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The Biggest Loser Finale delivers big fat ratings.. over 2 million!   Author: Network Ten | Apr 27, 2007, 11:14

Yesterday's season finale of The Biggest Loser brought TEN's best night of 2007 and the year's top rated show in all major demographics. Over 2 million people tuned in to watch Chris take the $200,000 prize and be crowned 'The Biggest Loser 2007'.

The season finale aired for two hours 20 minutes and won its timeslot in every major demographic:

Metro Comm Share (19:31-21:49) 18-49 16-39 Ppl 50+ Ttl Ppl
The Biggest Loser Finale - TEN 60.8% 63.5% 32.4% 2.02m
Getaway/Missing Person Unit - 9 14.8% 13.8% 43.7% 895k
Air Crash Investigation/Lost - 7 24.4% 22.7% 23.9% 911k

The program's peak was 2.66 million viewers.

David Mott, TEN's chief programming officer said: "The series ratings have yet again been spectacular. All Biggest Loser episodes from the Sunday Weigh-In, Monday Elimination and 7pm daily episodes commanded very powerful 18-49 demographic and often won in total people.

"Carl Fernessy and his team at FremantleMedia and TEN's executive producer, Cathie Scott delivered a first class production and I'm delighted to announce that The Biggest Loser will return in 2008."

The Biggest Loser Elimination and the Tue-Fri shows have consistently outperformed the competition in their timeslot in all major demographics. Sunday's Weigh-In has been highly competitive in 18-49 in its timeslot:

Average total people (5 city metro):
The Biggest Loser Weigh-In (Sun) 1.13m 28.3%
The Biggest Loser (Tue-Fri) 1.04m 34.4%
The Biggest Loser Elimination (Mon) 1.23m 36.3%

Average 18-49 (5 city metro):
The Biggest Loser Weigh-In (Sun) 661k 33.4%
The Biggest Loser (Tue-Fri) 581k 44.4%
The Biggest Loser Elimination (Mon) 697k 46.0%

The Biggest Loser is a FremantleMedia Australia production for TEN. To participate in season 3 of The Biggest Loser, go to: www.thebiggestloser.com.au.

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