The Bachelor beats Seven’s Raising of the Costa Concordia as Nine’s The Block wins the night

Ten’s The Bachelor boosted its audience from last week, with 726,000 tuning in to the reality dating show at 7.30pm, overnight OzTam metro TV ratings show.

It was up on last week’s audience of 646,000 and was the third-most watched show across people aged 16-39 and 18-49. It was also Ten’s best rating show of Thursday evening.

It beat Seven’s Raising of the Costa Concordia, which aired from 8pm, and drew an audience of 661,000 but was eclipsed by Nine’s The Block: Glasshouse, which again won the night with a metro audience of 1.180m. The Block: Glasshouse was also the most watched show across all demographics, while Nine’s other reality show Big Brother regained its place as second-most popular show across all demographics after slipping to third place on Wednesday evening.

Big Brother, which aired at 8.40pm, grabbed an audience of 748,000, up from Wednesday night’s 634,000 but still down on last Thursday’s audience of 881,000. The show doesn’t appear to be tracking as well in Adelaide and Perth with only 96,000 and 69,000 tuning in respectively.