• Australian Idol finds its top 24
Total TV Ratings, February 7
Confessions Week began on Married at First Sight Australia (MAFS), with 1,856,000 tuning in to see the newlywed couples move in together – up 68% and topping the night overall. The Hundred With Andy Lee premiered its 2023 season to 694,000, up 19%.
Seven’s Home and Away was up 25% with 972,000 tuning in. Australian Idol followed with 809,000 watching the sixth and final round of auditions, lifting 27%.
On 10, Australian Survivor was up 55% as Benjamin Law saw his team to victory by using AUSLAN to help the heroes crack the code in front of 765,000.
Overnight TV Ratings, February 14
Primetime News
Seven News 877,000 (6:00pm) / 865,000 (6:30pm)
Nine News 753,000 (6:00pm) / 804,000 (6:30pm)
ABC News 567,000
10 News First 228,000 (5:00pm)/ 144,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 128,000 (6:30pm)/ 126,000 (7:00pm)
Daily Current Affairs
A Current Affair 691,000
7.30 396,000
The Project 153,000 (6:30 pm)/ 264,000 (7pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 206,000
Today 183,000
News Breakfast 149,000
Nine has won the night with a primary share of 25.8% and a network share of 33.0%. 7mate has come out on top for multichannels with a 3.0% share.
Nine’s A Current Affair brought in 691,000 viewers, covering the fallout after the development of a massive glass duplex, and interviewed people from a neighbourhood being terrorised by bats from hell. Intimacy week continues on Married At First Sight (MAFS), with 762,000 watching as the couples took on tasks such as Five Minute Kissing. The drama ramped up as the episode ended, with Shannon trying to tell Caitlin that the reason he’d been in contact with his ex was that he didn’t find Caitlin attractive enough. The Hundred With Andy Lee then got romantic, with 381,000 watching a Valentine’s Day edition of the show.
Home and Away brought 472,000 to Seven to begin the evening, before Australian Idol whittled down the competition to the Top 24. 420,000 watched as Rugby player Noah Cookson made his big city debut with Forever Young by Youth Group, before passing out on stage when receiving his feedback. After being cleared by medics, Cookson informed his mother he was successful and had made it to the next round.
On 10, The Project (153,000 6:30pm / 264,000 7pm) covered the teen vaping crisis and interviewed The Teskey Brothers. It was auction time on Australian Survivor. Jordie won a video call home to his pregnant fiancée, Sam Frost, and George won an invitation to a Survivor party. At Tribal Council, 465,000 watched as Paige was sent packing.
ABC’s 7.30 covered the Albanese Government’s changes to temporary protection visas, and told 396,000 about the situation for people left homeless after the Türkiye and Syria earthquake. Better Date Than Never introduced Liz, a 20 year old with cerebral palsy to 201,000 viewers, before 145,000 watched a repeat of The Penguin King.
The highest rating show on SBS was Gloriavale: New Zealand’s Secret Cult 129,000.