News article - Armageddon Ratings Boost!

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The LIVE Armageddon twist that aired on Monday night has seen a ratings boost for Big Brother 2014 and Channel 5, with the show reaching its highest viewing figures since the launch.

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Monday nights live special, which saw one housemate immediately evicted with no public vote (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/bigbrother15-2014/news-257320/marlon-evicted-in-shocking-twist-.html) and also the arrival of.....

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[Creggle]

I think the ratings were down to the World Cup ending more than Armageddon.

[Yaki da]

Give the show a big name and advertise it and it will do a bit better. But it's still degenerated into farce and become almost unwatchable.

I do laugh at people who say "It has to move on". The Roman Empire moved on... Into the Dark Ages. The idea is to improve things by building on what worked. Not to reduce the show to Tracey Emin unmade bed shock tactics which ultimately just makes it little more than a morbid curiosity.

[Josy]

I think the ratings were down to the World Cup ending more than Armageddon.

They slumped back down to 1.20 last night I think

[Samm]

Apparently last night it got 1.29 now