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Yes, but no reason to not try to examine why it hasn't gained much attention this year. This is how shows begin their often long journeys to cancellation.

No doubt because most of the talk has been about Farage, he'll be seen as the reason for the temporary decline and it's a problem easily solvable because he won't be there next year, as opposed to the permanent issue of the producers deliberately signing up controversial figures for the show in order to create headlines.

That Farage isn't the first contestant nor even the first politician to be used for that purpose and the outcome becomes as tame and ineffective as a Noel gunging ever was won't be lost on viewers. As soon as people start to piece together how a show "works", the magic is lost.