OzTAM figures say Survivor II didn't make the Australian top 10 for most of its run and was often beaten by Blue Heelers . That started with 1.6 million urban viewers and dropped to 1.2 million by Wednesday night, beaten regularly by Home and Away , from which it was supposed to steal viewers. But now that we know the dirty bits are saved for specials, there's even less reason to watch the 7pm version. Even among the prized 16-39 age group, Big Brother 's second week audience was down 5 per cent on the first week.
Yanks battle each other in north Queensland.
There were tears when Michael fell in the fire and had to be airlifted out, more tears when the final few were allowed to receive emails from home and even more tears when Colby's mum made an appearance. But there weren't many laughs. Until last night. Just when we thought the winning name would be revealed, the host, Jeff Probst, snatched the votes and hotfooted it to a helicopter, leaving our survivors behind.