Show’s ratings X factor
CHANNEL 7’s TV talent show The X Factor has maintained its 100 per cent strike rate as Australia’s No. 1 rating TV s h o w, whi l e B i g B r o t h e r remains a top-10 fixture.
Monday’s show sent 138 acts into the show’s first super bootcamp, with all four groups – under 25-year girls, under 25-year boys, groups and over 25s – assessed by all judges and cut by more than 60 people. It has now won the ratings on each of the seven nights it has screened.
An average 1.469 million viewers turned on to watch in the five big city regions to finish ahead of Seven News (1.225 million), Nine News (1.222 million), ABC News (1.138 million), Today Tonight (1.131 million) and A Current Affair (1.046 million). Channel 9’s Big Brother, which pulls its big viewing numbers early in the week, ranked seventh and eighth with 1.013 million viewers turned on to see vet Ray, checkout operator Bradley and car saleswoman Sarah nominated for eviction. An average 1.007 million viewers were watching the regular 7pm show.
In southeast Queensland, the results were reversed with Big Brother the No. 1 and 2 shows of the night with people aged 25-54 and The X Factor ranked fourth.
Long-running soap has been thrown into chaos, with veteran star Susan Flannery, who has played matriarch Stephanie Forrester for 25 years, handing in her notice. The news comes little more than a week after fellow long-time cast member Ronn Moss, who plays her son Ridge, also suddenly quit.