The Saturday evening of December 6th, which was supposed to be yet another balanced clash between the giants of Italian television, turned into a result that stunned professionals and the public. The challenge between You are worth it on Canale 5 e Dancing with the stars on Rai Uno it was announced as one of the most hotly contested of the year, with very high expectations for both networks. On one side Maria De Filippi, on the other Milly Carlucci: two queens of prime time, two symbolic programmes, two consolidated fan bases. But this time the outcome was not at all as expected.
Shortly after the release of the Auditel data, confirmation of the turnaround arrived: the final of Tu Sì que vales dominated Saturday evening, leaving Dancing with the Stars behind with a gap that, on the eve, few had imagined so evident. A result that weighs heavily and which inevitably relaunches the debate on the future of Rai Uno’s weekend programming, the historic flagship network.
The numbers speak for themselves: De Filippi flies, Carlucci gives way
The outcome of the evening is clear: You are worth it surpasses the 28% share and collects 3,727,000 spectatorsalso growing compared to the previous edition and effortlessly conquering the record. For Dancing with the starshowever, the race stops at 2,666,000 spectators with a 25,6% of shares. A distance that weighs on Rai’s seasonal budget and marks a delicate point in the path of a program that has always been considered a Saturday evening certainty. According to analysts, such a marked difference has not been seen for a long time on an evening with two titles of this caliber.
The rest of the programming confirms an eventful evening: on Rai2 S.W.A.T. reaches 615,000 spectators (3.6%), while Italia1 with The witches stands at 672,000 spectators (4.1%). Rai3 con Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner register 669,000 spectators (3.9%), La7 with In Other Words surprise with 1,128,000 spectators (6.2%) in the first part and 586,000 in the second. Rete4, Tv8 and Nove closed with lower numbers, among others 250.000 e 482,000 spectators.
Prime time access to poison: Wheel of Fortune surpasses Your Business
The surprise doesn’t stop at the first evening. Access prime time also recorded an unexpected overtaking: The Wheel of Fortune on Canale 5 fly to 4,766,000 spectators (25.8%), surpassing Your businessstopped at 4,322,000 spectators (23.4%). A result that rekindles the debate on the now almost constant dominance of Amadeus’ game, however called into question by a particularly popular episode of the historic Mediaset spinner. Numbers that reshape the profile of the early evening slot and further complicate the situation for Rai Uno, already affected by the result of Ballando.
Between series, films and talks, December 6th was a Saturday full of confirmations, but above all marked by a verdict that risks changing the balance of the television weekend: the domination of the final of Tu Sì que vales on Dancing with the Stars was clear, thunderous, impossible to ignore. And for Rai, this chapter cannot be dismissed lightly.
