Originally Posted by Score:
“I've just been looking at the American Idol ratings for this year, to see how the two night final does over there, and what I found was very interesting:
Final Performances: 23.82m (8.6)
Final Results: 28.84m (10.0)
And here is the average for the previous five weeks:
Performances: 23.54m (8.2)
Results: 23.73m (8.2)
What this shows is that the ratings barely rose for the final performances, but shot up for the final results. Compared with the previous five weeks, the performances show was up by 1.2% (all total viewers), whereas the results were up by 21.5%. Last night's X Factor was up by 1.3% on the average for the previous five performances shows, so it's practically identical to Idol's increase. If the results increase by 21.5% on the average for the previous five weeks like Idol, that will put it at 16.7m. Whilst that looks too high, it's an interesting trend to note, and as X Factor has never ran a two night final before, comparisons with previous years are less significant. All might not be lost for that 18m peak.”
“I've just been looking at the American Idol ratings for this year, to see how the two night final does over there, and what I found was very interesting:
Final Performances: 23.82m (8.6)
Final Results: 28.84m (10.0)
And here is the average for the previous five weeks:
Performances: 23.54m (8.2)
Results: 23.73m (8.2)
What this shows is that the ratings barely rose for the final performances, but shot up for the final results. Compared with the previous five weeks, the performances show was up by 1.2% (all total viewers), whereas the results were up by 21.5%. Last night's X Factor was up by 1.3% on the average for the previous five performances shows, so it's practically identical to Idol's increase. If the results increase by 21.5% on the average for the previous five weeks like Idol, that will put it at 16.7m. Whilst that looks too high, it's an interesting trend to note, and as X Factor has never ran a two night final before, comparisons with previous years are less significant. All might not be lost for that 18m peak.”
That's some very interesting analysis there Score. Thanks for that.
Were both Idol shows over two hours, or just one hour? It's going to be interesting to see the overnights tomorrow, that's for sure.
Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“Dont forget Jedward are back tonight so the final should get a boost in addition to the usual higher Sunday night figures.”
“Dont forget Jedward are back tonight so the final should get a boost in addition to the usual higher Sunday night figures.”
If ITV have any sense they'd put Jedward on so they are on in the 9pm junction. I've got a feeling though, like in previous year's, SPOTY will over-run.
