Seven’s documentary John Farnham: Finding The Voice has proved to be an instant hit with more than 866,000 fans signing up to watch.
Monday TV Highlights
- An easy win for Seven as John Farnham: Finding The Voice helps it to an audience share of 35.3%
- Calls for Farnham’s song You’re The Voice to be used in the Yes Campaign
- Network 10’s Have You Been Paying Attention? and Hunted, as well as Nine’s Hot Seat, fail to make the top 10 with Seven’s Home and Away and The Chase taking the top spots
Seven’s documentary on Aussie music legend John Farnham took the entertainment crown yesterday with just shy of 900,000 Aussies signing up to watch the authorised biopic.
The documentary comes following the news that the 74-year-old rock legend has been battling a private battle with throat cancer. As part of the surgery, his jaw was removed ad he had to have reconstructive surgery.
Earlier this week, Farnham’s son gave an emotional update on the You’re The Voice singer, saying that he was ‘doing fantastic’ following the throat surgery.
He’s walking with his dog a lot, so he’s really, really happy.’
‘He’s doing really good, he’s super positive,’ he told Sunrise.
On Twitter, or ‘X’ as it is now called, some were even calling for the inspirational song to be used by the Yes Campaign for the upcoming Voice Referendum.
One Tweeter said “We’re #TheVoice Try To Understand It” and then tagged the Yes 23 Campaign.
Were not going to sit in silence
We’re not going to live in fear
Were #TheVoice try to understand it @yes23au
Thanks John Farnham pic.twitter.com/A80Kk9bms1— Dr Colin Hughes (@drcwhos) July 24, 2023
Another called on the Fed government to use the song to build “prominence” for the campaign.
Why can’t the Fed gov pay John Farnham to use his song ‘The Voice’ to promote the YES campaign? Would lift its prominence enormously!
— GailT (@GBTSocScientist) July 23, 2023
Despite being a hit with fans, not everyone loved the documentary. In the Guardian, Luke Buckmaster described the documentary as “a gushy account of Australian music history” and gave it three stars out of five.
Channel Win
Overall, Seven won the night with a 35.3 per cent audience share, followed by Nine with 22.6 per cent, Network 10 with 18.9 per cent, the ABC with 16.5 per cent and SBS with 6.6 per cent.
Daily Channel Share |
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| Nine Network | Seven Network | Network 10 | ABC TV Network | SBS Network |
| 22.6% | 35.3% | 18.9% | 16.5% | 6.6% |
Top Ten Programs
Joining John Farnham: Finding The Voice in the top 10 for entertainment was Seven’s The Chase (616,000 views) and Home and Away (556,000 views).
Outside of the top ten, Network 10’s Have You Been Paying Attention? had 500,000 views, followed by ABC’s Back Roads with 455,000 views, Network 10’s Hunted with 451,000 views and Nine’s Hot Seat with 393,000 views.
Top 10 Programs (Metro Views) |
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No. |
Show |
Channel |
Metro Views |
| 1 | SEVEN NEWS | Seven Network | 1,036,000 |
| 2 | SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 | Seven Network | 1,015,000 |
| 3 | JOHN FARNHAM: FINDING THE VOICE | Nine | 866,000 |
| 4 | NINE NEWS 6:30 | Nine Network | 796,000 |
| 5 | NINE NEWS | Nine Network | 784,000 |
| 6 | A CURRENT AFFAIR | Nine Network | 662,000 |
| 7 | THE CHASE AUSTRALIA | Seven Network | 616,000 |
| 8 | ABC NEWS-EV | ABC TV | 586,000 |
| 9 | HOME AND AWAY | Seven Network | 556,000 |
| 10 | 7.30-EV | ABC TV | 502,000 |
