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The ratings battle between The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing is going to heat up a notch if Simon Cowell has his way.
The music mogul has decided that an episode of The Xtra Factor will this year air on a weeknight in order to prove it can go up against BBC’s Strictly spin-off It Takes Two.
‘Simon says he will react to Strictly’s ratings and this is one way he thinks will improve the X Factor,’ a source told The Sun.
It Takes Two normally hits 3million viewers a week on Monday evenings, while The Xtra Factor normally airs… Read the full story