Triple J presenter Craig Reucassel encouraged voters to vote for the Media Watch theme music on the condition that his counterpart Chris Taylor would do a nude run through the Big Day Out if it made the Hottest 100.

While announcing the count, Reucassel called number 7 for the Media Watch theme, initiating Taylor on a streak through the music festival.

Upon Taylor's return, Reucassel explained that Media Watch was ineligible due to not being recorded in 2004 and announced the real number 7.

Throughout the countdown, numerous references were made to this well-established fact, including announcers sarcastically claiming "Ha-ha!

You thought they'd be #1" when "The Dark of the Matinée" was played at #50 as well a mock promotional piece heard in between in which votes for other bands such as Placebo and Jet were ignored in favour of Franz Ferdinand.