Fears that Australia was all Idol-ed out were put to rest last week as Australian Idol 2 debuted to higher figures than the first series.

According to the latest Oztam survey, both episodes of the Channel Ten talent search scored more than 1.7 million viewers each.

Last week also saw a rise in popularity overall for the reality genre. Big Brother scored two entries in the top 20, whilst The Block rose to over 1.7 million viewers.

The national top TV 20 shows were:

1 NATIONAL NINE NEWS SUNDAY, Channel 9 1,945,584 viewers
2 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Channel 9 1,794,871 viewers
3 NATIONAL NINE NEWS SATURDAY, Channel 9 1,772,019 viewers
4 BIG BROTHER DOUBLE LIVE EVICTION, Channel TEN 1,722,635 viewers
5 AUSTRALIAN IDOL - AUDITION 2, Channel TEN 1,716,615 viewers
6 THE BLOCK, Channel 9 1,704,099 viewers
7 AUSTRALIAN IDOL - AUDITION 1, Channel TEN 1,688,191 viewers
8 SEVEN WONDERS OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD-EV, Channel ABC 1,664,448 viewers
9 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE, Channel 9 1,616,257 viewers
10 BLUE HEELERS, Channel 7 1,613,724 viewers
11 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION -RPT, Channel 9 1,581,509 viewers
12 POMPEII: THE LAST DAY, Channel 9 1,578,936 viewers
13 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE - THE BLOCK SPECIAL, Channel 9 1,511,475 viewers
14 LAW AND ORDER: SVU DOUBLE EPISODE RPT, Channel TEN 1,496,218 viewers
15 NATIONAL NINE NEWS, Channel 9 1,487,487 viewers
16 MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS, Channel 9 1,444,536 viewers
17 60 MINUTES, Channel 9 1,433,870 viewers
18 NINE'S FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, Channel 9 1,430,821 viewers
19 THE GREAT OUTDOORS, Channel 7 1,424,371 viewers
20 BIG BROTHER LIVE NOMINATION, Channel TEN 1,417,521 viewers

The national primetime share was:

ABC - 15.5%, Seven - 19.7%, Nine - 26.8%, TEN - 22.2%, SBS - 3.9%, Pay TV - 9.0%

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