Nine’s Footy Show grand final spectaculars dominate night as The Bachelorette drops off

The Bachelorette posted its first audience decline of the series last night as Nine’s The Footy Show stole viewers from all competitors for its traditional grand final extravaganza.

Last week Ten’s dating show managed 973,000 viewers, but that dropped to 875,000 last night as The Footy Show topped the night with 987,000 viewers for a two hour show at 8.30pm.

Gogglebox returned at 8.40pm and managed 563,000 viewers, well up on the 495,000 viewers who watched the show when it first came to Australian screens in February, according too OzTam overnight metro ratings.

It helped Ten to an audience share of 15.3 per cent, well behind Nine’s 26.9 per cent but ahead of Seven’s 14.3 per cent on a night where no shows again beat the million mark.