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Primetime News
Seven News 1,154,000/1,077,000
Nine News 1,078,000/999,000
ABC News 748,000
10 News First 384,000 (5:00pm)/ 266,000 (6:00pm)
SBS World News 169,000 (6:30pm) 138,000 (7:00pm)
Daily current affairs
A Current Affair 779,000
7.30 630,000
The Project 328,000 (6:30pm)/503,000 (7pm)
The Drum 225,000
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 265,000
Today 237,000
News Breakfast 216,000
Late News
The Latest 128,000
ABC Late News 120,000
Nine News Late Edition 110,000
Nine
Beauty and The Geek had 577,000 viewers as the Beauties and the Geeks adjusted to their new teams adjusted following the shakeup in the last episode and were challenged to host a live radio show on KIIS FM. Lachlan and Josie won with the pair going go-karting.
Following the 80’s prom-themed mixer the teams were changed for the final time with Alexander and Eliza reunited, while other teams were separated.
The Weakest Link had 253,000 viewers dropping from the 369,000 that it had last week. This was the lowest metro ratings that the show has had since it was rebooted by Nine.
Seven
Seven won a close Tuesday evening with the #1 primary (18.4%) and (26.3%) network share last night.
Home and Away was the top non-news program on Seven last night with 635,000 tuning in to the Aussie soap.
Farmer Wants A Wife had 632,000 as the Farmers and ladies frocked up for the country ball, where Rob introduced his four new ladies to the group and the blossoming romance between Andrew and Jess stirred up jealousy with Ash. And Sam and Matt’s new ladies, chosen by their mums, caused a seismic shift in the dynamic back on their respective farms.
10
The Project had 328,000 (6:30pm) and 503,000 to (7:00pm) as the show covered the Covid-19 outbreak and the racial abuse suffered by England’s football stars.
The second night of the MasterChef Grand Finale had 824,000 viewers as Justin Narayan was named the winner of the 2021 iteration of the show. 931,000 tuned in for the announcement of the winner as the show was the top non-news program of the evening and was #1 in all key demos.
In the finale Peter Gilmore, the master of grand finale pressure tests was on hand with 80 points up for grabs.
The contestants would have five hours to cook two dishes simultaneously. There was savoury squid noodles, a shiitake custard and koji butter sauce dish from Peter’s restaurant Quay and a brand-new golden crackle dessert from his restaurant Bennelong.
Kishwar was first to be scored, receiving four eights (32/40) for her savoury dish. Pete received four nines (36/40) for his savoury dish, but it was Justin who landed the big numbers, perfect tens (40/40) for his take on Gilmore’s dish. The savoury scores put Justin in the lead on 90, followed by Pete on 89 and Kishwar on 83.
For the golden crackle dessert, Kishwar received eights from Andy, Melissa and Jock with a seven from Peter (31/40). Pete received nines from Andy, Peter and Jock, and an eight from Melissa, giving him a score of 35/40, and a total score of 124.
Justin needed 35 points to beat Pete’s final score. Jock awarded him an eight, before Andy and Peter revealed nines. Melissa was last to reveal her score, and with a triumphant nine (35/40), Justin achieved a total score of 125, claiming him the title of MasterChef Australia and $250,000.
ABC
Ms Represented with Annabel Crabb premiered to an audience of 583,000 as the series began to explore the history of women in Australian politics.
SBS
Who Do You Think You Are? had 271,000 tune in for the episode centred on Grant Denyer. This was followed by the Tour De France with 177,000 watching stage 16.
