Blueyfest

Blueyfest (also spelled as Bluey Fest or BlueyFest)^[1]^[2] was a marathon of Bluey, which ran on the ABC Kids channel on 19th November 2023, from 06:00 to 19:30 AEST. It revolved around the best 100 episodes of the show, voted on by viewers, who were asked their favourite five episodes. Voting started on 23rd October 2023, and closed on the 6th of November. Voting was open to everyone, including those from outside Australia.

BlueyFest image2 — Another Image Listed On ABC IView

Description

Pick your five favourite Bluey episodes and enjoy the Biggest Little Bluey Countdown…for real life!
To celebrate 5 Years of Bluey on ABC Kids, we’re counting down the top 100 episodes in the Biggest Little Bluey Countdown!
On Sunday 19 November, Bluey will be taking over the ABC Kids channel from 6am as we count down the top 100 episodes as voted by those who know them best – you and your family!
Vote for your favourites by Monday 6 November.^[3]

Another Image Listed On ABC IView

List of Episodes

100-91

Place	Episode
100	Mr Monkeyjocks
99	Fancy Restaurant
98	Housework
97	Omelette
96	The Quiet Game
95	Shaun
94	Charades
93	Featherwand
92	Obstacle Course
91	Teasing

90-81

Place	Episode
90	Shadowlands
89	The Magic Xylophone
88	Movies
87	Road Trip
86	Hospital
85	Work
84	Whale Watching
83	Daddy Putdown
82	Early Baby
81	Butterflies

80-71

Place	Episode
80	Chickenrat
79	Copycat
78	Chest
77	Daddy Dropoff
76	Sticky Gecko
75	Daddy Robot
74	Handstand
73	Space
72	Dunny
71	Blue Mountains

70-61

Place	Episode
70	The Beach
69	Muffin Cone
68	The Sleepover
67	Backpackers
66	Pizza Girls
65	Slide
64	Bob Bilby
63	Swim School
62	Rug Island
61	Magic

60-51

Place	Episode
60	Stickbird
59	Smoochy Kiss
58	Calypso
57	Stumpfest
56	Family Meeting
55	Verandah Santa
54	Fruitbat
53	Pavlova
52	Dirt
51	Bike

50-41

Place	Episode
50	Burger Shop
49	Café
48	Easter
47	Bus
46	Keepy Uppy
45	Curry Quest
44	Relax
43	Ice Cream
42	Double Babysitter
41	Flat Pack

40-31

Place	Episode
40	TV Shop
39	Escape
38	The Creek
37	The Pool
36	Barky Boats
35	Mini Bluey
34	Dad Baby
33	Bedroom
32	Asparagus
31	Bad Mood

30-21

Place	Episode
30	Fairies
29	The Decider
28	Takeaway
27	Duck Cake
26	Grandad
25	Born Yesterday
24	Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound
23	Dragon
22	Fairytale
21	Onesies

20-11

Place	Episode
20	BBQ
19	Turtleboy
18	Cubby
17	Bingo
16	Unicorse
15	Faceytalk
14	Hammerbarn
13	Pass the Parcel
12	Tradies
11	Army

10-1

Place	Episode
10	Bin Night
9	Christmas Swim
8	Rain
7	Dance Mode
6	Camping
5	Grannies
4	Sleepytime
3	Granny Mobile
2	Baby Race
1	Cricket Introduced via the extended intro

Trivia

This event celebrated the fifth anniversary of Bluey, which first aired on 1st October 2018.^[4]
Percentage of Blueyfest voters by internal Australian Territory & State.^[5] Note this does not take into account differing populations by region^[6].

Post from ABC Kids Community Facebook page, showing the most voted for episode in each state & territory was Cricket.

Post from ABC Kids Community Facebook page, showing the percentage of episodes in Blueyfest by season.

The posters advertising Blueyfest (which are identical bar the advert for ABC IVIEW and date) hold numerous trivia within them:
- The Hammerbarn Employee (from Hammerbarn) can be seen pointing Muffin and Socks away while the former is driving (Pizza Girls), all while maintaining their trademark depressed look.
  - On Muffin's car, a small Long Dog is visible, light grey in colour.
- Brandy Cattle is seen doing a pose from the dance she and Chilli did in Onesies.
- Chris and Bob (Nana and Grandpa) are seen doing a floss (Grannies).
- As The Terriers run past (numerous episodes), The Old Pug is seen angry (Granny Mobile).
- While with Sparky (who has a pie in hand), Chippy is seen on his phone, while Cherry, who is elsewhere on the poster, is also looking at her phone (Tradies).
- Cornelius and Terriers' Mum are seen together (TV Shop), with Cornelius offering a German Sausage (Markets).
- Winton shows Snickers the $5 with a tooth sticker on it (seen first in Markets and later The Quiet Game).
- Lulu is seen receiving a face-paint from Mackenzie's Mum, while Pretzel seems to wait (Curry Quest).
- Indy, who was unable to in Markets, is able to ride Buttermilk with The Pony Lady watching.
- Captain and Mia are seen together (Barky Boats and Curry Quest)
- Frank and Marcus are seen talking together (which was hinted at in Spy Game)
- Rusty is seen playing cricket, with Digger most likely having just bowled, Dusty catching the ball and Lucky standing as a wicket-keeper (in place of his father) while Jack watches from the side and Tiny from behind (all from Cricket).
- Bluey and Bingo, along with their parents Bandit and Chilli, are seen dancing supposedly to Chattermax (The Lollipop Song)
- Rad is holding a toy Dragon for an amused Frisky (Double Babysitter).
- Mackenzie, Coco and Judo are all playing Keepy Uppy (the game is from the episode of the same name), while Calypso watches them (the first two being students at her school).
- Bella holds an unfinished Pavlova (the food being from the same episode).
- Chloe holds an asparagus (which supposedly has the ability to change dogs into animals) while Honey is a lion (from Circus).
- Jean-Luc is still playing a foreger from Camping.
- Gruber is seen taking a pofferjete from the Poffertje Dog (Markets).
- Pat is seen organising a game of Pass the Parcel with Jasper G., Missy, Lila, Juniper, Chucky, Buddy and Pom Pom.
  - A small animation error is seen as Pat's hand clips through the phone's screen.
- In addition, characters who would be typically seen together are paired as such:
  - Jack's Mum and Dad.
  - Sheila and her son.
  - Winnie and Fido.
  - Dougie and his mum.
  - The Grey Nomads.
  - Stripe and Trixie can be seen dancing with one another, albeit at a distance.
  - Additionally, Shop Assistant is seen alongside Hospital Kid (it was previously thought that she was a different dog due to different voice actors in The Quiet Game and Mr Monkeyjocks).
Along with the episodes airing, Bluey-inspired Ice Creams were sold at numerous location in New South Wales (Sydney Bondi Beach, Newcastle Nobbys Beach, Forster Pebbly Beach and Lismore Quad (the town is landlocked)) and Queensland (Gold Coast-Tweed Heads & Coolangatta Surf Life Saving Club and Brisbane Southbank Parklands).^[3]
It was hinted during an interview with TODAY on 8th October that a surprise would be revealed for the final episode. This would turn out to be Extended Introduction, which instead of just having (in order of elimination) Chilli, Bandit, Bingo and Bluey play musical statues, would also include a handful of the childrens friends. After Chilli, Bandit, and Bingo are eliminated, the music changes to the extended intro similar to that on Bluey: The Album, and then eliminates Muffin, Socks, Snickers, Winton, Pom Pom, and Rusty, before finishing with Bluey.
The list of ABC IVIEW profiles (correct as of Nov. 2023), with Radley Heeler (Uncle Rad) highlighted, and the original design shown for Alfie (third-from-bottom row, far left); all bar the top four Bluey characters were added in new for Blueyfest. Note Sparky and Terriers' Mum have been added in since.

At around midnight Australian Eastern Summer Time (AEST) on 19th November 2023, the date of Blueyfest, new profile icons were added on ABC IVIEW. Before the event (since the third part of Season Three), you could pick four characters: Bluey, Bingo (both of which were available from mid-2022), Chilli and Bandit. However this number has increased to thirty, and includes child and adult characters from the show (these are alongside the additional fifteen user-icons that are available that are not-Bluey related).
The run time for the entire event, from 06:00-19:30 was 810 minutes, with over 703 minutes used during this time for airing Bluey episodes.^[7] This means that approximately 86% of the days scheduling (ignoring the unrelated section between 05:00-07:00) was scheduled with Bluey episodes,^[8] the remainder filled with adverts for other shows, Blueyfest themed dialogue explaining episodes or favourite moments, and five-second animations showing the place number.