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The X Factor's ratings are just getting worse with last night's first live show putting in a woeful figure.


An average audience of 5.6 million viewers tuned in to watch the opening live performances, a notable series low.

The marathon episode ran from 8PM to 10:25PM and that figure includes those who caught up on ITV+1.

It's down around a million viewers on last weekend's poor numbers and almost 2 million on last year's Halloween weekend live show, or 2.5 million down on 2014's opening live episode.

By comparison, Strictly Come Dancing climbed slightly week-on-week as it continued to go strong with 9.4 million viewers, TRASHING The X Factor with its audience now almost twice as big.

There was a 15 minute overlap between the two episodes with Strictly peaking with 9.9 million viewers.

Halloween would've certainly hurt X Factor but it's not a new thing with last year's show still putting in an audience of over 7 million viewers, and Strictly was able to grow its audience on last weekend too.

The ratings for The X Factor last night make the episode the least watched this year by some margin with the previous low 6.4 million, and the numbers are possibly it's lowest ever viewing figure for a live show since series one.

Both Strictly and X Factor are back tonight with their respective results shows but for the first time in weeks will not clash.

Strictly airs from 7:15PM on BBC One while X Factor kicks off straight after at 8PM on ITV.



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