The Pop Corporation

Thanks to a slightly suss panel vote at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, Sweden once again won the show, equalling Ireland’s record for most times won, and also, giving Eurovision legend Loreen another crown. Why suss? Well, the public clearly wanted a different winner, and the 2024 show just so happens to coincide with a very notable anniversary of ABBA’s first win with ‘Waterloo’.

There were mutterings of maybe, just maybe, ABBA getting back together to celebrate where it all started, but alas, they’ve put the scuppers on that.

During a recent interview, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson were asked if they were up for it, and Benny flatly said “no.”

“Seriously no. No way,” he emphasised. “Well I don’t want to, and if I don’t want to, they won’t go. It’s the same for all four of us. If someone says no, it’s no.” Björn agreed, “Yes, that’s how it works… we could celebrate 50 years of ABBA without us being on stage.”

Of course, their hologram thingies are on stage for them in London, so while it would be beyond perfect to see them on stage in the flesh together again, in their home country, with the most appreciative audience in the whole universe, it’s not going to happen. You don’t imagine ABBA go back on their word in this respect, so y’know, maybe we’ll just have to be happy with Loreen doing ‘Euphoria’ again, which is the greatest Eurovision song of all time.