• MasterChef has over 500k as Minoli goes home after flavour misstep
• Big Brother kicks off surprise week with Michael going home
Primetime News
Seven News 1,030,000
Nine News 1,009,000
ABC News 617,000
10 News First 265,000 (5:00 pm)/ 228,000 (6:00 pm)
SBS World News 172,000/130,000
Daily current affairs
60 Minutes 464,000
Insiders 472,000
The Project 277,000 (6:30 pm)/ 426,000 (7 pm)
Breakfast TV
Sunrise 263,000
Today 203,000
News Breakfast 183,000
Nine
Nine has continued its strong Sunday night performances throughout the year, once again winning the night, with the #1 primary (23.2%) and network (30.8%) share.
Lego Masters had 811,000 viewers tune in to watch Gabby and Ryan break the Brick of Doom curse by winning the first challenge of the night only to be eliminated after their next build.
The pair ended up in the bottom two with Fleur and Sarah, who used their Platinum Brick to stay in the competition after their build fell apart right before judging.
Lego Masters was #1 in all key demos and was also up on last week’s episode which had 715,000 viewers.
This was followed by 60 Minutes with 464,000.
Earlier in the day Nine’s coverage of the St George Illawarra Dragons versus the Wests Tigers had 285,000 viewers as the Tigers won 16-8.
Seven
Big Brother had 534,000 viewers as the show kicked off Surprise Week.
In the nomination challenge, Big Brother mixed allies and adversaries together with the winning team agreeing to nominate single marketer Michael and student Tilly for eviction, with mother hen Mary as a safe vote.
Michael was the one evicted from the house and commented:
“I thought I had the numbers so I shouldn’t go on attack mode,” said Michael. “I don’t think the plane crew is as solid as it once was. The dynamics have shifted and people are going to do what they have to do to stay in the game. Daniel wants Tilly in because he thinks he can manipulate her but Tilly is not a silly girl. She’s incredibly smart. They may never get an opportunity to nominate her again and that’s the mistake.”
Afterwards was Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous which focused on Rodney Francis Cameron, with 301,000 tuning in.
The AFL coverage had 530,000 as Essendon defeated Carlton, which was spread across Seven and 7mate which was the top multichannel for the night.
10
MasterChef had 592,000 viewers join the kitchen as Minoli’s flavour combination saw her go home. This was up on last week’s 572,000.
The episode featured MasterChef Alumni Poh Ling Yeow, Callum Hann and Reynold Poernomo, as the challenge was to make a dish that would seamlessly fit on either Poh’s menu at Jamface, at Callum’s Eleven restaurant or on Reynold’s menu at Koi.
Wynona, Therese and Elise also had to decide whether or not to play their immunity pins. In the closing moments of the challenge, Wynona and Elise both played their pins.
Minoli’s sesame-crusted steak served with daikon, yuzu dressing, crispy enoki mushrooms and pickled radish was not a hit with the judges, and she was the fourth contestant eliminated from the show.
The Sunday Project had 277,000 (6:30 pm) and 426,000 (7 pm) watch as the show covered the plan to slash child care costs and Aussies stuck in India.
ABC
Spicks and Specks had 530,000 viewers for the third episode of its return series which was up considerably from last week’s 444,000.
This was followed by Wakefiled with 189,000.
SBS
The top program on SBS last night was a repeat of Egypt’s Top Ten Treasures with 191,000.
