King of contests: SRK show tops TRP charts

NEW DELHI: So has television finally laid rest to the question ��� who is the biggest star? In a clash between Bollywood biggies, Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, it is SRK whose game show ���Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tez Hain?��� appears to be doing better, according to snap polls done by aMap in six metros.

AMap, the overnight audience measurement agency, has suggested that while Roshan attracted an average television rating of 0.82% for his music-based contest ���Junoon ��� Kuch Kar Dikhane Ka��� , Salman���s ���Das Ka Dum��� (DKD) could only garner a TRP of 1.65%. Both were launched on June 6 after much hype and promotion. ���DKD��� promises an astounding cash prize of Rs 10 crore besides getting to watch Sallu dance to his favourite numbers on the set.

���Junoon��� , on the other hand, is a music show for which Roshan is a ������ goodwill ambassador������ . However, SRK is not nicknamed King Khan for nothing. His show ���Kya Aap... ��� ��� that was launched on April 25 ��� got off to a better start. The quiz show enjoyed a TRP of 2.7 on the first day. The show that evaluates the participant���s knowledge on information that a fifth class student knows, has dipped in popularity since its launch.

Industry experts have blamed the low ratings to the IPL season that consumed public interest earning TRPs of 7 or 8. Even in its peak rating, the Indian version of ���Are you Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?��� has beaten both Salman Khan and Roshan with a peak rating of 3.5%. ���DKD��� had a peak rating of 2.6 while ���Junoon��� barely managed a rating of 1.1. Incidentally, ���Kaun Banega Crorepati 3��� ��� another show hosted by SRK last year ��� did better than the three that are currently running. While its average rating was 3.4%, it had a peak rating of 4.9%.