[Kaz]

Survivor beaten by the news in TV ratings

The opening edition of the new series of Survivor attracted just 4.2 million viewers on ITV.

It was beaten by BBC1's Ten O'Clock News, which had an audience of 4.6 million, according to unofficial figures.

Viewers saw city trader Sarah McCombie become the first of the 12 contestants to be voted off the show.

The first series of Survivor was a ratings flop when it went head to head with Channel 4's Big Brother last year.

The opening show of the first series drew 6.6 million viewers.

The series failed to achieve the 10 million ITV had hoped for.

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Oh dear - not a very promising start.

I did watch the first programme and though it was OK, but I'm afraid it did nothing to encourage me to tune in next week to see what happened to any of the contestants. The only one I quite liked was one of the Scottish chaps (a coincidence, honestly!) - I think his name's Alistair.

... and maybe it's just me, but I can't stand that horrible war cry sound they play before and after the advert breaks - it puts my teeth on edge!