The Biggest Loser gains pulling in more than 1m metro viewers for winner announcement

Ten’s Biggest Loser winner announcement on Tuesday evening which saw Daniel Jofre crowned the biggest loser after shedding 51kgs was watched by 1.034m metro viewers.

Tuesday night’s ratings results were delayed  after Nielsen experienced “telcommunications issues”. The rest of the finale pulled in 911,000 metro viewers, handing Ten a winning audience share of 18.8 per cent.

It was a marked improvement on last year’s finale performance, which saw 949,000 metro viewers tune in for the winner announcement, 860,000 for the final weigh-in and 650,000 for the main program. 

Ten promised The Biggest Loser would be given a “Masterchef-style makeover” following the poor results, although trainer Shannan Ponton has called for there to be more educational elements to the show should it return next year.