Moscow's Eurodom was the venue tonight for Sweden's lavish homage party to celebrate 35 years since ABBA stormed to victory in the Eurovision Song Contest with “Waterloo”. A whole host of stars appeared on stage to sing their favourite songs from the group, including some surprise guests of past Eurovision and Melodifestivalen shows.

Yohanna of Iceland was the first of this year's competitors to take to the stage with her rendition of The Winner Takes It All. Later in the evening, the UK's Jade Ewen spoke to host Christer Björkman about her own favourites, and was soon after joined by Azerbaijani hopefuls AySel and Arash. There was a warm rapport between the UK and Azerbaijani performers as AySel and Jade already looked like close friends on stage.

Eurovision surprises included a performance by Alex Panayi (Cyprus 1995 and 2000). Christer, former Swedish participant and head of delegation, rounded off proceedings by kicking off a rendition of Thank You For The Music. As the song progressed, the rest of the evening's cast joined him on stage, including Shirley Clamp (of Melodifestivalen fame), Melodifestivalen veteran and Swedish composer Fredrik Kempe, and finally, Sweden's Moscow diva Malena Ernman, who ended the song on a charcteristic crystal-clear high note.

The concert organisers were promoting the site abbasite.com , where visitors can vote for the best ever ABBA song.

View our exclusive gallery of pictures from the concert at this link . View some of the performances below:

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