Brit Awards attracts its biggest TV audience in 7 years
Adele performs at the Brit Awards. Picture: AP
THE Brit Awards enjoyed its biggest TV audience for seven years, new figures have revealed.
Overnight figures from the event - which saw the big winner of the night Adele cut off in her prime - drew an average of 6.2 million viewers, including those who tuned in on +1.
It made the ITV1 show the biggest since 2005 when Chris Evans hosted and performers included Green Day and Scissor Sisters, drawing 6.3 million.
If catch-up viewers are excluded, last night’s show audience was 5.9 million, making it the biggest since 2008.
The singer Adele, a double winner whose haul included the big prize of the night for best album, had her speech cut short when the show was in danger of overrunning its time slot.
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