In Saudi Arabia the religious police have been ordered to tone down their control of public dress, manners, behaviour etc; Maybe some of them could be temporarily imported to keep Strictly studio audiences in order. But I doubt they would be able to get any audience to clap correctly in time to the music.

Maybe scrap the music instead and just have the audience waving one hand artistically off time?

Certainly uncross the legs of all those sitting in the front row, it looks really untidy.
And put up barriers to stop any overexcited supporters or family spilling onto the dance floor when the final result is announced.

And ban the wasteful use of glittery paper tossed down from the ceiling "in celebration" - absolute nonsense, it makes for a lot of extra work for the cleaners.

And change the glitterball to a trophy less tacky - make a pottery or bronze sculpture that would look more graceful on a mantlepiece.

And ....

And ....

signed Mabel Drabwitch-Flannel
(speaking for the large majority of viewers ...
.. well the viewers who live in her appartment block in West Worthing)

Lol, maybe I should go and live next door to Mabel Drabwitch and co, although they probably watch Countdown at full volume in the afternoon.

I'm not keen on excessive noise, but Strictly is just an entertainment programme and is supposed to be big and brash, with loud noise and outrageous costumes. So it's fine by me. There is always volume control. I'd prefer the applause to be spontaneous, but then I can see that it would present an embarrassing problem when it doesn't happen. So I can understand some prompting.

Do I feel that a foghorn voice shouting "Get in there, Neil/Kyle/Warren/etc" detracts from moment at a real competition? Well it does for me and I make no apologies for that view. If I am browsing the internet for a dance performance, I tend to look for the less loud and rather unflashy demos. But it all comes down to personal preferences.