RTÉ's Eurosong 2008, has been a ratings success in the emerald isle. Eurosong 2008 which picked the representative for Ireland at the 53rd Eurovision song Contest 2008 last Saturday dominated the schedules according to over night audience figures.
Acountrywith a population of over 4 million people, RTÉ informed esctoday.com that Eurosong 2008 pulled in 499,000 viewers for the main show between 20:00 – 21:05 CET. Thats a 36% audience share.
While Eurosong 2008 : The Results show 22:45 – 22:55 CET had an audience of 820,000, a massiveshare of 53% of viewers available at that time.
Also, RTÉ.ie had thousands of international viewers logging on to watch the big event live online too.
Top 10 television programs in Ireland usually have an audience of roughly in the range of 400,000 – 750,000on average on prime time tv slots.
Watch Eurosong 2008 again and again online here.
Viewthe winning entryhere:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxBxOYxLEeE
