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BIG Brother bosses are fighting to save the show after losing nearly HALF its audience.



Friday’s eviction scored one of the worst ratings ever as fewer than two million tuned in to see Sophia Brown get the chop.

The eviction show at the same stage last year drew an audience of 3.7m.

Now BB fans fear the show might get the axe.

Apart from the launch, which pulled in over five million viewers, only one other episode has hit the three million mark.

Now bosses fear fans have boycotted the show over the axing of the 24-hour live feed.

A show source said: “Fans were not happy about losing their access to the house.

“It seems many have carried out their threats not to tune in this year.”

And bosses are bracing themselves for more poor figures when posh toff Freddie Fisher faces American Cairon Austin-Hill in this Friday’s eviction.

Freddie, who was saved by fans when Sophie, 26, got the boot on Friday, is up again after a whopping nine of his 12 fellow housemates nominated him.

Freddie – who was forced to change his name to Halfwit to become a housemate – has irritated the other wannabes with his singing and cooking.

Four housemates voted for Cairon.