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

Calls for Alexandra Cpitnescu's Choke Me to be banned as campaigners say lyrics are dangerous' and reckless'

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".