When the first season of ‘The Bar’ was aired on TV3 in Sweden, the show managed to boost TV3’s channel average share by 109% on average. Aired simultaneously in Sweden, in fall 2000, ‘The Bar’ (TV3) managed to conquer ‘Big Brother’ (Kanal 5) by 20% when the weekly live shows were aired.

The weekend liveshows of the first season of ‘The Bar’ in Norway quickly became popular among the Norwegian population. In key demographic 15-34 years, the average share level totaled 37%.

‘The Bar’ in Denmark managed to reach a peak of 40% share in key demographic 15-34 years. 2 successful seasons of the format were launched and the success escalated even further when the second season was aired. The average share level increased 53% when the second season was aired.

The Bar was the first programme in Portugal to reach an average share of 31.5%. The high figures continued and the second programme reached over a 50% share. The Hungarian version of ‘The Bar’ boosted Viasat3’s channel average share by 87% in key demographic, 18-39 years.

When the 5th series was launched in Poland, the opening show attracted over 3 million viewers generating in a share level totaling 28% in key demographics. Over 9 million viewers watched the final episode in Greece, generating in 58% share. During the final episode of

‘The Bar Lithuania’ boosted LNK’s channel average by 147%. The final shows in Estonia reached outstanding viewing levels exceeding a 50% share in key demographics. The opening season of

’The Bar’ on Rustavi 2 in Georgia in 2005 went superbly well reaching over 70% share during the Saturday live shows. Over a 50% share was obtained in the key demographic of 18-49 years, and 16% of the entire population took part in the final voting session.

The show in Armenia peaked at 15.12% Share.