British boyband One Direction gives X Factor a welcome boost over rival Australia's Got Talent One Direction joined the X Factor crew and helped boost ratings to their highest this year. BRITISH boyband One Direction helped X Factor pull in more than two million viewers last night, the highest figure for the series this season. And with the winner set to be announced tonight and the show featuring two songs by Katy Perry, Australia's No. 1 for the ninth week, producers will be hoping to bow out on a high. One Direction helped to push the X-Factor to its highest ratings this season. According to OzTAM's overnight ratings, The X Factor was watched by 2.020 million viewers - more than three times the viewers than rival Australia's Got Talent on the Nine Network. Guy Sebastian and Fall Out Boy will also perform this evening as part of a two-hour extravaganza. It will be a nervous wait for Dami Im, Jai Waetford and Taylor Henderson. Waiting nervously for the announcement will be Queenslander Dami Im, 24, who is a hot favourite with the bookmakers, 14-year-old Jai Waetford, from Campbelltown, Sydney, and 20-year-old Taylor Henderson. Taylor fluffed his lines last night and may be considered the outsider on the night, even though one of the songs he sang on the X Factor, a version of Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Want To Have Fun, is at No. 2 in the charts. Picture: Attila Szilvasi. Perry arrived in Australia yesterday and spent a quiet day, having dinner with friends in Surry Hills before taking in the movie Gravity on George Street. Roar has now overtaken the eight week record set by Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines.