Eurovision 2015 averages 6.6 million on Saturday night

The 2015 Eurovision Song Contest averaged more than 6.6 million viewers, overnight figures indicate.



The music event, which saw Sweden's Måns Zelmerlöw come out on top, appealed to 6.64m (35.8%) from 8pm on BBC One.

The Eurovision coverage helped BBC One win primetime overall on the night, with a 29% share compared to ITV's 20.6%.

Despite suffering a large drop from last week, Britain's Got Talent still drew 7.41m (35.2%) on ITV and a further 295k (1.4%) on +1.

Elsewhere on ITV, Ninja Warrior UK continued with 3.9m (23.9%) and Play to the Whistle entertained 1.83m (8.9%).

BBC Two's coverage of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show managed 1.15m (5.5%). An airing of the 2012 adaptation of Great Expectations followed with 764k (3.9%) from 9pm.

On Channel 4, The World's Most Extreme was watched by 579k (2.8%) during the 8pm hour, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes took 742k (3.8%).

The latest Big Brother highlights attracted 594k (2.9%) from 9.20pm. CSI intrigued 598k (3.5%) afterwards.

On the multichannels, Foyle's War averaged 798k (3.8%) on ITV3 and Britain's Got More Talent was enjoyed by 551k (2.7%) on ITV2.