COUNTDOWN PRESENTS THE FIRST FULLY INDEPENDENT COUNTDOWN AWARDS FROM THE ABC MELBOURNE TV STUDIOS. PRESENTERS OF AWARDS ARE GREEDY SMITH, ROSS WILSON, MICHAEL HUTCHENCE, DURAN DURAN, SHARON O'NEILL, RENEE GEYER, JOHN SWAN, JOHN PAUL YOUNG, DARYL BRAITHWAITE, ALEX SMITH (LIVE CROSS TO PERTH), ANGRY ANDERSON AND IAN MELDRUM. LIVE ACTS ON THE SHOW WERE MEN AT WORK, SHARON O'NEILL, RENEE GEYER, MENTAL AS ANYTHING, BILLY FIELD, MONDO ROCK,THE DIVINYLS