'X Factor's first results show beats 'Strictly Come Dancing'

The X Factor climbed from last week to top the ratings on Sunday night for ITV.



The first results show of the series rose by over 1.1 million from last Sunday to 9.21m (35.8%) at 8pm (314,000/1.2% on +1).

Downton Abbey gained 100k from last week to 8.92m (35.5%) at 9pm (420k/2.6%).

On BBC One, Strictly Come Dancing's second results show dropped to third for the night but also rose by over 200k viewers to 8.42m (31.9%) at 7.15pm.

Antiques Roadshow interested 5.37m (20.9%) at 8pm, followed by the latest By Any Means with 3.09m (12.2%) at 9pm.

BBC Two's How To Build a Supercar appealed to 1.03m (4.0%) at 8pm, while Rageh Omaar's The Ottomans educated 1.04m (4.1%) at 9pm.

On Channel 4, Kevin McCloud's Man Made Home was seen by 1.25m (4.9%) at 8pm (236k/0.9%). Homeland's latest episode attracted 1.66m (6.6%) at 9pm (285k/1.7%).

Channel 5's broadcast of Angels & Demons thrilled 1.65m (8.9%) at 9pm (304k/2.7%).

On BBC Three, Family Guy topped the multichannels with 1.14m (5.6%) at 10pm and 963k (6.1%) at 10.30pm.

ITV2's The Xtra Factor entertained 567k (2.2%) at 9pm, while TOWIE gathered 867k (4.8%) at 10pm (103k/1.1%).