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A million more viewers tuned in to Strictly Come Dancing ahead of The X Factor 2014 last night.



The opening live show of The X Factor attracted 7.6 million viewers between 7:30PM and 10PM as a total of sixteen acts performed.

They included the twelve finalists and four wild card contestants who were revealed at the top of the show.

It was down only slightly on last year’s equivalent opener, which had 7.8 million viewers and clashed less with Strictly.

This year Strictly aired from 6:30PM until 8:30PM and scored a strong 8.7 million viewers.

While it easily beat The X Factor it was down over a million viewers on last year’s third Strictly live show.



Viewers yesterday blasted the show’s guest judge Donny Osmond who joined the panel and marked the celebs, giving out the first ten of the series.

Strictly peaked with with an audience of 9.32 million while X Factor had a peak audience of only slightly less at 9.27 million.

Strictly continues this evening on BBC One with its pre-recorded results show.

The X Factor continues tonight with a double elimination in the results, plus performances from Taylor Swift and Pharrell Williams.

Next weekend both X Factor and Strictly will clash for only the 15 minutes as both shows reduce their uber long running times.


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