Last but not least: Faust beats romance
The numbers speak for themselves—pure muscle power is more appealing than a fairy-tale royal wedding: Wladimir Klitschko drew more than twice as many viewers to their TV sets as Albert and Charlene.
A whopping 15.5 million viewers watched Wladimir Klitschko defend his world champion title on RTL on Saturday. This corresponds to a market share of 67 percent. The wedding of Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock did not attract half as many viewers the previous afternoon: An average of 6.03 million watched the four-and-a-half-hour broadcast on ZDF; the market share was 37.6 percent.
According to Spiegel.de, the difference is even clearer if you only look at the 14 to 49 age group: Here, the boxing match achieved a market share of 69.9 percent with 7.5 million viewers. The wedding achieved a market share of just 18.1 percent among the same age group. From this we conclude: The vast majority of marriage fans were over 50 years old. The efforts of the bride and groom to make the celebration decidedly modern and cosmopolitan do not really seem to have borne fruit - but it was certainly worth a try.
