Description
Bar Wars tests the entrepreneurial skill, team-work and dedication of two teams of five – a team of boys and a team of girls - as they battle it out to run rival bars in a sun-drenched beach resort, in a contest to see which team can make the biggest profit. At the end of the series, the team showing the biggest profit gets to keep the takings from both bars, while the losers walk away empty-handed. Every week, the bar making the least amount of money must fire a team member. The harsh sacking process happens through an open group discussion about who is the weakest member of the team. The fired contestant is escorted to the airport and flown home before two potential candidates are interviewed to replace them. The lucky contestant is then hired, and it’s back to business for the team. The weekly winners, meanwhile, enjoy the privilege of a celebratory day-off. Adventures and characters emerge as each team copes with running a successful business and living in shared accommodation with a group of strangers in a busy tourist resort. Pulling in the punters is the name of the game, and the teams' skill at devising events and stunts, as well as their ability to mix a decent cocktail, will decide the outcome. The relationships between the contestants and the rival teams are at the very heart of the show. How will the team-mates get on with each other? Will the back-breaking work lead to back-stabbing bitchiness? And will anyone dare to betray his or her comrades by seeking love in the rival camp? Bar Wars has late appeal. After its strong debut in 2001 grabbed a 13% market share, Bar Wars performed particularly well for a show in an 11:00pm timeslot. As the weeks passed, Bar Wars attracted audiences of up to 1.3 million viewers, and saw its market share grow to 19%. One Million viewers tune-in. Bar Wars attracted a 25% share of 16-24s, and averaged one million viewers during its eight-week run.