[*mazedsalv**]

I don't understand. Unless the +1 figure was 300k+, I am disappointed. It doesn't make sense that two nights this week got 1.4m, and the eviction gets 1.09m? There must be something iffy about that surely. The France match had the lowest rating for a WC game at that time so we can't blame that either. I'm confused.

I can't defend it, the +1 would have to have been large. Something odd for sure with last nights rating.

Edit- Wait, what? So it was 1.25m incl?

[Josy]

I suppose a good thing is the ratings were awful the first week and ch5 released a statement saying they were happy with them

[Rob!]

I wonder if because BB is something that you have to be completely dedicated to to watch it all the way through, people didn't bother from the start as they would rather watch the World Cup?

[Josy]

Originally Posted by RobInnes

I wonder if because BB is something that you have to be completely dedicated to to watch it all the way through, people didn't bother from the start as they would rather watch the World Cup?

Yeah I mentioned that earlier in the thread and think it's definitely possible.

[*mazedsalv**]

Originally Posted by RobInnes

I wonder if because BB is something that you have to be completely dedicated to to watch it all the way through, people didn't bother from the start as they would rather watch the World Cup?

But is still doesn't make sense. It's not like people jave dropped the series because of the footie because it got two ratings of 1.4m in the week, so to fall to 1.1m has nothing to do with people not watching because of the matches, but something else. Maybe the +1 rating was very large or maybe the officials will be huge for last night?

[Jamesy]

People are quite invested with the footie and the weather has been amazing (lots of people were doing barbeques around where I live last night). So either of those could be affecting figures. I think the launch shows put a lot of people off too (even I was going to switch off quickly). Given the first few days were hardly engaging TV that has no doubt impacted a lot on this series viewers.

I'm holding out for more officials to come out before a final judgement yet. The ratings aren't great and down 200-600k from last year although they have stayed steadily around the 1 million mark which shows there is a dedicated audience still (might be easy to say BB is a cult show these days).

If officials for this eviction and the previous episodes are crap then I'll be very concerned. I'm sitting on the fence for now though.

[duclos]

The officials for the first couple of days aren't half bad:
Thursday (Launch #1) - 2.43 million
Friday (Launch #2) - 1.96 million
Saturday - 1.46 million
Sunday - 1.92 million

[Will.]

Originally Posted by duclos

The officials for the first couple of days aren't half bad:
Thursday (Launch #1) - 2.43 million
Friday (Launch #2) - 1.96 million
Saturday - 1.46 million
Sunday - 1.92 million

Maybe BB got at least 1.2 yesterday evening, I hope it did but i wouldn't bet on it.

[Jemal]

861k exc +1 last night

[Will.]

Originally Posted by Jemal

861k exc +1 last night

Oh god thats bad!

[Jake.]

Was just about to post that Jemal lol

[Jemal]

loool sozzz jake

[Jemal]

Yea i guess it is bad but some people (including me) just didnt feel the need to rewatch the eviction i guess

[Samm]

It's was against the football last night and a film and it was a Saturday so I'm not surprised

[Jake.]

Channel 4's premiere of #TheHungerGames averaged a strong 2.67m/16.2% from 9pm, putting it behind BBC1 only during that time.

[Rob!]

[*mazedsalv**]

Chill out people, it was Saturday yesterday AND against a match and still was the most watched Saturday of the series, with +1 it would be close to 1m. Also, even excluding +1, it was higher than BB14's 3rd Saturday.

[*mazedsalv**]

Officials have been released earlier than usual:

05/06 - 2.43m (10.8%)
06/06 - 1.96m (9.4%)
07/06 - 1.46m (6.3%)
08/06 - 1.92m (7.7%)
09/06 - 1.61m (6.1%) and 1.44m (7.5%)
10/06 - 1.84m (9.8%)
11/06 - 1.65m (9.3%)
12/06 - 1.37m (6.1%)
13/06 - 1.37m (5.4%) and 1.34m (7.9%)

Yes, there may be some that look low, but those last 3 ratings all were sub 1m in overnights because of the start of the World Cup, so there was a climb of 400k. The ratings we should be looking at is the 1.84m and the 1.65m, those were similar in the overnights to what all this week got (Monday-Thursday), so we should be expecting overnights of 1.6-1.9m for the officials for the last few days.

[Jake.]

Some of those are very strong.. happy with that

[Samm]

They look good all of the ratings that didn't drop under 1 Million got over 1.5, I'm happy with them and ratings that went under Million climbed back up

[*mazedsalv**]

Originally Posted by ~Sam~

They look good all of the ratings that didn't drop under 1 Million got over 1.5, I'm happy with them and ratings that went under Million climbed back up

Exactly. And between Monday-Thursday this week we got two 1.4m,which most likely will be ~1.8m.

[Jake.]

With those figures in place we currently have a 1.67 average and a 7.84% average share

[Kai Anders]

Originally Posted by Jake.

With those figures in place we currently have a 1.67 average and a 7.84% average share

Is the share based on overnights or officials, as I imagine it's hard to tell what official average share's are? I'm guessing they would exclude demand 5 viewing as this can't really apply?

Anyway, That's very strong considering the bad publicity regarding ratings. So it's about on par with the first two C5 series, which although were the lowest on record, I feel are still good, especially when you consider both BBC Two, C4 and C5 often struggle to hit past the 1.5m mark due to the complexity of TV viewing habits these days!

And a share of nearly 8% is good too, particularly when you compare the CBB series, whose lowest whole rating has been 9.4% (CBB10) and it's highest has been 10.8% share (CBB13) and when you compare the share of 8.1% for BB14!

[Kai Anders]

Here's a quick comparison of the C5 official ratings for the first week of each series.

BB12:
2.77m, 1.67m, 1.72m, 1.69m, 1.61m, 1.65m, 1.37m, 1.93m, 1.41m

BB13:
2.93m, 1.80m, 1.85m, 1.78m, 1.58m, 1.67m, 1.97m, 1.90m, 1.85m

BB14:
2.35m, 2.40m, 1.68m, 1.90m, 1.83m, 1.81m, 1.55m, 1.57m, 2.10m

BB15: (current series)
2.43m, 1.96m, 1.46m, 1.92m, 1.61m, 1.84m, 1.65m, 1.37m, 1.37m


And here's an average of viewers in millions for each series based on the first week of official ratings.

BB12:
1.75m (Overall series rating of 1.60m)

BB13:
1.92m (Overall series rating of 1.60m

BB14:
1.91m (Overall series rating of 1.90m)

BB15: (current series)
1.73m (Overall series rating yet to be concluded)


Where do we all think the ratings will end up, higher or lower? BB14 stayed near par with it's officials for the first week, who knows!

[Jamesy]

Originally Posted by Kai Anders

Here's a quick comparison of the C5 official ratings for the first week of each series.

BB12:
2.77m, 1.67m, 1.72m, 1.69m, 1.61m, 1.65m, 1.37m, 1.93m, 1.41m

BB13:
2.93m, 1.80m, 1.85m, 1.78m, 1.58m, 1.67m, 1.97m, 1.90m, 1.85m

BB14:
2.35m, 2.40m, 1.68m, 1.90m, 1.83m, 1.81m, 1.55m, 1.57m, 2.10m

BB15: (current series)
2.43m, 1.96m, 1.46m, 1.92m, 1.61m, 1.84m, 1.65m, 1.37m, 1.37m


And here's an average of viewers in millions for each series based on the first week of official ratings.

BB12:
1.75m (Overall series rating of 1.60m)

BB13:
1.92m (Overall series rating of 1.60m

BB14:
1.91m (Overall series rating of 1.90m)

BB15: (current series)
1.73m (Overall series rating yet to be concluded)


Where do we all think the ratings will end up, higher or lower? BB14 stayed near par with it's officials for the first week, who knows!

That's really useful. Thanks for posting!

When you compare it to previous years it's not all that bad than. Still a minor drop on the whole but not the end of the world.