'The Voice' UK overtakes 'Britain's Got Talent' in ratings
The Voice UK completely overtook Britain's Got Talent in the ratings last night, early viewing figures reveal.
Saturday's final Blind Auditions were seen by 10.68m (45.5%) between 7pm and 8.20pm, attracting a huge peak of 12m (45.7%) in the final 15 minutes.
Britain's Got Talent pulled in 10.04m (39.5%) between 8pm and 9.15pm, peaking with 11.3m (44.7%) and adding 541k (2.3%) on ITV1 +1.
Both talent shows are picking up extra viewers week-on-week, with The Voice UK gaining 700k and Got Talent getting a 600k increase.
Britain's Got More Talent on ITV2, hosted by Stephen Mulhern, entertained 948k (4.1%) from 9.15pm (+1: 241k/1.3%).
Philip Schofield's The Cube kicked off a new series with 4.09m (17.5%) and 152k (0.8%) on ITV1 +1, while Lemonaid (2.93m/15.9%) and All Star Family Fortunes (3.31m/14.8%) aired earlier in the evening.
Over on BBC One, movie Wall-E logged 3.41m (19.9%) before The Voice, then 4.29m (17.2%) watched Dale Winton's In It To Win It, and Casualty scored 4.91m (20.6%).
Elsewhere, BBC Two's Titanic commemoration touched 1.09m (4.5%) between 8.30pm and 10pm, while The Million Pound Drop was Channel 4's highest-rated programme with 1.12m (5.1%) from 9.15pm (+1: 176k/1.1%).
Meanwhile, moved forward to 9pm, CSI: NY held 1.47m (6.1%) on Channel 5, then live boxing averaged 1.24m (6.7%).
Overall, BBC One led primetime with 28%, increasing its lead over ITV1 which had 22.6% (+1: 1.1%). BBC Two claimed third place with 5%, ahead of Channel 5's 4.3% (+1: 0.3%), and Channel 4's 3.4% (+1: 0.4%).