Strictly Come Dancing scored another convincing win in the Saturday night ratings war with The X Factor - this time pulling in two million more viewers than its ITV1 rival. According to overnight estimates the BBC One show scored an average audience of 9.8m, compared to just 7.8m for The X Factor, a figure which also includes those watching on the catch-up service ITV1+1. Those figures show that The X Factor lost a further 600,000 viewers from last Saturday's 8.4m rating, while Strictly has gained an extra 200,000. Strictly's lead over The X Factor is reportedly its biggest for around six years. The pre-recorded Sunday night results show has also beaten The X Factor's results show in the ratings for the past fortnight. Meanwhile The X Factor's latest figure is 2m lower than the equivalent show in 2011, while the series has shed 4m viewers since the 2010 series, which was the last to feature Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole. Saturday's Strictly saw Denise Van Outen finish top of the judges' scoreboard with 35 out of 40 for her Viennese waltz with partner James Jordan - while Richard Arnold finished last with just 17 points after making a mistake during his foxtrot with Erin Boag. Richard is the bookies' favourite to leave the competition on Sunday night, while District 3 and Kye Sones are tipped to be in the X Factor's latest sing-off.
