THe judges have to scream over them - they boo Jason as soon as he starts speaking. It's pathetic and hugely annoying.

I thank you.

Those idiots in the audience ought to be culled. I mean, seriously!!!!

I have to agree. This year the programme is getting on my nerves. Did not watch it tonight hubby watching the Snooker final but was not bothered did not see it.

Have come on here to find out what has been happening this evening. Much quieter and my fingers do not hurt has I have not had my finger constantly on the remote turning the sound down every time PS & HW come on shouting over the rabble that is in the audience. They seriously need to be gagged!

Those insolent audience. When ANY of the judges were to say anything even REMOTELY negative, they, like knee-jerk reaction would open their gob and boo. For such disagraceful and unruly behaviour they really need some serious smacking on their bum. HARD.

yep maybe they should turn the mikes down other than when the judge \ presenter is talking, but yes I agree its a tad annoying !

The producers won't take any notice as they seem to think it adds to the "atmosphere". If Glinny is anything to go by the home audience will stop watching in their droves.

It reminds me of the X Factor audience. OK so I can understand them cheering when their friend/family member is skating, but I found it really rude when they scream and shout while the judges are speaking.

The audience screaming is ruining the show, every time jason opens his mouth the catcalls start, ive noticed other judges saying things he would have been howled down for and theres not been a murmur, itv should tone down the pantomime villian thing surrounding jason, the couples need constructive criticsm to improve.

Yep, it's getting really offputting!

It makes the programme which is far too long almost unwatchable.

At least they haven’t started the chanting when Jason speaks like last year.

I really think they should ask for quiet when the judges are speaking - I agree, it's incredibly rude and very irritating for those watching at home.

I agree. It's the same with the X Factor, the audience should be quieter, that or have fewer people. It's sad because although its exciting for those in the studio audience, it ruins it for audiences at home.

They ask the audience to boo when Jason speaks or when anyone does that has given a low mark.

ITV reality show producers' list of Do's and Don'ts for their audience:

DO cheer, yell, clap, stamp your feet and generally act like a moron whenever anyone says anything remotely positive. You don't have to listen to the whole comment (in fact it's almost better if you don't) - just listen out for the odd positive word then make noise.

DO shout, boo, hiss, stamp your feet and generally act like a moron whenever anyone says anything remotely negative. As a general guide for those on DOI, that camp bloke in the middle usually makes negative comments so it's wise just to make unappreciative general noise whenever he tries to speak.

DON'T let anyone who mentions anything vaguely negative say anything more than two words before you become a baying rabble. DO ensure that it is almost impossible for anyone at home or in the studio (even if they are sitting next to the speaker) to hear the whole comment.

General point: if you can do a fair impersonation of a cave troll on acid you will be welcome through our doors. Just practise at home and you'll be fine. Reasonable people will not be tolerated.

Is there a DOI website where people like us who hate the braying audience can post our views. I also think it is appaling the way that they behave when Jason speaks.

Exactly. Do soooooooooooo agree.

The really sad thing is that this bad behaviour is creeping into other live performances too. I recently went to the theatre in London to see 'La Cage Aux Folles' and most of the dialogue was inaudilble because of incredibly noisy John Barrowman fans who insisted on screaming and calling out every time he set foot on the stage.

At the end of the show, some of his so-called 'devoted fans' literally vaulted over the backs of the stalls seats to get out of the theatre first in order to mob John Barrowman at the stage door, shoving those who were patiently queuing in the aisles out of the way. What was quite sad also was some of these were women who quite honestly should have been old enough to know better.

The whole evening was a disgrace, and I'm afraid I have to blame the pruducers of rabble-rousing shows such as 'X Factor' for deluding people that this is an acceptible way to act when at a public performance, and that it's okay to behave selfishly and spoil everyone else's night out.

I've been attending theatrical performances for many, many years now and this boorishness is a completely new phenomenen which seems to have some about since the various telly 'talent shows' came into being.

Rant over!

The audience are told to boo Jason & scream as loud as possible actually, to support the skaters & make it an exciting show..would be a bit boring if they just sat there with faces on, looking bored

Now this is exactly what is wrong (imo) with tv programmes at the minute.

Why do people assume that simply because someone is suggesting something should be toned down that this means they want the exact opposite of what is there at the minute?

Nobody (I think) is suggesting that the audience sits there in total silence looking like they have gherkins shoved up their a*ses but, strange as this might sound, that is not the only alternative to what we have right now.

There is something called a compromise which seems to be an alien word to most people in recent times; times during which the majority in the media assume we want either one extreme or the other. It's quite possible for the audience to be very vocal in their appreciation and even express their disapproval on occasion without turning into chanting, baying, brain dead pillocks. May come as a surprise to some but it is possible, honest...

Rubbish. They can cheer at appropriate points - imo when people are talking is not an appropriate point, in any situation, not just on a TV programme. It's downright rude, never mind bloody irritating.

Bizarre reasoning. It's basic courtesy to let a person speak in ANY circumstances. If you disagree and/or want to support someone, boo or jeer AFTER Jason (or any judges!) has spoken. But no, they are just like some audience in the Victorian Era watching a Freak Show.

I watched the Popstars to Operastars on itvplayer, and you would have thought audience for this kind of programme (opera-based entertainment programme) would be more civil.

But NO. Especially so after the Mcfly guy sung his piece. The audience (of mainly teenagers) screamed and screamed, and when one of his mentor/judges spoke something constructive for him to improve upon, they just BOOed and JEERed noisely!

Seriously, either the audience should be shot or the producers. Or both. I can't decide. But it sure was irritating.

Dormouse, I went to see La Cage Aux Folles with John Barrowman too and I got so distressed by the audience behaviour it completely ruined my evening. I was probably luckier than you as I was tucked up in the upper circle but I was surrounded by people coming in during the overture with great tubs of lager and coke, cackling uproariously every time there was a tiny little risque joke, particularly when JB talked out to the audience, and every time he came on in a new outfit, whoops and screams, clapping along to every upbeat song. We went to the stage door for autographs and to add insult to injury while Simon Burke (who played Georges), came out and was lovely, signing autographs we were told that Mr Barrowman may not sign because of the rain and didnt want photographs taken with him. When he came out he was a bit of a misery but I have to be careful here because on another forum I was liberally told off for daring to suggest that Mr B should always be in a happy, clappy mood!
I also agree about the Jason Gardiner booing. I find the jeering over what he is saying is so offensive and the fact that sometimes his marks are the same as one of the other judges yet he still gets the jeers is beyond me.