It could be according to this

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tv/x-fact...-episode-three

I think this series will pick up as It goes on. Dermot has just signed a contract to 2020 as well as presenter.

Oh come on this is the Daily Star.

It's only just been renewed. And whilst the ratings are down yet again, it's still one of the highest rating shows on commercial television and is still hugely profitable for ITV.

But ITV are in contact negotiations with SyCo now for XF/BGT for £150 million.

It's no longer one of the highest rating shows,

BGT, Football, I am a celebrity, Downton, Broadchurch all do far better.

2015


The Great British Bake Off (October 7, BBC1): 15.05 million
Britain's Got Talent (May 31, ITV): 12.75 million
The Great British Bake Off (September 30, BBC1): 12.65 million
The Great British Bake Off (September 2, BBC1): 12.39 million
The Great British Bake Off (August 26, BBC1): 12.36 million
The Great British Bake Off (September 16, BBC1): 12.35 million
The Great British Bake Off (August 19, BBC1): 12.01 million
The Great British Bake Off (September 9, BBC1): 12.00 million
Strictly Come Dancing (December 5, BBC1): 11.93 million
Britain's Got Talent (April 25, ITV): 11.86 million
Strictly Come Dancing (November 21, BBC1): 11.77 million
Strictly Come Dancing (November 14, BBC1): 11.71 million
Britain's Got Talent (May 2, ITV): 11.69 million
Britain's Got Talent (May 9, ITV): 11.64 million
The Great British Bake Off (August 5, BBC1): 11.62 million
The Great British Bake Off (August 12, BBC1): 11.59 million
EastEnders (February 19, 9.30pm, BBC1): 11.57 million
Britain's Got Talent (May 16, ITV) 11.55 million
= Strictly Come Dancing (November 28, BBC1) 11.55 million
Britain's Got Talent (April 18, ITV): 11.47 million
EastEnders (February 19, 7.30pm, BBC1): 11.33 million
= I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (November 15, ITV): 11.33 million
Strictly Come Dancing (November 22, BBC1): 11.26 million
Britain's Got Talent (April 11, ITV): 11.25 million
The Great British Bake Off (September 23, BBC1): 11.09 million
Strictly Come Dancing (December 6, BBC1): 11.07 million
EastEnders (February 20, BBC1): 10.94 million
= I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (December 6, ITV): 10.94 million
= Strictly Come Dancing (November 15, BBC1): 10.94 million
Strictly Come Dancing (November 29, BBC1) 10.92 million
Downton Abbey (November 8, ITV): 10.90 million
Strictly Come Dancing (November 8, BBC1): 10.87 million
Broadchurch (January 5, ITV): 10.86 million
Strictly Come Dancing (October 17, BBC1): 10.85 million
=Strictly Come Dancing (October 31, BBC1): 10.85 million
Strictly Come Dancing (November 7, BBC1): 10.77 million
Call the Midwife (February 15, BBC1): 10.73 million
Call the Midwife (February 1, BBC1): 10.60 million
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (November 16, ITV): 10.56 million
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (November 22, ITV): 10.50 million

That act with the two guys was the most contrived bull shit I have ever seen on xfactor.

After tonights debacle it may be a good idea if the show was ended.

Agreed.

I liked Bradley and didn't think his audition was that bad

I take it that you are just pulling our legs.

He wasn't the best singer butI liked him

And it's still the biggest pile of shit on TV

Well most of the shows there were on BBC1. Football isn't a show. Downton has finished. Broadchurch got lower ratings than TXF second series. So basically it's ITV (and commercial TV's) 3rd biggest show after BGT and IAC. If the show wasn't still profitable it wouldn't have just been renewed.

Scripted to hell. I didn't buy any of it. Plus the two guys have been on several TV shows in the past.

Simon really has hit rock bottom with the content now.

I think come dine with me I saw them on.
remember the blonde haired guy. And some C5 show
totally contrived but remember this is Xfactor "going back to basics".

Er no, renewals happen once ITV announce them. All you've heard is press reports. It probably will be renewed, especially based on Kevin Lygo's recent comments, but it's not a certainty and may not be for 3 years like last time.

It can probably fall quite a bit yet and still make a profit. And that's what it's about at the end of the day, money. It's not about how well it's rating compared to this or that, at its basic it's about how much it costs per hour of tv v how much it brings in.

And The X Factor is an extremely commercial show, it's not just the adverts you've got big sponsorship deals, product tie ins, product placements, etc.

Then there's the fact it's a big platform for Syco who make money on top of that from ITV from the likes of the tour, the acts who have success and so on.

Syco may even feel it's okay to run at a loss from their perspective (i.e. it costs them more to produce than ITV are willing to pay) as they'll make cash off the back of it.

I think the X factor like most shows has a shelf life, the problem is that they have tried everything to make it interesting. They have basically gone back to how the show first started after they exhausted every other idea.

My view is give this show a chance and see what happens, i have seen the first few episodes and it hasn't been that bad. Maybe less of the sob stories, but just give it a chance.

Lets put it like this if the X Factor was axed, people would soon ask for it back, its always the same!

The Daily Star has never knowingly printed a true story, and has a vested interest in Big Brother so knocking the opposition should be in their wheel house. Expect a similar story about Strictly.

If tonight's episode is as awful as last nights I think the viewing figures will fall to an all time low.

We were not sure if it was set up by the producers, or the guys came up with it themselves and sold it to the producers. Everything about it was fake. The back story, the judges reactions, Simons fake indignation - all the while the cash register is working away in his head.

Excruciating, and yet some people will buy into it.

And there in is the problem. Real talent misses out because of wasters like these two hogging the limelight on the show.

8.28m watched it last night, nearly the same as last year's final so I doubt it!

They were on Coach Trip a few series ago, and they were dreadful. Nasty, spiteful and thick.

It will go on until at least 2020 imo. I just can't see ITV axing the show in the near future, the X Factor is in ITV's DNA now.