The BBBOTS audience ...

Sometimes I know THEIR faces more than the faces of the "celebrity guests" on the panel (and indeed way more than I knew of some of the "celebrity" HMs entering the house).

There seems to be the same old faces time after time and I wanted to ask you who know such things: how do the same people get into the audience so regularly?

I remember on this forum reading that people have to apply for tickets to be in the audience. Surely more than this handful want to be in the audience given the location and the (still) popularity of the show? So how comes these same people are there all the time?

I always think this!!
There's one guy looks like a chipmunk, claps like a seal. He's there constantly. I find myself watching him whenever the cameras in his direction. He's so animated! So off putting

Surely Glasses man, has to be the most famous of them all

paint brush boy and taxi driver man are regulars too.

The celebs who go . On hardly get a look in. I .miss the old days where the panel mattered.
That audience is like spot the non freak .
You can't even watch a segment and gear what the person is saying cause rylan will interrupt them mid sentence to refer to the audience or himself.
The whole show is a look at me and the audience shereade

I think they should have had all-audience panels on the Sunday BOTS.
Actually give the fans a chance to talk.

Just been on Glasses mans website I got a feeling the regulars could actually at least be preplanned to have so many appearances.

He is down on his website as. Guest Speaker on BBBOTS not an audience member

I always assume they live just round the corner and to be honest I would not want to appear in that audience.

Paul was on the Panel last series, so I guess he's right to call himself Guest Speaker

He also appeared on a task in last Summers civilian BB if my memory serves me right.

They mingle with Rylan/Emma before the show (some of them have become social 'friends' of them!) and get to know them and the people who run it. It's a very 'matey' situation. Those who behave and scream as desired and turn up regularly (they've had to fill some seats with crew members in the past) no doubt get handed tickets for future shows.

I'll bet the number actually available to new members of the public is very few, in the single digits. Some shows will be fully booked in advance no doubt.