List of The X Factor (British TV series) episodes

The X Factor is a British reality television music competition since 2004, created by Simon Cowell.

Series 1

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Episode Air date Official ITV1 rating[1]
(millions)
Weekly rank[1]
(millions)
Auditions 1 4 September 5.25 21
Auditions 2 11 September 6.53 17
Auditions 3 18 September 7.08 14
Auditions 4 25 September 7.24 16
Auditions 5 2 October 6.71 18
Bootcamp 1 9 October 6.69 21
Bootcamp 2 7.89 17
Judges' houses 16 October 7.32 17
Live show 1 23 October 7.18 17
Live results 1 7.83 15
Live show 2 30 October 6.53 20
Live results 2 7.26 17
Live show 3 6 November 6.89 19
Live results 3 7.02 18
Live show 4 13 November 7.42 15
Live results 4 6.88 18
Live show 5 20 November 7.91 16
Live results 5 7.98 14
Live show 6 27 November 8.06 22
Live results 6 8.01 23
Live semi-final 4 December 7.79 20
Live results 7 7.52 23
Final 11 December 8.62 15
Final results 9.96 8

Series 2

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Episode Air date Official ITV1 rating[1] Weekly rank[1]
Auditions 1 20 August 6.72 13
Auditions 2 27 August 7.48 10
Auditions 3 3 September 7.75 9
Auditions 4 10 September 7.29 12
Auditions 5 17 September 9.79 5
Auditions 6 24 September 10.04 8
Bootcamp 1 1 October 8.93 9
Bootcamp 2 8.96 8
Judges' houses 1 8 October 9.09 10
Judges' houses 2 9.96 7
Live show 1 15 October 7.87 14
Live results 1 8.96 11
Live show 2 22 October 8.47 12
Live results 2 9.02 8
Live show 3 29 October 8.60 9
Live results 3 9.52 6
Live show 4 5 November 7.76 13
Live results 4 7.51 14
Live show 5 12 November 9.09 10
Live results 5 8.99 12
Live show 6 19 November 8.95 12
Live results 6 8.76 13
Live show 7 26 November 8.45 21
Live results 7 9.13 14
Live show 8 3 December 10.00 9
Live results 8 8.95 18
Live show 9 10 December 7.80 16
Live results 9 8.48 14
Live final 17 December 9.65 7
Live final results 9.90 6

Series 3

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Episode Air date Official ITV1 rating[1] Weekly rank[1]
Auditions 1 19 August 7.45 7
Auditions 2 26 August 7.36 10
Auditions 3 2 September 9.08 5
Auditions 4 9 September 7.96 7
Auditions 5 16 September 7.53 8
Auditions 6 23 September 9.17 6
Bootcamp 1 30 September 6.39 16
Bootcamp 2 8.76 7
Judges' houses 1 7 October 6.77 14
Judges' houses 2 8.95 6
Live show 1 14 October 7.52 12
Results 1 7.38 13
Live show 2 21 October 7.54 14
Results 2 7.70 13
Live show 3 28 October 7.10 14
Results 3 7.52 12
Live show 4 4 November 7.30 14
Results 4 7.91 13
Live show 5 11 November 9.83 6
Results 5 8.24 12
Live show 6 18 November 9.22 7
Results 6 8.80 9
Live show 7 25 November 8.46 11
Results 7 8.69 9
Live show 8 2 December 9.31 8
Results 8 8.24 13
Live show 9 9 December 8.39 7
Results 9 8.25 10
Live final 16 December 10.52 4
Live final results 10.78 3

Series 4

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Episode Air date Official ITV1 rating[1] Weekly rank[1]
Auditions 1 18 August 9.78 1
Auditions 2 25 August 8.88 3
Auditions 3 1 September 9.23 1
Auditions 4 8 September 8.76 4
Auditions 5 15 September 7.23 5
Auditions 6 22 September 8.34 5
Bootcamp 1 29 September 6.42 14
Bootcamp 2 7.12 10
Judges' houses 1 6 October 8.08 7
Judges' houses 2 7 October 7.92 8
Live show 1 20 October 6.60 17
Live results 1 7.02 14
Live show 2 27 October 7.51 13
Live results 2 7.51 12
Live show 3 3 November 8.47 8
Live results 3 6.99 13
Live show 4 10 November 9.18 7
Live results 4 8.59 8
Live show 5 17 November 9.15 7
Live results 5 8.05 9
Live show 6 24 November 9.30 6
Live results 6 8.88 7
Live show 7 1 December 9.56 6
Live results 7 7.82 13
Live semi-final 8 December 9.83 6
Live semi-final results 9.62 7
Live final 15 December 11.78 2
Live final results 12.23 1

Series 5

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Episode Air date Official ITV1 rating[1] Weekly rank[1] Share
Auditions 1 16 August 10.78 1 48.2%[2]
Auditions 2 23 August 10.10 1 45.4%[3]
Auditions 3 30 August 8.80 2 43.5%[4]
Auditions 4 6 September 9.57 1 42.8%[5]
Auditions 5 13 September 9.96 1 43.2%[6]
Auditions 6 20 September 10.01 1 41.7%[7]
Bootcamp 1 27 September 8.94 4 36.0%[8]
Bootcamp 2 28 September 9.47 1 38.1%[9]
Judges' houses 1 4 October 10.84 1 40.5%[10]
Judges' houses 2 5 October 10.11 3 42.7%[11]
Live show 1 11 October 11.09 1 44.1%[12]
Results 1 9.05 7 40.8%[12]
Live show 2 18 October 10.21 3 38.5%[13]
Results 2 9.13 9 39.7%[13]
Live show 3 25 October 10.37 2 39.7%[14]
Results 3 8.89 10 38.0%[14]
Live show 4 1 November 11.65 1 43.3%[15]
Results 4 9.72 6 37.6%[15]
Live show 5 8 November 10.72 2 42.6%[16]
Results 5 9.46 7 35.6%[16]
Live show 6 15 November 11.28 1 43.5%[17]
Results 6 10.62 2 42.9%[17]
Live show 7 22 November 11.77 1 43.2%[18]
Results 7 9.98 6 41.1%[18]
Live show 8 29 November 12.67 1 46.0%[19]
Results 8 11.41 2 50.0%[19]
Semi-final 6 December 10.30 3 39.1%[20]
Semi-final results 10.60 2 39.6%[20]
Final performances 13 December 13.77 2 50.3%[21]
Final results 14.06 1 54.4%[21]
Series average 2008 10.51 N/A 42.4%

Series 6

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Episode Air date Official ITV rating[1] Weekly rank[1] Share
Auditions 1 22 August 11.00 1 47.9%[citation needed]
Auditions 2 29 August 10.81 1 47.1%[citation needed]
Auditions 3 5 September 12.84 1 51.9%[citation needed]
Auditions 4 12 September 11.31 1 51.7%[citation needed]
Auditions 5 19 September 10.57 2 38.0%[citation needed]
Auditions 6 20 September 11.37 1 41.4%[22]
Bootcamp 1 26 September 10.39 2 36.6%[23]
Bootcamp 2 27 September 11.86 1 42.5%[24][25]
Judges' houses 1 3 October 11.46 2 38.9%[26]
Judges' houses 2 4 October 13.35 1 44.9%[27]
Live show 1 10 October 12.64 2 43.8%[28][29]
Results show 1 11 October 13.82 1 46.4%[30]
Live show 2 17 October 12.07 2 42.1%[citation needed]
Results show 2 18 October 13.89 1 46.7%[citation needed]
Live show 3 24 October 12.80 2 44.1%[31]
Results show 3 25 October 14.02 1 47.9%[32]
Live show 4 31 October 11.74 2 42.3%[33]
Results show 4 1 November 14.52 1 47.8%[34]
Live show 5 7 November 13.05 2 46.9%[31]
Results show 5 8 November 15.00 1 49.4%[35][36]
Live show 6 14 November 13.45 2 45.1%[37]
Results show 6 15 November 15.02 1 47.9%[38]
Live show 7 21 November 14.03 2 48.6%[39]
Results show 7 22 November 14.51 1 46.5%[40]
Live show 8 28 November 13.46 2 47.8%[41]
Results 8 29 November 14.34 1 45.9%[42]
Live semi-final 5 December 13.40 2 49.5%[43]
Live semi-final results 6 December 13.55 1 46.2%[44]
Top 3 12 December 13.34 2 48.0%[45]
Top 2 13 December 16.28 1 53.2%[46]
Series average 2009 13.00 N/A 45.9%

Series 7

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Episode Date Official ITV1 rating[47]
(millions)
Weekly rank[47] Share (%) Official ITV1 HD rating[48]
(millions)
Total viewers
(millions)
Auditions 1 21 August 11.88 1 48.6[citation needed] 0.57 12.45
Auditions 2 28 August 10.81 1 44.9[49] 0.55 11.36
Auditions 3 4 September 11.69 1 49.2[50] 0.64 12.33
Auditions 4 11 September 11.78 1 45.0[51] 0.56 12.34
Auditions 5 18 September 11.65 2 46.0[52] 0.68 12.33
Auditions 6 19 September 12.15 1 42.8[53] 0.71 12.86
Bootcamp 1 25 September 12.07 2 46.4[54] 0.71 12.78
Bootcamp 2 26 September 13.26 1 44.4[55] 0.82 14.08
Judges' houses 1 2 October 12.68 2 47.3[56] 0.82 13.50
Judges' houses 2 3 October 14.51 1 48.5[57] 0.90 15.41
Live show 1 9 October 12.62 2 48.5[citation needed] 0.91 13.53
Results 1 10 October 13.17 1 46.3[58] 0.90 14.07
Live show 2 16 October 12.14 2 47.2[59] 0.97 13.11
Results 2 17 October 13.42 1 46.7[60] 0.90 14.32
Live show 3 23 October 12.39 2 47.5[61] 0.95 13.34
Results 3 24 October 13.73 1 47.7[62] 0.95 14.68
Live show 4 30 October 12.69 2 47.1[63] 0.81 13.50
Results 4 31 October 13.74 1 47.5[64] 0.93 14.67
Live show 5 6 November 12.50 2 47.7[65] 1.11 13.61
Results 5 7 November 14.29 1 49.7[66] 1.07 15.36
Live show 6 13 November 13.61 2 49.9[67] 0.99 14.60
Results 6 14 November 14.69 1 47.7[68] 1.06 15.75
Live show 7 20 November 13.28 2 48.7[69] 1.13 14.41
Results 7 21 November 15.04 1 50.0[70] 1.09 16.13
Live show 8 27 November 13.57 2 49.0[71] 1.09 14.66
Results 8 28 November 14.42 1 48.7[72] 1.05 15.47
Live show 9 4 December 13.73 2 48.4[73] 1.22 14.95
Results 9 5 December 14.53 1 48.6[74] 0.99 15.52
Final part 1 11 December 13.94 4 52.6[75] 1.17 15.11
Final part 2 12 December 16.55 1 54.9[76] 1.16 17.71
Series average 2010 13.22 47.9 0.85 14.13

Series 8

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Series 9

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Series 10

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Series 11

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Series 12

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Series 13

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Series 14

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Series 15

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audition 1(18 July)

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