Audiences preferred to watch Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day than Aussie music’s night of nights, the ARIA Awards.
Hosted by Delta Goodrem to largely-empty room at Sydney’s Star, coupled with no red carpet and most musos attending virtually, the 2-hour awards show was almost too much to ask of viewers.
The ARIAs pulled a national audience of just 287,000 – its lowest in seven years.
It was beaten by Seven’s Home and Away (550,000), Highway Patrol (461,000), ABC’s Reputation Rehab (381,00) and Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day on Ten (311,000).
In Perth, only 25,000 people tuned in.
Here’s hoping that in 2021, they’ll smash it out of the park.
2020 ARIA Award Winners List:
Album of the Year: Tame Impala – The Slow Rush
Best Male Artist: Archie Roach – Tell Me Why
Best Female Artist: Sampa The Great – The Return
Best Group: Tame Impala
Best Pop Release: Amy Shark – Everybody Rise
Best Hip Hop Release: Sampa The Great – The Return
Best Breakthrough Artist: Lime Cordiale – 14 Steps To A Better You
Best Soul/R&B Release: Miiesha – Nyaaringu
Best Independent Release: Sampa The Great – The Return
Best Rock Album: Tame Impala – The Slow Rush
Best Dance Release: Dom Dolla – San Frandisco
Best Adult Contemporary Album: Archie Roach – Tell Me Why
Best Country Album: Fanny Lumsden – Fallow
Best Hard Rock/Metal Album: King Gizzard – Chunky Shrapnel
Best Blues & Roots Album: The Teskey Brothers – Live At The Forum
Best Children’s Album: Teeny Tiny Stevies – Thoughtful Songs For Little People
Best Comedy Release: Anne Edmonds – What’s Wrong With You?
