"Not even the production team know": DAZN's red carpet before Kane's Ballon d'Or

Shearer, Owen, Figo and Carragher make their picks outside the London Palladium, and the pre-show is nearing the channel's most-watched regular upload.

Channel: DAZN Football Story of October 27, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 47,616,521 views a day, 8622 times a normal first day on this channel (5,523).

2026 Ballon d'Or | Red Carpet Pre Show

"2026 Ballon d'Or | Red Carpet Pre Show" is a long evening of arrivals, predictions and microphones outside the London Palladium. On DAZN Football, it passed 21 million views within seven hours. Among the channel's regular videos, only the extended highlights of the 2025 Club World Cup final between Chelsea and PSG have drawn more, and the pre-show is closing in on those too.

Nobody on the carpet knew the winner. Ceremony host Kate Scott, stopping by the desk with Malik Scott, said the result was locked away: "Not even the production team know. It's that serious." So the broadcast runs on predictions. Alan Shearer tells Guillem Balagué of Harry Kane, "He'll never have a better chance of winning it, that's for sure." Jamie Carragher hopes Kane wins, "with it being in London." Patrick Kluivert's personal winner is Lamine Yamal. Luis Figo, who won the award in 2000, opens with a one-word joke, "Me," before naming Kane, Kylian Mbappé and Yamal.

Michael Owen, the last Englishman to win the trophy, in 2001, observes how few winners there have been since besides Ronaldo and Messi. Later that evening, Kane ended England's long wait, as the channel's own winner clip shows. Fabrizio Romano also has news during the show: Kane is set to extend his Bayern Munich contract until 2029.

There is lighter material, too. Gary Lineker complains that the red carpet keeps getting longer. Unai Emery explains his outfit: "It's Aston Villa suit." Brazil's Ronaldo signs autographs, while French Montana and comedian Redouane Bougheraba stop by the desk.

Comments arrived hundreds of times faster than on the channel's usual first day, and the most-liked comment asks why the live stream ended; others ask where they can watch it again. The whole night carried the channel with it: about 220,000 new subscribers in a day, where roughly a hundred is normal, and Shorts from the carpet, including Yamal's suit and Dembélé's entrance, far outpaced their usual starts.

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The numbers

A red carpet show is on course to rival the Club World Cup final as the channel's most-watched regular upload.

the video's first day

usual first day here

5,523

this video

47,616,521

subscribers

3,150,000

▲ 220,000 in the last 7 days

total views

544,791,808

views per day

1,032,281

typical day: 536,336

the video

views

21,259,130

likes

205,859

comments

2,183

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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3,820,000

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3,150,000

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3,130,000

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2,540,000

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2,310,000

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1,970,000

As of October 27, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.