Based on all the responses so far to this "X Factor" survey, most viewers think there wasn't much that was very good about the show's third season. In fact, many of viewers said it was the worst season so far, and that Demi Lovato and Paulina Rubio were two of the biggest turnoffs about the show. Only a small minority of viewers said that they liked Lovato and Rubio on "The X Factor." The majority of "X Factor" viewers made it clear that they did not like Lovato and Rubio. (See the comments at the end of this article for more details about what people said in "The X Factor" survey.)
Lovato, who became an "X Factor" judge in 2012, announced in December 2013 that she was leaving the show to focus on her music career. Rubio and Kelly Rowland (who joined "The X Factor" U.S. judging panel in 2013) have not yet announced if they are staying or leaving, but Rowland has said in interviews that she would like to stay with the show if she is asked. Rowland, by the way, was named by viewers as one of the few good things about "The X Factor" U.S. in 2013. Many viewers say that she was the best judge on the show this year.
Even though Rowland was highly praised by most viewers who responded to the survey, most of the viewer feedback consisted of complaints about the show. This viewer discontent is reflected in the downward spiral of "The X Factor" U.S.'s ratings. The show lost millions of viewers in 2013 and was often ranked in the lower half of the ratings among the U.S. prime-time network shows that aired on the same nights. According to the Nielsen Company, "The X Factor" U.S. averaged 6 million U.S. viewers per episode in 2013. By contrast, the show had 9 million U.S. viewers per episode in 2012, and 12 million U.S. viewers per episode in 2011.
And because ratings for "The X Factor" had such an alarming decrease, it's obvious that what people hated about the show had more of an impact on the ratings than what people loved about the show.
