X Factor Ratings 2017

[Will.]

Launch:

Including +1

2017: 6.20 million
2016: 6.80 million
2015: 7.65 million
2014: 9.50 million
2013: 8.78 million
2012: 8.09 million
2011: 10.80 million

[Firewire]

Not as big a drop as I expected

[MB.]

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[Jake.]

Getting embarrassing

[RileyH]

I was expecting worse tbh, with the lack of promo and advertising

[lewis111]

It's not awful but I can't really think what they can do now to boost ratings again
Brining back Cheryl and Simon helped a bit but now they've kinda hit a brick wall - a major change up to the show is needed but idk what

[Ross.]

Hopefully they just focus on themselves and their ratings and not try to compete with Strictly

[supertv247]

Last year fell to 6.2 on the Sunday so if tonight can hold on to last nights audience then that'll be good at least.

[supertv247]

It's not awful but I can't really think what they can do now to boost ratings again
Brining back Cheryl and Simon helped a bit but now they've kinda hit a brick wall - a major change up to the show is needed but idk what

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[RileyH]

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We don't want her back

[Littlegreen]

Hopefully they just focus on themselves and their ratings and not try to compete with Strictly

I was going to say, when Strictly starts it'll probably drop to much lower.

[supertv247]

See last year got 6.8m then 6.2m then the following Saturday aired at 8:15pm as soon as the strictly launch finished and got 8.3m. The rest of the auditions then stayed in the high 7's - but this year there's a 40 minute overlap next week so there's no telling how it'll affect XF

[Jack_]

Are they doing two weeks of Six Chair (four episodes) this year? The final is the first weekend of December this year which is not okay either :bored:

I wonder whether they'll move the IAC final to the Friday and have a 'finals weekend' like the BBC do with SPOTY/Strictly/The Apprentice or keep it on the Sunday and have X Factor run 19:00-21:00. Could be quite a big weekend

[supertv247]

Are they doing two weeks of Six Chair (four episodes) this year? The final is the first weekend of December this year which is not okay either :bored:

I wonder whether they'll move the IAC final to the Friday and have a 'finals weekend' like the BBC do with SPOTY/Strictly/The Apprentice or keep it on the Sunday and have X Factor run 19:00-21:00. Could be quite a big weekend

They have said the plan is to extend the middle rounds so I think it'll be something like
8 Audition episodes (up from 7 in 2016)
2 Bootcamp (up from 1 in 2016)
4 Six chair (up from 2 in 2016)
2 Judges houses (same as 2016)
6 Live weeks (down from 10 in 2016)
In comparison to last year this will last 14 weeks which is down from 16, but it started a week later and apparently will end a week earlier.

IMO it would be better to last one extra week (7 live shows) and end on December 10th, around the usual finale date. That's a week after IAC usually ends and a week before SCD ends, it isn't as random as the start of December and is in time for the Christmas charts so would make most sense

[Jack_]

Sounds about right, I forgot there was only one Bootcamp episode last series

I agree they should've never moved the final weekend but it's definitely 2nd/3rd December this year because the competition confirmed it, so unless IAC starts a week earlier they'll be finishing around the same time.

[supertv247]

Sounds about right, I forgot there was only one Bootcamp episode last series

I agree they should've never moved the final weekend but it's definitely 2nd/3rd December this year because the competition confirmed it, so unless IAC starts a week earlier they'll be finishing around the same time.

Maybe they'll have the final final on the Sunday only one hour then? That's what The Voice done, then they could have the IAC final at 9pm

[Denver]

The only way that works is moving the IAC final back to Fridays

[Ross.]

They've moved the final weekend as well? That's IT this show is cancelled

[supertv247]

Are we sure the competition always ends on the final? Having the final at the start of December is just a weird move because it usually fits nicely leading into the Christmas break and this especially doesn't make if they're still going for the Christmas charts :shrug:

[Greg!]

They have said the plan is to extend the middle rounds so I think it'll be something like
8 Audition episodes (up from 7 in 2016)
2 Bootcamp (up from 1 in 2016)
4 Six chair (up from 2 in 2016)
2 Judges houses (same as 2016)
6 Live weeks (down from 10 in 2016)
In comparison to last year this will last 14 weeks which is down from 16, but it started a week later and apparently will end a week earlier.

IMO it would be better to last one extra week (7 live shows) and end on December 10th, around the usual finale date. That's a week after IAC usually ends and a week before SCD ends, it isn't as random as the start of December and is in time for the Christmas charts so would make most sense

Omfg why are they obsessed with the 6 chair challenge. It's ****e!!

[supertv247]

Omfg why are they obsessed with the 6 chair challenge. It's ****e!!

It's been the best rating part of the show ever since it started :shrug:
It done exceptionally well in 2015 actually. Last year both episodes averaged 7.1m which was like a million more than judges houses

[RileyH]

Omfg why are they obsessed with the 6 chair challenge. It's ****e!!

I love the 6CC

[Jack_]

Are we sure the competition always ends on the final? Having the final at the start of December is just a weird move because it usually fits nicely leading into the Christmas break and this especially doesn't make if they're still going for the Christmas charts :shrug:

The competition includes tickets to the final on the 2nd December, if they play it tonight you'll see :laugh:

[Ross.]

The competition includes tickets to the final on the 2nd December, if they play it tonight you'll see :laugh:

Bye

[pontyboi]

Are we sure the competition always ends on the final? Having the final at the start of December is just a weird move because it usually fits nicely leading into the Christmas break and this especially doesn't make if they're still going for the Christmas charts :shrug:

I think there's more pressure on the show these days to hit that christmas number one which fair play they did for years and it was allways a no brainier but recently acts aren't even hitting the top 5 so it's a bit of a smart move imo.

I do hate the 6 chair challenge though I hope they aren't extending it to 4 episodes like you said as it's tedious.

[pontyboi]

Bye

Lol why does it matter it finishes on the 2nd of December I know it's like a nostalgia fest having X factor on at Christmas but it's not working anymore....chuck on its a wonderful life instead and maybe a bit of gremlins.

[supertv247]

TBF these days most songs peak after a few weeks of release due to streaming being such a big influence in the charts, so maybe it's a smart move

[pontyboi]

TBF these days most songs peak after a few weeks of release due to streaming being such a big influence in the charts, so maybe it's a smart move

Exactly and alot of people will associate that song as a Christmas song which after Christmas is over is unappealing to the majority let's hope they actually write a good winners single that represents the contestant this year.

[supertv247]

6.52 million last night

Up 320k overnight and up 270k on last year's same episode!

[Denver]

Gaga Lord did that

[cliffxen]

6.52 million last night

Up 320k overnight and up 270k on last year's same episode!

well yesterday's episode was really much better so

[Morgan.]

Exactly and alot of people will associate that song as a Christmas song which after Christmas is over is unappealing to the majority let's hope they actually write a good winners single that represents the contestant this year.

As long as they don't give the winner a Christmas song this year (not only was matts song awful, but they could only play it for like 2 weeks) then idc what they give them to sing.

[supertv247]

As long as they don't give the winner a Christmas song this year (not only was matts song awful, but they could only play it for like 2 weeks) then idc what they give them to sing.

Yeah something like Impossible that James Arthur had was much more fitting as it stayed in the charts for weeks and still gets airplay etc. Matt's song was done after a week

[supertv247]

Down to 5.6m against strictlys 8.8m last night. XF still won the 16-34s though

It's a shame because last year they didn't clash, and it helped SCD get its highest ever launch (9.3m) which lead to XF getting 8.3m off the back of it

[RileyH]

Down to 5.6m against strictlys 8.8m last night. XF still won the 16-34s though

It's a shame because last year they didn't clash, and it helped SCD get its highest ever launch (9.3m) which lead to XF getting 8.3m off the back of it

Gaga Lord did that

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[supertv247]

Official ratings
Saturday - 7.77m
Sunday - 7.86m

Saturday down a million on last year, Sunday down only 100k
Saturdays launch is officially the 4th lowest ever (after series 1, then 2, then 3)

The next officials will be tragic, last years same Saturday got 10.2m for week 2 while this year will be around 7.0m........

[Eddie.]

I love the six chair challenge, matter of fact, I think that is the only part of the X-Factor I have truly enjoyed ever since I've started watching. X-Factor has been a bit boring these past few years, and I have never watched a series in full in like forever. Ratings are still decent tho.

[supertv247]

Last nights X Factor officially had the lowest rating the show has ever had.

The X Factor - 4.8 million
Strictly Come Dancing - 9.4 million

:worry:

[RileyH]

:laugh2:

[cliffxen]

bye

[Will.]

MESS

[Will.]

3 MILLION DOWN ON LAST YEARS EQUIVALENT EPISODE

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[RileyH]

3 MILLION DOWN ON LAST YEARS EQUIVALENT EPISODE

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omg nooooo:joker:

[supertv247]

3 MILLION DOWN ON LAST YEARS EQUIVALENT EPISODE

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......and last year was bad

[EspeonBB]

nn at least one show is out-flopping BB
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[Jack_]

God help us with whatever **** they're gonna pull now to ruin the show further

[Will.]

4.9M last night

[RichardG]

axe it

[RileyH]

just end it

[lewis111]

Literally nothing can save XF as well
Like Back to basics can help a lot of shows but that doesn't help XF at all and when they chuck loads of twist at us it does even worse
I genuinely can't think of anything they can do to help it gain viewers back - they got rid of Louis - didn't work - brought him back - didn't work. Even bringing Cheryl and Sharon back didn't help much

[Cal.]

It's hardly bad in this day and age. It's double Love Island's rating and that's probably seen as the most popular RTV show today besides Bake Off and IAC.

[Denver]

Serves them right for eliminating Gaga Lord

[lewis111]

I think it's seem as bad, not because of the numbers themselves, but because it's always compared to Strictly - as it should be
SCD shows that a lot of people are still watching Saturday night TV but the mass majority have now chosen Strictly over XF

[supertv247]

What I find weird is that strictly got the exact same as last year, yet XF was 2 million down. So it’s not like 2 million have just turned over to strictly, they’ve literally just disappeared elsewhere

[supertv247]

5.1 million last night - down 1.1m on last Sunday and the lowest ever Sunday rating.
Of course this week started at 7:30pm for the first time, and clashed with strictly (8.5m) for that first 30 minutes - but that's still really bad, as it clashes every year at this stage. Those first 30 minutes must have been dire to bring the whole rating down so much on last week

[supertv247]

4.8 million for the last bootcamp. Second lowest rating ever (after the last auditions episode 2 weeks ago) 5 million behind strictly with 9.8 million

[Morgan.]

Probably unrelated but I'm finding this series of The X Factor is getting better and easier to watch as it goes on. Like the first 3 auditions episodes were good, then it was boring and since Bootcamp started I've been gripped. This happens every year for me though, mind.

[supertv247]

Hmm.. usually it gets better around the six chair challenge, but IMO the last episode of bootcamp was quite boring. It felt like too much filler. They should either show everyone’s Arena audition and have it really fast paced, or miss it out altogether. 6CC isn’t as bad because they have to show everyone so it moves a lot quicker and actually has you gripped

[Jack_]

The Arena Bootcamp's are crap, I much prefer when they do the group tasks and stuff like that (which they condensed into half an episode this year) because at least it feels like a distinct stage rather than just an audition with an audience

I wish they'd take Bootcamp to a country house again, do some group challenges, maybe some individual performances and then have each category line up so the judges can call the names out of the people who are going through...like the good old days

[supertv247]

Yeah, for the arena auditions they should’ve just been on and off - no feedback or VTs or filler - and then each category gathered at the end to be told who’s through and who’s not. Would’ve been much faster paced, less boring and more ‘must see’ at the end.

[supertv247]

Sunday night - 5.74 million - up 740k on last Sunday and 1 million on Saturday. It peaked with 7.13m which is 2.1m more than Saturday night so yet again proving the 6CC is the most popular part of the show. No idea why they spent so long on Bootcamp now

[Will.]

5.2M for the first live show

1 million down on last year first live show and 500K down on last week.

[Will.]

It was defo missing something last night, it didn’t feel like an event.

[Jack_]

Hope it crashes and burns so Simon wakes up and smells the hummus and restores the format for the second time next year

[Morgan.]

I actually liked it - having just 8 acts felt better because watching 16 perform one after another is tedious, and then the Sunday feels pointless. I'm likely to put full attention into the series now.

[Ross.]

Hope it crashes and burns so Simon wakes up and smells the hummus and restores the format for the second time next year

Drag it

[Babayaro.]

Lmfao it got what it deserves

[supertv247]

Tonight it faces a full on clash with strictly and then Blue Planet 2 which is highly anticipated sooooo rip

[supertv247]

19:00: The X Factor - 4.64m (19.2%)

Officially the shows lowest rating of all time.
Strictly averaged 9.6 million while Blue Planet averaged 10.3 million

[Will.]

Nnn A SCREAM

she’s gone, RIP :skull:

[cliffxen]

a shame since last night's live show was the best in such a long time.

[Shaun]

a shame since last night's live show was the best in such a long time.

It really wasn't. There's no suspense any more. And now the winners of the series are pretty much set in stone, too.

[supertv247]

Saturdays show was one of the best in years, last night's was completely ruined with that sing off nonsense. If they replaced that sing off with the usual bottom 2 Sing Off, still had the winner but just an automatic prize for whoever topped the vote etc, it would be brilliant.

[Will.]

5.1M for last nights

10.4M for Strictly

[supertv247]

Tonight will (yet again) be the lowest rating ever, below last weeks 4.6m I think. The prize fight had huge backlash last week, plus strictly is only getting bigger, blue planet is still on and this weeks xfactor theme is diabolical

[supertv247]

X Factor - 4.27 million (18.2%)
Now it's lowest rating ever. Before this series, the lowest ever was 4.8m for the first ever episode. Last Sunday had 4.6 million...

Strictly: 10m (44%)
Blue Planet - 10.78m (44.7%)

[Denver]

4.3 million last night

[Greg!]

WAHHHHH It's what she deserves. Trash format.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Its that disgusting show off Nicole's fault. we dont want her over here its all about memememememememememe

vile

[Jack_]

screaming

My only worry is that instead of restoring the regular format, they'll go The Voice route even further and cut the lives to like 3 weeks :umm2:

[LukeB]

WAHHHHH It's what she deserves. Trash format.

It deserved more than Saturday </3 Saturday was a car crash and yesterday everyone was miles better

[Cal.]

I'm not bothering this year. It's not The X Factor.

[Crimson Dynamo]

saturday was a hot mess

[LukeB]

4.8 mil for Saturday
4.7 mil yesterday

[supertv247]

Last night held up better than last weekend. But the official figures are even worse... last weekend got;
Saturday - 6.01m
Sunday - 4.97m
Yeah, they’re consolodated figures. Embarrassing. Adding 700k is the equivalent to some episodes of Big Brother! Meanwhile, Blue Planet & Bake Off added 3.5 million

[Oaker]

That Sunday rating omg :joker:

There's no way the contract is getting renewed right?

[Marsh.]

ITV are in one hell of a predicament.

It's rating badly but what else are they going to put on in that slot for the first time in 14 years?

[Jack_]

My only worry is that instead of restoring the regular format, they'll go The Voice route even further and cut the lives to like 3 weeks :umm2:

Well the fact Simon keeps on saying 'we want to give the pubic more time to get to know the acts' and 'there's not many weeks this year' gives me some semblance of hope that he realises this format is a disaster and next year lobbies ITV to revert back to ten weeks again. The problem is of course, with these ratings...why would they be interested in doing that?

That Sunday rating omg :joker:

There's no way the contract is getting renewed right?

I was amazed it was even renewed so recently in the first place

ITV are in one hell of a predicament.

It's rating badly but what else are they going to put on in that slot for the first time in 14 years?

I wonder whether there'd be any worth in moving BGT (even if it didn't do as well this year) to the autumn and switching their other shows around a little bit

[supertv247]

One option ITV could be looking at its alternating between The Voice and The X Factor every autumn. Both are doing quite badly this year, mainly due to singing show fatigue, so perhaps having each every second year would help. Also, BGT is struggling quite badly with its live shows (getting 12 million viewers for auditions then 5 million for live shows is not good...) so by doing this, they could bring BGT forward into the spring slot where The Voice usually is and run it with the longer American format. Fitting The Voice around SNT was already proving difficult and now they've thrown Dancing On Ice into the mix too...

The other day there I thought of something quite funny (that could actually be true...) in that they've deliberately sabotaged The X Factor format this year so that it rates badly, therefore next year they can have a big comeback series (for example they could say Cheryl's back, arena auditions are back, 10 live shows are back, deadlock is back etc to get everyone hyped) then if that improves ratings even slightly to at least 5 million it will look like a big success compare to this year. Had they just done that this year, ratings would've stayed the same as last or fallen slightly so it wouldn't have looked any good anyway.. Just a thought :laugh:

[Eddie.]

anybody have a feeling ratings would dip below 4m this week?

[supertv247]

anybody have a feeling ratings would dip below 4m this week?

Well I thought last Sunday would be the day that happened, but they actually went up so I have no idea

[cliffxen]

anybody have a feeling ratings would dip below 4m this week?

no bc fergie saves the ratings

[pontyboi]

When an episode of cbb on channel 5 is only a million viewers below one of ITV's flagship shows that's a worry but they've already recommissioning it for next year....im enjoying it though there's ALOT of talent but could we be seeing the lowest selling winners single ever? I think the fact it's failing is these double eliminations. It's like the voice we never get to really know the contestants.

[supertv247]

When an episode of cbb on channel 5 is only a million viewers below one of ITV's flagship shows that's a worry but they've already recommissioning it for next year....im enjoying it though there's ALOT of talent but could we be seeing the lowest selling winners single ever? I think the fact it's failing is these double eliminations. It's like the voice we never get to really know the contestants.

The format is absolutely trash and is why ratings are so low.

However, the way things are going with RakSu & Grace (if one of them wins) I don’t think it’ll be the worst winners single ever. I mean it can’t so worse than Louisa’s.

[pontyboi]

The format is absolutely trash and is why ratings are so low.

However, the way things are going with RakSu & Grace (if one of them wins) I don’t think it’ll be the worst winners single ever. I mean it can’t so worse than Louisa’s.

Or MATT Terry's.

[supertv247]

4.69 million for Saturday night, lowest Saturday rating of all time at no surprise. Tonight could be a little better as last Sunday improved and tonight will also have people waiting for I’m A Celeb

[LukeB]

:skull:

[supertv247]

It actually makes the voice look not so bad and that got ripped back in March. Yeah it got sub 4 million once or twice, but the catchup figures for the voice are actually more than what xfactor is getting (in fact, CBB had numerous episodes gain more than what xfactor is gaining...)

[Oaker]

Axe ha :clap1:

[Denver]

What hapens when crap sue are shoved down our throat

[Eddie.]

4.69 million for Saturday night, lowest Saturday rating of all time at no surprise. Tonight could be a little better as last Sunday improved and tonight will also have people waiting for I’m A Celeb

higher than expected, I predict Fergie's presence would pull in max 5.5 mil.

[Oaker]

higher than expected, I predict Fergie's presence would pull in max 5.5 mil.

Fergie isn't going to bring in any viewers when her latest singles didn't even chart in the UK and her album peaked at #49

[Denver]

Her album didnt even make top 40 here so she aint bringing in any viewers

[Eddie.]

and the ratings next week would probably dip below 4m, or in the 4.0 mil. to 4.4 mil. range, depending on the musical guests and the two acts eliminated on Sunday night...

[Eddie.]

I predict:
Saturday: 5.4 mil.
Sunday: 6.0 mil.

[supertv247]

I predict:
Saturday: 5.4 mil.
Sunday: 6.0 mil.

Both shows start the exact same time as strictly so wouldn’t be so sure they’ll jump 1 - 2 million up on last week

I predict

4.9
5.7

[supertv247]

Last night's final averaged 4.4 million and here's how every Saturday night final has rated in the past;

2004 - 8.10m
2005 - 9.20m
2006 - 10.31m
2007 - 11.36m
2008 - 13.20m
2009 - 12.36m
2010 - 14.05m
2011 - 10.92m
2012 - 9.50m
2013 - 8.54m
2014 - 8.39m
2015 - 5.94m
2016 - 5.52m
2017 - 4.40m

4 years on, and it's halved.. and 4 years ago it was seen as a bad rating!

[RileyH]

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[UserSince2005]

Bb used to pull more than that on a nightly basis lol

[Eddie.]

Tragic. I'm at a loss for words! TXF is flopping worse than BB (based on ratings decline)...at least BB is consistent...
Predictions for the grand finale:
4.5 to 5.0 mil.

[Greg!]

That's what they get for messing around with the format. More of my fiends watched BB18 than this series ffs

[Babayaro.]

It's what she deserves?

[Denver]

Just 4.4 million hahah

[Crimson Dynamo]

Countryfile gets double that

[supertv247]

The X Factor Final - 5.20m (21.9%)
peak - 7.03m (27.8%) at 20:50
overnight series average - 5.25m (24.8%)

In context, a good rating for the final gaining 800k overnight and most watched live show but as we all know, this series has done horrendously.

[Denver]

Oh the newspaper were claiming differnt

[supertv247]

Oh the newspaper were claiming differnt

It got 4.4 on Saturday night, they’re using that to make it look worse than it is

[Eddie.]

the media being their usual selves...
not surprised over there, the final usually rates higher than normal, not only for TXF, but for all shows...
I think we are in TXF's BB10 stage...no hype and all, the media criticizing it...I have a feeling next year's series would be the last...

[supertv247]

The X Factor Final
Saturday - 5.21 million
Sunday - 5.76 million

The official series average is 6.33 million which is down 1.3 million on last year's series average of 7.62 million

Here's how each round rated and that fall on last year:

Auditions: 7.34m (-18%)
Bootcamp: 6.32m (-23%)
Six Chair Challenge: 6.77m (-22%)
Judges Houses: 6.59m (-20%)
Live Shows (Sat): 5.73m (-18%)
Live Shows (Sun): 5.27m (-25%)
All Live Shows: 5.50m (-21%)

and here's every series average and the year on year change:

Series 1 (2004) - 7.40m
Series 2 (2005) - 8.73m... +18%
Series 3 (2006) - 8.27m... -5%
Series 4 (2007) - 8.57m... +4%
Series 5 (2008) - 10.51m... +23%
Series 6 (2009) - 13.00m... +24%
Series 7 (2010) - 14.13m... +9%
Series 8 (2011) - 12.43m... -12%
Series 9 (2012) - 9.98m... -20%
Series 10 (2013) - 9.78m... -2%
Series 11 (2014) - 9.02m... -8%
Series 12 (2015) - 8.15m... -10%
Series 13 (2016) - 7.62m... -7%
Series 14 (2017) - 6.34m... -17%

Thanks to Hassaan13 on DS forums for the figures

[RileyH]

there's just no coming back is there

[LukeB]

there's just no coming back is there

A break might help

[supertv247]

The thing is 2015 was 7.8m and 2016 was 7.6m so it had more or less stabilised, then they messed it up. Last years auditions were around 1 million up year on year but then they chose the wrong acts for live shows and the ratings went back down. So that's why the decided to completely revamp live shows this year.. when in fact it wasn't the format it was the choices that were wrong

[Amy Jade]

This years deserved low ratings with the horrible live format

[pontyboi]

Bring back pop idol or Popstars. Hated this years format it just seemed the judges had no input. I do think rak-su will be big though, can't believe ITV have renewed the voice tbh it hasn't produced a single memorable artist.

[Barry.]

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:joker::joker: