Audiences tune out for Australia’s Got Talent’s first live show

Australia’s Got Talent’s first live finals lost viewers for Channel Nine last night as ratings dropped from 1.172m a week ago to 982,000 last night, preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam show.

The talent show judged by Dawn French, Kyle Sandilands, Geri Halliwell and Timomatic, was sixth for the night. The show was also sixth in the key advertising demographic of 25-54.

Seven’s competing talent show The X Factor, also on at 6.30pm, had a slight rise in viewers on last week and was the top program of the night with a total audience of 1.474m. The X Factor was also the top program in 25-54s.

Meanwhile, Channel Ten lost viewers after moving The Bachelor from Sunday nights to Wednesdays and putting The Great Bear Stakeout with Billy Connolly in its place.