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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Robyn Vinter

Romania’s Eurovision song criticised for ‘glamorising sexual strangulation’

Alexandra Căpitănescu, centre, with other performers
Alexandra Căpitănescu, centre, a former winner of the Romanian version of The Voice, whose song repeats the words ‘choke me’ 30 times. Photograph: Eurovision

Romania’s Eurovision entry Choke Me has been labelled “dangerous” and “reckless” for appearing to glamorise sexual strangulation, an unsafe practice that can lead to brain injury and death.

Campaigners against sexual violence said the entry, in which the words “choke me” are repeated 30 times during the three-minute song, was “playing fast and loose with young women’s lives”.

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