Official Ratings
Want to know how Big Brother 2012 is doing in the ratings? You’ve come to the right place!
Below is a handy table listing 7-day consolidated (also known as ‘official’) viewing figures for the main show. These account for viewers who watched episodes up to one week after they were originally broadcast. All numbers include data from Channel 5+1, except those marked with an asterisk*.
Episode cells are colour-coded to indicate how the amount of viewers compares to the equivalent day from the previous regular series.
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 1.64m | 1.54m | 1.52m* | 1.30m* | 1.49m | 1.14m* | 1.20m | 1.18m* | 1.03m | 1.17m* | |
| Sunday | 1.84m | 1.75m | 1.29m1 | 1.48m* | 1.74m | 1.50m | 1.61m | 1.61m | 1.35m | 790k*3 | |
| Monday | 1.97m | 1.79m | 1.48m* | 1.81m | 1.78m | 1.64m | 1.40m | 1.56m | 1.41m | 1.72m* | |
| Tuesday | 3.02m | 1.90m | 1.69m* | 1.66m* | 1.86m | 1.64m* | 1.44m* | 1.41m* | 1.64m* | 1.38m* | |
| Wednesday | 1.92m | 1.87m | 1.84m | 1.54m* | 1.81m* | 1.56m* | 1.49m* | 1.40m* | 1.60m | 1.37m | |
| Thursday | 1.93m | 1.92m* | 1.80m* | 1.74m* | 1.51m* | 1.62m* | 1.41m* | 1.54m* | 1.44m* | 1.46m* | |
| Friday | 1.78m | 1.83m* | 1.70m | 1.58m* | 1.84m* | 1.80m* | 1.59m* | 1.02m*2 | 1.66m* | 1.39m* | |
| 1.48m* | 1.43m* | 1.20m* | |||||||||
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Green – No. of viewers flat with or up on BB12
Red – No. of viewers down on BB12 Grey – N/A N.B. Channel 5+1 was not available for BB12 |
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| Week Average | 2.16m | 1.85m | 1.73m | 1.54m | 1.64m | 1.63m | 1.44m | 1.37m | 1.53m | 1.31m | |
| Running Average | 2.16m | 1.96m | 1.87m | 1.78m | 1.75m | 1.72m | 1.68m | 1.64m | 1.63m | 1.58m | |
| Series Average | 1.58million | ||||||||||
Notes
- This series of Big Brother faced tough competition from two major sporting events, Euro 2012 and the London 2012 Olympics, which attracted some of the highest ratings in UK television history.
- 1: This episode clashed with the England vs. Italy Euro 2012 quarter final, which averaged 20.2million viewers and peaked with 23.2million on BBC One.
- 2: This episode clashed with the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony, which averaged 23.02million viewers and peaked at 26.9million on BBC One.
- 3: This episode clashed with the London 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony, which averaged 22.94million viewers on BBC One and a further 202,000 on BBC Olympics 1.