Viewers of The X Factor are very confused over the new concept

It's very different!

Published 30th Oct 2017

The first live show of The X Factor kicked off this weekend, and whilst the show introduced a brand new format, not everybody was convinced.

WARNING MAJOR SPOILERS

In past series of the talent show, all contestants perform on the Saturday night, with the Sunday night show being used for results.

However, this year bosses have shaken things up, meaning the boys and girls category performed on Saturday night and the groups and overs performed on Sunday night.

At the end of Saturday and Sunday night's show, one person lost their place, but it was the new 'Prize Fight' section that really left fans confused.

After Grace Davies won the public vote on Saturday and Rak-Su won the vote on Sunday, both had to perform the same song again, for a chance to be crowned the winner of 'Prize Fight' and win a trip to New York to see P!nk.

It seems viewers of the show weren't loving the new concept, and urged bosses to bring back the popular 'deadlock' sing-off instead.

We have to admit we did miss the tension of Dermot having to hurry up the judges to make a decision on who they wanted to leave.

In other X Factor news, it was a bad weekend for Spencer Sutherland and Talia Dean, both found themselves with the lowest public votes and left the competition.

Spencer performed Jessie J's hit 'Who You Are' on Saturday night, but found himself in the bottom two alongside Louis' wildcard act Leon Mallet.

Watch his performance below:

On Sunday night, Nicole's wildcard Talia Dean performed her own rendition of One Direction's 'What Makes You Beautiful', but failed to impress viewers.

Watch her performance below:

It seems the new introduction of original songs paid off, as both Grace Davies and Rak-Su wowed the audience with their own tracks. Grace performed a song called 'Too Young', with Rak-Su giving an energetic performance of their song 'Mamacita'.

Simon Cowell was absent from this weekend's show after he collapsed and fell down the stairs on Friday morning.

Alesha Dixon replaced Simon on last night's show, but the 58-year-old is set to be back next weekend.

The X Factor continues Saturday and Sunday on ITV.

Check out some of the most eccentric X Factor contestants ever in our gallery below:

Chico

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