The Voice UK rose to nearly 8.5 million viewers on BBC One last night (January 17), according to overnight figures.
The singing competition attracted 8.46m (38.5%) from 7pm, an increase of more than 400k compared to last week's series premiere.
The National Lottery: Win Your Wish List followed with 4.92m (23%), before Casualty was watched by 5.04m (23.6%).
BBC Two's snooker coverage of The Masters averaged 1.31m (6%) across the night.
On ITV, Harry Hill's Stars in Their Eyes and Take Me Out entertained 2.28m (10.5%) and 3.07m (14.1%) respectively. A screening of Bridget Jones's Diary drew 1.3m (6.9%) from 9.20pm afterwards.
Channel 4 aired Ray Winstone movie The Sweeney from 9pm, averaging 1.52m (7.8%).
On Channel 5, a CSI repeat appealed to 569k (2.6%) from 8pm, before the latest Celebrity Big Brother instalment earned 2.24m (10.3%).
The multichannels were topped by ITV3's Midsomer Murders, which garnered 1.24m (5.7%) from 8pm.
