TV Overnights: X Factor wins 10.3m while Strictly peaks with 8.7m viewers

Saturday night’s X Factor peaked with an audience of 10.3 million viewers, securing the top ratings during the all important prime time slot.

The audition show continued with a 40% share of the Saturday night audience – a significant jump on Red or Black?‘s 19.5% share and 4.2 million average viewers in the slot before The X Factor.

The second and final Red or Black? pulled in a slightly higher 5.4 million viewers and 24.1% share to hold on to the peak ratings at 9pm.

On Sunday, the second hour-long episode of The X Factor attracted 9.8 million peak viewers and a 34.4% share between 8pm and 9pm.

ITV’s Rugby World Cup coverage also got off to a good start this weekend – the Argentina v England game pulled in almost four million peak viewers on Saturday morning; while the Wales v South Africa game secured 2.8 million viewers first thing on Sunday.

However, BBC One dominated the majority of the weekend ratings. On Saturday, the channel’s coverage of the Formula 1 and Walker Cup proved popular among viewers. And at 6.10pm, Strictly Come Dancing returned to our screens with more than 8.7 million peak viewers and a 37.3% audience share.

The Last Night of the Proms was also a hit, attracting over 5.6 million peak viewers and a 19.8% average share in the post-watershed slot.

The Italian Grand Prix banked a high of 5.5 million viewers and a 33.9% average audience share on Sunday, while Inspector George Gently secured the peak-hour ratings with 6.7 million peak viewers and a 24.8% share, beating ITV1’s final Appropriate Adult drama to the top spot.

Overnight data is available each morning in mediatel.co.uk’s TV Database, with all BARB registered subscribers able to view reports for terrestrial networks and key multi-channel stations.