The Voice stutters as House Rules opens ratings lead

Tim Burrowes

July 1, 2014 9:57

Seven’s House Rules opened up clear air ahead of Nine’s singing contest The Voice on Monday night.

While House Rules rated just under 1.5m and was top show for the night among all people, The Voice was down in fifth with just under 1.3m viewers, according to overnight metro ratings from ozTAM.

It was The Voice’s second lowest overnight audience of the season.

The third contestant in the reality battle, Ten’s Masterchef, was down in ninth with 994,000 viewers.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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3 COMMENTS

Dean 1 Jul 14

Saying that The Voice stuttered compared to House Rules is an unfair comparison given that the former ran for 2 and a half hours and still pulled an average of 1.3m, giving Nine an unassailable lead for the night….

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Colin 1 Jul 14

The Voice has lost around a million viewers since it’s 2014 launch and is down about 25% year on year – for the past THREE years!

Stutter is an understatement- disaster is more like it.

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Say What? 1 Jul 14

Anyone else noticed that SBS ratings are actually down since the World Cup has been running? Is that because their regular soccer audience are all over in Brazil watching it live?

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