17-03-2023, 01:17 PM
Totally agree.
I have noticed a real shift in perception in the past few months towards Eurovision here in the UK, and the audience is getting increasingly younger as well, so sticking on BBC One given its profile makes complete sense.
Even last year out of all the participating countries, the UK was the leading market for Eurovision, with something like 8.9million watching the final, and I would fully expect it to be even bigger this year.
I think the first semi final last year on BBC Three got 545,000 people watching, which made it BBC Three's third biggest show since it relaunched.
I recon the semi finals moving to BBC One may well become permanent, sticking it all onto the main channel makes sense if you really want to maximise viewership.
I have noticed a real shift in perception in the past few months towards Eurovision here in the UK, and the audience is getting increasingly younger as well, so sticking on BBC One given its profile makes complete sense.
Even last year out of all the participating countries, the UK was the leading market for Eurovision, with something like 8.9million watching the final, and I would fully expect it to be even bigger this year.
I think the first semi final last year on BBC Three got 545,000 people watching, which made it BBC Three's third biggest show since it relaunched.
I recon the semi finals moving to BBC One may well become permanent, sticking it all onto the main channel makes sense if you really want to maximise viewership.