Sorry Simon! The Voice Crushes Premiere Of The X Factor
Sept. 13 2012, Published 8:30 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Simon Cowell’s worst nightmare just came true - Fox’s premiere of his re-tooled The X Factor, most notably featuring the debut of pop princess Britney Spears as a judge, lost in the ratings to The Voice on rival NBC Wednesday night.
Cowell had hoped that by adding the superstar Spears and Disney darling Demi Lovato to the judge’s panel, along with him and L.A. Reid, would make for rating success.
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The two highly promoted singing competitions were scheduled against each other during the 8pm hour Wednesday night, and according to preliminary ratings, The Voice scored a total of 10.7 million viewers to The X Factor's 7.5 million -- a differen