Strictly’s ratings Vic-tory
Golden girl helps beat The X Factor
Glamour ... Strictly's Victoria Pendleton with Brendan Cole
BBC
Last Updated: 17th September 2012
The BBC1 show won its highest launch figure yet, peaking at 9.8million — 300,000 more than its ITV1 rival.
Cyclist Victoria 31, dazzled in a skimpy gold gown beside dance partner Brendan Cole.
Team GB gym hero Louis Smith is also competing — giving the nation another chance to cheer on their Olympic heroes.
Last night a BBC source said of the ratings: “These are great figures.”
But X Factor insiders insisted Simon Cowell’s show, which has Tulisa Contostavlos as a judge, had turned a corner, having pulled in 400,000 more viewers than last week. One said: “This is the start of the fight-back.”
It also won a bigger overall audience compared with Strictly’s — 8.6million versus 8million. And when figures for ITV1+1 were added, the peak audience stood at 10million. However, the show was still 2.2million viewers down on this time last year.
Bosses will be hoping the move to boot camp next week will energise fans. Cowell is also struggling for ratings in the US, where X Factor is up against The Voice.
Cyclist Victoria 31, dazzled in a skimpy gold gown beside dance partner Brendan Cole.
Team GB gym hero Louis Smith is also competing — giving the nation another chance to cheer on their Olympic heroes.
Last night a BBC source said of the ratings: “These are great figures.”
But X Factor insiders insisted Simon Cowell’s show, which has Tulisa Contostavlos as a judge, had turned a corner, having pulled in 400,000 more viewers than last week. One said: “This is the start of the fight-back.”
It also won a bigger overall audience compared with Strictly’s — 8.6million versus 8million. And when figures for ITV1+1 were added, the peak audience stood at 10million. However, the show was still 2.2million viewers down on this time last year.
Bosses will be hoping the move to boot camp next week will energise fans. Cowell is also struggling for ratings in the US, where X Factor is up against The Voice.
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