Week 3 of The X Factor auditions improved on the previous show’s performance, attracting a peak of 12.5 million viewers to ITV1.

The peak (including ITV1 +1) was a 49% audience share, and the show average 11.1 million viewers between 8.15pm and 9.15pm.

These figures and a good improvement on last week’s performance (12.0m peak, 10.6m average), but slightly down on the series opener (12.6m peak, 11.3m average).

The Xtra Factor pulled in 740,000 viewers (3.5%) on ITV2, and a further 192,000 on ITV2 +1.

Overall, ITV1 dominated yesterday’s primetime audience share thanks to The X Factor and new Simon Cowell gameshow Red Or Black. It average 30.3%, almost twice that of BBC1.

You can share your views on last night’s show in our week 3 recap.

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