Married At First Sight beats My Kitchen Rules in week one of ratings battle

Seven made a bold call bringing My Kitchen Rules forward in a bid to beat Married At First Sight in the ratings battle, but did it pay off? After last night’s season launch for each show, one network has soundly gotten the better of the other.

Channel 7’s decision to move My Kitchen Rules forward half an hour to 7pm hasn’t paid dividends with the cooking show soundly beaten by the Married At First Sight.

The tenth season of My Kitchen Rules launched to 816,000 viewers across the five capital cities last night.

The return of Married At First Sight — with the weddings of Jules and Cameron as well as Cyrell and Nic — averaged 1.003 million.

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Ash and Stacey from Byron Bay were featured on last night’s episode of My Kitchen Rules. Picture: Seven.

The Married At First Sight figure was up nearly 10 per cent compared to last year’s launch of 914,000.

In stark contrast, My Kitchen Rules crashed more than 30 per cent compare to the 1.182 million that tuned in for last year’s launch.

Seven’s consolation prize was that My Kitchen Rules performed better in regional areas than its rival.

The combined national figure (metro and regional) for My Kitchen Rules was 1.216 million compared to 1.321 million for Married At First Sight.

Seven made the decision to delay the return of Home And Away and put My Kitchen Rules into the 7pm slot to get a jump on Married At First Sight.

Melbourne's Martha Kalifatidis will be part of the 2019 season of Married At First Sight. Picture: Tim Carrafa, Channel 9.

Ten’s I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! averaged 676,000 across the five cities and another 268,000 in regional areas for a national figure of 944,000.

Last night’s edition of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! saw The Bold and the Beautiful star Katherine Kelly Lang enter the jungle.

Last night’s edition of My Kitchen Rules featured New South Wales’ engaged couple Stacey and Ash’s dinner party.