Channel Seven’s revamped Big Brother plummets in ratings after record-breaking week

Despite a positive start, Big Brother Australia’s ratings have plummeted.

While the franchise’s revamped debut on Monday June 8 attracted 866,000 viewers, ratings have already dropped to as low as 680,000 in the second week. 

On Tuesday, June 16, the highly advertised ‘shock twist’ fake eviction brought in 777,000 metro viewers, according to The Daily Telegraph.

The episode lost a staggering 89,000 viewers compared to the show’s premiere, which delivered Seven its biggest audience in the 16-39 demographic in more than a decade.

It was still an improvement from Sunday, June 15, however, which brought in a meagre 680,000 metro viewers. 

To rub salt in Channel Seven’s wounds, Masterchef Australia: Back to Win brought in 945,000 viewers on the same night. 

Meanwhile, Channel Nine’s The Voice wasn’t far behind with 924,000 viewers. 

Critics have started to question whether Channel Seven’s $20million reboot will pay off, according to the publication.   

Speaking to the Not Here to Make Friends podcast, Big Brother host Sonia Kruger confessed she had been ‘skeptical’ about her new role at first.

In fact, she hadn’t even considered hosting the show when she switched networks in November because she had already fronted Nine’s version from 2012 to 2014. 

Sonia said she had found herself in a ‘comfort zone’ at Nine, and only left the network because she ‘had an opportunity to do new things’ at Seven. 

‘Big Brother wasn’t one of them either,’ the 54-year-old confessed.

She added: ‘That wasn’t part of my initial plan. And I was skeptical.’ 

Big Brother continues Sunday at 7pm on Channel Seven