EXCLUSIVE Britain's Got Talent rakes in just 7.1 million viewers on average but gains 4 billion total views on social accounts over the past 12 months By Milly Veitch For Mailonline Published: 12:26 BST, 26 May 2024 | Updated: 12:39 BST, 26 May 2024 e-mail 8 View comments Britain's Got Talent has scored an average of 7.1 million viewers during its current series, including repeat, ahead of the season 17 final next Sunday.
According to ITV, the show - with Simon Cowell , Amanda Holden , Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli as the current judges - is the biggest entertainment series of the year so far across any channel. But the talent contest has still seen a marked drop in its popularity over the years, with the current ratings a long way away from its peak 13 million in 2009. The current series got off to a promising start last month , with overnight figures showing the launch episode saw an average of 5 million viewers tuning in, with a peak of 5.
8 million. The ratings made it ITV ’s biggest overnight audience of the year since The FA Cup quarter final match the month prior, which garnered 5.5 million viewers.
Britain's Got Talent has scored an average of 7.1 million viewers during its current series, including repeat, ahead of the season 17 final next Sunday (pictured Simon Cowell) According to ITV, the show - with Simon Cowell , Amanda Holden , Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli as the current judges - is the biggest entertainment series of the year so far across any channel But .
