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Petition to stop BBC broadcasting Eurovision song that glamorises sexual strangulation (before the watershed!)

110 replies

DreamyHedgehog · 23/04/2026 01:21

Someone has created a change.org petition calling on The BBC and The EBU to not broadcast “Choke Me”, a song competing at Eurovision this year which glamorises sexual strangulation - unless the lyrics are changed.

The song is due to be broadcast on May 14th shortly after 8pm on BBC One - before the watershed.

I’ve just signed, sharing here in case anyone else wants to sign and share too.

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-bbc-airing-eurovision-content-that-normalises-violence-against-women

These are the full lyrics to the song:

Phantom
You feel like a phantom
Why do you wanna tame me?
It's hard to breathe in
Do you feel me?
Do what I say
And don't you ever betray me
You are here to obey me
Are you not?
All I need is your love
I want it to choke me, choke me, choke me
Born for you to control
I want you to choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Love me, make my lungs explode like oh oh oh…
All I need is your love
I want it to choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Choke me
Choke me
Choke me
Save me
Inside I'm blazin'
I want you to call me, call me, call me
Call, my body is begging
Do what I say
And don't you ever betray me
You are here to obey me
Are you not?
All I need is your love
I want it to choke me, choke me, choke me
Born for you to control
I want you to choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Love me, make my lungs explode like oh oh oh…
All I need is your love
I want it to choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
All I need is your love
I want it to choke me, choke me, choke me
Born for you to control
I want you to choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Love me, make my lungs explode like oh oh oh…
All I need iѕ your love
I wаnt it to choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me
Ch-ch-ch-choke me

Petition to stop BBC broadcasting Eurovision song that glamorises sexual strangulation (before the watershed!)
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GloiredeDijon · 23/04/2026 09:25

Signed. How utterly disgusting.

Eurovision is a far cry from the original intention.

It has become a fetish ball which should not be on primetime BBC.

Shame on Romania too.

EstoyRobandoSuCasa · 23/04/2026 09:24

I agree. No one should be normalising this. Putting pressure on the neck is not only dangerous because of the risk of suffocation, but because putting pressure on the vagus nerve or the major blood vessels in the neck can lead to sudden death.

Erin1975 · 23/04/2026 09:23

KeyLimeCake · 23/04/2026 09:18

You had me at Petition to stop BBC broadcasting Eurovision.

Eurovision needs a rehaul, it used to be family entertainment before and after watershed. It's really not any more.

Eurovision has always had acts that go for the "shock" performance.

There have been numerous acts with almost naked dancers writhing around on stage. There was the band which dressed up as demons, the transvestite band which spanked each other on stage and the two milkmaids who pretended to have sex on stage. Those are just the ones I can remember.

KeyLimeCake · 23/04/2026 09:18

You had me at Petition to stop BBC broadcasting Eurovision.

Eurovision needs a rehaul, it used to be family entertainment before and after watershed. It's really not any more.

L0V315 · 23/04/2026 09:15

Wtf! 😡

Promoting sexual abuse that can lead to death/murder, how is that 'song' even chosen?

I feel like I have walked into some sick parallel universe.

Signed and shared

Erin1975 · 23/04/2026 09:02

History tells us that the one thing certain to make a song more popular is for it to be banned or censored.

wantmorenow · 23/04/2026 09:02

Signed. Wholly inappropriate message to broadcast at any time.

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DreamyHedgehog · 23/04/2026 08:59

nutmeg7 · 23/04/2026 08:24

I don’t think it should be played after the watershed either.

I agree. I just find it extra galling the BBC thinks this is suitable to be broadcast to all audiences (the petition isn’t about changing time slot, it’s about changing the lyrics).

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nutmeg7 · 23/04/2026 08:24

I don’t think it should be played after the watershed either.

UtopiaPlanitia · 23/04/2026 04:07

Eurovision, and the artists competing in it, have been trying too hard to be edgy and provocative in recent years. It's extremely tiresome - I just want to hear good songs and see excellent wind machine usage.

I don't think the song should be played before the watershed if this is the content.