Just when you thought The X Factor couldn’t get any bigger, it looks like it will now take over our whole weekend viewing as ITV decide to launch a results show on Sunday nights.

In a move that will make it more like American Idol, The X Factor main show will go out on Saturday, the public will have a full day to vote (meaning more votes and more money for Mr Cowell), and then on Sunday we can look forward to the full length results show.

Last year the BBC tried out this format with Strictly Come Dancing, and their Sunday night results show regularly pulled in up to ten million viewers.

ITV are very clear to point out that they are not actually copying the BBC, but were influenced to move to Sundays after the success of the Dancing On Ice Sunday show.

A sourve told The Sun:

“Moving Dancing On Ice to Sunday has been brilliant, it’s completely refreshed Sunday nights.

“Believe it or not we actually thought of moving Dancing On Ice before the Beeb moved Strictly. They crept in and moved their results show and it has been a success, so why shouldn’t we do the same?”