TV Viewing Round-up: May 2011
ITV1’s latest Britain’s Got Talent series managed to bank the top programme spot in May, despite missing popular judges Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan.
Cowell made a return to the programme as the competition came to a head, joining Amanda Holden and new judges Michael McIntyre and The Hoff. Cowell’s comeback saw the show peak with more than 11.8 million viewers on 30 May, while the semi-final results show attracted a high of 10.9 million viewers.
The Eurovision Song Contest claimed the third spot in May, after banking its highest audience in 10 years. An impressive 12.6 million peak viewers tuned in to see the battle between Blue and Jedward. It was dubbed the night Britain fell back in love with Eurovision after it doubled last year’s audience (5.5 million viewers).
Although Blue and Jedward failed to make it in to this year’s top three, one of the winners (from Azerbaijan) lives in London and British connections popped up throughout the night – the Romanian entry was led by a man from County Durham and a rapper from Greece is also a lecturer at the University of Westminster.
The X Factor duo Jedward claimed eighth place for Ireland, ahead of UK entry Blue, which came in 11th place. Eurovision‘s global audience is thought to be around 100 million.
ITV1’s new Sunday night prime time drama Scott & Bailey, starring Lesley Sharp and Suranne Jones, came in at number four with 9.1 million viewers. The drama, which will finish in two weeks, continues to win the Sunday night peak rating. Scott & Bailey also claimed the ninth spot in the Top Programmes listings for May.
Taking fifth and seventh place, The Apprentice, which has returned to BBC One as another bunch of hopefuls try to impress Lord Sugar. Last week’s episode featured a number of media industry luminaries at Mediacom, Maxus and “Carrot” (read the highlights here).
Overall, BBC One features in the Top 20 list 11 times, while ITV1 claims the remaining nine spots. The UEFA Champions League coverage proved to be a popular choice for ITV1 viewers, as did Vera and Case Sensitive.
Meanwhile, Waterloo Road, Candy Cabs (which has been axed after its first run), Countryfile, Case Histories, BBC News and The Pirates of the Caribbean achieved the highest ratings for BBC One.
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