Warne clean bowled as 797,000 viewers tune in to Ten for spin king’s jungle exit

Ten’s I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! saw the dismissal of Shane Warne, the show’s major audience hook since his participation was revealed, with 797,000 tuning in to the watch the spin king’s departure.

Warne had been a key source headlines and humour throughout his jungle stay, with Ten consistently drawing storylines from his foot-in-mouth forays.

But it was Seven’s My Kitchen Rules which dominated Wednesday night viewing, drawing an audience of 1.494m, up more than 100,000 viewers on the previous week as the network won the night easily with a 26% main channel share.

Seven’s cause was aided by the settled performance of First Dates at 9:00pm, which lifted slightly on the previous week to record an audience of 754,000 to finish just outside the top 10.