6.2m watch Big Brother launch show

12 April 2012

Around 6.2 million viewers tuned in to watch contestants enter the Celebrity Big Brother (CBB) house on Sunday night, making it the biggest show of the day across the terrestrial channels.

Channel 4 said the average figures for CBB7 were up 10% against last year's launch, which saw around 5.6 million tuning in.

The figures combine those who saw the show on Channel 4 with viewers who watched the programme on its time-shifted Channel 4 +1 channel.

This year's housemates include hardman Vinnie Jones, Hollywood actor Stephen Baldwin and Katie Price's ex-boyfriend Alex Reid.

The reality show saw off competition from BBC1's Wallander, which aired at the same time and drew an audience of around 5.4 million. ITV1's Poirot drew an audience of 4.9 million.

BBC2's Top Gear attracted around 5.2 million viewers and Antiques Roadshow, which was also broadcast on BBC1 earlier in the evening, pulled in viewing figures of around 6.1 million.

:: The BBC's new search for a dance superstar So You Think You Can Dance was watched by a peak of 8.1 million viewers on Saturday night, with 6.4 million tuning in on average.

ITV1's FA Cup Live coverage averaged 5.1 million viewers that evening and a 31% share of male viewers, peaking with 6.8 million viewers at 7pm.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in