One in six tune into X Factor juggernaut on TV3
Admittedly the presence of Mary Byrne, 50, a supermarket employee from Ballyfermot, has boosted the show’s overall attraction for Irish TV viewers, but by any standards such audience figures are hugely impressive.
The TV juggernaut that is X Factor is driving the highest rating figures for any programme in recent TV history. Its Saturday edition gets five times as many viewers as its competition on RTÉ 1.
