Blue respond to Schofield criticism

Blue have responded to Phillip Schofield's criticism of their Eurovision entry.

Last week, the presenter took to Twitter to discuss the single, saying: "Well that's Eurovision screwed for another year!! Sorry guys, I love you together and individually... But that's a shocking song."

The boyband have since told The Mirror that they expected the This Morning host to be more patriotic and support their song, which is called 'I Can'.

Duncan James said: "Maybe it's because Jason Gardiner is taking all the headlines on Dancing On Ice so Phillip Schofield felt he had to jump on the Blue bashing bandwagon.

"He's British so we'd have thought he'd be a bit more supportive. He's clearly not patriotic - or he wouldn't have gone on Twitter and been so objectionable. It's pretty upsetting, to call the song shocking isn't very nice at all. I thought he'd be a bigger man."

Antony Costa added: "That was very hurtful. The negative comments really stick in your mind."

This year's Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Germany.