Matt
29-08-2007, 06:38 AM
X Factor 'a hit by default'
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER says X Factor is only celebrating huge ratings because his show is not on air.
The Lord, 59, said: “Last year it was up against Maria for a few weeks.
“We took a big chunk of their ratings. We were getting about six million and they were getting about seven million.
“So of course they are doing well this year — there’s nothing up against them.”
The ITV1 hit competed with BBC1’s Dance X for just two weeks — and trounced it, launching with 10.7million this month.
Meanwhile, Andrew is being deluged with TV offers and has just signed with the huge William Morris Agency in LA.
The multi-millionaire composer revealed he will be back on TV with a BBC Christmas special with all the Maria and Joseph finalists.
And he added: “I am still talking with the BBC for a show next year. But it won’t be one of my musicals.”
We told how BBC chiefs are debating whether to pick My Fair Lady or West Side Story.
Source: TheSun.co.uk
Click here for source article (http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2007400137,00.html)
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER says X Factor is only celebrating huge ratings because his show is not on air.
The Lord, 59, said: “Last year it was up against Maria for a few weeks.
“We took a big chunk of their ratings. We were getting about six million and they were getting about seven million.
“So of course they are doing well this year — there’s nothing up against them.”
The ITV1 hit competed with BBC1’s Dance X for just two weeks — and trounced it, launching with 10.7million this month.
Meanwhile, Andrew is being deluged with TV offers and has just signed with the huge William Morris Agency in LA.
The multi-millionaire composer revealed he will be back on TV with a BBC Christmas special with all the Maria and Joseph finalists.
And he added: “I am still talking with the BBC for a show next year. But it won’t be one of my musicals.”
We told how BBC chiefs are debating whether to pick My Fair Lady or West Side Story.
Source: TheSun.co.uk
Click here for source article (http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2007400137,00.html)