[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.]

[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]

Originally Posted by 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

[RileyH]

Originally Posted by supertv247

We don't want her back

[Littlegreen]

Originally Posted by Ross.

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

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]

Originally Posted by 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

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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

[Greg!]

Originally Posted by supertv247

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]

Originally Posted by Greg!

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
It done exceptionally well in 2015 actually. Last year both episodes averaged 7.1m which was like a million more than judges houses

[RileyH]

Originally Posted by Greg!

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

I love the 6CC

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by 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

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

[Ross.]

Originally Posted by Jack_

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

Bye

[pontyboi]

Originally Posted by 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

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.