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.