The X Factor 2009: Tonight, Danyl is singing a huge diva song! Will he be able to pull off And I Am Telling You?
The sixth series of British television talent show The X Factor began airing on ITV on 22 August 2009.
Judges and presenters
All four judges Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue, Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole have returned for this series. Dermot O'Leary again presents the main ITV1 programme with Holly Willoughby hosting spin-off programme The Xtra Factor on ITV2, returning to work just over a month after giving birth to her first child.
Auditions
Auditions were held during June and July 2009 across five venues: London's Excel Centre, Manchester's Manchester Central, Birmingham's ICC, Cardiff's CIA and Glasgow's Braehead Arena. In a change to previous series, auditions were held in front of a live audience due to the success of a similar system on Britain's Got Talent. However, Glaswegian auditionees had already been judged using the old format, meaning that they had to apply again, as their initial audition was void.
Reception
Viewing figures
The first episode, which aired on 22 August and showed the first set of auditions, attracted 9.9 million viewers; 47.9% of the viewing audience and the largest amount of viewers within its timeslot. One week later, 9.75 million people viewed the second episode; a 47.1% share of the TV audience. The third episode averaged 11.76 million viewers and a 51.9% audience share.
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