• One performance divided the judges on Australian Idol
Total TV Ratings, January 31
Nine’s Married At First Sight entered its second night of weddings, lifting a massive 70%. The episode saw the fall-out from Bronte and Harrison‘s wedding, with a huge 1,791,000 watching as Dan and Sandy and Claire and Jesse said their vows.
Seven’s Australian Idol came in next, with 841,000, viewing the singing competition as Gold Coast-based brothers Angus and Bobby Holmes audition separately, before the judges asked them to perform together, up 28%.
Lifting 54% was 10’s Australian Survivor, with 808,000 tuning in to see the Villains sent back to Tribal Council for the second time in a row as Michael was the second castaway to be kicked off the island.
Overnight TV Ratings, February 7
Primetime News
Seven News 855,000 (6:00pm) / 842,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 707,000 (6:00pm) / 699,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 574,000
10 News First 224,000 (5:00pm)/ 146,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 135,000 (6:30pm)/ 108,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 658,000
7.30 390,000
The Project 183,000 (6:30 pm)/ 276,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 220,000
Today 179,000
News Breakfast 154,000
Once again, Nine has won the night with a primary share of 23.3% and a network share of 29.1%. 7TWO has won multichannels with a 2.6% share.
Nine’s A Current Affair put a spotlight on the residents of Sydney’s crumbling Mascot Towers who are still paying for the properties they were forced out of in 2019, and saw 658,000 watch a mum charged with a number of offences after a mobile phone detection camera caught the L-plate driver in a shocking act. Confessions Week began on Married at First Sight Australia, with 826,000 tuning in to see the newlywed couples move in together. Shannon shocked fans by ranking his bride Caitlin fourth in the photo challenge because he’s “seen her without makeup” and confessed he was still in love with his ex.
Season four of The Hundred with Andy Lee then premiered to 446,000, with special guests Mike Goldstein and Ross Noble. Sophie Monk also made her series regular debut.
476,000 transported themselves to Summer Bay to begin their evening with Seven and Home and Away. On Australian Idol, tensions were high during the sixth and final round of auditions, as one performance divided the judges in front of 417,000.
7.30 investigated a juvenile detention centre where there’s been a shocking abuse of power with 390,000 tuning in to learn how the past month has been the deadliest for Jerusalem and the West Bank for more than a decade.
On 10, The Project (183,000 6:30pm / 276,000 7pm) singer Anne-Marie joined the desk and stars of Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek, promoted their steamy new film. Australian Survivor saw 395,000 tune in as Benjamin Law saw his team to victory by using AUSLAN to help the heroes crack the code.
The highest rating non-news show on SBS was The US and the Holocaust with 104,000.