The ARIAs last night had everything.
Well, everything except an equal representation of women and men at Australia’s biggest music event of the year.
Despite this, there were a stellar performance of ‘Chains’ from Australia’s new girl squad, Jess Mauboy, The Veronicas and Tina Arena, as well as a controversial speech that was cut from the broadcast by Channel 10.
Here are the best moments from 2015.
1. Jess Mauboy, The Veronicas and Tina Arena’s version of ‘Chains’/Tina Arena’s acceptance speech.
Jess Mauboy, The Veronicas and Tina Arena sang ‘Chains’ and proved that even though there were fewer female voices at the ARIAs this year, their voices are just as powerful.
After this, Kylie Minogue inducted into Tina Arena into the ARIA Hall of Fame saying, “She may have been called Tiny Tina, but her voice was telling a different story.”
This speech was the the moment that Tina delivered her smackdown line to all the ageists: “I want to acknowledge the women in their 40s still in the game in a big way…We will decide when it’s time for us to stop.”
Boom.
The performance of Tina Arena’s chains that everybody’s talking about: