England’s European Championship semi-final win over Italy on Tuesday night delivered ITV’s highest viewing figures of the year.
A peak audience of 10.2 million was watching when Chloe Kelly converted a penalty rebound in the final minutes of extra time to take the Lionesses to their third successive major final.
The dramatic semi-final averaged 8 million viewers across the 120 minutes. This was ITV’s highest average audience of the year among adults and in the 16-34 age range.
England’s victory over Italy also broke streaming records, with ITVX having its biggest day of the year with 17.2m stream views.
Support for England has grown significantly throughout the tournament, with ITV’s peak audience reaching 2.6 million for the team’s opening group game against France and hitting 4.2 million for the final group game against Wales. A 7.3 million peak audience watched the quarter-final against Sweden on the BBC.
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ITV will share coverage of Sunday’s final against Spain or Germany with the BBC. ITV’s lineup in the the studio in Basel will be Laura Woods, Ian Wright, Emma Hayes and Karen Carney.
