X Factor to return?

[Brekkie]

Also if ITV do an Idol of sorts, plus we don’t know where The Voice is going to settle in the schedule? (They’re already looking for people to audition for 2023), so those plus X Factor is a lot in 1 year.

There were reports, subsequently denied, The Voice was to be axed - and how it's being treated rather than what an ITV spokesperson says would suggest that is highly likely.   

I'm not even too sure ITV would worry about where it sits alongside Strictly on a Saturday - it's as much about OTVX now.    Indeed is the argument just to go head to head - Strictly will likely win but it should be more effective at bringing it down a peg or two than anything else they air against it would be.   If they have the live results on a Saturday too that would encourage people to watch live rather than perhaps hold it over till Sunday.