{"id":15074,"date":"2026-04-24T10:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/15074\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:13:29","slug":"petition-calls-for-romanias-eurovision-song-to-be-changed-over-strangulation-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/15074\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition calls for Romania&#8217;s Eurovision song to be changed over strangulation lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Petition calls for Romania&#039;s Eurovision song to be changed over strangulation lyrics\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KdqrWPZ7WTU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nPetition calls for Romania&#8217;s Eurovision song to be changed over strangulation lyrics<br \/>\n<br \/>\nA petition is calling for Romania\u2019s Eurovision entry to change their song or be cut from the final.<\/p>\n<p>Campaigners say song \u2018Choke Me\u2019 has lyrics that normalise sexual violence.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Eurovision told us: \u201cAll songs that are submitted as entries for the Eurovision Song Contest are scrutinised before they are officially announced as the entry for the respective participating broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe meaning behind the lyrics of this song was explained to us by the participating broadcaster in Romania, TVR, and we are satisfied it meets all the criteria and rules to be admissible as an entry in this year\u2019s Eurovision Song Contest\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For help and support in relation to violence, visit the Women\u2019s Aid website, Men\u2019s Advice Line, or contact the National Helpline for Domestic Abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Petition calls for Romania&#8217;s Eurovision song to be changed over strangulation lyrics A petition is calling for Romania\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4792,4400,380,379,6950],"class_list":{"0":"post-15074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-itv-news","8":"tag-eurovision","9":"tag-eurovision-song-contest","10":"tag-itv","11":"tag-itv-news","12":"tag-romania"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/116459168265863164","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}