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The Voice stutters as House Rules opens ratings lead

house rulesSeven’s House Rules opened up clear air ahead of Nine’s singing contest The Voice on Monday night.

While House Rules rated just under 1.5m and was top show for the night among all people, The Voice was down in fifth with just under 1.3m viewers, according to overnight metro ratings from ozTAM.

the voice logoIt was The Voice’s second lowest overnight audience of the season.

The third contestant in the reality battle, Ten’s Masterchef, was down in ninth with 994,000 viewers.

However, all three reality shows dominated in the key advertising demographic of 25-54. House Rules was top show, The Voice was second and Masterchef third.

Meanwhile, Nine won the news battle with Nine News (1.342m metro viewers) ahead of Seven News (1.281m viewers). ABC News rated 772,000 and Ten Eyewitness News rated 702,000.

Seven’s What Really Happens in Bali continued to fade on its debut, rating 797,000, well down on last month’s opening number of 1.057m.

Nine won the night with a share of 25.5 per cent, ahead of Seven’s 22 per cent. ABC averaged 12.8 per cent, just in front of Ten’s 11.6 per cent.

In the morning battle, Seven’s Sunrise beat Nine’s Today by 298,000 viewers to 254,000.

Monday’s top 15 shows:

  1. House Rules – Seven – 1.491m
  2. Nine News – 1.342m
  3. Seven News – 1.281m
  4. Nine News 6.30pm – 1.275m
  5. The Voice – Nine – 1.271m
  6. A Current Affair – Nine – 1.228m
  7. Seven News/ Today Tonight – 1.188m
  8. Home And Away – Seven – 1.034m
  9. Masterchef – Ten – 994,000
  10. What really happens in Bali – Seven – 797,000
  11. Australian Story – ABC1 – 791,000
  12. ABC News – ABC1 – 772,000
  13. Hot Seat – Nine – 710,000
  14. Ten Eyewitness News – 702,000
  15. 7.30 – ABC1 – 695,000

Monday’s share:

  • Nine – 25.5%
  • Seven – 22%
  • ABC1 – 12.8%
  • Ten – 11.6%
  • 7TWO – 4%
  • 7Mate – 4%
  • Go – 3.7%
  • ABC2 – 3.1%
  • SBS One – 3.1%
  • Eleven – 2.6%
  • Gem – 2.5%
  • One – 2.4%
  • ABC3 – 1.0%
  • SBS Two – 0.9%
  • NITV – 0.2%

Data copyright of OzTAM Pty Limited 2014. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of OzTAM.

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