From draw-to-the-button finishes to Banff’s breathtaking scenery, this weekend’s PINTY’S ALL-STAR CURLING SKINS GAME proved to be a hit with curling fans – and a ratings winner for TSN. Overnight data from Numeris (BBM Canada) confirms that TSN’s annual curling skins game attracted an average audience of 461,000 viewers – marking a 40% increasecompared to last year’s event.
An average audience of more than a half a million Canadians tuned in for three of the six draws from the PINTY’S ALL-STAR CURLING SKINS GAME. Overall, more than 3.7 million unique Canadian viewers tuned in to some part of TSN’s fan-favourite event.
The PINTY’S ALL-STAR CURLING SKINS GAME, held for the second straight year at The Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre in beautiful Banff National Park, included a women’s competition for the first time since 2003 that helped to attract big audiences.
The most-watched draw from the PINTY’S ALL-STAR CURLING SKINS GAME was the , which attracted an average audience of 579,000 viewers – despite being up against the thrilling NFC Conference Championship.
The women’s competition also drew the second biggest audience from this weekend, with Team Jones’ comeback victory over the up-and-coming Team Carey attracting an average audience of 543,000 viewers.
The – the third most-watched draw – attracted 521,000 viewers, marking a 54% increase compared to last year’s men’s final.
The ratings breakdown for the PINTY’S ALL-STAR CURLING SKINS GAME is as follows:
Friday, Jan.16
Women’s Semifinal #1: Team Homan vs. Team Sweeting – 357,000
Saturday, Jan. 17
Men’s Semifinal #1: Team Morris vs. Team Koe – 326,000
Women’s Semifinal #2: Team Jones vs. Team Carey – 543,000
Men’s Semifinal #2: Team Jacobs vs. Team McEwen – 430,000
Sunday, Jan. 18
Women’s Final: Team Homan vs. Team Jones – 579,000
Men’s Final: Team Morris vs. Team Jacobs – 521,00
Results
Overall results from the PINTY’S ALL-STAR CURLING SKINS GAME are as follows:
Women’s Field
- Team Homan: $52,000 ($37,000 in skins prize money + $15,000 winner bonus)
- Team Jones: $29,500 ($28,500 in skins prize money + $1,000draw to the button bonus)
- Team Sweeting: $10,000
- Team Carey: $8,500
TOTAL: $100,000
Men’s Field
- Team Jacobs: $65,500 ($50,500 in skins prize money + $15,000 tournament bonus)
- Team Morris: $23,000
- Team McEwen: $8,500
- Team Koe: $3,000 ($2,000 in skins prize money + $1,000draw to the button bonus)
TOTAL: $100,000
