Eurovision viewers gobsmacked after Sweden’s song takes ‘inappropriate’ NSFW turn

Eurovision Song Contest viewers had to listen back twice after mishearing Sweden’s lyrics – but what do you hear?

Tonight, as the 70th annual contest headed to Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, the country was represented by Felicia Eriksson with the tune My System.

The 24-year-old took to the stage in the running order’s 20th slot, accompanied by dancers and lasers for the lively electronic number.

However, it was the lyrics that really captured people’s attention, as many were convinced they were very explicit.

In the chorus, Felicia sings, ‘No, I can’t get you out of my system,’ but, given that she was singing while wearing a face mask, you’d be forgiven for hearing something far more NSFW.

‘God, I thought she sang “I can’t get you out of my sister”!’, wrote a stunned @gaboss on X.

‘When Sweden came on, I first heard it as “I can get you out of my sister” and was like whoa… that’s kinda inappropriate – had to look up the lyrics – but still it’s all I can hear’, said @Freja9.

‘It sounds like sister not system’, @coxyhockeychick also laughed, with @catmuurka echoing: ‘I thought she was singing my sister, but it was my system’.

Oh, but Sweden wasn’t the only country having a pearl-clutching moment tonight.

Enter Romania, whose entrant, Alexandra Căpitănescu, performed a tune titled… Choke Me.

Its lyrics include, ‘Born for you to control / I want you to choke me’ and ‘Inside, I am blazing / I want you to calm me, calm me, calm me / Calm, my body is begging.’

She also sings the lines, ‘You are here to obey me’ and ‘Love me, make my lungs explode.’

Naturally, these raised eyebrows as millions tuned in tonight, particularly as the staging involved light-up ropes.

Branding it a ‘very controversial song’, @UkandNireland stated emphatically: ‘It’s a No from me’.

‘Wait what? Choke me??’, asked a surprised @itsjust_mj04, with @ThisLeadenPall asking simply: ‘WTF?’

@dizzy_thinks also joked about the act ‘upping the BDSM stakes’, and @lagomsensei said: ‘Don’t do this at home kids’.

Others felt even more strongly, with @sharon_wisner raging: ‘tbh I’m really not behind the Romanian choke me song. Seriously. This is a bad message how did it get through the vetting? Not good!’

Despite the risque messaging, however, many were on board, calling it a ‘banger’ and @MAHLeeGO even hailing it their ‘winner’.

But just in case you thought the racy lyricism would cease there, Eurovision 2026 had one more surprise up its sleeve, welcoming back Miriana Conte from Malta, who ruffled feathers last year by… serving KANT.

In 2025, the Maltese star was ordered to censor her tune, given how her ‘serving kant’ chants in the chorus sounded very much like the English swear word.

In Maltese, ‘kant’ means ‘singing’, but in English, the pronunciation is similar to the C-word.

At the time, Miriana said she was ‘shocked and disappointed’ by the organisers’ ruling that she could not include the word, but insisted that the ‘diva was NOT down’.

‘I promise you this: the show will go on,’ she penned on Instagram at the time, with her subsequent performance going viral for its glam staging and exercise ball choreography, which was also revived this weekend.

She became a fan favourite, meaning her comeback received a roaring reception tonight, as fans on X said they were screaming at their screens.

@eurovisionpollz said ‘Miriana Conte is a real queen’, while @joecrook96 called her a ‘legend in the building’.

‘KANT IS BACK’, celebrated @oddinarything, although some had a valid point to raise.

‘How is “choke me” not so much worse than “serving Kant”?!?’, asked @EmmaGorowska.

Honestly, you never know what Eurovision is going to serve up next.

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