[Salv*]

I hope it can surpass 3m!

[Ryan_Glasgow]

Aiming quite high, I think we may well have got 3 million for tonight it was rather well done.

[Damien.]

I think it will be over 3m+ tonight.

[DUNDEEBOY]

Emma needing a new script now

[Ryan_Glasgow]

Wrong thread??

[Black Dagger]

Nervous to read this in the morning.

I do hope it got 3m viewers, but we'll see.

[Salv*]

I hope it went over 3m!

[Dancc]

It seemed to go well on the various sites but I'm always wary of using the likes of Twitter as a guide... it's steered me wrong in the past.

[Black Dagger]

Originally Posted by Dancc

It seemed to go well on the various sites but I'm always wary of using the likes of Twitter as a guide... it's steered me wrong in the past.

Yeah, I remember when BB12 had like 8 trending topics on Twitter worldwide, so assumed it was going to be a ratings hit and then got like 2.6 million for the launch.

[RealityReal31]

I predict 2.8

Good show, but it doesn't change the fact that the advertisement beforehand was pretty poor. I wouldn't have known it started on a Tuesday if not for Digital Spy. However, the show was good so I think the figures would have grown rather than fallen.

Hopefully they can keep the momentum going for tomorrow's show.

[Salv*]

2.6M. Same as last year Expected more.
Peak of 3.1m.

[livefeed24/7now]

Originally Posted by Salv*

2.6M. Same as last year Expected more.
Peak of 3.1m.

2.6 m isn't a disaster ,it's ok
too early to say how the ratings will go though
9 weeks is a long time

[Salv*]

Don't think it includes +1 actually.

[rzt]

Not a great start, really. Last year when it launched with 2.6m, there was a lot of disappointment at how low it had started. Yesterday's launch did have more promotion on Channel 5 and much easier competition than last year's BB launch so I would've hoped for a bit more than that (3m). Looks like this series will probably be getting similar numbers to last year's series, maybe worse dependent on the competition.

[livefeed24/7now]

Originally Posted by rzt

Not a great start, really. Last year when it launched with 2.6m, there was a lot of disappointment at how low it had started. Yesterday's launch did have more promotion on Channel 5 and much easier competition than last year's BB launch so I would've hoped for a bit more than that (3m).

does 2.6 include c5 +1

[happybbfan]

Considering BB had no real competition last night
and was the main topic of trends on twitter
i had come to the conclusion it may get higher ratings myself
9 weeks is a very long time though so who knows
what will happen

[CLL Dodge]

Last year had the lead in from CBB so more people would have been aware of the show, though conversely more people may have had BB fatigue.

[rzt]

More ratings (excluding +1):

20:00- Big Brother: The Auditions: 1.2m (5.1%)
21:00- Big Brother: The Live Launch: 2.6m (12%)
22:45- Big Brother’s Bit on the Side: 820,000 (6.9%)

[livefeed24/7now]

Originally Posted by happybbfan

Considering BB had no real competition last night
and was the main topic of trends on twitter
i had come to the conclusion it may get higher ratings myself
9 weeks is a very long time though so who knows
what will happen

agreed ,there was a few factors in it's favour last night

trending on twitter is never a good indication of ratings success
as people do like to tweet how much they hate something once they see it's a trending topic which in turn prolongs it as a trending topic

i thought anything over 2.5 m would be ok
like you say it's too early to draw any conclusions on how the ratings will go

[RichardFTW]

I think they're good ratings, we just have to accept it's never going to be pulling in large amounts of viewers anymore. I think all things considered, the ratings could have potentially been a lot worse last night.

[Damien.]

When will we get the +1 ratings?

That could bump it up by another 200k-300k, which would meet a lot of our predictions.

[bottleofbest]

Still not bad for a show in it's 12th year and on still finding it's feet on a smaller channel.

[Salv*]

Originally Posted by Damien.

When will we get the +1 ratings?

That could bump it up by another 200k-300k, which would meet a lot of our predictions.

DS do it on purpose, they release +1 for everything else and Ch5 normally, but then the day BB launches, they won't release it.

At most, I think BB got 2.8m. But still, 2.8m is still better to look at than 2.6m.

[rzt]

The +1 audience for Big Brother was less than 100,000. At most, the Big Brother launch averaged 2.7m (inc +1).

[Damien.]

Originally Posted by rzt

The +1 audience for Big Brother was less than 100,000.

So, will probably round to 2.7m then?

I'm a bit disappointed, I did think after all the buzz on Twitter last night it would do better. Hopefully it can hold onto a large percentage of last night's audience.

2.2m for tonight?