Nicky Byrne’s Moves on Strictly Come Dancing Do Nothing to Help Failing X Factor Ratings

Strictly Come Dancing won the weekend ratings war, beating X Factor to the top spot and Her.ie thinks it is something to do with Nicky Byrne’s killer moves. 

The husband of our girl Georgina Ahern boogied with his new dance partner Karen Hauer as 9.8 million viewers tuned into the BBC1 show, blowing X Factor out of the water.

Nicky and his dance partner Karen Hauer stole the show on Saturday night

Nicky arrived onto the dance floor in a grey sparkling shirt and tie while his partner was decked out in a pink ensemble, decorated with diamanté.

This season of Strictly Come Dancing also features Denise van Outen, Kimberly Walsh, Fern Britton and ex-Eastenders star Sid Owen.

Nicky pictured with his wife, Her.ie columnist Georgina Ahern

A source within BBC told The Sun: “These are great figures.”

Ratings for this season’s X Factor have plummeted and figures for the talent show are down two million viewers from this point last year.

X Factor's ratings have plummeted this season 

ITV bosses are hoping the ratings will jump once the show moves to the boot camp stage next week.

In the meantime, we know that we’ll be sticking to Strictly this autumn to see Nicky take the crown!