
Simon Cowell's X Factor, which is in its ninth season, recorded an average audience decline in the UK in its third week to 8.6 million. The British broadcaster ITV1 managed to draw more than 9.7 million viewers with the third episode on Saturday night, according to latest figures. X Factor recorded a higher 10.9 million audience in the last week, which was quite a rise than what witnessed in the season debut with a peak audience of 9.9 million. The latest Saturday figures concluded that despite of the one-hour delay in the shows of ITV1, the show still managed to become the most watched Saturday night show in UK.