A shock ABBA reunion was teased on the Eurovision Music Contest earlier than they have been unleashed in avatar type – leaving many followers bitterly disenchanted.
The band themselves teased a shock look once they shared a five-second-long video on TikTok within the days main as much as the occasion that sees outdated footage of the group hiding behind an association of shrubbery.
They selected to make use of a well-liked observe that hears Kim Kardashian’s voice say: “Okay guys, we’re again. Did you miss us? As a result of we missed you.”
This prompted many music followers to take a position that the enduring Swedish group would reunite for the fiftieth anniversary of their legendary Eurovision efficiency.
A reunion was then teased throughout the present itself when the hosts of this 12 months’s occasion, additionally in Sweden, teased getting a band with an ‘A’ identify to reunite for them.
What adopted was an surprising efficiency from one in all Sweden’s greatest pop teams, Alcazar.
This was shortly interrupted by the hosts, Malin Åkerman and Petra Mede, who turned the viewers’s consideration again to Abba themselves.
The present then lower to London, the place the band have been performing of their avatar type.
The avatars mirrored on the truth that it has been 50 years for the reason that band’s efficiency of ‘Waterloo’ on the Eurovision stage earlier than the tune itself was carried out by different members of Eurovision royalty, together with Conchita Wurst.
The tease was met with a combined response from followers of the legendary band on social media.
Whereas some followers appreciated Conchita’s look, specifically, many have been indignant concerning the tease and joked about breaking their televisions because of this.
Taking to Twitter (X), one fan praised: “CONCHITA SINGING ABBA IS WHAT I NEEDED!!!”
“CONCHITA WURST SINGING ABBA!” prasied a second. “This is the reason I f**king love Eurovision! STUNNING AS EVER!”
One other joked that ABBA followers could be breaking their televisions after the tease.
“Practically died considering ABBA have been about to stroll on stage at Eurovision,” wrote a fourth viewer. “Presumably the largest tease and disappointment in Eurovision historical past!”
A fifth complained: “You don’t tease ABBA after which not give us ABBA.”
The competition has already been hit with a lot controversy this 12 months following the choice to permit Israel to compete amid the nation’s ongoing conflict on Gaza.