The viewing figures in Finland were at the usual high this year. The media made sure everyone knew Paradise Oskar was high on betting ods and the hopes were high also at home sofas. 1.307.000 Finns watched the final which is twice as many as last year when we sadly missed the final, but in line with 2008-2009 and 2002 when we were in the final. 2006 with 1,6 million and 2007 with 1,9 million are exceptions with a reason. :-)
But the ice hockey reigns here: the final on Sunday that final won against Sweden was watched by 2.051.000! Eurovision final was only the 4th most watched programme of the week as also the TV news on Sunday and the previous ice hockey match where Finland beat Russia scored more viewers. The first semifinal gathered 606.000 viewers but the second didn't make it to top-20 (so it had < 345.000 viewers)
But the ice hockey reigns here: the final on Sunday that final won against Sweden was watched by 2.051.000! Eurovision final was only the 4th most watched programme of the week as also the TV news on Sunday and the previous ice hockey match where Finland beat Russia scored more viewers. The first semifinal gathered 606.000 viewers but the second didn't make it to top-20 (so it had < 345.000 viewers)
But the figures have been very high also in other countries, especially in Ireland and Hungary, also considered favourites. In Ireland the share was 71% or 1.174.300 viewers in average with a peak of 2.244.600 during the voting! Hungary scored nearly 3 million viewers or 32%. Greece, the usual Eurovision mad country scored once again the highest share, 87,7% which makes me always wonder: How many channels do you have in Greece? Malta's figures are still missing but they might be pretty close to those... Sweden and Denmark did very well as well with 2.800.000 and 1.587.000 or about 1/3 of the nation in front of the TV.
The certified viewers for the 2009 edition from Moscow are some 125 million viewers and it looks like this 2011 edition is getting close to them, despite the rather low figures in Russia (33,1% is a lot but it's lowest there since 1995).
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