2012 Triple J Hottest 100 – Who will win? Predictions and Odds

Triple J hottest 100 for 2012 voting has opened and Sportsbet already have odds that have moved quite significantly.

Originally they opened up with Icelandic folk band Of Monsters and Men to take out the coveted number one spot, however the novelty raps of Macklemore are now raging hot favourites. A novelty song has not won the top prize since the Offspring got up with Pretty Fly in 1998. After starting at odds of more than $3, Macklemore have firmed in to $1.50, making them a very short priced favourite.

Little Talks from of Monsters and Men have drifted to 4.00 whilst Triple J favourite band of the year Tame Impala occupy 3^rd and 4^th favourite with Elephant and Feels like we only go backwards.

JPlay have a list of the most played songs of 2012 on triple and whilst earlier released songs are favoured (because they have had a chance to be played more),  Parachute Youth’s Can’t Get Better Than This tops the list.  Major Lazer’s Get Free and Skrillex’s Bangarang are chances at number 1 spot according to voting, and they were played 2^nd and 4^th most times throughout the year.

I’ve created a list in Spotify of the most played songs on Triple J in 2012 here so have a listen:

http://open.spotify.com/user/1231415808/playlist/2NgKVKLhngZrh185M4a6Wu

As for who will be voted up the top for the top 100? Well Once again bigfooty have come to the rescue with kBuck suggesting his top 100. It is shown below with the top 10 linked to their songs in Youtube.

As for betting value? I wouldn’t have put Macklemore up there but considering he has firmed from over 3.00 into 1.50, the punters disagree. Mumford and Sun’s I will wait and Of monsters and men have commercial radio backing. As do the black keys, which might well get them along the line. Skrillex had better songs in last years hottest 100, but will probably go higher with bangarang purely because dub step has become a lot more acceptable in main stream and alternative music. I can see Tame impala featuring well but not having enough commercial radio backing to get to the top spot.

Either way, unlike last year where Goyte were unbackable to come number one with Somebody that I used to know, this year, should be a good close contest for the number one spot.

Here it is kBucks top 100 here:

1 Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – thrift shop
2 Mumford and sun – I will wait
3 Tame impala – feels like we only go backwards
4 Of monsters and men – little talks
5 Black keys – gold on the ceiling
6 Frank ocean – pyramids
7 Angus stone – bird on the buffalo
8 Lana del ray – blue jeans
9 Rudimentals – feel the love
10 DJango Django – default
11 Alt j – Breeze blocks
12 Chet faker – im into you
13 Kendrick lamar – swimming pools
14 Flight facilities – clair de lune
15 Frank Ocean – lost
16 The Xx – angels
17 The shins – simple song
18 Frank ocean – super rich kids
19 The black keys – dead and gone
20 Muse – Madness
21 Urthboy – naïve bravado
22 Foals – inhaler
23 360 – child
24 The cast of cheers – family
25 Avicii – silhouettes
26 Van she – idea of happiness
27 Tame impala – elephant
28 Two door cinema club – sun
29 Oh mercy – drums
30 San cisco – wild things
31 Plan b – ill manors
32 Alt j – tessellate
33 Metric – youth without youth
34 Beach house – myth
35 Mumford and suns – babel
36 Lana del ray – born to die
37 Mark Foster, A-trak, Kimbra – Warrior
38 Block party – octopus
39 Flume – holdin on
40 Skrillex – bangarang
41 The xx – chained
42 Passion pit – take a walk
43 360 – run alone
44 Of monsters and men – mountain sound
45 Rudimentals – not giving in
46 Two door cinema club – sleep alone
47 Birds of Tokyo – this fire
48 The rubens – my gun
49 Django django – wor
50 Tame impala – apocalypse dreams
51 Disclosure – latch 52
52 Hot chip – flutes
53 San cisco – fred astaire
54 The rubens – the best we got
55 Plan b – playing with fire
56 Santigold – disparate youth
57 Passion Pit – I’ll be alright
58 Temper trap – rabbit hole
59 The presets – promises
60 Tzu – beautiful
61 Loon Lake – Cherry Lips
62 Owl eyes – cystalized
63 Xavier Rudd – Follow the sun
64 The chemical brothers – theme for velodrome
65 Grimes – oblivion
66 Urthboy – knee length socks
67 Parachute youth – can’t get better than this
68 Hilltop hoods – speaking in tongues
69 MS MR -Hurricane
70 The hives – go right ahead
71 Fire santa rosa fire – code breaker
72 Hot chip – how do you do
73 Major lazer – Get free
74 Illy – heard it all before
75 Last dinosaurs – andy
76 Grimes – genesis
77 The cast of cheers – animals
78 Knife Party – Internet friends
79 Mr little jeans – runaway
80 Alpine – seeing red
81 Tame impala – why wont they talk to me
82 Temper trap – trembling hands
83 Ladyhawke – black white and blue
84 The presets – Youth in trouble
85 Hilltop hoods – drinking from the sun
86 Regina spektor – all the Rowboats
87 Ball park music – coming down
88 Seth sentry – float away
89 Lisa Mitchel – Spiritus
90 Chance waters – maybe tomorrow
91 Deep sea arcade – steam
92 Flume – sleepless
93 Jack white – love interuption
94 Kimbra – my hands
95 Sarah blasco – I awake
96 Thundamentals – Brother
97 Missy Higgins – Unashamed desire
98 Children collide – sword to a gun fight
99 tyler touche – baguette
100 Kaiser Chiefs – listen to your head