Singer Anastacia (Image: Ten)

The Masked Singer Australia on Ten unmasked pop star Anastacia as winner of the 2021 season. Judges Danni M and Jackie O picked right. The American singer-songwriter took out the title ahead of singers Em Rusciano (aka Dolly) and Axle Whitehead (aka Mullet). (Anastacia was a “real” star for a change.)

The reveal averaged 1.07 million and the finale 981,000 for an episode average of 982,000 and the end of another fun series. It did well in the demos, but The Block (1.19 million nationally) did better.

Seven’s SAS Australia languished on 843,000 nationally. 7.30 averaged a solid 907,000 nationally with the first of two parts exposing historical sex abuse in Brisbane by an Australian swimming coach. The second ep is tonight.

In breakfast, Today had its second metro win over Sunrise in a month and narrowed the national gap (because Sunrise’s audience fell). Sunrise managed 407,000 nationally and 238,000 metro; Today, 350,000 and 246,000; and News Breakfast, 311,000 and 194,000.

Regional top five: Seven News, 583,000; Seven News 6.30, 562,000; 7pm ABC News, 373,000; Home and Away, 371,000; Nine News 6.30, 346,000.

Network channel share:

  1. Nine (30.5%)
  2. Seven (26.4%)
  3. Ten (19.8%)
  4. ABC (15.4%)
  5. SBS (7.9%)

Network main channels:

  1. Nine (23.1%)
  2. Seven (17.6%)
  3. Ten (13.3%)
  4. ABC (11.0%)
  5. SBS ONE (4.2%)

Top 5 digital channels: 

  1. 7TWO (3.5%)
  2. 7mate (3.4%)
  3. 10 Bold (2.8%)
  4. 10 Peach (2.7%)
  5. Gem (2.4%)

Top 10 national programs:

  1. Seven News — 1.616 million
  2. Seven News 6.30 — 1.597 million
  3. Nine News  — 1.296 million
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 1.291 million
  5. The Block (Nine) — 1.190 million
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) — 1.118 million
  7. 7pm ABC News — 1.107 million
  8. The Masked Singer reveal (Ten) — 1.072 million
  9. Home and Away (Seven) — 985,000
  10. 7.30 (ABC) — 891,000

Top metro programs: 

1. Seven News 6.30 — 1.035 million
2. Seven News  — 1.033 million

Losers: the night, except for The Masked Singer on Ten.

Metro news and current affairs:

  1. Seven News 6.30 — 1.035 million
  2. Seven News  — 1.033 million
  3. Nine News —958,000
  4. Nine News 6.30 — 945,000
  5. ACA (Nine) — 778,000
  6. 7pm ABC News —733,000
  7. 7.30 (ABC) — 594,000
  8. The Project 7pm (Ten) — 476,000
  9. Ten News First — 325,000
  10. The Project 6.30pm (Ten) — 240,000

Morning (national) TV:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) — 407,000/238,000
  2. Today (Nine) — 350,000/246,000
  3. News Breakfast (ABC) — 311,000/194,000
  4. The Morning Show (Seven) — 275,000
  5. Today Extra (Nine) — 202,000
  6. Studio 10 (Ten) —  39,000

Top five pay TV programs: 

  1. Alan Jones (Sky News) — 78,000
  2. The Bolt Report (Sky News) —76,000
  3. Credlin (Sky News) — 71,000
  4. Paul Murray Live (Sky News) — 65,000
  5. Wentworth (Fox Showcase), AM Agenda (Sky News) — 57,000 (Sky News)