Celeb News: British X Factor loses 1M viewers

Celestial

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The X Factor started jettisoning acts from its live show last night.
But producers may be more concerned at the near-million viewers who seem to have left voluntarily.

The slump came after fans were forced to endure advert and promotional trailer breaks that filled more than a fifth of Saturday night’s programme.

Last month, the Mail revealed how viewers were left furious by the colossal number of ad breaks in ITV’s flagship period drama Downton Abbey.

Anxious to cash in on the programme’s popularity, the broadcaster crammed a quarter of Downton’s 90-minute slot with ads and cross-promotion.

The X Factor was watched by a peak audience of 12.7million on Saturday night – a huge drop on the 13.5million who tuned in for the first live show of last year’s series.

There were a total of eight promotional breaks during the two-and-a-half-hour show, which meant viewers had to put up with more than 30 minutes of adverts and trailers between 7.30pm and 10pm.

At some points, viewers saw just seven minutes of live performances before the next four-minute commercial break cut in.

The X Factor had so far managed to keep ratings up throughout the audition episodes following the departure of show supremo Simon Cowell, 52, and fellow judges Cheryl Cole, 28, and Dannii Minogue, 39.

New judges Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland and Tulisa Contostavlos have so far proved a hit, but a show insider said: ‘We always knew the proof of the pudding would be in the live shows.

‘It was a big ask for Gary Barlow to step into Cowell’s shoes, and he did incredibly well. But for pure bite and bitchiness, there is no one like Cowell.’

Last night’s eliminations were chosen by the judges rather than the public – with each mentor forced to evict one of their own acts. Soldier Jonjo Kerr, James Michael, 2 Shoes and Amelia Lily were all knocked out amid tears and the usual histrionics.

When Miss Rowland sent home show favourite Amelia, the 16-year-old broke down in tears and stormed off stage.

Miss Rowland was forced to totter behind the youngster, dressed in a silver and ivory Roberto Cavalli gown and towering heels.

The X Factor’s Saturday audience represented an impressive 49 per cent of the available TV audience.

The BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing failed to come anywhere close – peaking at 9.7million and drawing an average of 8.6million after going head to head with the X Factor for half an hour.

An ITV spokesman said: ‘We’re pleased that 12.7million viewers enjoyed Saturday’s The X Factor as 16 acts performed on the first live show of 2011.

'Audience levels rose through the show as The X Factor continued to be the UK’s most popular Saturday night show.’

Referring to the adverts, the spokesman added: ‘Advertising within the show fully complied with Ofcom’s code on the scheduling of television advertising.’

Saturday’s show still managed to beat the previous week’s Saturday episode of the X Factor, which showed the judges picking their finalists.

That episode drew a peak audience of 11.8million, with an average of 10.1million. However, the live shows are usually expected to rate better than the pre-recorded episodes.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...#ixzz1aN5Ms03v

The public have spoken. They want their queen back.

Crazytowel

Kelly, Tulisa & Dannii >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheryl.

arkl

YaBoiJay18

Simon Cowell?

Sammi

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Originally posted by Celestial

The public have spoken. They want their queen back.

Yep! Her replacement is... no words.

Sammi

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Originally posted by Crazytowel

Kelly, Tulisa & Dannii >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheryl.

We know those are lies.

Celestial

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Originally posted by Crazytowel

Kelly, Tulisa & Dannii >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheryl.

The new judging line up has failed. It was supposed to rejuvenate the show, but instead millions of people are tuning out. They shouldn't have changed the panel so drastically. A huge part of the shows appeal are the judges. There's no star quality there anymore. It's dull already and the season has just started. This is going to continue to haemorrhage viewers.

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Yep! Her replacement is... no words.

I can think of a few words to describe her.

KeirGrey

It's so boring now, there are no mean judges. Gary has failed.

arkl

Gary is hot but Robbie would've been more interesting judge.

MrDeeds

X Factor loses 1m viewers (and 5 weeping wannabes) as viewers tire of ad break overload

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...=feeds-newsxml

Sammi

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Originally posted by Celestial

I can think of a few words to describe her.

Me too but I don't want to get warnings because of her

Superbitch

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Originally posted by Celestial

The public have spoken. They want their queen back.

Yes gurl! ! Preach!!
And I'm so ****in pissed at Kelly. Keeping the boring basic bitch instead of Amelia? That's her second time messing it up. Smh and wtf at Gary keeping the hair dresset

Superbitch

I lice Gary but he is so boring, he's always so serious... :/ I was so excited about having tulisa there but the girl is anything I expected her to be

-Lewymocha-

Let's not kid ourselves.... people began watching this show in huge numbers when Cheryl joined... Her absence obviously caused this ratings drop.

Kh-Loud

Kelly is soo stupid..... She chose that bitch Sophia over Jade n Amelia. No wonder her career is such a flop. Plus her Personality is dull as ****. This bitch isn't likeable at all.

Cheryl >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all of em newbies

Kedzie53

They still brought in 12 million viewers

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Originally posted by -Lewymocha-

Let's not kid ourselves.... people began watching this show in huge numbers when Cheryl joined... Her absence obviously caused this ratings drop.

Look at post #10.

Neptune

Probably because all the finalists are **** this year.

And as Deeds pointed out, there was like a million ad breaks.

Superbitch

I'm only here for queen misha b!!

SevenFootSounds

It's done...

The Voice >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

It'll soon take over

staracademy1990

that's because Kelly ****ed up by not putting Jade through to the finals
and ****ed up again by choosing Sophie over Amelia to go through to public voting

DEAD****INGBANANA