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Hey Hey v MasterChef

As one of the year's biggest battles ticks closer, will the ratings results show a fair fight?

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cmpOne would never be so foolish as to tip an actual number, but one online betting agency has a book running on whether Hey Hey the Reunion will beat Celebrity MasterChef.

Firstly it’s a rather silly question.

Comparing one 60 minute show to another that stretches for 150 minutes is hardly an equal battle.

The question should be which will win the 7:30 – 8:30 share?

Shows that are longer traditionally result in a lower average, because there are fewer viewers at the end of a marathon than at the beginning. Viewers may find an hour of nostalgia is plenty (Andrew Denton is certainly hoping so, with Hungry Beast to launch at 9pm).

So by tomorrow when the ratings are released, there is every possibility Celebrity MasterChef enjoys a higher average than Hey Hey -and it may not even win the hour. Such is the intricacy of the OzTAM ratings system.

If that’s the case, expect Nine to be plugging the peak figure for Hey Hey, more than its average.

Picking an actual audience figure is impossible. Several journos once asked me to tip the MasterChef finale figure. I merely said “top show for the year.” Who could have thought it soar to 3.7m?

As to which network wins the night… well, Seven’s run may have run out there.

For the real test on how Hey Hey performs look to messageboards, critics and Pizza Shops.

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  1. Off the topic a little Ten’s 6 to 7:30pm line up apart from Neighbours needs a lot of work.
    Old Overused Simpsons Fine for Parents whose Children were not even born yet at the time they debuted in the nineties but for the rest of us give us something fresh and new that stands out.
    Nothing against 7pm project but too much news in a day for anyone

  3. It’s funny how people are saying that Nine will refer to the ‘peak’ of Hey Hey, because of its length. It doesn’t seem the case anymore, despite the fact that Hey Hey went for 3 hours, it still smashed Celebrity MasterChef.

  5. Yes it’s 4am.. woke up and can’t sleep again.

    Hey Hey 1.6 Celeb MC 1.5 NCIS LA 1.1 WSP 1.2 – there you have it! I think Ncis La will have a soft premiere, it was fantastic though, deserves 1.2mill.

  8. For what it’s worth – possibly nothing – Hey Hey has been the No.1 trending topic for most of the night – and right up until the end of the show.
    Masterchef – which used to trend nightly earlier in the year – didn’t make the top 10.

  9. I don’t know if people would be interested in the celebrity version of MasterChef (as a big fan of MC, I am though). I think Hey Hey will win but I hope MC will.

  12. I’m a MasterChef fan but I think Hey Hey will rate better for the first hour. Everyone seems to be talking about it on Twitter and all, but I don’t really care. Cannot stand channel 9 and Darryl whatever (host of Hey Hey). Besides, people would probably prefer orginal MasterChef than a celebrity version.

    MasterChef = 1.43 million
    Hey Hey = 1.9 million +
    World’s Strictest Parents = 900k

  13. it will be interesting to see how many people step back into the dark ages watching hey hey, i rekon daryl is enough to turn people away, let hope he doesnt do a dance at the start like dwts!

  15. I reckon Master Chef will smash Hey hey (and i’m not even a masterchef fan), I just think that the younger market will ignore it hey hey, the older market might go for it, but they may see Masterchef as a better choice, especially seeing as it’s a celebrity edition.

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