learn to sing

Sebas
Sebas
1 month ago

Aight I’ve actually made my mind up. This could do very well in the televote actually, it has certain “meme” value to it. It does have a nice catchy beat to it, idk I wouldn’t write it off.

YouRaPsycho
YouRaPsycho
1 month ago

It’s catchy! But I got last place vibes…

Jofty
Jofty
1 month ago

Chant?

MartyMcCu
MartyMcCu
1 month ago

There is absolutely no way the BBC or any radio station in UK or Ireland will play this song. It’s very rare we hear this word on TV let alone in a drama late at night, its practically banned , taboo more likely, and for those in which English is their first language its probably one of the most offensive words one would use in the English vocabulary. Let alone being a family show at 8pm. This will have OFCOM hounded. I’m telling you now , this ain’t going to Eurovision. Or the lyrics will have to be changed. As… Read more »

Saara
Saara
1 month ago
Reply to  MartyMcCu

They’ll just replace the word with a beep or some kind of sound effect to it while playing, instead of the word. A good example is Missy Elliott’s ’Work It’ where the C-word was replaced with a elephant sound

Monica
Monica
1 month ago
Reply to  Saara

Or use her surname Conte?..easy
peasy and sounds similar

Andrew
Andrew
1 month ago
Reply to  MartyMcCu

Ok Mary Whitehouse pipe down

Jonas
Jonas
1 month ago
Reply to  Andrew

He’s probably right, though. The world is not ready.

BiCHOTA
BiCHOTA
1 month ago
Reply to  Jonas

Mexico might be ready. People think it’s a conservative country but a song about a n a l s e x topped the local charts for 3 weeks in 2023 ._.
Source: I’m Mexican and you couldn’t escape that song for a while

Jonas
Jonas
1 month ago
Reply to  MartyMcCu

What’s to be offended by here? It’s ki da a feminist reclamation of the word. Vulva power!

MartyMcCu
MartyMcCu
1 month ago
Reply to  Jonas

Ask a first language English speaking woman, on the contrary, she would definitely find this very offensive.

BiCHOTA
BiCHOTA
1 month ago
Reply to  Jonas

“hasta me duele la pinche vulva nada más de acordarme de ti”

musica
musica
1 month ago
Reply to  MartyMcCu

It may surprise you but the UK is not the world. Who cares what the poor soft souls at the BBC think.

Purple Mask
Purple Mask
1 month ago
Reply to  musica

Here’s the fear (though I think this is unlikely to happen):If the content goes against the BBC Charter and the EBU refuses to allow the transmission to be altered, the BBC would have to pull out of ESC 2025 altogether. Realistically they just kant do that; they’ll be a compromise of some sort. (Probably just a bleep machine.)

MartyMcCu
MartyMcCu
1 month ago
Reply to  musica

It’s not about the UK and the BBC’s opinions; it’s about the proper use of the English language throughout the world. Non native speakers of English don’t realise how offensive certain words are. You would never do this in your own language, for sure.

The truth
1 month ago
Reply to  MartyMcCu

I forgot the DJ’s name but he announced that as a DJ working for the BBC he won’t be playing it for the very obvious reason.

Mariah
Mariah
1 month ago

NQ

Andrew
Andrew
1 month ago
Reply to  Mariah

DP 😉

habahaba
habahaba
1 month ago

Trumpistic sound…biatchonce meets anaconda

Maria
Maria
1 month ago

In Dutch the word kant has two meanings 1. side and 2. lace nothing ambiguous.

Balegdeh
Balegdeh
1 month ago

She’s like if Jesy Nelson slayed

Mr X
Mr X
1 month ago

Awful, so far my second-last place

Malta 2/12

Priscilla
Priscilla
1 month ago

I found the one act that will never be higher than my last place this year I guess. This is song beyond stupid, and the only ones stanning this are the types of people who call literally every female above the age of 18 “mOtHeR”

Andrew
Andrew
1 month ago
Reply to  Priscilla

Us gays are extremely powerful. Btw, are you named after the Australian bus?

Jean-Paul
Jean-Paul
1 month ago
Reply to  Andrew

Hahahahaha…..touché!

Karmaleon
Karmaleon
1 month ago

Miriana has a car accident this morning ! Hope she s ok !!!

Honest
Honest
1 month ago

Negativity … Why can’t people who do not like the song just skip the bs and move to another song…

Karmaleon
Karmaleon
1 month ago
Reply to  Honest

Nowadays psychos

Maria
Maria
1 month ago
Reply to  Honest

Nothing wrong with constructive criticism. Hatred is something else.

Mati
Mati
1 month ago

Very poor voice, kitschy performance. It will be like Olly Alexander last year.

Nikki
Nikki
1 month ago

This is…a thing. I mean, I bet Malta’s pride is going to be a show. But beyond the Drag Queens…I can’t see who might side with this song, especially as Finland is there, and Finland is better.

Maria
Maria
1 month ago
Reply to  Nikki

I’m not sure about that, I think they might be in each other’s way

Eurovisionary
Eurovisionary
1 month ago

Another rubbish for this year, even junior eurovision doesn’t deserve this. Aren’t they ashamed to sent this pathetic thing to eurovision, millions of viewers gonna see this means embarrassment for Malta, sorry but this is another piss taker

ben
ben
1 month ago

i wanted concrete to win

Seimí
Seimí
1 month ago

Sack the stylist for a start. The whole act is coarse and vulgar.

Hey you
Hey you
1 month ago

Gws dear Miriana!! 🙁

sean ryan
sean ryan
1 month ago

My Favourite so far….the juries will kill it but I think it should get to the final…great fun!

Azuro
Azuro
1 month ago

Didn’t watch the NF, but just watched Heaven Sent, and it’s 100x better. They really did just send Kant so they could swear on live tv.

Jesse O'Rourke
Jesse O'Rourke
1 month ago

simply awful , cheap and vulgar !

Im so fab
Im so fab
1 month ago

Suddenly, I miss Destiny.

Stig Karlsen Fanclub
Stig Karlsen Fanclub
1 month ago

Kristy should have won. She had the most potential to do well and produce a hit as well. Kant’s over sexualised nature puts it at odds with casual audiences and more conservative families who will not vote for this. In addition, Finland’s Erika Vikman delivers a song of a similar tone but does so in a slicker and more effective way – she essentially will decapitate this song at Eurovision to the point where Malta might lose votes where Finland will take them.

Scotty
Scotty
1 month ago

Well they need to lighten up and be dragged into modernisation… sick of conservative viewers. The double standards towards UK last year were wrong.

Azuro
Azuro
1 month ago
Reply to  Scotty

Just because someone is gay don’t assume they want to watch someone simulate sex in a shower block on live tv with the family around.

Andrew
Andrew
1 month ago
Reply to  Scotty

Exactly. If you hold conservative values, simply don’t watch.

Maria
Maria
1 month ago

It might be the other way around, I’m not a fan of both of the songs, but this one is more catchy than Erika’s.

zoliszekely
zoliszekely
1 month ago

Last place for me this year. This song is the opposite of a quality song. My eyes and my ears are bled after watching and hearing this “song”.

Andrew
Andrew
1 month ago
Reply to  zoliszekely

Best get to A&E

Gabago
Gabago
1 month ago

It’s sad for me that the music taste of europeans is changing so bad. This song has an audience and it enter a music genre or performance, I accept that, but It’s horrible to see in Eurovision the very genre music destroyed in favor of some pop/bop/unoriginal music

Scotty
Scotty
1 month ago
Reply to  Gabago

This is what sells in the UK and America

Jo.
Jo.
1 month ago

maybe she’s singing about the german philosopher, let’s not judge pls

Samira
Samira
1 month ago
Reply to  Jo.

You don’t have to gaslight yourself, buddy. This song is exactly what others say it is. A poorly disguised excuse to swear on global TV

Andrew
Andrew
1 month ago
Reply to  Samira

Alternatively, it’s a fun, silly, sassy song sung by a talented young woman

habahaba
habahaba
1 month ago
Reply to  Jo.

serving cünt

Emily
Emily
1 month ago

I genuinely kant believe I stayed up an extra two hours just to see this win. I’m pretty unsure what to think of it, but this definitely has an audience.- just probably not me.

Kim
Kim
1 month ago

I’ve just watched the performance and I’m speechless but in a good way. Will certainly get the televote! However will the borrowing of the do-ri-me phrase pose any problems?

Ieva
Ieva
1 month ago
Reply to  Kim

Borrowing from whom? It’s a universally used mnemonic.

EProduc
EProduc
1 month ago

MESS. But I’m loving it

Nisse Hult
Nisse Hult
1 month ago

Imagine kindergarten kids all over Europe singing “serving kant”. ? This will be very interesting to follow.

Eyal
Eyal
1 month ago

Malta can win the televote.

Stig Karlsen Fanclub
Stig Karlsen Fanclub
1 month ago
Reply to  Eyal

They Kant.

Monsieur Eglise
Monsieur Eglise
1 month ago

Eurovision deserves better and a bit more respect! Love the song and performance and would like nothing better than to see Malta win but the title and lyric is a problem. It might be a Maltese word but the lyric doesn’t make sense, so it’s hard to defend. I’m no prude and like a bit of smutty innuendo in the right place and time. This is more than that, it isn’t funny, just makes me a bit sad that the contest has come to this. EBU have a situation.

Erik
Erik
1 month ago

What is the problem. 3 minutes not in your taste. Can you develop what makes you sad?

Nisse Hult
Nisse Hult
1 month ago
Reply to  Erik

“Serving c*nt” is the obvious problem. The song is completely in English except for the Maltese spelling of the c-word. Small children will sing this song at school and in kindergarten. Most people don’t know the context, nor do they know Maltese. It doesn’t help much to add (Singing) to the title since what you hear is a woman singing “serving c*nt”.

Monsieur Eglise
Monsieur Eglise
1 month ago
Reply to  Nisse Hult

100% agree with that.

Madhat
Madhat
1 month ago
Reply to  Nisse Hult

If your children are singing ‘serving kant’ then it is not Malta’s problem but your problem as a parent. learn how to deal with it or else shut your kids in a basement.

Scotty
Scotty
1 month ago
Reply to  Madhat

Maybe they should stick to just junior Eurovision. Junior Eurovision should be marketed more as family and Eurovision as Adult.

Seimí
Seimí
1 month ago

100% The song is listed on Wikipedia as having English and Maltese lyrics when in fact it is using just one word of Maltese because it sound like something else. I’ve been to Malta several times, everyone there speaks very good English so they know exactly what’s going on here. It’s a bit of an insult to the Maltese language just using one word because it sounds like something else. I wasn’t even aware of the term “Serving Cnut” until now, we know what they’re saying and they’re not serving singing.

Iván el Conquistador
Iván el Conquistador
1 month ago

I was rooting for Kantera. Well, you can’t have everything in life.

Erik
Erik
1 month ago

It’s so weird and so Eurovision! And those bouncing balls in the end. I’m so embarrassed. We want to feel something from the songs and like first ten songs this year didn’t make me feel much. Of course it’s not a winner, but I feel stuff. Like it’s weird and awkward and all. So I’m glad they send it.

pastaTiger
pastaTiger
1 month ago

What does that even mean? Like serving kant on a restaurant? Garbage

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 month ago
Reply to  pastaTiger

it means singing in maltese, so for the first time in more than 50 years maltese is back in the contest

also verified by eurovision.tv

Tony
Tony
1 month ago

She really needs a new stylist. When you look like this, you should not wear this outfit. It really doesn’t do anything good for her. The song is okay, but you forget to listen to it, because you think: Where is the stylist!!!!

srvng_esc
srvng_esc
1 month ago

Say all you want, good or bad about ‘Kant’ but at least they’ve earned a publicity stunt and make MESC even more noticeable this year and realised that they have 4 good songs worth it to be as a song for Eurovision. This is not new for Malta to send some silly song. Remember they’ve send Morena promoting alcoholism back in 2008. Sad that it didn’t qualified.

Hills
Hills
1 month ago

What’s up with this year? Not liking this either… I only got Greece in my list for now :/

Samira
Samira
1 month ago

Utter garbage