Seven’s massive Blow Up: Network’s new quirky ‘balloon artist’ series brutally flops

Channel Seven‘s new reality show Blow Up has failed to win over fans.

The quirky competition where balloon artists challenge each other with exotic creations for a cash prize flopped in Monday’s over night ratings.

Hosted by comedians Stephen Curry and Becky Lucas, the premiere of the much hyped Blow Up scored a feeble 288,000 in the major centres.

Based on a Dutch format, Blow Up just scrapped in to the evening’s top 20 most watched show’s finishing at no. 19. 

Meanwhile, the much loved soap Home and Away, also on Seven, continued its strong season, pulling a solid 473,000 metro viewers.

Channel Seven's quirky new 'balloon artist' show Blow Up hosted by comedians Stephen Curry and Becky Lucas scored a feeble metro rating of 288,000 over  night on Monday

Channel Seven’s quirky new ‘balloon artist’ show Blow Up hosted by comedians Stephen Curry and Becky Lucas scored a feeble metro rating of 288,000 over  night on Monday

Monday's episode of MasterChef managed a strong metro rating of 552,000

Monday’s episode of MasterChef managed a strong metro rating of 552,000

Channel Nine's new real-life adventure series The Summit failed to build on its ratings after its debut on Sunday night managing 400,000 viewers in the capitals cities on Monday

Channel Nine’s new real-life adventure series The Summit failed to build on its ratings after its debut on Sunday night managing 400,000 viewers in the capitals cities on Monday

Ever reliable tea time favourite The Chase Australia, however, was the big winner for the network.

The quiz show drew an impressive 582,000 in the capital cities.

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Over on Channel 10, Monday’s episode of MasterChef managed a strong metro rating of 552,000.

However, 10’s big win over night was for Have You Been Paying Attention?

The popular quiz show, host by funnyman Tom Gleisner, features a panel of comedians are tested on the news of the week pulled in a whopping metro rating of 633,000 fans over night.

Channel Nine’s new real-life adventure series The Summit, meanwhile, failed to build on its ratings after its debut on Sunday night.

Have You Been Paying Attention?  - pictured - pulled in a whopping metro rating of 633,000 fans over night on Monday for the embattled Channel 10 network

Have You Been Paying Attention?  – pictured – pulled in a whopping metro rating of 633,000 fans over night on Monday for the embattled Channel 10 network

The Survivor-type reality show in which contestants race to the top of a mountain for a million dollar cash prize dropped 1,000 viewers to land a 400,000 metro rating.

Nine won the night with an audience share of 27.2 per cent

Seven, meanwhile, ran a very close second, managing to snare 25.1 per cent of the available audience.

Channel 10 finished third with an impressive 21.9 per cent of the audience, while the ABC came in fourth with 17.9 per cent.

DailyMail

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