Nine News (1st – 1,360,000) bounces above The X Factor Australia Live Results (2nd – 1,317,000), and good ratings for the ABC through the night – Australian Story (9th – 999,000), Four Corners (12th – 793,000), Media Watch (13th – 751,000) & Q&A (15th – 706,000). The Bachelor Australia (19th – 622,000) slides significantly from night 1… and so it shall be.

Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Ch9
6:30pm: A Current Affair – Ch9
7:00pm: ABC News – ABC1
7:30pm: The X Factor Australia Live Results – Ch7
8:30pm: Four Corners/Media Watch – ABC1
9:30pm: Q&A – ABC1

Channel 7 won the night (21.9%), followed by Channel 9 (19.3%), ABC1 (16.8%) & Channel 10 (10.7%).