20 Million tune in to see the X Factor final (Article from last night)

[Scarlett.]

Move over Kevin Keegan – Tyneside has a new messiah, at least for the time being. In front of a television audience of 20 million, Joe McElderry, from South Shields was last night named the winner of the talent contest The X Factor . As the host Dermot O'Leary announced the result, McElderry, an 18-year-old performing arts student, was embraced by his mentor, fellow Geordie Cheryl Cole, and demonstrated what must be an X Factor first: no tears ... not one.

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Independant (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/no-tears-shed-as-mcelderry-wins-lsquox-factor-1839872.html)

These are probably the early figures, a more definate figure will be out tommorow

[Jords]

Woah, XF really got big this year.

[Stephanie]

wow.

[Scarlett.]

T'was to be expected after the ratings its sister show (BGT) got

[Patrick]

I wonder if Americans watch XF on Youtube hmmm

[GypsyGoth]

I wonder if Americans watch XF on Youtube hmmm

Jedward were on the american news.

[James]

Ratings haven't been released yet. All the early Joe winning news reports said 20 million. Either just a guess or PR put out by ITV. Probably won't be as much as that.

[andyman]

Vile series.

[Patrick]

Vile series.

Yeah.

Deffenatly very over rated.
Should not of got the attention and ratings it got.

Series 5 deserved it more than Series 6.

[andyman]

Leoan Jackson > Joe..

Thats how bad it was..

[CaraRawr]

omg!

[Scarlett.]

The article was close enough I guess

[*mazedsalv**]

The 5 min peak was 19.1m and the 1 minute peak was 19.7m, so a 30 second peak would have peaked at 20m.

[Raph]

aww yayy good for Joe =) <3

[Gavin]

LMAO. That towers over Big Brother's final ratings of around 2m :eek:!