🇲🇹 Malta ALL 24 Songs REACTION | Eurovision 2025

[@ESCTom]

This video is dedicated to Markus & Martinus 🇸🇪💙💛

[@AmaanStorm]

Has something happened Tom?

[@maslo9427]

👬👬👬💙💛

[@Saturinus]

@@AmaanStorm 3:19 😅

[@AmaanStorm]

​@@SaturinusAh! Thank you so much for explaining 😅 I kept Googling M&M for news on one of them passing or something! Lol

[@kasiawardak8113]

Loool....Tom skipping "Heaven Sent" (because he assumed it was a ballad) just to go to the most ballady of the ballads in the entire selection was so good 😭

[@ESCTom]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Mucrush]

@@ESCTom Mmm delicious tears 😋

[@gwinonii]

a bit late, but Maltese is a Semitic language (Sicilian Arabic is an earlier form) with deep romance influences. Absolutely adore this language and really hope they send a song in Maltese again sooner rather than later. Loved your reaction, as always.

[@maslo9427]

15:58 - you startled me with the " yes b*tch" i nearly choked! Xdd Good for you, love the energy you're bringing ❤

[@thelESC18]

This is definitely a better selection than I expected from Malta I guess this year can really test the hypothesis of televote supposedly "hating" Malta Because I'd think a few of these could do really well

[@ESCTom]

Let’s hope that they draw second half in the semi-final as well

[@berlineczka]

Teya seems to become a songwriting powerhouse in ESC. She has also written one of the songs in the Polish preselections.

[@ESCTom]

love it for her, she's such a lovely person

[@Mucrush]

Its gonna between Lalaratatakeke, Kant and Heaven Sent for sure 🏆

[@ESCTom]

yep id be shocked if it was anyone outside those 3

[@some1156]

The 3 K’s 💀

[@dave1361]

@@ESCTomthose three or possibly Juno. The lives are going to be very important

[@GilmourAttard-t9z]

@@Mucrush agree from Malta

[@EclipseHighroller]

Hopefully not Lalaratatakeke. Malta won’t qualify or if they do get last place, with that.

[@EscAndysw]

Hilarious but I actually got an ad halfway through this video for the protein bar you asked to sponser you 😂😂

[@ESCTom]

nooooooooo effing way, are you serious? l;ike the exact same one?

[@EscAndysw]

@@ESCTom Hahah yes! Even more. Exact same flavour

[@ESCTom]

@@EscAndysw there is absolutely no way that is a coincidence, also i didnt even say the flavour name, so they must be scanning the videos

[@CoxaBranca]

I literally grabbed my protein bar as Love Me Loud was playing, and then Tom does the same. Classic snack break song.

[@zwelfbungt]

And I thought Miriana Conte would make a reference to the germam philosopher Immanuel Kant, who was known as „The father of modern philosophy“ 😂

[@AnneMa_]

Lol 😂

[@ESCTom]

open goal missed

[@chris_1103]

@@zwelfbungt I thought so too, but I'm from Germany and I had to study for an ethics exam lately so he directly came to mind when I read the title

[@peterromeo4379]

Maltese is an Arabic language that was super heavily influenced by Sicilian over the years. Kinda like how English is a Germanic language that was heavily influenced by French.

[@Ben-Immnl]

Kantera is my huge favorite and I think it would probably do the best in Eurovision seeing how well Ladaniva did last year

[@zanneoxfr3265]

My fav is Juno, its just so good, I could see it doing well in Basel

[@esc_india_]

Maltese is a Semitic language. It is descended from Sicilian Arabic but does have Italian influences too

[@big_splashy]

While Te amo is Spanish 😉

[@Bondo0407]

HEAVEN SENT WINNER ❤

[@florenna]

One'd certainly need plenty of energy snacks to wade through all of 24 songs 😂 I just checked what seemed like the few highlights here, thanks to Tom ;) Which I did like, but I don't know why so many countries think quantity equals quality...? (UMK has just 7 songs, and that's enough ;))

[@kuvattelija]

Wow malta😍 my faves atm are Lalaratatakeke and Kant! Cant wait to see the live show🤩

[@JSGRanks]

It's the fact that Tom wanted energy, and his way of doing that was accidentally skipping the most energetic song for a mid ballad 😭😭

[@kramdratta2160]

Thank you for your comments on our song ❤

[@annakobuk3618]

Malta serving... good music. I'll be happy for about most of these songs representing them especially these in Maltese.

[@florentynakrupa5713]

No thoughts, just lalaratatakeke lalaratakabum

[@lunamagnoona1788]

maltese is suuuper similar to Arabic. I speak Arabic, and I can understand quite a bit of the lyrics

[@chantalvandenadel-gi9xu]

I love Kantera ❤

[@bastbats1952]

Whistleblower, Concrete and Kant have the perfect funny Maltese national final lyrical content signature haha

[@vae-drama-deu]

You are brave for actually covering all of MESC. But this year isn't bad. There definitely are options! I think I like Kantera the most because I I would simply love something fresh for Malta. They are very much drifting towards pop songs and ballads in their NF and Eurovision.

[@vuzidii6333]

"365 heaven" means she wants to feel as if she's in "heaven" 365 days of the year - all the time.

[@bastbats1952]

I like hideaway but I like introvert songs and campfire songs so it was made for me😅

[@dani.p]

OMG, I loooove Trixie and Katya!!! (UNHhhh is my everything😆) I didn't expect you to mention them 😆 My favs from Malta were: LALARATATAKEKE LALARATAKABUM (I loved Trenulețul and Jako, so it makes sense xD), Heaven Sent and Kant

[@willardprenfrew4303]

Tom's blowing the whistle on drum & bass 😝

[@leendertjanw7540]

I was coming here all annoyed having struggled through the incredible mediocrity of Söngvakeppnin and not expecting much form Malta, but this has truly cheered me up. Thanks Malta! There is some really enjoyable stuff here, especially Kantera and Miriana Conte of course, the latter one definitely serving creativity, uniqueness, nerve and talent ;-)

[@nikolag.-rb5ql]

I think that the best option for Malta🇲🇹 this year is definitely Kantera (also my favourite song so far this year). Although Kant is also very good song, I don't know, I'm afraid people hearing it for the first time could really misunderstand the real meaning of the song while Kantera don't have this issue. So, dear Malta🇲🇹, send Kantera and -3 Q streak will be over for sure. Great analyse again,Tom and I have to say, you English speakers are so polite if that C word you mentioned is the dirtiest one in the language, the one you should never say.🤣 Just come to 🇭🇷🇧🇦🇷🇸🇲🇪 and see ours.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pilarlopez8815]

My Malta top is: o Lalaratatakeke lalaratakebum o Juno o Heaven sent o Kant o Unheard o Control o Rubble & Stone

[@tomyam211]

Malta quite surprised me this year. Normally I'm not very fond of MESC songs, but this year I do like a few of them. So far we've seen, Lalaratatakeke Lalaratakebom and Kant (and maybe Heaven Sent) are the favourites to win, which I dont mind any of them winning. On the side note, that first chorus drop in Kant really caught me off guard lmao 😂.

[@user-tw5gu2yh8s]

6:05 Maltese is an Arabic language (in the same way that Italian is Latin) it diverged enough from standard Arabic to be considered its own language but essentially it's an Arabic dialect-turned-language and it has a lot of influence from Sicilian and Italian i heard that the Tunisian dialect of Arabic is very close to it

[@darrengrasso7405]

No it's not an Arabic language or dialect, just as Italian/French/Spanish are not Latin. The Maltese grammar is quite similar to Arabic but only 45 to 50% of the Maltese vocabulary is derived from Sematic languages. The other 50/55% is influenced by Romance languages and English.

[@user-tw5gu2yh8s]

@ maltese literally came from arabic lol go argue with linguists ig

[@darrengrasso7405]

The same way that Italian/French/Spanish and Romanian came from Latin. They are not Latin though but separate languages.

[@user-tw5gu2yh8s]

@ i didn't mean they are the same language, english isn't my first language so idk how to explain it

[@nolbol1754]

I like your honest opinions about Malta since Malta failed to qualify 3 in a row I hope this year we turn it around In my opinion we have great options this year they are Kantera Kristy Spiteri and Miriana Conte in my opinion I still think Kantera would do much better televote then Heaven Sent and Kant I'm still worried about sending Heaven Sent I like the song but I find it more of a jury song lover not televote Kant I am still 50/50 I know odds are not everything but Malta are currently 17th place It shows maybe they have a great choice to qualify I hope we don't make a mistake like we did previous years

[@nolbol1754]

I'm rooting for Kantera I won't have issues if we select Heaven Sent

[@jeremybarun]

1:50 the q in maltese has a gutteral sound that is not that easy for some.

[@GeneticallyaPotato]

Was waiting for this. ❤

[@chris_1103]

Wait, am I just confused or did you mix something up? You mentioned Teya Dora co-writing Heaven Sent, and then you said she was part of Teya&Salena. But Teya Dora is from Serbia last year, or do they just have similar surnames?

[@ESCTom]

Teya Dora is Teodora Pavlovska Teodora Spiric is from Teya & Selena

[@chris_1103]

@ESCTom ahhh, now I get it. I thought you said "Teya Dora from Teya&Salena", but you said Teodora My mistake :)

[@nocri2067]

1h reaction video 😍🤗 Not the Martina Borg disrespect tho, it was my favorite 😭I think I'd send Heaven Sent, seems to make it into almost everyone's top 3 and I think it could do some damage at ESC. Kantera and Kant are a lot more divisive, so I wouldn't mind Heaven Sent as a compromise winner

[@Meeeeeoooooo0w]

i hope its either heaven sent or kant

[@sav0001]

Heaven Sent is definitely the one for me. Wouldn't mind KANT either.

[@treverthetree]

I was literally so shocked when I heard "Kant". Without an introduction so many people are gonna mishear it lmao.

[@omriarad6943]

KRISTA ŠUJAK UNHEARD really reminds me of Lisa Ajax - Torn from 2019 melodi!

[@nobodyimportant281]

Either way, one of two Kants is definitely going to Eurovision. 😂

[@some1156]

Kantera is actually a diminutive maltese word literally meaning ‘little song’

[@ad-o]

19:55 it kinda reminds me of vampire by olivia rodrigo, except one bit as the entire song

[@basj6579]

Marcus and Martinus erasure

[@ESCTom]

omg 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 not me forgetting the unforgettable twins

[@HZ-fg9sf]

​@@ESCTom I forgot them too. The irony lol. Immediately thought about the Azerbaijan twins instead. 😅😬

[@1RKruemel]

i was looking for this exact comment 😂

[@chris_1103]

@@basj6579 apparently they were too forgettable

[@ravenchild5141]

"Who would be our last twins, Azerbaijan 2022?" - Marcus and Martinus found crying in the corner as we speak

[@ESCTom]

their Melfest 2026 entry is going to be a diss ballad about me 😭

[@Gimlo_Goblin]

Gimlo kind of wants Kant to win if only to see how the EBU reacts 🤭

[@cianomahony]

Tom says something like “Wanna know my secret band”? before playing each song. What’s that about?

[@vae-drama-deu]

"Wanna know my secret? Bang!" from Ukraine's entry in 2019 :)

[@superjose5678]

do re mi fa ser ser serving KANT🎉

[@thetruth9494]

Tom, Maltese is a semitic language, that is it has its roots in Arabic (due to its being invaded by the Arabs and colonised for over 200 years by them. Others state that Maltrse even predated that invasion attributing it to Phoenician presence in pre Roman times -sry for the brief historical lesson). The language was highly influenced by Italian since the year 1000 (round about) when it was tied politically to Sicily. Then it had some influence from English too. As the language itself - the "gh" (with the crossed h) is silent like the gh in English as in though. The crossed h on its own has the English h sound. "Te Amo" is not in Italian but in Spanish. Btw the "g" in the Maltese surname Borg is sounded like the English "j" as in jam.

[@ESCTom]

Oh wow like Borge?

[@thetruth9494]

@ESCTom Yes I guess so.

[@simonkarsten272]

Even with such a selection we are still worried about Malta's qualification chances 😂 They have a quite a good number of competitive songs that are stylistically different enough to not have overlapping demographics. I hope Kantera can equal Trenuletul, or plenty of people recognise the playfulness of Whistleblower without ending up as Do you wanna dance (our own party)

[@lachysims6327]

such a strong MESC, one of the best ever tbh, the least amount of "drag" that's for sure

[@ThaGamingMisfit]

Pretty sure Marcus & Martinus were the last twins on stage ! Now I feel good remembering something faster than the OG ESC walking database 🤣 Man I feel almost ashamed to admit I like Stefan Galea's track the most, I don't think I have ever heard psytrance beats trying to get into ESC, MATT BLXCK doing it ! I wished Stefan was a better performer though, he's missing that charisma and X-factor for sure.

[@PvPPhenom]

I love Stefan’s song! I think he is very likeable but maybe he has too much of a sweet face for such a song however he needs to take a chill pill with the whole performance as it’s way too dramatic

[@sleppehdaze7739]

I didn’t see anyone else comment it, but I heard Matt Blxck had undergone a major surgery late last year, and decided to write instead of perform for this year because of that and maybe other reasons.

[@diekommentarekommentiererin]

The most anticipated one for me. Greece & Iceland will definitely be quicker, just 22 songs combined. 3:20 We've never had twins for three years straight, I think even two consecutive years was new, though we had two sets of twins in 2014 (and they both had it in their name) and 2011. 3:50 Yes, that's derived from Italian, momenti fragili (I don't know Italian so there might be mistakes) 4:50 This was a backup entry after a song was disqualified for being released before the deadline. 6:28 Nope, that's Spanish 😄 Ti amo (with an i) is Italian. 8:50 She is one of the few who compete for a third time in a row. 13:12 Jessika and Fabrizio Faniello (represented Malta twice), who have more than 20 attempts combined. She's giving Markus Riva a run for his money, tbh. The other guy is called Victorio. 15:28 This is the Estonia 2024-like title of this year. A bit of a pirate sea shanty. 20:30 She was part of Erba last year. This year, she's gone solo (however, Erba have written JVF's song) 25:00 Lol 😆 It's a fan favourite, nonetheless. 26:55 Also his third participation in a row. He has never made the final yet, however. 29:35 She was in Sopranique last year, they sang an opera song. Spoiler - it's not Teya's only song in the running (but not for Malta) 32:12 Yes, there was a different one last year. So people weren't sure at first if it's that one or the former ESC participant. He actually hasn't returned since 2012. 35:20 Another one who competes for the third consecutive time, but like Stefan, has never made it to the final. 37:00 He can actually top that. This is his fourth participation in a row. Everyone expected Matt Blxck to come back for a fourth time, but... 40:05 I was wondering the same thing. It's around 5½ years. 41:10 Yeah, Malta isn't really known for rock, that's Finland's task. Have they even sent a rock entry in this century? I would call this song "Caving" tbh. So if Kant means singing, I assume Kantera means something similar. 48:20 It first reminded me of Do-re-mi-fa-so f-king done with you 49:05 Wait, that's an idea 😳 If they both go to the final, Whistleblower and Kant should be put back-to-back in the running order. I've got a secret you should know/If you got a secret - I know. They should just claim it's about the philosopher Kant 😄 We've had songs named after actual people since 2020, after all. 50:50 And the last one who competes for the third time in a row, but he has already made the final on both of his previous attempts. 52:03 At least in his first song, he had a random key change out of nowhere, so nothing unexpected. After slowly becoming a ghost, he's now concrete. Maybe it's left-over from the creeping walls. That's all of his song titles in two sentences 😄 55:10 This is so Malta 2014. We can also make themes with the Estonian song titles. I didn't even notice the Concrete/Rubble & Stone before.

[@ESCTom]

thanks for all the great comments and trivia i didnt know. its scary how many returning contestants there are that i had COMPLETELY forgotten about 😭

[@PvPPhenom]

@diekommentarekommentiererin nahh it’s Stefan’s fourth time he was in the final twice in 2016 and 2023 and last year he got stuck in the semi

[@diekommentarekommentiererin]

@PvPPhenom I meant in a row.

[@willardprenfrew4303]

I am here for Kantera 🎺🎻🥁

[@AnneMa_]

Never thought MESC would be of my favorite NF this year 😂😂😂

[@aengusprice8869]

Forever and always serving kant

[@TobiasMoller-xm4sd]

OMG Yeah! MESC is like average rating 8/10

[@myrawatters1036]

For real. Imagine if they actually won. 🤯😀

[@oltomm]

Lalaratatakeke is my favorite, but I would also be okay with Heaven Sent Kant on the other hand would flop in the semi imo, you gotta keep in mind that the c word is a pretty british thing, so people who are not native speakers or chronically online will probably not really get it. same with the concept of "serving". and once the pun is lost, I don't think the song itself will be enough

[@ESCTom]

Yeah I agree with you that without understanding the play of words, the song does not have anything near enough to qualify

[@CarlaFlores-mx9ij]

Can someone help me? I can't find the Analysis video for MESC 2025. I hope is not blocked for my country.

[@ESCTom]

its not done yet, im crazy busy

[@CarlaFlores-mx9ij]

@@ESCTom Thanks for answering. I'm from Chile and some other ESC channel's videos are blocked for my country.

[@jtb357]

Twins.... wasn't it Sweden last year?? 😅

[@ESCTom]

this video is dedicated to them

[@sarahenchanted]

Maltese is like if Arabic and Italian had a baby

[@EclipseHighroller]

Honestly if Kant or Heaven sent don’t go to Eurovision this year, I think Malta will not qualify.

[@big_splashy]

Thought lablab is just an anagram of blabla

[@davida3970]

My worry with KANT is that it wouldn't pass the semi finals as it would turn too many people off, similar to Sekret for Albania in 2022. All providing it would actually be approved by the EBU though. Kantera, Kirsty Spiteri, Victoria, JVF all good options though.

[@nateesc7413]

Kant wouldn’t pass but u said jvc is a good choice ..

[@tomasornrunarsson9682]

Can you react to the songs of Söngvakeppnin in Iceland next? 🇮🇸

[@ESCTom]

greece is next, then most likely iceland 🙏🏻

[@olympicsongcontest7117]

First.

[@ESCTom]

❤️

[@M12534]

What does one one do to be blocked by you on twitter 🫣😬