Justin Hawkins has claimed the British public must be either "racist or stupid" over his Eurovision defeat, reports GIGWise.
The ex-Darkness frontman suggested the fact Scooch beat off his duet with black singer Beverlei Brown and dance act Big Brovaz had its roots in skin colour.
He rants to The Sun, "The United Kingdom must be either racist or stupid not to have voted for Big Brovaz or Beverlei Brown.
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It’s like when multi-award-winning, multimillion-selling Lemar lost to David ‘Three stars at Burger King’ Sneddon in Fame Academy all those years ago. Nothing ever changes.
“The whole thing whiffed of a stitch-up.”