List of The X Factor (British TV series) episodes

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The X Factor was a British reality television music competition created by Simon Cowell, beginning in 2004 and ending in 2018.

Contents

Series 1

EpisodeAir dateOfficial ITV1 rating [1]
(millions)		Weekly rank [1]
(millions)
Auditions 14 September5.2521
Auditions 211 September6.5317
Auditions 318 September7.0814
Auditions 425 September7.2416
Auditions 52 October6.7118
Bootcamp 19 October6.6921
Bootcamp 27.8917
Judges' houses16 October7.3217
Live show 123 October7.1817
Live results 17.8315
Live show 230 October6.5320
Live results 27.2617
Live show 36 November6.8919
Live results 37.0218
Live show 413 November7.4215
Live results 46.8818
Live show 520 November7.9116
Live results 57.9814
Live show 627 November8.0622
Live results 68.0123
Live semi-final4 December7.7920
Live results 77.5223
Final11 December8.6215
Final results9.968

Series 2

EpisodeAir dateOfficial ITV1 rating [1] Weekly rank [1]
Auditions 120 August6.7213
Auditions 227 August7.4810
Auditions 33 September7.759
Auditions 410 September7.2912
Auditions 517 September9.795
Auditions 624 September10.048
Bootcamp 11 October8.939
Bootcamp 28.968
Judges' houses 18 October9.0910
Judges' houses 29.967
Live show 115 October7.8714
Live results 18.9611
Live show 222 October8.4712
Live results 29.028
Live show 329 October8.609
Live results 39.526
Live show 45 November7.7613
Live results 47.5114
Live show 512 November9.0910
Live results 58.9912
Live show 619 November8.9512
Live results 68.7613
Live show 726 November8.4521
Live results 79.1314
Live show 83 December10.009
Live results 88.9518
Live show 910 December7.8016
Live results 98.4814
Live final17 December9.657
Live final results9.906

Series 3

EpisodeAir dateOfficial ITV1 rating [1] Weekly rank [1]
Auditions 119 August7.457
Auditions 226 August7.3610
Auditions 32 September9.085
Auditions 49 September7.967
Auditions 516 September7.538
Auditions 623 September9.176
Bootcamp 130 September6.3916
Bootcamp 28.767
Judges' houses 17 October6.7714
Judges' houses 28.956
Live show 114 October7.5212
Results 17.3813
Live show 221 October7.5414
Results 27.7013
Live show 328 October7.1014
Results 37.5212
Live show 44 November7.3014
Results 47.9113
Live show 511 November9.836
Results 58.2412
Live show 618 November9.227
Results 68.809
Live show 725 November8.4611
Results 78.699
Live show 82 December9.318
Results 88.2413
Live show 99 December8.397
Results 98.2510
Live final16 December10.524
Live final results10.783

Series 4

EpisodeAir dateOfficial ITV1 rating [1] Weekly rank [1]
Auditions 118 August9.781
Auditions 225 August8.883
Auditions 31 September9.231
Auditions 48 September8.764
Auditions 515 September7.235
Auditions 622 September8.345
Bootcamp 129 September6.4214
Bootcamp 27.1210
Judges' houses 16 October8.087
Judges' houses 27 October7.928
Live show 120 October6.6017
Live results 17.0214
Live show 227 October7.5113
Live results 27.5112
Live show 33 November8.478
Live results 36.9913
Live show 410 November9.187
Live results 48.598
Live show 517 November9.157
Live results 58.059
Live show 624 November9.306
Live results 68.887
Live show 71 December9.566
Live results 77.8213
Live semi-final8 December9.836
Live semi-final results9.627
Live final15 December11.782
Live final results12.231

Series 5

EpisodeAir dateOfficial ITV1 rating [1] Weekly rank [1] Share
Auditions 116 August10.78148.2% [2]
Auditions 223 August10.10145.4% [3]
Auditions 330 August8.80243.5% [4]
Auditions 46 September9.57142.8% [5]
Auditions 513 September9.96143.2% [6]
Auditions 620 September10.01141.7% [7]
Bootcamp 127 September8.94436.0% [8]
Bootcamp 228 September9.47138.1% [9]
Judges' houses 14 October10.84140.5% [10]
Judges' houses 25 October10.11342.7% [11]
Live show 111 October11.09144.1% [12]
Results 19.05740.8% [12]
Live show 218 October10.21338.5% [13]
Results 29.13939.7% [13]
Live show 325 October10.37239.7% [14]
Results 38.891038.0% [14]
Live show 41 November11.65143.3% [15]
Results 49.72637.6% [15]
Live show 58 November10.72242.6% [16]
Results 59.46735.6% [16]
Live show 615 November11.28143.5% [17]
Results 610.62242.9% [17]
Live show 722 November11.77143.2% [18]
Results 79.98641.1% [18]
Live show 829 November12.67146.0% [19]
Results 811.41250.0% [19]
Semi-final6 December10.30339.1% [20]
Semi-final results10.60239.6% [20]
Final performances13 December13.77250.3% [21]
Final results14.06154.4% [21]
Series average200810.51N/A42.4%

Series 6

EpisodeAir dateOfficial ITV rating [1] Weekly rank [1] Share
Auditions 122 August11.00147.9%[ citation needed ]
Auditions 229 August10.81147.1%[ citation needed ]
Auditions 35 September12.84151.9%[ citation needed ]
Auditions 412 September11.31151.7%[ citation needed ]
Auditions 519 September10.57238.0%[ citation needed ]
Auditions 620 September11.37141.4% [22]
Bootcamp 126 September10.39236.6% [23]
Bootcamp 227 September11.86142.5% [24] [25]
Judges' houses 13 October11.46238.9% [26]
Judges' houses 24 October13.35144.9% [27]
Live show 110 October12.64243.8% [28] [29]
Results show 111 October13.82146.4% [30]
Live show 217 October12.07242.1%[ citation needed ]
Results show 218 October13.89146.7%[ citation needed ]
Live show 324 October12.80244.1% [31]
Results show 325 October14.02147.9% [32]
Live show 431 October11.74242.3% [33]
Results show 41 November14.52147.8% [34]
Live show 57 November13.05246.9% [31]
Results show 58 November15.00149.4% [35] [36]
Live show 614 November13.45245.1% [37]
Results show 615 November15.02147.9% [38]
Live show 721 November14.03248.6% [39]
Results show 722 November14.51146.5% [40]
Live show 828 November13.46247.8% [41]
Results 829 November14.34145.9% [42]
Live semi-final5 December13.40249.5% [43]
Live semi-final results6 December13.55146.2% [44]
Top 312 December13.34248.0% [45]
Top 213 December16.28153.2% [46]
Series average200913.00N/A45.9%

Series 7

EpisodeDateOfficial ITV1 rating [47]
(millions)		Weekly rank [47] Share (%)Official ITV1 HD rating [48]
(millions)		Total viewers
(millions)
Auditions 121 August11.88148.6[ citation needed ]0.5712.45
Auditions 228 August10.81144.9 [49] 0.5511.36
Auditions 34 September11.69149.2 [50] 0.6412.33
Auditions 411 September11.78145.0 [51] 0.5612.34
Auditions 518 September11.65246.0 [52] 0.6812.33
Auditions 619 September12.15142.8 [53] 0.7112.86
Bootcamp 125 September12.07246.4 [54] 0.7112.78
Bootcamp 226 September13.26144.4 [55] 0.8214.08
Judges' houses 12 October12.68247.3 [56] 0.8213.50
Judges' houses 23 October14.51148.5 [57] 0.9015.41
Live show 19 October12.62248.5[ citation needed ]0.9113.53
Results 110 October13.17146.3 [58] 0.9014.07
Live show 216 October12.14247.2 [59] 0.9713.11
Results 217 October13.42146.7 [60] 0.9014.32
Live show 323 October12.39247.5 [61] 0.9513.34
Results 324 October13.73147.7 [62] 0.9514.68
Live show 430 October12.69247.1 [63] 0.8113.50
Results 431 October13.74147.5 [64] 0.9314.67
Live show 56 November12.50247.7 [65] 1.1113.61
Results 57 November14.29149.7 [66] 1.0715.36
Live show 613 November13.61249.9 [67] 0.9914.60
Results 614 November14.69147.7 [68] 1.0615.75
Live show 720 November13.28248.7 [69] 1.1314.41
Results 721 November15.04150.0 [70] 1.0916.13
Live show 827 November13.57249.0 [71] 1.0914.66
Results 828 November14.42148.7 [72] 1.0515.47
Live show 94 December13.73248.4 [73] 1.2214.95
Results 95 December14.53148.6 [74] 0.9915.52
Final part 111 December13.94452.6 [75] 1.1715.11
Final part 212 December16.55154.9 [76] 1.1617.71
Series average201013.22—47.90.8514.13

Series 8

Series 9

Series 10

Series 11

Series 12

Series 13

Series 14

Series 15

audition 1(18 July)

References

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