You're absolutely right, Gavin. Plus the many many people who use iPlayer as a means of catch up will only bump up the figures even more. Very pleased and very much deserved for The Voice.
Little birdy tells me that The Voice beat BGT in the ratings last night - by a symbolic fraction.
Ho ho ho.
Also yay!
EDIT- Digital Spy indicates something more equivocal. Either way, its still great.
EDIT 2 - "'The Voice' UK closes ratings gap on 'Britain's Got Talent'" - No, DS, in a straight fight it won. Only when you add in +1 figures does BGT do better, and BBC One doesn't have a +1.
Such a misleading headline by Digital Spy. The Voice won and rightly so!
The thing that occurred to me when watching the two programmes last night is how 'nice' The Voice is. There's no nastyness or people being told they're crap, and no people being laughed at or pityed.
I agree, this was one of the things I enjoyed with Penn & Teller: Fool Us as well, sadly this didn't take off as I'd have liked.
Yes, that's true.
I think it's coming back soon so it must have done quite well
I watched for the first time last night and have to say how legitimate it felt, really enjoyed it. Caught the end of BGT and it just seems stale.
Yes, what doesn't help BGT are the breaks. It seems very slow and cluttered whereas the Voice doesn't stop. It's the equivalent of listening to Radio 1 versus a commercial station.
Also because they're all good singers and get to complete the full performance it is more enjoyable musically than it's rivals.
The thing that occurred to me when watching the two programmes last night is how 'nice' The Voice is. There's no nastyness or people being told they're crap, and no people being laughed at or pityed.
I agree, this was one of the things I enjoyed with Penn & Teller: Fool Us as well, sadly this didn't take off as I'd have liked.
Yes, that's true.
I think it's coming back soon so it must have done quite well
I thought I read it wasn't on Bother's Bar.
It didn't set the world alright in terms of ratings though.
You're absolutely right, Gavin. Plus the many many people who use iPlayer as a means of catch up will only bump up the figures even more. Very pleased and very much deserved for The Voice.
Well technically speaking it was as +1 figures are included as standard when reporting ratings in most cases - and really it makes little sense to exclude viewers watching on +1 at 9pm but include viewers watching recordings of ITV1 at 1am. Of course though then you have the complication of repeats on other channels - I think ITV2 repeats it before the 2am cut off. At least this week though people reporting a Voice victory are doing so correctly, rather than basing the ratings war on the 20 minute clash. I suspect though like with Downton v EastEnders at Christmas once the official figures are in BGT will come out on top thanks to ITV scheduling the show which just encourages people to record it.
Anyhow, two weeks ago after the launch figures were released it seems inevitable The Voice would overtake BGT one week, but then last week it seemed the gap might get wider between them rather than narrow. I suspect they'll be neck and neck throughout, but BGT will grab higher ratings in it's finals week (apart from the final itself which will clash with The Voice) than The Voice does all series. It remains to be seen of course how it does once it goes live - on the one hand people always say things like X Factor, Strictly etc. are dragged out over too many weeks, but on the other cutting from 20 acts to the winner in 5-6 weeks may feel somewhat rushed.
Surely, the +1 figures should be included as some people are probably watching The Voice on BBC One at 7pm, then Britain's got talent on ITV1+1 at 9pm?
Surely, the +1 figures should be included as some people are probably watching The Voice on BBC One at 7pm, then Britain's got talent on ITV1+1 at 9pm?
I think the comparison is unfair because BBC One doesn't have a time-shifted channel (and probably never will) so you're not comparing like-with-like.
