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Overzealous Beliebers May Disqualify The Beibs From Triple J Hottest 100, Warns Triple J

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First Tay-Tay, now Bieber.

Triple J Hottest 100 prides itself on being music’s ‘biggest democracy’ but tween super-fans, set on a life mission to champion their fave artists are again at odds with Triple J’s voting regulations.

A campaign started by a betting agency in Australia has seen #Bieber4Hottest100 trending globally, with assumed incentive to boost votes for Beiber’s tunes in the annual Australia Day count down.

However, the campaign itself may prove to disqualify the ‘What Do You Mean’ singer from the competition completely.

Baby, baby, baby, nooo.

Justin Bieber Disqualified

BAAABY NOOO!

Swift was disqualified in 2014 after a similar campaign #Tay4Hottest100 was started by Buzzfeed, but the difference between the two is that Swift was never eligible to be in the competition to begin with. The song being rallied by fans ‘Shake It Off’, was never played on Triple J and therefore not a song that would be considered.

Poor Biebs, however, was eligible for three songs including single ‘Where Are Ü Now’ which was a favourite, featuring Skrillex and Diplo.

In an frustrating example of history repeating itself, it is beyond logic that people ignore the fact that a campaign behind Triple Jay Hottest 100 AUTOMATICALLY disqualifies the artist.

Doesn’t anyone read the rules anymore??!

Under the voting guidelines for the most popular song competition, it states:

“Don’t troll the poll. Votes made as part of a competition that promotes a song or artist, or a campaign that undermines the Hottest 100 may be disqualified or ignored.

We want genuine votes, from genuine listeners. If we feel something’s preventing that from happening, we’ll look into it for you and take appropriate action.”

Also saying:

“Play fair! triple j reserves the right to remove artists from the list who have benefited from competitions or commercial campaigns that incentivise fans to vote for them.”

A betting company endorsing and promoting an artist very much fits this prohibited form of voting. The company began the hashtag from its official account on December 9. It was retweeted by Bieber and now has over 15,000 retweets.

Triple J Manager Meagan Loader spoke to Tone Deaf about the Bieber campaign.

“We want genuine votes from genuine listeners,” she said. “It isn’t fair to Triple J listeners or artists whose songs could be undermined when campaigns try to incentivise votes or troll the poll.”

“We’ll keep an eye on it,” she added. “If we feel the outcome of the Hottest 100 has been manipulated votes may be disqualified or ignored.”

Can’t he just say sorry?