Reality trio do battle, bearded lady gets SBS into top 20

By AdNews | 12 May 2014
 
Austria's Conchita Wurst

The three networks' reality shows all made it into the top 10 last night, but Nine's The Voice made the biggest noise, with 1.894 million viewers tuning in

Seven's House Rules won the second-largest reality TV audience, with 1.058 million across Australia's five metro areas, while Ten's MasterChef Australia got over the line in 10th, with 770,000 viewers.

Meanwhile, the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest won 476,000 viewers for SBS One last night, placing in 17th spot. They all saw Austria's bearded woman, Conchita Wurst, claim victory in the competition in Copenhagen.

Nine's The Mentalist and Seven's A Place to Call Home were the only other non-news programs to make the top 10, according to preliminary overnight TV ratings figures from OzTam.

The Mentalist ranked seventh, with an audience of 902,000, although its 9pm to 10pm measured timeslot was eaten into by 60 Minutes and it started about 20 minutes late. A Place to Call Home was eighth, with 865,000.

Nine claimed the top three spots, with 60 Minutes and Nine News coming second and third with audiences of 1.552 million and 1.218 million respectively.

Completing the top 10 was Seven News, fourth with 1.205 million viewers, Seven's Sunday Night, sixth with 954,000, and ABC News, ninth with 859,000.

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