Voting opens for Triple J’s Hottest 100 of Australian songs - With Eurovision artists on the long list

To celebrate 50 years of Triple J, the radio station has cracked open a new countdown to find out the nation's Hottest 100 of Australian Songs.

It's a twist on Australia’s biggest music countdown the Triple J’s Hottest 100 which airs every January.

The Hottest 100 of Australian Songs will feature only Australian music and will air on Saturday 26 July 2025.

Several Eurovision and Australia Decides artists have made it on the long list, which you can include in your own top 10 song votes!

Find out which Eurovision related artists and songs made the long list below:

Guy Sebastian

Australia's very first competing Eurovision artist Guy Sebastian has two songs on the Triple J long list. They include his debut Australian Idol winner's single Angels Brought Me Here and his smash hit song with Lupe Fiasco from 2012, Battle Scars. Both made it to No.1 on the ARIA singles charts.

Dami Im

Dami Im's stunning song Sound Of Silence, which she performed at Eurovision 2016 representing Australia, is only one of two Eurovision songs to make it on Triple J's long list. The song finished in the runner-up position and remains as Australia's best result at the Contest.

Jessica Mauboy

Jessica Mauboy who represented Australia at Eurovision in 2018 has a whopping five songs on the long list. They include her chart topping hits from the late 2000s; Burn and Been Waiting.

Her other songs on the long list are Little Things from 2019, her 2022 duet with Tasman Keith, Heaven With U, and the catchy Won't Stop with 3%.

Kate Miller-Heidke

Australia's only Eurovision entrant to sing on a pole, Kate Miller-Heidke has three songs on the list. They are the chart hits Words from 2007, and Caught In the Crowd from 2009 and the very colourful song O Vertigo! which was released in 2014.

Montaigne

The second Eurovision song on the long list is Montaigne's 2021 entry, Technicolour. Unfortunately due to the Covid pandemic Australia was unable to attend the Contest and competed with the Live-On-Tape performance. Montaigne's three other singles on the long list include I'm A Fantastic Wreck, Because I Love You and the ARIA Singles No.2 chart hit 1955 which they released with Hilltop Hoods and Tom Thum.

Electric Fields

Australia's Eurovision 2024 entrants Electric Fields have two songs on the list. They include Don't You Worry and their Australia Decides song 2000 And Whatever. 2000 And Whatever finished in second place at Eurovision Australia Decides in 2019 on the Gold Coast behind Kate Miller-Heidke's entry Zero Gravity.

Go-Jo

Before Australia's Eurovision 2025 artist Go-Jo was know as the "Milkshake Man" he was singing about "Mrs. Hollywood". Mrs. Hollywood is Go-Jo's entry on the list which he released back in 2023. It is his most streamed song on Spotify with over 58 million streams!

Australia Decides Artists

Songs by artists from Eurovision - Australia Decides, Australia's Eurovision national final which ran in 2019, 2020 and 2022, also made the long list. The songs are:

• Didirri - Blind You

• Didirri - Bird Sounds

• Didirri - I Can't Get Last Night Out Of My Head

• Evie Irie - Better Than This

• Evie Irie - Bitter

• Evie Irie - The Idea Of You

• Ella Hooper (as part of Killing Heidi) - Weir

• Ella Hooper (as part of Killing Heidi) - Mascara

• Ella Hooper (as part of Killing Heidi) - I Am

• Jaguar Jonze - Kill Me With Your Love

• Jaguar Jonze - CURLED IN

• Vanessa Amorosi - Absolutely Everybody

What you need to know

Of course, just because a song isn’t on the list doesn’t mean you can’t vote for it. You can manually add any Australian song to your shortlist, so long as it was released before Triple J's official 50th birthday - January 19 2025. That includes all the the Australian Eurovision and Australia Decides songs!

Voting opens: Tuesday 17 June, 8am AEST

Voting closes: Thursday 17 July, 5pm AEST

Hottest 100 countdown day: Saturday 26 July from 10am AEST

To vote: https://hottest100.abc.net.au/

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