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Old 15-10-2013, 15:47
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Big Band week has been missing the last three series, could they bring back some viewers? I did like the idea of the whole orchestra being there, and getting to hear the vocals more clearly.
I don't think it will be a big ratings pull no. Not unless they made some big deal out of it in their marketing. It just happening wouldn't be a big draw on it's own.

Also I don't think this particular final 12 will be suited to that week, it'll be... well... it'll be a massive let down tbh.
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Old 15-10-2013, 16:59
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Last year's live show ratings (inc +1) looked a bit like this:

Saturday: 9.1m, 9m, 8.6m, 8.4m, 8m, 8.6m, 8.4m, 8.2m, 8m, 9.5m
Sunday: 9.6m, 9.7m, 9.7m, 9.2m, 9.2m, 9.1m, 9.6m, 9.3m, 9m, 11.1m.

Apart from the final, it did seem to fluctuate at a low level.

In 2011, it looked more like this:

Saturday: 10.9m, 10.3m, 10.1m, 9.9m, 10.1m, 11.1m, 10.5m, 10.2m, 10.6m, 10.9m.
Sunday: 11.9m, 11.6m, 11.3m, 12.2m, 12.3m, 12.7m, 12m, 12.2m, 12m, 13.1m.

To put it into context - the show's been ailing a fair bit since 2011.

Officially, the series is currently averaging 9.86m (exc +1), slightly higher than last year. For them to make the year-on-year declines look a lot less uglier, it's got to break 10m on a Saturday at some point.

The only comparable years are last year, and probably 2007. 2008 was a good year to compare to until bootcamp when it became lower than that.

The Strictly clashes are doing the show no favours. Neither are the 10pm clashes. They've either got to drop the filler or drop the flash vote. I'd do both.

For the record, on Sunday during the 8pm hour, there were 25.7m watching TV. On those merits, X Factor needed 10.3m (so an extra 1.1m) to get a 40% share. A 45% share would have given it about 11.6m.
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:21
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XFactor's ratings dropped yesterday to only 7.75million including +1. This was over 2million viewers worse than Strictly Come Dancing and 1.2million viewers worse than the 2nd episode last year! Also it was the show's worst rating for a performance show in many years.

What's going on? This is the 7th episode in a row in which XFactor has rated worse than last year. Yesterdays 1.2million drop is massive considering last year's ratings themselves were considered poor at the time. It's shocking! Why has it gone so wrong these past few weeks?
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:24
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It's tired
It's boring
It takes itself far too seriously
The contestant aren't up to scratch
Poor song choices
Contrived
Manipulated

That's whats gone wrong basically.
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:24
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XFactor's ratings dropped yesterday to only 7.75million including +1. This was over 2million viewers worse than Strictly Come Dancing and 1.2million viewers worse than the 2nd episode last year! Also it was the show's worst rating for a performance show in many years.

What's going on? This is the 7th episode in a row in which XFactor has rated worse than last year. Yesterdays 1.2million drop is massive considering last year's ratings themselves were considered poor at the time. It's shocking! Why has it gone so wrong these past few weeks?
Hear we go again. Posters will be saying doom and gloom. Yet tonight when it peaks at over 10m it will all be quiet
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:26
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It's tired
It's boring
It takes itself far too seriously
The contestant aren't up to scratch
Poor song choices
Contrived
Manipulated

That's whats gone wrong basically.
Do you think any of this could be reversed? Or is it just a natural decline which cant be sorted no matter how many changes they make.
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:26
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Hear we go again. Posters will be saying doom and gloom. Yet tonight when it peaks at over 10m it will all be quiet
Well if you didn't think last night's episode was an utter shocker then there is something wrong with you. People will watch Sunday - it is shorter and something happens unlike Saturday when we hear tired old songs sung by talentless no marks and just the most innane comments from so called judges and mentors. Utter crap.
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:27
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It's because a lot of people go out sat night like myself and record it and watch it the next day
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:30
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XFactor's ratings dropped yesterday to only 7.75million including +1. This was over 2million viewers worse than Strictly Come Dancing and 1.2million viewers worse than the 2nd episode last year! Also it was the show's worst rating for a performance show in many years.

What's going on? This is the 7th episode in a row in which XFactor has rated worse than last year. Yesterdays 1.2million drop is massive considering last year's ratings themselves were considered poor at the time. It's shocking! Why has it gone so wrong these past few weeks?
If you take a look back, the viewing figures for this show have been dropping week by week for the last few years. This is why they keep coming up with all the rule changes etc cos they are desperate to get figures back up. What they haven't figured out is that the more ridiculous they make the show, the more viewers they lose.
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:31
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It's because a lot of people go out sat night like myself and record it and watch it the next day
This old chestnut. How come the show was getting over 12 million viewers on a Saturday night a couple of years ago?

Mind you to be fair they have driven away families and older viewers because of their silly obsession with being "current" .
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:34
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Didn't you post the same thing last week OP, again, I don't care about the ratings.
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:36
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Having that stupid unfair vote at the end of the night will not help the ratings.
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:36
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This old chestnut. How come the show was getting over 12 million viewers on a Saturday night a couple of years ago?

Mind you to be fair they have driven away families and older viewers because of their silly obsession with being "current" .
But they have gone back the other way with dated variety type acts

Sharon Osbourne was always going to have people switching off as well
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:48
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After last nights comments from judges,praise over tonedeaf 'singers' and the OTT depressing vt from that girlgroup, its Strictly all the way.

Luke is my fav but he'll never win and Ill watch him on catch up.
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:50
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I'd be interested to see a breakdown of the ratings as I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people switched off when they showed the pregnant woman collapsed on the floor, then driven away in the ambulance - it was in poor taste and was shown for cheap dramatics, and I imagine a lot of casual viewers would think it in poor taste and may have switched off.
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:50
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With these ratings the Scottish vote will become even more significant
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Old 20-10-2013, 10:55
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But they have gone back the other way with dated variety type acts

Sharon Osbourne was always going to have people switching off as well
Where are the dated variety acts? unless your referring to Sam who is the only one who can actually sing well.
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Old 20-10-2013, 11:03
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Cos it's tired and formulaic and contrived and manipulated. How many times can you hear "you are what this show is about" or "you are the full package" or "you owned that stage" , and to add insult the same act that has this clched and disproportionate praise heaped on it one week is dismembered and tossed on the fire the next. I only watch the show to give me something to post about on digital spy. I flick between channels, mute the sound and am always doing other things when it's on. I don't care about it or any of the contestants. If it wasn't for DS I wouldn't watch at all. It's like big brother. Its novelty value has gone and it's never going to return to the levels of the early seties.
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Old 20-10-2013, 11:05
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With these ratings the Scottish vote will become even more significant
Only if the Scottish people are still watching.
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Old 20-10-2013, 11:15
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Having that stupid unfair vote at the end of the night will not help the ratings.
The point of the live vote at the end, however, from the producers' point of view was to get people actually watching the Saturday shows more live on the night. In fact, the opposite has happened!
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Old 20-10-2013, 11:25
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A lot of people go out on a Saturday night, some even work. They usually just watch the repeat or the recorded version.
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Old 20-10-2013, 11:29
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Sam Callahan's shirt is still on.
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Old 20-10-2013, 11:30
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For me, the reason is the O Factor.
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Old 20-10-2013, 11:38
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Sam Callahan's shirt is still on.
Why stop at the shirt?
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Old 20-10-2013, 11:43
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Didn't you post the same thing last week OP, again, I don't care about the ratings.
He does it every week.
I would get rid of the Flash Vote and the backstage nonsense. Isnt working and the talent this year is poor anyway.
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