People can’t figure out if this hilariously awkward NYE countdown is a setup

Most television broadcasts of New Year's Eve are filled with people hooting and hollering with excitement.

But there was no such enthusiasm on Australian music show The Loop, which had the most terribly awkward NYE celebration, possibly ever.

It featured an extremely deflated group of so-called "competition winners" who stepped on set to do the most anticlimactic new year's countdown live on air. 

It's equal parts depressing, cringeworthy and hilarious.

The thing is, the internet can't seem to figure out if the countdown was a setup. Surely a group of competition winners can't be that unhappy to be there? Surely. Read more...

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