In reply to UKC News: 'The atmosphere was a bit quiet a lot of the time, but there were plenty of people cheering them on now and then - not sure you can blame the organisers for the crowd not being vocal though?'
- I agree you can't completely blame the organisers for this, but a lot more could have been done to help the situation, for example, not once did the commentator say something along the lines of 'Come on give them some support!' Also, as there were a lot of people watching who didn't know what was going on, more should have been explained, such as making more of a deal out of the fact that Ned had to flash the last problem to win the competition - that should be enough to get the crowd going, instead it was a bit of an anti-climax.
'As for having to sit down at the front - why the heck not? I could see fine - once all the people at the rail blocking everyone elses view had sat down. And we didn't have to wait for an hour either.'
- When everyone stood at the end, I don't remember there being an issue with people being able to see. A lot of people couldn't see through the railings unfortunately and would have been far more comfortable standing up. Standing has never been an issue in previous BBC's or World Cups, so I don't see why everyone was made to sit down.
'When you say "what went wrong in the final" are you referring to the commentator implying that a competitor had toppped out, arguably causing them to stop, when they hadn't? Or do you mean the lack of vocal support, poor music and making people sit down so others could see?'
- All of the above
'I think Jon Partridge (I think?) made a point at one stage by waving his arms up and down, asking for some support.'
- That was Liam Halsey - legend
'This echoes the experience during the bouldering final at Cliffhanger'
- Same commentator