The Bachelor finale attracts 1.241m viewers as Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins doesn’t pick a winner
Ten’s finale of its flagship reality TV series, The Bachelor, managed to draw in 1.241m metro viewers as bachelor Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins walked away without picking a winner.
Airing on Ten at 7.30pm, Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins’ finale of The Bachelor topped last season’s final episode which saw Matty J attract an overnight metro audience of 1.116m.
Soph’s face says it all #TheBachelorAU pic.twitter.com/fhye6F7j4k
— The Bachelor Aus ? (@TheBachelorAU) October 4, 2018
While the former rugby star failed to chose his new partner, his final decision saw 1.241m tune in as the rest of the episode managed a metro audience of 1.009m.
Including both regional and metro viewers across the country, The Bachelor’s final decision drew in 1.678m while the rest of the episode attracted 1.355m.
According to OzTAM’s overnight preliminary metro ratings, Nick Cummins’ Bachelor debut was the highest premiering Bachelor season to date as 940,000 tuned in, while The Bachelor’s premier audience total was boosted to 1.244m when including regional numbers
The show’s premiere was almost 100,000 viewers larger than last season with Matty Johnson, which achieved 846,000.
Despite this, Nick Cummins’ season finale of The Bachelor failed to beat Sophie Monk’s Bachelorette final episode which managed a whopping audience of 2.2m.
Meanwhile, Sam Wood attracted 1.482m viewers when he picked his winner, Richie Strahan’s season of The Bachelor pulled in 1.324m viewers and Blake Garvey’s season managed 1.374m for the finale.
Last night’s Bachelor finale also topped the key advertising demographics 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54.
The finale also sent Twitter users into meltdown with fans sharing their shock at the final decision.
Sorting out the office sweep when nobody wins #TheBachelorAU pic.twitter.com/zjHdPyYH3n
— Tina Burke (@teeburke_) October 4, 2018
Still stewing about the fact that I wasted 8 weeks of my viewing life on #TheBachelorAu only for no one to get loved #breakingalltheloverules
— Shavaun Nagel-Dolan (@NagelDolan) October 4, 2018
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME? #TheBachelorAU ?
— Jess ✌ (@Deliah_wilson) October 4, 2018
Call me @Sandra_Sully with the late news but just heard @nckcmmns hasn't picked a lady … WTF???
A bloke's sitting here itching to get himself rocking and rolling again, and The Bloody Badger has 20 odd on offer and picks none.#TheBachelorAu #honeybadger #WTF pic.twitter.com/LPSo3llxu8— Chris Nolan (@DoonaNolan) October 4, 2018
In a big night for Ten, the main channel managed to win the night and beat out its competitors Nine, Seven, ABC and SBS with its 22.1% overall audience share.
Meanwhile, Nine saw an overall audience share of 18.5% compared to Seven’s 16.9%, ABC’s 10.2% and SBS’ 5.2% share.
Competing against the finale of The Bachelor was Nine’s The Block which obtained 784,000 viewers while Seven’s saw 512,000 metro viewers.
In the news battle for the evening, Seven News attracted 947,000 viewers beating Nine News’ 849,000.
Abigail Dawson was Mumbrella's senior content journalist covering event content. She left Mumbrella to move into an agency role in 2020.
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I guess this invites a redefining of the term “Soap Opera”.
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Haven’t you heard of catch up TV and spoiler alerts ? I thought this was a trade media site not the Daily Mail. Muppets!
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he didn’t choose either of them the the faint tow he rejected them both Brooke walked only three left Nick is not nice person he has to learn a big lesson ex football player need time to heal the final tow i don’t know why he did that i think needs time away form the music i love watching the bachelor and bachellorlet i love them shows equal the show are great the consent are kind to the guys or girls in the show before the start shooting it the host on chanel ten following shows are good i think nick should have winner this year but he didn’t choose one
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Hi Wow Wee,
We certainly are aware of catch up TV and spoilers, however as a trade site we had to cover The Bachelor’s finale as it is the one of biggest ratings stories of the year.
Regards,
Paul Wallbank
@taegan – what??? No clue what you’re trying (or clearly not trying) to say…
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Haven’t you heard of broadcast TV? If it was that important to you (I know – hard to believe) then watch it live when it is broadcast.
I’ll give you a tip. They won’t pause the internet just for you.
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Teagan – I couldn’t have put it any better myself. Just kiddin’. WTF!? Either double the dose of halve it.
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Out of Touch on the Fool!
He said he was not sure if he was ready, I think?
He had 2 spectacular women, enough to make your hair curl!
I feel sorry for them.
Why the hell did he go on the show if he wasn’t ready?
Oh well, at least they went to new caledonia and had some dates they would never have paid for, so not all bad.
It may stuff up next years ratings though, given the female demographic. I am looking forward to seeing the people on Gogglebox comment on it.
Great Show!
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I did spend 30 to 40 minutes to go to work down the M5 NOW try 2 hours on way back also 2.5 hours
I suppose if you live in Yuppy city you have no idea on the real live of workers.
Cheers
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The badger should learn to choose more easily.
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