Australia’s Got Talent grand final smashes 2m
The two-hour grand final of Australia’s Got Talent, where the country’s top rookie performers sung it out for a $250,000 prize, pulled in an impressive 2.192m, according to preliminary metro ratings from OzTam.
This eclipses last year’s grand final ratings, which pulled in 1.831m.
It also beats the final of Junior Masterchef, which averaged 1.9m, but is no match for last year’s Masterchef final, which attracted an average of 3.962m.
The Seven show, which aired at the same time as Masterchef in the 7.30pm slot, pushed the Ten show down to 1.356m. The Block, which was on at 7pm, was the third most-watched show of the night, with 1.512m.
The debut of Dinner Date pulled in more than a 1m for Seven, while the third episode of The Renovators, which followed Masterchef on Ten at 8pm, held firm with 974,000 – almost the same audience as yesterday.
Meanwhile Top Gear pulled in 657,000 for Nine, a reasonable performance since the ratings drop off during the last season.
It was another close run race between Today and Sunrise, with the latter winning by 30,000 viewers, with 351,000.
Tuesday’s top shows:
1. Australia’s Got Talent Seven 2.192m
2. The Block Nine 1.512m
3. Masterchef Ten 1.356m
4. Seven News Seven 1.344m
5. Nine News Nine 1.289m
6. Today Tonight Seven 1.230m
7. A Current Affair Nine 1.170m
8. Home and Away Seven 1.134m
9. Dinner Date Seven 1.112m
10. The Renovators Ten 0.974m
11. ABC News ABC 0.898m
12. The Big Bang Theory Nine 0.879m
13. RBT Nine 0.763m
14. NCIS Ten 0.750m
15. The 7PM Project Ten 0.698m
Channel share:
Seven: 32.4%
Nine: 17.5%
Ten: 16.6%
ABC1: 9.8%
SBS1: 3.5%
GO!: 3.3%
7TWO 3.1%
7mate: 3.0%
Eleven: 3.0%
Gem: 2.4%
One: 2.0%
ABC2: 1.8%
ABC3: 0.6%
SBS2: 0.6%
ABC News 24: 0.5%
This show is terrific. Where could we sit in othe comfort of our own home and see such a show with incredible and varied acts and not pay a cent for the privilege? The only thing I could find fault with is the fact that the runner-up never got anything. Such a shame.
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