Reality TV
'Strictly' beating 'X Factor' in ratings war
Published Tuesday, Nov 20 2007, 12:22 GMT | By Neil Wilkes
'Strictly Come Dancing' / BBC
The BBC One dance show averaged 8.9 million viewers - a 40% share of the audience - between 5.50pm and 7.05pm, while X Factor pulled in 8.5 million over 90 minutes, albeit from a later start time of 6.40pm. The gap between the two rival series has narrowed, however: last week Strictly had 9.3 million over X Factor's 8.7 million. The latter also claimed a healthy 48% share of 16-34s.
The X Factor results show, which saw 23-year-old Alisha Bennett eliminated from the competition, drew an impressive 7.6 million at 8.55pm, topping Casualty, which had 6.2 million.
I'm A Celebrity rebounded to 7.6 million (35%) at 9.30pm, comfortably ahead of BBC One's The Omid Djalili Show (3.4 million) and news bulletin (3.6 million).
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