Between the first 12 weeks of 2005 and the first 12 weeks of this year, the audience for the top-rated broadcast show (often “American Idol”) fell by 9%.

从2005年的前十二周到今年的前十二周，观看排名榜首的电视秀（通常来说是美国偶象）的观众数下降了百分之九。

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Zico was Ronaldo's idol. When Ronaldo was 9 years old, his father took him to watch his idol the first time playing against Vasco da Gama at Maracana stadium.

当他9岁的时候，他父亲第一次带他去马拉卡纳体育场观看了他的偶像与瓦斯克。达。

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In fact, when the Olympics went head to head with Idol in the 9 p.m. hour, the Games charmed an even larger audience of 30.1 million.

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Though Idol shed another 9% of its viewership and was out-rated by reality rival Dancing with the Stars on more than one occasion last season, it remains the no. 1 program by a sizable margin heading into its tenth year on the air.

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