Song Contest Part XIV, Host: William Wonka, Theme: Developing Countries, Votes Due: Sunday 10pm AEST

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The sequence starts at 1A, progresses through to 3KX, 3KY, 3KZ and beyond.

Check out a very young H.G. Nelson at around 8.15 in this interesting documentary from 1980 about 3RRR.

 
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A quick recap of the Nottest 100 shows that positions 100 through 21 were made up the best hits of Amy Shark, Green Jelly and Culture Beat.

Now we return to the countdown.

Coming in at Number 20 was a group whose highest JJJ finish was 100th in 2012 with Cough Cough.
That group was Everything Everything with their song Radiant
Nominated by Marklar_33 with 3 VOTES and 2 Billies.

At position 19 was a group who hit #56 in 1994 with Bizarre Love Triangle
Frente! and Labour of Love (which also appeared in the 1991 All-Time list)
was nominated by raskolnikov and received 4 VOTES and 0 Billies.​
 

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18th on our countdown was a group whose Nightmare hit #85 in 1997
That was Brainbug, this time with Rain
Smeg Head contributed this one and received 5 VOTES and 1 Billy.

Number 17 in the Nottest 100 countdown was one part of a duet who peaked at #8 in 1995 with Where the Wild Roses Grow.
Going solo this time is Kylie Minogue and In Your Eyes
This choice was selected by MWPP and gained 8 VOTES and 1 Billy.

In 1995 Common people hit #38 by PULP
Party Hard
managed to hit 16th on our Countdown and was put forth by The Filth Wizard.
This addition polled 9 VOTES and 2 Billies.​
 

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Coming in at Number 15 was the artist who hit 19th in the 1998 JJJ Countdown with Bubblegoose
Wyclef Jean and his song Two Wrongs was entered in this countdown by JoshWoodenSpoon
This song received only 10 VOTES but it doesn't go away empty handed as it claimed the Billy award with 5 Billies.
Here's another number for JoshWoodenSpoon


14th on our countdown was a recording artist that hit #5 in 2001 with Midnight City.
They were M83, this time with Kim & Jessie
roo2macca nominated this song and received 13 VOTES and 2 Billies.

At 13th place in our countdown were the RED RIDERS and Feels Like Grace
They peaked at #96 in the 2006 Countdown with Slide in next to me.
SM entered this song, which received 15 VOTES and 0 billies.​
 

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We have a three way tie for 10th place - all of these entries each scored 16 VOTES and no billies.​

One of the artists hit #38 in the 2004 countdown with Memory Lane - this was Elliot Smith with Angeles provided by NinjaSwan

Another hit #40 in 2017 with True Lovers. That was Holy Holy, this time with Faces courtesy of Loonerty

The last hit #79 in 2018 with Clumsy Love. This time it is Thelma Plum with her song Father Said via GreyCrow
 

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Another three way tie hit the countdown at Number 7 with 17 VOTES

Green Day and Misery, with a JJJ peak of #14 in 2000 with Minority, was submitted by The Jesus (with no billies)​

Metronomy and The Bay, peaking at #77 in 2011 with The Look, was put forward by NaturalDisaster and picked up one billy.​

and A Perfect Circle and The Noose, hitting #34 with Judith in 2000, was nominated by Drunkgoliath (and no billies)​
 

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Coming in to the Countdown at Number 5 is two entries on 19 VOTES.​

Hitting 6th place in the 1994 countdown with Seether was Veruca Salt with their song Volcano Girls which was nominated by Broken and received no billies.​

Reaching 4th place in 2010 with Plans by Birds of Tokyo with Off Kilter this time, picking up two billies along the way. This was nominated by SarahSmiles
 

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At 3rd place in the Countdown, we see another tie.​

Baker Boy, hitting #17 in the 2017 JJJ countdown, received 22 VOTES (and 3 Billies) for Black Magic and was entered by Ulahoopski

Phoenix, coming 4th in 2009 with Lisztomania, also receiving 22 VOTES (no billies) for If I Feel Better, entered by por_please_ya

This leaves songs by William Wonka and Chappyuk battling for the Nottest #1 spot.​
 
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