Countdown Revolution Era
From 3 July 1989 to December 1990, Countdown returned in the guise of Countdown Revolution. Without Molly Meldrum, who had since gone on to Hey Hey It's Saturday, it featured a group of young hosts including Tania Lacy and Mark Little. The duo were fired by the ABC after an unauthorised on-air protest on 22 June 1990 against the policy of not allowing acts to perform live and insisting they mime to backup tracks. The show continued until its cancellation in December 1990.
The program aired 6:30 weeknights for 30 mins. On Friday nights, the Top 10 biggest selling songs in Australia was counted down (using information from the ARIA Chart). Video clips were generally shown, but memorable appearances live on stage included Poison ("Nothin' but a Good Time"), Kylie Minogue ("Hand on Your Heart"), Jason Donovan ("Sealed with a Kiss"), Collette ("All I Wanna Do Is Dance"), Brother Beyond ("He Ain't No Competition"), James Freud ("One Fine Day") and many more. The ABC's late night continuous music show rage replayed old episodes of Countdown Revolution in January 2012 - including episode #1.
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