• Campaign, Tuesday, December 16, 2014 6:28 AM

'The X Factor' bowed out last night with its lowest audience since 2005, after attracting a five-minute peak of 10.5 million viewers, as Ben Haenow beat the favourite Fleur East. The ITV show attracted an average of 9.1 million viewers, a 34.5 percent of audience share between 8 p.m. and 10.05 p.m. in 2013 the final show was watched by 11.9m at its peak and averaged 9.6m. However, the BBC's "Strictly Come  Dancing" performed better once again, pulling in 9.8 million viewers on average, and a 42.4 percent of audience share.

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