ABC’s Australia Day Live draws near 280K overnight metro viewers

With the Australia Day long weekend dominated by the heavy coverage of tennis and cricket, ABC-TV’s Australia Day Live concert broadcast on Sunday managed to draw 277,999 overnight metros.

In the non-sports, news and current affairs listings, it ranked second after I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

The evening broadcast ranked #17 for the night overall.

This year’s show was once again was held at the Sydney Opera House forecourt and Circular Quay.

It featured performances from Vanessa Amorosi, Eskimo Joe, Christine Anu, John Williamson, The Original Seekers and Isaiah Firebrace.

Anu served as host, along with the night’s music director John Foreman and Jeremy Fernandez.

2019’s The Voice winner Diana Rouvas, opera supremo Daniel Belle, First Nation vocal group KARI and world-renowned didgeridoo player William Barton also all featured.

Artists were accompanied by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.