Reformed boy band Blue have come under fire recently by television presenter Philip Schofield, after he made some remarks about both them and their Eurovision song on Twitter. 

The 'Dancing On Ice' personality wrote publicly on the social networking site on March 11 following the debut play of Blue's new track 'I Can':

"Well that's Eurovision screwed for another year!! :("

"Sorry guys, I love you together and individually... But that's a shocking song"

Now, Blue have collectively responded to the criticism, saying:

"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."

Anthony Costa added:

"That was very hurtful. The negative comments really stick in your mind."

Watch studio footage of Blue recording their Eurovision hit here: