That great Aussie tradition is back, yes the Triple J Hottest 100!
The Triple J’s Hottest 100 is Australia’s biggest music countdown, and has become an institution. Usually held over the Australia Day weekend, the Hottest 100 countdown will air on Saturday January 28 and you can vote for your favourite Eurovision and Australia Decides artist!
Several Eurovision and Australia Decides artists have made it on the list, which you can include in your own votes!
Read on below to find out which songs made the list:
Didirri
Didirri competed at 'Eurovision - Australia Decides' in 2020 with his emotional ballad 'Raw Stuff', where he finished in 4th place. This year his latest single 'Begin Again' has made it onto the Hottest 100 list. The beautiful ballad with stunning lyrics was released back in March.
Electric Fields
'Eurovision - Australia Decides' 2019 runner-ups Electric Fields have been listed for another year on the Hottest 100 this time it's their collaboration with Malyangapa, Barkindji woman Barkaa, 'Fight For Me'.
'Fight For Me' was released as part of Barkaa's EP, 'Blak Matriarchy'. It was out back in March 2022.
Jaguar Jonze
'Eurovision - Australia Decides' 2020 and 2022 artist Jaguar Jonze has three songs on the Hottest 100 voting list this year!
'Cut' and 'Swallow' and 'Little Fires' are all taken off her debut album 'Bunny Mode', which was released in June 2022.
Jaguar Jonze's song 'Little Fires' was her entry at 'Eurovision - Australia Decides' 2022. Her emotional performance won the jury vote and finished in third place overall.
Jessica Mauboy
Australia's Eurovision 2018 representative Jessica Mauboy has this year made it to the Hottest 100 list with her stunning duet with Tasman Keith 'Heaven With U'.
The song is the fifth and final single from Tasman's debut studio album, ‘A Colour Undone’.
'Heaven With U' was officially released back in June. Tasman has described the song as a love song unto oneself.
Montaigne
Australia's Eurovision 2021 representative Montaigne has three songs on the list which includes a fellow Eurovision artist!
Montaigne's collaboration with music royalty and Talking Heads front man David Byrne, the sweet little love song 'Always Be You', has been listed. Montaigne performed the song at 'Eurovision - Australia Decides' this year.
'make me feel so..' also made the cut. For the song Montaigne was joined fellow Eurovision 2021 entrant, Daði Freyr from Iceland.
Montaigne's impressive cover of Britney Spears' ballad 'Lucky' for Triple J's Like a Version series also makes an appearance. Like A Version is a segment on Australian radio station Triple J. Every week a musician or band comes into the studio to play one of their own songs and cover a song they love.
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 song to your shortlist, so long as it was released between 1 December 2021 and 30 November 2022. That includes all the songs from 'Eurovision - Australia Decides' 2022!
Voting starts: you can vote now!
Voting closes: 23 January 2023 - midday
When to listen: 28 January 2023 - midday
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