Latest 'Lost' episode pulls in 614,000

Lost continued to perform well for Sky1 on Friday night, but dipped slightly from the previous week's premiere.

The third episode of season six, titled 'What Kate Does', drew 614k (2.6%) during the 9pm hour, down from episodes one and two, which logged 830k (3.4%) and 728k (3.7%) respectively.

Elsewhere, the penultimate episode of Popstar to Operastar pulled in 4.38m (16.3%) at 9pm for ITV1. Earlier, the half-hour update show Dancing On Ice Friday put in 3.01m (12.2%) at 8pm.

QI took 4.22m (16.7%) for BBC One at 8.30pm, then Silent Witness interested 3.67m (15.3%) during the 9pm hour.

BBC Two's Mastermind and An Island Parish had 2.63m (10.6%) and 2.08m (8.2%) at 8pm and 8.30pm respectively, then the audience climbed to 2.66m (11.1%) during the 9pm screening of Mastercrafts.

Relocation: Phil Down Under concluded with 2.05m (8.2%) at 8pm, then Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA opened to 1.7m (7.1%) at 9pm.

Elephant Charge: Austin Stevens's Adventures managed 612k (2.4%) for Five at 8pm, then Bruce Willis movie The Fifth Element averaged 880k (4.4%) between 9pm and 11.30pm.

Overall, ITV1 came top during primetime with an average share of 23.4% to BBC One's 20.9%. BBC Two was third with 8.6%, followed by Channel 4 with 6.2% (+1: 0.8%) and Five's 3%.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional