CBB 2011: Viewing Figures Day 2 - 4

Here are the Celebrity Big Brother viewing figures for Channel 5, and it appears 'so far so good' for the new Big Brother home. 

Day 2 (Fri 19 Aug 2011) - Celebrity Big Brother 3.22m (14.8%) beating all the major channels, apart from BBC 1. Celebrity Big Brother's Bit On The Side 676,000 (6.4%) between 11pm and midnight. Overall Channel 5 claimed third place primetime TV (8.4%)- ahead of both Channel 4 (5.8% includ +1) and BBC 2 (6.9%).

Day 3 (Sat 20 Aug 2011) - While ITV launched the new series of  X Factor with 10.5m viewers, Channel 5 still maintained 2.74m  (12%). Channel 5 beat Channel 4 once again in the primetime audience slot, a rare position that is becoming more the norm during Celebrity Big Brother - it seems C5 had picked a winner at last!

Day 4 (Sun 21 Aug 2011) - Celebrity Big Brother still maintained 2.15m (11.8%) in the 10pm hour, as viewers began to see tensions rise in the house following Kerry Katona's nominations for Bobby and Sally.

Read more Big Brother viewing figures: HERE

*BB official website: www.channel5.com/bigbrother

Celeb BB 2011: Massive Viewing Figures For Channel 5's Big Brother Launch

Channel 5 were ecstatic about the successful launch of Celebrity Big Brother after viewing figures gave the network one of it's best ever results. The programme aired at 9pm with ultimate Big Brother housemate, Brian Dowling hosting the show.

Celebrity Big Brother was watched by 5.1m viewers (21.9%) and easily beat off the competition, becoming Channel 5's highest audience outside of film/sport programmes. Last year Channel 4 had 5.5m viewers for the Celebrity Big Brother launch (including time shift), so the 5m on Channel 5 is very impressive. As the launch came to a close, 6m viewers tuned in to find out which celebrities had entered the Big Brother house. The new spin-off show Big Brother's Bit On The Side, hosted by Emma Willis, was watched by 1.8m (13.2%) of viewers from 10.30pm.

Big Brother helped give Channel 5 a peak-time share of 9.8% between 6pm and 10.30pm - higher than BBC 2 and Channel 4. The next three weeks are expected to lift C5's audience share, if Celebrity Big Brother can maintain an audience of over 2m on a weekday, then critics will be silenced.

*BB official website: www.channel5.com/bigbrother

Big Brother Viewing Figures - Channel 4

Here are the average viewing figures for each of the Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother series shown on Channel 4. The new series begins on Channel 5 with the launch of Celebrity Big Brother 2011 on Thursday 18th August 2011, although it is expected viewing figures will be much lower than Channel 4, fans are expected to stick with the reality programme.

Big Brother

Average viewers per series (share)
Series one – 4.7m (26.3%); series two – 4.6m (25.0%); series three – 5.8m (27.7%); series four – 4.6m (22.3%); series five – 5.1m (24.4%); series six – 4.5m (24.1%); series seven – 4.7m (22.0%); series eight – 3.8m (17.8%); series nine – 3.6m (15.6%); series 10 – 2.4m (10.8%); series 11 – 2.9m (13.7%); Ultimate BB – 3.1m (14.8%)

Celebrity Big Brother

Series one – 5.1m (20.0%); series two – 4.4m (19.1%); series three – 4.2m (16.9%); series four – 5.0m (20.1%); series five – 4.6m (18.2%); series six – 3.4m (14.1%); series seven – 3.7m (14.9%)

Source: Channel 4


*BB official website: www.channel5.com/bigbrother