Just over 700,000 Australians tuned in to watch the 2009 ARIA Awards - one of the worst results in years.

The audience was about 400,000 down on last year's ceremony.

The awards moved from Network Ten to the Nine Network this year and were on a Thursday as opposed to Sunday.

They were hosted by small screen stars Kate Ritchie and Gyton Grantley, with electro-pop outfit Empire Of The Sun scoring the most trophies.

The event came in at number 16 of the most watched shows of the night. Seven's news was first with more than 1.2 million viewers.

See how the 2009 ARIA Awards unfolded on Twitter.

Full list of winners.

- AAP