An entertaining game show about music, Battlepop sees two teams of celebrities compete in musical challenges that sees them sing the songs, drum to the beats and impersonate the faces behind well known pop songs. With the help of a house band and humorous host, Battlepop provides the perfect blend of music, trivia and comedy and is a tribute to all things we love about pop music! Second series commissioned in Norway.
Battlepop launched on NRK1 (Norway) on 18th March 2011. The premiere achieved ratings well above the channel slot average, beating those achieved for ‘Got Talent’. The series of eight episodes continued to achieve ratings that placed Battlepop within the top two most watched programmes in the slot week-on-week, across all channels. The average viewing figures across all episodes were easily in excess of those achieved by Idol on TV2. Season 2 of Battlepop premiered on 6th January 2012. The first episode of the season achieved impressive viewing figures with an audience of 906,000 and an incredible 55.2% share.