[Kai Anders]

I ALSO FORGOT TO MENTION...

It's worth taking a look at the officials for each week.

WEEK 1 - 1.65M O
WEEK 2 - 1.61M -
WEEK 3 - 1.59M -
WEEK 4 - 1.56M -
WEEK 5 - 1.56M O
WEEK 6 - 1.57M +
WEEK 7 - 1.58M +
WEEK 8 - 1.58M +

The fact that this series of Big Brother, despite dramatic differences in overnight viewing, in official figures is EXTREMELY stable!

And.. unexpectedly.. Since week 5, ratings are naturally improving.. although only slightly, this is still very good and suggestive that the show is retaining some form of audience lost in Weeks 3-5.

Armageddon certainly added a small push of viewers, and hopefully.. with the advertisement of CBB, and perhaps highlight shows and the final.. Week 9 (the current week) and week 10 will see the official figures for the last 2 weeks increase to 1.60M

It appears that with official viewing figures.. the show begins well.. then has a mid series drop.. followed by a large increase and another very marginal drop at the end. As this can be seen in BB14 too.

In overnight figures, the current series is ranked at 1.22M with a 6.5% share. The previous series, BB14.. had 1.48M overnight viewers and an 8% share.

Again.. these ratings have been very stable too.. and despite a larger decrease in viewing figures since week 1, it states that many more are still willing to catch up on demand services and repeats, evident by the improving official figures.