It was the first year that the X Factor in the UK didn’t have Simon Cowell on the judges’ panel.
Surprisingly, the numbers were pretty good. Not as good as last year’s 11.1 million viewers, which was the highest viewership in the show’s history, but still not shabby with a whole new panel of judges.
The show got around 10.5 millions on UK’s ITV1 in its premiere episode in its 8th season so maybe Kelly Rowland is the show’s lucky charm after all!