The X Factor bowed out on Sunday night with the second smallest audience for a final in the show’s history. The X Factor bowed out on Sunday night with the second smallest audience for a final in the show’s history. X Factor bows out with second smallest audience for a final in show’s historyAn average 5.5 million viewers saw Dalton Harris win the competition, according to overnight ratings. This year’s final enjoyed a peak audience figure of 7.5 million viewers, which ITV said is a 500,000 increase from 2017. The biggest ever overnight audience for an X Factor final came in 2010, when a massive 17.2 million saw Matt Cardle beat Rebecca Ferguson and One Direction.

Source: Irish Independent December 03, 2018 12:56 UTC