Channel 9 pull 4 of the top 5 shows for the night again, with The Block (1st – 1,586,000), Hamish & Andy’s Euro Gap Year (2nd – 1,411,000), Nine News (3rd – 1,287,000) & A Current Affair (5th – 1,171,000) all winning their timeslots. The Block offered us the last renovation show and stamped Dale & Sophie’s dominance on the competition, branding them firm favourites to get the best price at auction on Saturday night. Tregan eliminated from MasterChef Australia (7th – 1,044,000) and news that next week 3 will be eliminated from the show should spark more interest in the franchise, which will have only 10 contestants by the end of next week (it’s first Block-free week this season). Stephen Fry’s 100 Greatest Gadgets (17th – 671,000) does pretty good business up against The Footy Shows (12th – 742,000) too
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Ch9
6:30pm: A Current Affair – Ch9
7:00pm: The Block – Ch9
7:30pm: The Block/Hamish & Andy’s Euro Gap Year – Ch9
8:30pm: Euro Gap Year/Big Bang Theory – Ch9
9:30pm: The Footy Show(s) – Ch9
Channel 9 won the night (27%), followed by Channel 7 (18.8%), Channel 10 (13.8%) & ABC1 (12.2%).