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Who will win the Hottest 100? Favourites include Lily Allen, Olivia Dean and Keli Holiday

Hottest 100 as it happened: The countdown to Australia’s favourite song of 2025

What song will reign supreme this year? Will it be a classic oldie or new hit, a local tune or global heavy hitter? Follow along to find out.

  • Nell Geraets

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Keli Holiday performing at the 2025 ARIA Awards in Sydney in November.

Why this favourite to win the Hottest 100 has sparked hostility online

Campaigning for triple j’s Hottest 100 is widespread, but few artists have been scrutinised as intensely for it as Keli Holiday, whose song Dancing2 is favourite to win Saturday’s countdown.

  • Annabel Ross
Hear part of Keli Holiday's track Dancing2.
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This song is a Hottest 100 favourite. So why is it getting so much hate?

Hear part of Keli Holiday's track Dancing2.

The Hilltop Hoods have a new album out.

How being ‘a reflection of the average life’ keeps the Hilltop Hoods on top

Days after coming in at No.2 on the Hottest 100 Australian Songs countdown, the hip-hop legends are back with their ninth album.

  • Michael Dwyer
Helen Reddy’s iconic feminist anthem, I Am Woman, has inspired generations of activists.

Where was Helen Reddy’s I am Woman on the Hottest 100?

While Australian rappers make misogynistic comments, The Hottest 100 omitted the biggest feminist anthem of the 20th century.

  • Maree Badgery-Parker
INXS’s former frontman, the late Michael Hutchence.

Triple J Hottest 100 Australian songs: INXS wins with Never Tear Us Apart

The track beat out The Nosebleed Section by Hilltop Hoods and Untouched by the Veronicas, which placed second and third, respectively.

  • Thomas Mitchell
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Triple J is counting down the top 100 Australian songs of all time, and the arguments have begun.

What should win Triple J’s Hottest 100 of Australian Songs? The choice is obvious

Say it with us: “That boy needs therapy!”

  • Tom W. Clarke
Singer, songwriter, podcaster Ben Lee.

‘It’s easy to get complacent’: Ben Lee’s bold plan to save Aussie music

The singer believes the youth radio station should be doing more to promote local music, and it begins with overhauling the Hottest 100.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Chappell Roan took out top spot in a year that saw local acts record their worst result in more than 30 years.

Worst in 30 years: What Hottest 100 says about the state of Aussie music

This year’s countdown featured 29 songs by Australian acts, the lowest showing for local talent since the 1996 poll.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Chappell Roan surged to international acclaim off the back of viral music festival performances.

Chappell Roan tops Triple J’s 2024 Hottest 100 with biggest-ever vote

The results of the annual music poll are in.

  • Angus Dalton