Individual aritst TV ratings @ Kouhaku - SMAP #1 for 4th time

[ayu_fan929]

SMAP's leads Kouhaku ratings for the 4th time (2000, 2003, 2005, 2006) as their performance of "Arigatou" had a TV viewership rating of 48.8%. The highest watched female/red team performers at this year's Kouhaku were Koda Kumi, DREAMS COME TRUE and Kawanaka Miyuki at 47.3%
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20...000011-dal-ent

If you don't count last year's performance by Gorie as a "female" performance, it would be Kuu's 2nd year of having the highest female performer TV rating as her performance last year had a rating of 47.2%.
http://www1.plala.or.jp/nakaatsu/05sityou.htm
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TOP 10 Performers
01 SMAP - 48.8%
02 Koda Kumi, DREAMS COME TRUE, Kawanaka Miyuki - 47.3%
05 Kitajima Saburou - 47.0%
06 Itsuki Hiroshi - 46.3%
07 Kobukuro - 45.5%
08 Tendo Yoshimi - 42.1%
09 Kobayashi Sachiko
10 DJ OZMA - 41.8%
http://www1.plala.or.jp/nakaatsu/06sityou.htm
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Other
-Otsuka Ai was the highest watched performer in the 1st half of the show at 37.6%
-Ayu's "JEWEL" performance had a viewership rating of 36.1%, down 7.6% from last year.
-DJ OZMA was the highest watched newcomer performance
-Angela Aki was the highest watched newcomer female performance with 39.6%.
-The whole show had an average rating of 30.6% (1st half) and 39.8% (2nd half), down 4.8% and 3.1% respectively.