[Sam]

8.2 Million Turn In To See Pete Win
Last night's Big Brother final, which saw Pete walk away with the ?100,000 prize, attracted at its peak 8.2 million viewers - a 45.6% share of those viewing television at the time.

And when the voting lines closed, estimated money raised for charity from voting throughout the series totalled approximately ?1.2million. Approximately ?257,365 of that was raised from the vote to return ex-housemates to the house.

Unofficial overnight viewing figures from BARB have indicated that last night's (Friday 18 August) 10pm finale show - where Glyn was revealed as runner-up and Aisleyne in third place - was watched by an average 7.7 million viewers and a 39.2% share of viewers at the time.

This is up on last year's series finale which averaged 6.7 million viewers and a 34.4% share, and peaked at 7.8 million, and attracted a peak share of 43.4% of available audience.

Last night's 8.00pm show, where Jennie left the house in sixth place, Nikki in fifth and Richard in fourth, attracted an average 6.3 million and a 28.7% share, peaking at 7.4 million and a 33% share.

Last night's 10 pm final was the highest rating show of the series, the second highest being the 18 May launch night which attracted an average of 7.1 million viewers, followed by Grace's eviction on 16th June which averaged 6.3 million viewers.

All of this year's figures above are based on overnight and not consolidated ratings.

Source: Big Blagger