Well, apart from 5-odd million
Sat, 27/09/2014 - 11:36 by Shaun Kitchener
Wanna hear something REALLY REALLY SHOCKING? It turns out that airing The X Factor THREE nights in a row is not actually that good for ratings, especially when one of those nights is a ruddy Friday.
For the obscenely hideous Six Chair Challenge and the annual sobfest that is Judges' Houses, we've been subjected to a Friday, Saturday and Sunday assault - and, as if it wasn't a questionable enough idea, two out of three will be in direct competition with Strictly Come Dancing.
Last night The X Factor was watched by a wince-worthy 5.29 million, with a bonus half a million tuning in an hour later. That's a good three-to-four million lower than it can expect to attract in a Saturday timeslot lately, and also two-and-a-half million lower than The Great British Bake-Off manages on a Wednesday.
Not that Strictly Come Dancing fared much better. Yes, the BBC ballroom extravaganza - now with added Claudia Winkleman (fucking love Claudia Winkleman) - garnered 6.53 million viewers as the first six of this year's crop 'took to the floor'. Jake Wood came out on top, by the by; beating Pixie Lott and Caroline Flack by a mere point. Tim Wonnacott, Scott Mills and Judy Murray were all utter shite.
We digress. The X Factor does have a lot to bash through before the live shows start in two weeks time, but surely if enough people fall behind by missing Friday episodes, they may not be that bothered about catching up. And when you lose track of where things are at, aren't you more likely to stop watching altogether? Maybe that's more applicable to fictional dramas than reality TV atrocities but that's our two cents, anyhoo.
Oh, and apparently a source (gosh that source gets everywhere, doesn't s/he) has told a tabloid today that Cheryl's big Chloe Jasmine faff came after a heated exchange with producers in which they allegedy told her - nay ordered her, Goddammit - to bring the eliminated singer back. But if they were going to have a row with Cheryl about U-turning on a decision then surely it'd be a bit daft to have that row in front of thousands of potential 'sources' in the middle of a sodding arena...? What do we know. It's all massively staged anyway, in more ways than one. The important thing is that The Hammond is dancing on Strictly tonight and that's the only comfort we need.
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