In the end we have been left without Chanelazo, but its effect has been noted in the audiences. The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was seen in Spain by 6,835,000 viewers and 50.8% of the audience share. The best share data of a gala since 2008, the year of Rodolfo Chikilicuatre. It is also the fourth best data of the last 30 editions.
In terms of number of spectators, it is the second best figure also since 2008, only surpassed by Amaia and Alfred in 2018, and the fifth largest number of spectators since records are kept (1992). In addition, Chanel’s performance was seen by an average of 7,262,000 viewers, with a peak that exceeded 15 million who connected for at least one minute.
Of course, we are far from the more than 12 million viewers who connected in 2002 to see Rosa (from Spain) with her Europe’s Living a Celebration. With an 80% share, this edition of Eurovision represents the historical maximum.
An enthusiastic fact but we cannot rest on our laurels
🏅 It is the 4th best Eurovision share figure since audiences are measured#Eurovision @ChanelTerrero @eurovision_tve @rtve pic.twitter.com/ac69L3LtFI
— GECA. Audiovisual Consultant (@GECAtv) May 15, 2022
Even so, this year’s is an enthusiastic number that shows the good work done by RTVE in this edition so that we are once again interested in Eurovision. Now the difficult thing is going to be to maintain it since the history of the hearings is quite clear: If our representative is interested, we Spaniards turn on the TV and there will be a peak. If not, we fall into the valley.
In fact, we come from a couple of years in which interest has decreased, caused by poor results. Even so, it is still a television event, since quotas of 25 – 30% and gathering an average of about 4 million viewers can only be achieved by football in our country and some reality show that hits the ball.