X Factor grand final drops nearly 500,000 viewers

Last nights grand final of Seven’s X Factor was down nearly half a million viewers on last year, leaving the future of the singing competition in some doubt.

Seven could only attract 751,000 capital city viewers to the show from 7.30pm last night, leaving it as the 11th most watched program for the evening, and 29% down on the 2015 finale which had 1.204m.