The good streak of audiences of Antena 3 is also transferred to the bells.
For the first time in the history of television, it was the Atresmedia network that led the retransmission of entry to the new year, surpassing La 1. Ana Obregón's last-minute withdrawal, when testing positive for coronavirus, changed the rules of the game .
The presenter did not repeat as Anne Igartiburu's partner on TVE, a formula that gave the public broadcaster leadership last year.
Cristina Pedroche, the mystery surrounding her dress and Alberto Chicote again beat their record for Antena 3 in this broadcast, according to the analysis offered by Barlovento Comunicación based on data collected by the consulting firm Kantar Media.
They managed to attract 7.5 million viewers on average.
With a 37.9% share of the screen, they grew 10.4 points compared to 2020. La 1, on the other hand, was left with 4,758,000 viewers and a 23.9% share with the duo formed by Igartiburu and Jacob Petrus.
The chimes on Telecinco were the third most viewed, presented this year by Paz Padilla and Carlos Sobera away from Puerta del Sol, from Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz).
They reached an average audience of 1.2 million viewers and a 5.9% share, down 6 tenths from the previous year.
The Catalan autonomous region, TV3, was the fourth most watched with about 1.2 million viewers and 38.6% share of the screen in its broadcasting area, a decrease of 5.9 points compared to the data for 2020.
La Sexta, with 1,156,000 viewers and a 5.8% audience share;
La2, with 888,000 viewers and a 4.5% share;
and Canal Sur, with 535,000 viewers and a 13.6% share in its broadcast area, surpassed Cuatro.
The second Mediaset chain offered the same signal as Telecinco from Vejer de la Frontera, so it was left with an average of 195,000 viewers and a 1% share of the screen.
This year, in addition, Ibai Llanos invited a classic of the bells as Ramón García to the broadcast of Twitch, the live broadcasting platform belonging to Amazon.
Together, from one of the balconies of Puerta del Sol, they led a broadcast quite similar to those of the television networks.
They reached a peak of 800,000 connected screens during the time of the 12 grapes and that more than 2.2 million users / spectators connected with them at some point in the special that started well before the rest of the specials, at 9:30 p.m.
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Cristina Pedroche's dress in the bells is a 30-year-old design by Manuel Piña
Last year, television broke a record during the bells: 22.3 million viewers were connected to one of the traditional channels at midnight on January 1, 2021. This time, with more people celebrating in the streets despite the arrival of omicron to the coronavirus crisis, there were 19.9 million viewers who drank the grapes in front of the screen.
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