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

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

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...

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

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!

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

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.

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

It's what she deserves?

Just 4.4 million hahah

Countryfile gets double that

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.

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

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...

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

there's just no coming back is there

A break might help

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

This years deserved low ratings with the horrible live format

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.

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