ITV has said the X Factor will continue "into 2017 and beyond", despite reports the show could be rested following poor ratings and the channel's acquisition of The Voice.
Speculation has surrounded the talent contest's future after the latest series saw viewer numbers a lot lower than its heyday, with averages of 5.9 million.
At the end of last year ITV confirmed it was taking over The Voice from the BBC in 2017, although its director of TV, Peter Fincham, said the show would be joining the
"family" alongside existing programmes like X Factor and the other Simon Cowell-inspired talent search, Britain's Got Talent.
ITV snapped up Talpa, the Dutch production company behind The Voice, in April in a deal that could cost up to £781m.
An ITV spokesman said: "The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent contracts come up for renewal after the latest series air later this year, and we fully intend to continue with both shows into 2017 and beyond."
The X Factor withstood another blow at the end of the latest series when its youngest ever winner, Louisa Johnson, reached only number nine in the charts at
Christmas with her Bob Dylan's cover - the lowest entry for any winner over the show's 12 series history.
Last month, former X Factor host Dermot O'Leary said he thought Cowell should take the show off air for a year and take it back to its original format.
O'Leary told the Radio Times: "If I was Simon I'd take it off air for a year. I'd rest it, and then I'd get back to the rooms.
"For me it was always room, arena, boot camp."
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