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The following is taken from: http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0908/bigbrother.html

The final of this year's 'Big Brother' had the lowest last night audience in the show's history.

The Guardian website reports that Rachel Rice's win on Friday's show attracted a peak audience of 5.1m viewers.

The final in 2007 had a peak audience of 5.7m and in 2006 8.2m.

In a statement, Channel 4 said: "This year's 'Big Brother' has regularly delivered an audience of around 3 million viewers - even after nine years on air, it is still right up there among our highest-rating programmes.

"No other programme delivers us such a consistent, sizable audience and we are incredibly pleased with its performance. We look forward to celebrating 10 years of 'Big Brother' next year."

10th and [b]final[b] year?