Benjamin Ingrosso has said sorry for his comments (Picture: Eurovision.tv)

Sweden’s Eurovision Song Contest entrant Benjamin Ingrosso has issued a public apology after being seen to mock and insult some of the other Eurovision entrants this year. He will perform Dance You Off, but today he’s been brushing off a PR mishap.

A review video of him listening to some of the other 2018 Eurovision Songs was posted online. It was supposed to be harmless fun but some took offence to some of his comments as the reaction video backfired spectacularly on social media.

Although praising many songs, he called the San Marino entry ‘low budget’ and took off the headphones he was wearing for Hungary’s heavy metal entry and laughed at Macedonia, said ‘she sounded like she farted’ and suggested that the drummer didn’t know what he was doing.




His response to Serbia’s entry was ‘there’s Voldemort’.

But the comments were not meant to be offensive. He, like many other artists, was giving his opinions about the songs he’ll be competing against in Lisbon.

He was full of praise for Ireland’s video, said the Spanish song was full of passion and liked Australia, Belgium and Norway amongst others.

The offending video has been removed from YouTube and Benjamin Ingrosso took to twitter to apologies. He says ‘I have so much respect for my fellow artists and I never wanted to upset anyone. Sometimes things get taken the wrong way when presented only through camera.

‘I’m looking forward to meeting you all in Lisbon and to show you my true feations with love in real life. And once again sorry for offending anyone.

Ingrosso, 20, has appeared at Eurovision preview shows in London and Amsterdam to perform Dance You Off and has been making friends with many of this year’s entry.

In 2016, Sweden’s entrant Frans performed If I Were Sorry. He placed sixth in Stockholm as the home country representative.

Sweden have won the Eurovision Song Contest six times and have finished in the top six an incredible six times in seven years.

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