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Splash! ah-aaah ... saviour of the ITV universe? Splash! ah-aaah ... saviour of the ITV universe?
(about 4 hours later)
When ITV announced its celebrity diving show Splash!, featuring Olympic silver medallist Tom Daley, it prompted unfortunate comparisons with the same broadcaster's ill-fated Celebrity Wrestling. Except the Saturday night show – won by Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards, in the unlikely event you missed it – proved rather more popular, and has now been recommissioned for a second series, according to Andy Banks on Twitter (the show's expert judge, in the unlikely event etc). Splash! ended its five-part run with 5.6 million viewers on Saturday, with a five-minute peak of 6.5 million, the same average audience as watched its opening episode four weeks ago. You might say it more than washed its face, with a series average audience of 5.42 million. You might say it caused a few ripples by beating BBC1's Clare Balding quiz, Britain's Brightest. You might say: with a line-up of contestants that included Dom Joly, Diarmuid Gavin and Caprice ... water way to spend a Saturday night. You'd be right on all three counts.When ITV announced its celebrity diving show Splash!, featuring Olympic silver medallist Tom Daley, it prompted unfortunate comparisons with the same broadcaster's ill-fated Celebrity Wrestling. Except the Saturday night show – won by Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards, in the unlikely event you missed it – proved rather more popular, and has now been recommissioned for a second series, according to Andy Banks on Twitter (the show's expert judge, in the unlikely event etc). Splash! ended its five-part run with 5.6 million viewers on Saturday, with a five-minute peak of 6.5 million, the same average audience as watched its opening episode four weeks ago. You might say it more than washed its face, with a series average audience of 5.42 million. You might say it caused a few ripples by beating BBC1's Clare Balding quiz, Britain's Brightest. You might say: with a line-up of contestants that included Dom Joly, Diarmuid Gavin and Caprice ... water way to spend a Saturday night. You'd be right on all three counts.
4.45pm update: ITV has confirmed that Splash! will be returning for a second series.