Overview
- ARD’s Eurovision broadcast, following Saturday’s final, averaged 8.18 million viewers on Das Erste and 8.94 million when combined with ONE, with a 42.8% total share and about 65% among 14–49-year-olds.
- ZDF’s crime drama Ein starkes Team drew 5.85 million viewers and briefly led at 20:15, yet it reached only 4.4% in the 14–49 demographic.
- Private channels struggled in the target group as Sat.1’s Ratatouille managed 4.2%, RTL’s clip show reached 3.9%, and ProSieben’s The A-Team posted 3.5%.
- Lead-in shows surged as the Countdown drew 5.11 million and Wort zum Sonntag reached 6.06 million, and the Aftershow kept roughly 2.9 million viewers past 1 a.m.
- Figures are preliminary AGF SCOPE data, and some reports add about 2.8 million ARD Mediathek and livestream views that highlight the event’s cross-platform pull.