I think probably the first countdown I've not been engaged at all. I reckon I knew maybe six or seven songs tops. The song that won (Ocean Alley, Confidence)... was better than about 97 other songs in the countdown. Not an amazing song, but real, real solid. Definitely enjoyed it. A lot better than some of the fucking tripe that's won previously. But christ was there a lot of shit this year. That Amy Shark song that came like fifth or whatever, sounds absolutely no different to a Taylor Swift song. And it's like... they get on their high horse about not playing Swift or Ariana, but then they play music that is every single bit as poppy. It's so goddamn arbitrary.
Now, the people who are all like "it was better in my day"... I mean pretty much every countdown I have heard I've enjoyed more than today's (the only reason I put it on is my partner listens to Triple J at work) but that shit makes my eyes roll. Music is as good today as ever, it's just that all the stuff I like doesn't fit the very specifically curated Triple J sound. And that's fine. It's just not for me.
tl;dr - songs I genuinely enjoyed today: Four Out of Five, Bubblin, Tints, All the Stars, Baby Come Back (LAV), This is America, Sicko Mode, Confidence.