The X Factor is a British reality television music competition created by Simon Cowell, beginning in 2004 and ending in 2018.
Series 1
Episode Air date Official ITV1 rating(millions) Weekly rank(millions) Auditions 1 4 September 5.25 21 Auditions 2 11 September 6.53 17 Auditions 3 18 September 7.08 14 Auditions 4 25 September 7.24 16 Auditions 5 2 October 6.71 18 Bootcamp 19 October 6.69 21 Bootcamp 2 7.89 17 Judges' houses 16 October 7.32 17 Live show 123 October 7.18 17 Live results 1 7.83 15 Live show 230 October 6.53 20 Live results 2 7.26 17 Live show 36 November 6.89 19 Live results 3 7.02 18 Live show 413 November 7.42 15 Live results 4 6.88 18 Live show 520 November 7.91 16 Live results 5 7.98 14 Live show 627 November 8.06 22 Live results 6 8.01 23 Live semi-final4 December 7.79 20 Live results 7 7.52 23 Final11 December 8.62 15 Final results 9.96 8
Series 2
Episode Air date Official ITV1 rating Weekly rank Auditions 1 20 August 6.72 13 Auditions 2 27 August 7.48 10 Auditions 3 3 September 7.75 9 Auditions 4 10 September 7.29 12 Auditions 5 17 September 9.79 5 Auditions 6 24 September 10.04 8 Bootcamp 1 1 October 8.93 9 Bootcamp 2 8.96 8 Judges' houses 1 8 October 9.09 10 Judges' houses 2 9.96 7 Live show 1 15 October 7.87 14 Live results 1 8.96 11 Live show 2 22 October 8.47 12 Live results 2 9.02 8 Live show 3 29 October 8.60 9 Live results 3 9.52 6 Live show 4 5 November 7.76 13 Live results 4 7.51 14 Live show 5 12 November 9.09 10 Live results 5 8.99 12 Live show 6 19 November 8.95 12 Live results 6 8.76 13 Live show 7 26 November 8.45 21 Live results 7 9.13 14 Live show 8 3 December 10.00 9 Live results 8 8.95 18 Live show 9 10 December 7.80 16 Live results 9 8.48 14 Live final 17 December 9.65 7 Live final results 9.90 6
Series 3
Episode Air date Official ITV1 rating Weekly rank Auditions 1 19 August 7.45 7 Auditions 2 26 August 7.36 10 Auditions 3 2 September 9.08 5 Auditions 4 9 September 7.96 7 Auditions 5 16 September 7.53 8 Auditions 6 23 September 9.17 6 Bootcamp 1 30 September 6.39 16 Bootcamp 2 8.76 7 Judges' houses 1 7 October 6.77 14 Judges' houses 2 8.95 6 Live show 1 14 October 7.52 12 Results 1 7.38 13 Live show 2 21 October 7.54 14 Results 2 7.70 13 Live show 3 28 October 7.10 14 Results 3 7.52 12 Live show 4 4 November 7.30 14 Results 4 7.91 13 Live show 5 11 November 9.83 6 Results 5 8.24 12 Live show 6 18 November 9.22 7 Results 6 8.80 9 Live show 7 25 November 8.46 11 Results 7 8.69 9 Live show 8 2 December 9.31 8 Results 8 8.24 13 Live show 9 9 December 8.39 7 Results 9 8.25 10 Live final 16 December 10.52 4 Live final results 10.78 3
Series 4
Episode Air date Official ITV1 rating Weekly rank Auditions 1 18 August 9.78 1 Auditions 2 25 August 8.88 3 Auditions 3 1 September 9.23 1 Auditions 4 8 September 8.76 4 Auditions 5 15 September 7.23 5 Auditions 6 22 September 8.34 5 Bootcamp 1 29 September 6.42 14 Bootcamp 2 7.12 10 Judges' houses 1 6 October 8.08 7 Judges' houses 2 7 October 7.92 8 Live show 1 20 October 6.60 17 Live results 1 7.02 14 Live show 2 27 October 7.51 13 Live results 2 7.51 12 Live show 3 3 November 8.47 8 Live results 3 6.99 13 Live show 4 10 November 9.18 7 Live results 4 8.59 8 Live show 5 17 November 9.15 7 Live results 5 8.05 9 Live show 6 24 November 9.30 6 Live results 6 8.88 7 Live show 7 1 December 9.56 6 Live results 7 7.82 13 Live semi-final 8 December 9.83 6 Live semi-final results 9.62 7 Live final 15 December 11.78 2 Live final results 12.23 1
Series 5
Episode Air date Official ITV1 rating Weekly rank Share Auditions 1 16 August 10.78 1 48.2%Record audience for "X Factor" premiere – X Factor News, Digital Spy Auditions 2 23 August 10.10 1 45.4%"X Factor" keeps up ratings pace – X Factor News, Digital Spy Auditions 3 30 August 8.80 2 43.5%"X Factor" loses 1m to summer heat – X Factor News, Digital Spy Auditions 4 6 September 9.57 1 42.8%Latest "X Factor" draws 9 million – X Factor News, Digital Spy Auditions 5 13 September 9.96 1 43.2%Encouraging start for "Strictly" – Strictly Come Dancing News, Digital Spy Auditions 6 20 September 10.01 1 41.7%"Merlin" pulls in 6.6 million – Merlin News, Digital Spy Bootcamp 1 27 September 8.94 4 36.0%"Strictly" beats "X Factor" in ratings – Strictly Come Dancing News, Digital Spy Bootcamp 2 28 September 9.47 1 38.1%Extra "X Factor" tops Sunday ratings – X Factor News, Digital Spy Judges' houses 1 4 October 10.84 1 40.5%"X Factor" back ahead of "Strictly" in ratings – X Factor News, Digital Spy Judges' houses 2 5 October 10.11 3 42.7%Huge audience for "Potter" on Sunday – X Factor News, Digital Spy Live show 1 11 October 11.09 1 44.1%"Merlin" ratings rise despite live "X Factor" – Merlin News, Digital Spy Results 1 9.05 7 40.8% Live show 2 18 October 10.21 3 38.5%"X Factor" tops Saturday ratings – X Factor News, Digital Spy Results 2 9.13 9 39.7% Live show 3 25 October 10.37 2 39.7%"X Factor" maintains ratings lead – X Factor News, Digital Spy Results 3 8.89 10 38.0% Live show 4 1 November 11.65 1 43.3% Results 4 9.72 6 37.6% Live show 5 8 November 10.72 2 42.6% Results 5 9.46 7 35.6% Live show 6 15 November 11.28 1 43.5%"X Factor" maintains ratings lead – X Factor News, Digital Spy Results 6 10.62 2 42.9% Live show 7 22 November 11.77 1 43.2%"Strictly" hits new series high – Strictly Come Dancing News, Digital Spy Results 7 9.98 6 41.1% Live show 8 29 November 12.67 1 46.0%"X Factor" hits 12.8m ratings high – X Factor News, Digital Spy Results 8 11.41 2 50.0% Semi-final 6 December 10.30 3 39.1%"X Factor" suffers "Strictly" knock – X Factor News, Digital Spy Semi-final results 10.60 2 39.6% Final performances 13 December 13.77 2 50.3%"X Factor" finale peaks with 14.6 million – X Factor News, Digital Spy Final results 14.06 1 54.4% Series average 2008 10.51 N/A 42.4%
Series 6
Episode Air date Official ITV rating Weekly rank Share Auditions 1 11.00 1 47.9% Auditions 2 10.81 1 47.1% Auditions 3 12.84 1 51.9% Auditions 4 11.31 1 51.7% Auditions 5 10.57 2 38.0% Auditions 6 11.37 1 41.4% Bootcamp 1 10.39 2 36.6% Bootcamp 2 11.86 1 42.5% Judges' houses 1 11.46 2 38.9% Judges' houses 2 13.35 1 44.9% Live show 1 12.64 2 43.8% Results show 1 13.82 1 46.4% Live show 2 12.07 2 42.1% Results show 2 13.89 1 46.7% Live show 3 12.80 2 44.1% Results show 3 14.02 1 47.9% Live show 4 11.74 2 42.3%10.3m tune in for "X Factor" Rock Week Digital Spy, 3 November 2009 Results show 4 14.52 1 47.8%"The X Factor" hits new high of 13.9m Digital Spy, 2 November 2009 Live show 5 13.05 2 46.9% Results show 5 15.00 1 49.4%Lucie's shock exit seen by 16.6m X Factor Central, 9 November 2009 Live show 6 13.45 2 45.1%11.9m tune in for "X Factor" Queen Week Digital Spy, 15 November 2009 Results show 6 15.02 1 47.9%"Waters of Mars" seen by 9.1m Digital Spy, 16 November 2009 Live show 7 14.03 2 48.6%"X Factor" hits Saturday high with 13m Digital Spy, 22 November 2009 Results show 7 14.51 1 46.5%John & Edward's "X Factor" exit draws 13.8m Digital Spy, 23 November 2009 Live show 8 13.46 2 47.8%"X Factor" top five performances draw 12.3m Digital Spy, 30 November 2009 Results 8 14.34 1 45.9%13.5m tune in for Lloyd's "X Factor" exit Digital Spy, 30 November 2009 Live semi-final 13.40 2 49.5%"X Factor" Jacko week draws 12.4m Digital Spy, 7 December 2009 Live semi-final results 13.55 1 46.2%13m tune in for Danyl's "X Factor" exit Digital Spy, 7 December 2009 Top 3 13.34 2 48.0%12.4m see Stacey voted off 'X Factor' Digital Spy, 13 December 2009 Top 2 16.28 1 53.2%Joe McElderry's "X Factor" win draws 19.7m Digital Spy, 14 December 2009 Series average 2009 13.00 N/A 45.9%
Series 7
Episode Date Official ITV1 rating (millions) Weekly rank Share (%) Official ITV1 HD rating (millions) Total viewers (millions) Auditions 1 11.88 1 48.6 0.57 12.45 Auditions 2 10.81 1 44.9 0.55 11.36 Auditions 3 11.69 1 49.2 0.64 12.33 Auditions 4 11.78 1 45.0 0.56 12.34 Auditions 5 11.65 2 46.0 0.68 12.33 Auditions 6 12.15 1 42.8 0.71 12.86 Bootcamp 1 12.07 2 46.4 0.71 12.78 Bootcamp 2 13.26 1 44.4 0.82 14.08 Judges' houses 1 12.68 2 47.3 0.82 13.50 Judges' houses 2 14.51 1 48.5 0.90 15.41 Live show 1 12.62 2 48.5 0.91 13.53 Results 1 13.17 1 46.3 0.90 14.07 Live show 2 12.14 2 47.2 0.97 13.11 Results 2 13.42 1 46.7 0.90 14.32 Live show 3 12.39 2 47.5 0.95 13.34 Results 3 13.73 1 47.7 0.95 14.68 Live show 4 12.69 2 47.1 0.81 13.50 Results 4 13.74 1 47.5 0.93 14.67 Live show 5 12.50 2 47.7 1.11 13.61 Results 5 14.29 1 49.7 1.07 15.36 Live show 6 13.61 2 49.9 0.99 14.60 Results 6 14.69 1 47.7 1.06 15.75 Live show 7 13.28 2 48.7 1.13 14.41 Results 7 15.04 1 50.0 1.09 16.13 Live show 8 13.57 2 49.0 1.09 14.66 Results 8 14.42 1 48.7 1.05 15.47 Live show 9 13.73 2 48.4 1.22 14.95 Results 9 14.53 1 48.6 0.99 15.52 Final part 1 13.94 4 52.6 1.17 15.11 Final part 2 16.55 1 54.9 1.16 17.71 Series average 2010 13.22 47.9 0.85 14.13
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Series 9
Series 10
Series 11
Series 12
Series 13
Series 14
Series 15
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