'Britain's Got Talent' is Saturday's most-watched show with 10.2m
Published May 6 2012, 11:05 BST | By Paul Millar
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The Simon Cowell reality contest's final auditions show of the series - featuring synchronised swimming group Aquabatique - grabbed 9.82m (38.9%) at the later time of 8.45pm, peaking with 11m and adding a further 321k on ITV1 +1.
Britain's Got More Talent aired immediately afterwards on ITV2, picking up 1.08m (6%) at 10.15pm.
Meanwhile, The Voice UK anchored BBC One's night with 8.16m (35.6%) between 7.10pm and 8.45pm, losing momentum over its ITV rival but still performing strongly.
Pointless Celebrities (2.42m/12%) and My Family (2.23m/10.2%) were screened before The Voice to low audiences, while In It To Win It (4.41m/18%) and Casualty (4.04m/16.9%) aired later on.
ITV1's FA Cup final coverage scored an average of 5.42m (31.9%) from 3.15pm, peaking with 11.5m as the match drew to a close. The Cube then took 3.46m (15.1%).
A BBC Two tribute to snooker legend Ray Reardon pocketed 1.08m (4.5%) from 8pm, then I Love 1977 had 1.49m (6.3%).
Channel 4's showing of Mission Impossible entertained 1.01m (4.3%) on Channel 4 (+1: 159k), while CSI: NY was Channel 5's best-rated programme with 1.28m (7.3%).
Overall, ITV1 topped primetime with 27%, overtaking BBC One which had 24.2%. BBC Two claimed third place with 5.7%, ahead of Channel 4's 4.2% (+1: 0.6%) and Channel 5's 3.8% (+1: 0.2%).
BBC Four's foreign drama The Bridge climbed to 848k (3.4%) and 672k (3.3%) for its double bill.
BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional
don't you think the voice is like eastenders? It's come along and halfed the BGT fans.. like corrie.. 25 years of brilliant soap- and eastenders comes along- and takes half the fans.. even though enders is crap! woo
May 8th 2012 at 4:19pm
I'm amazed how popular The Voice has become, but the BBC signed a two-year deal in advance, so even if no one had watched one single episode it would still be coming back next year. I still have no interest in the voice though. BGT was brilliant tonight.
May 7th 2012 at 10:20pm
Ash Maine - both shows are pulling in over 8m viewers each week = BBC & ITV are happy. They do not give a toss over these ratings that you guys are going on about. They are being shown at different times, so they do not care, BBC and ITV channel controllers are all mates - I know I see them all out on the piss every night thinking up how to stir up trouble to you guys. One pointer, the channels do not care about how many millions they've pulled in, it's all about audience share!! Thank you.
May 7th 2012 at 10:17pm
aving looked back on some of my comments iam sorry if i offended you in any way once again iam sorry
May 7th 2012 at 2:12pm
A peak of 11 million is flat?
May 7th 2012 at 10:20am