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Edinburgh Live
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Live
Gogglebox stars say 'oh my god' as fans slam Dermot O'Leary segment minutes into episode
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Gogglebox viewers were united in their dismay over a Dermot O'Leary segment on Friday (May 9), which left the Channel 4 stars visibly uncomfortable. The latest episode of the popular reality show saw the sofa critics watch Dermot's new gameshow, Silence is Golden, where a whopping £250,000 prize pot is at stake for an audience that must remain completely silent to win. However, silence comes at a price as contestants are tempted into speech by a troupe of comedians determined to elicit laughter. Throughout the series, Dermot is joined by three returning comedy captains, Katherine Ryan, Seann Walsh and Fatiha El-Ghorri. While watching the show on Friday, the Gogglebox cast were stunned when an elderly woman appeared on screen completely naked, in an effort to make the audience speak, reports Wales Online. Amani Rota couldn't hold back her shock, exclaiming "Oh my god!" while her sister Amira watched on in horror. Shirley Griffiths was bewildered, asking "What is that?" only for her husband, Dave, to clarify: "It's a naked woman, isn't it?" "Oh no!" said Umar Siddiqui, while Amira shared: "I'd be shouting!" Audience members at home echoed the sentiment, flocking to X (formerly Twitter) to express their revulsion. One viewer expressed their outrage, posting: "Oh my gosh! She's naked. That is filth! Why, just why would you do it and why would it be shown on TV on any show. Ugh!" while another disgruntled fan commented: "This #SilenceIsGolden is absolutely stupid." A third viewer couldn't help but express their amusement, remarking: "How are they keeping silent with that naked granny in their face!" Meanwhile, another fan said: "That show looks hilarious. Gotta watch it after this." Silence is Golden premiered on U and U&Dave on Monday (May 5) to mixed reviews from critics. While The Guardian praised the show as having "good, clean, harmless fun," The i Paper was less impressed, labelling it "embarrassingly unfunny". Ahead of its launch, Dermot voiced his enthusiasm in a statement, saying: "I'm so looking forward to Silence is Golden. When a show like this falls into your lap, you can't quite believe your luck. "Looking forward to having lots of fun with the audience, our comedians and assorted cast of regulars, all trying to make the audience laugh, gasp and giggle." Gogglebox airs on Channel 4 and Silence is Golden airs on U and U&Dave
Wales Online
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Gogglebox fans issue complaint about Dermot O'Leary segment as Channel 4 stars left squirming
Gogglebox fans issue complaint about Dermot O'Leary segment as Channel 4 stars left squirming Gogglebox viewers were left speechless as the Channel 4 stars tuned into Dermot O'Leary's new gameshow on Friday night Gogglebox fans issue complaint about Dermot O'Leary segment as Channel 4 stars left squirming Gogglebox fans issued the same complaint about a Dermot O'Leary segment on Friday (May 9) as the Channel 4 stars were left squirming. During the latest instalment of the hit reality series, the armchair critics tuned into Dermot's new gameshow, Silence is Golden. The series sees £250,000 up for grabs for a studio audience to share between themselves - but they have to ensure they remain silent. While watching the show, the Gogglebox cast were stunned when an elderly woman appeared on screen completely naked, in an effort to make the audience speak. "Oh my god!" the stars screamed, while legions of viewers quickly took to X (formerly Twitter) to share their disgust. Article continues below "Oh my gosh! She's naked. That is filth! Why, just why would you do it and why would it be shown on TV on any show. Ugh!" one person wrote, with another adding: "This #SilenceIsGolden is absolutely stupid." This is a breaking showbiz story and is being constantly updated. Please refresh the page regularly to get the latest news, pictures and videos. You can also get email updates on the day's biggest stories straight to your inbox by signing up for our newsletters
The Guardian
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Silence is Golden review – Katherine Ryan would definitely kill your dog for cash
Well, here's a tricksy little proposition! What happens when you give a television studio audience a prize pot of £250,000 to share equally among themselves, then tell them that all they've got to do to get it is remain silent (any words, gasps, laughs, exclamations will lose them £5,000 or £10,000, depending on the size of the transgression) while the show throws various acts at them precisely designed to elicit such responses? You get Silence is Golden, that's what – an unexpectedly entertaining, unexpectedly nerve-jangling foray into the repression of all natural instincts in the face of relentless temptation. Presenter duties are in the safe hands of Dermot O'Leary, who both introduces the guests (the main ones in the episode available for review are comedians Katherine Ryan, Seann Walsh and Fatiha El-Ghorri) and tries to trick the audience – who are individually miked and being monitored on cameras – into making the usual whoops and cheers that typically accompany such a show. Is it a rip off of Prime Video's hit Last One Laughing (comedians trying to make each other laugh in front of Jimmy Carr), the UK's adaptation of Documental, the Japanese hit created by Hitoshi Matsumoto? Or is it a wholly coincidental invention arising from our universal understanding that an injunction against laughing in church is the fastest way to ensure we do just that? We may never know. Australian comic, singer and drag artist Reuben Kaye is the first challenge to the audience's quarter-of-a-million-pound crown, and his act is near the knuckle enough on several occasions (he says 'My erection is audible' as he stands in front of a handsome bloke who does very well to keep his counsel) to draw £30,000 worth of gasps and laughs). He also identifies the weak link – possibly the weakest link there's ever been in the history of gameshows – in the audience. That weak link is called Will. Will likes to laugh. Will, it becomes clearer and clearer, was born to laugh. If you concentrate on making him laugh, he will laugh. If you concentrate your attentions elsewhere, he will laugh. He costs the audience a fortune. They are – silently, but very powerfully – livid. Dermot wonders if they should start looking for a security escort to take him home. Will laughs. Will shouldn't. Fortunately, the group's focus is pulled from this threat to their finances by a new set of villains: those who shout out in response to Dermot's offers of cash and gifts to enrich themselves personally at the expense of the group's pot. Absolutely fiendish. Chief fiend is Lorenzo, who does it multiple times and looks unfazed by his decisions and the fact that if looks could kill, he would have been bleeding out in the aisle before he had finished the first 'Yes, please!' and pocketed the inaugural £200. I haven't seen the like since Nasty Nick made his move 25 years ago (yes, sorry) in the first series of Big Brother. It's quite thrilling in a way. A way that suggests I need to get out more, or that the next series of Traitors needs to hurry up and get here because I have appetites that need slaking. Ryan does some comedy, but her main turn is threatening a couple's dog. The couple remain silent, knowing there is no chance that a TV production will let anything happen to their pet. I mean no disrespect to the mighty Ryan here, but I have absolutely no doubt that if the cameras were not there, or if Ryan's own personal finances were involved, that dog would be in a sandwich the moment the first £5,000 was lost. The final segment identifies the strongest (Deborah) and the weakest (Will, obviously) performer in the audience and one is randomly selected to face the final challenge – but it's Will. The remaining prize money is frozen and he will win or lose it all for the group if he can just survive one minute of jokes-and-anything-else-that-might-work onslaught from previous acts. No spoilers, but Lorenzo – you'd better start sleeping with one eye open. I'm not a big fan of the bit where they bring on a naked old lady to try to winkle out laughs or exclamations of disgust as she makes her way into the audience, but other than that it's all good, clean, harmless fun. Probably. No, I'm sure Lorenzo will be fine. Silence is Golden is on U&Dave
Scottish Sun
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Inside Dermot O'Leary's new show Silence is Golden – which left him frustrated and filming lasting hours over blunder
The show's start has been confirmed - and it's sooner than you think golden rule Inside Dermot O'Leary's new show Silence is Golden – which left him frustrated and filming lasting hours over blunder Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) DERMOT O'Leary's brand new show is worlds away from This Morning's iconic sofa or The X Factor. The telly favourite, 51, recorded his brand new game show Silence Is Golden last year. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 2 Silence is Golden launches this Monday on U&Dave Credit: UKTV 2 Dermot O'Leary hosts the new game show which sees contestants win money if they stay completely silent Credit: Rex Dermot hosts as the audience have one simple task - remain absolutely silent. Each participant is mic'ed up while they're seated with highly-sensitive tech that can pick up even the faintest peep. Throughout the show, a series of well-known comedians appear on stage, hoping to leave the audience in fits of laughter with their jokes - and the £250,000 jackpot prize at zero. Dermot filmed the U&Dave series last July, in the midst of hosting This Morning's summer edition with Alison Hammond. Six episodes of the new show were recorded, each 60-minutes in duration and kick off on Monday, May 5th. Before the episodes were filmed, a pilot was recorded as a test run. The run-through was plagued with technical issues, leaving bosses scrambling behind-the-scenes. Each participant had to wear a rather uncomfortable headset microphone, which felt more like a metal hanger on your head. I know because I sat in the audience at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, watching it all unfold. As the show got underway, an adjudicator would sit and monitor noise levels from each mic during each individual performance from the funny faces. This Morning star accused of 'looking SO bored' as Ferne McCann talks about new Dancing On Ice series It would then be decided how many decibels were recorded and what cash would dwindle as a result. The sensitivity issues with the mics left the crew visibly frustrated, and some frowns in the audience as the segments had to be restarted. During the first part of the night, a large chunk of the prize pot had been wiped out over apparent fails, which were disputed by crew and the audience. Even Dermot O'Leary looked like his patience was wearing thin at times, though after almost three decades in telly, was ever the pro and continued with the pilot. After what felt like a 24-hour marathon, the show eventually got on the road and things started to run smoothly, apart from the irritating metal contraption keeping my microphone in place. Each episode of Silence is Golden will feature three returning celebrity captains - Katherine Ryan, Seann Walsh and Fatiha El-Ghorri. The show is natural laugh-out-loud comedy and great fun, and Dermot's energy and warmth takes it to a new level.
The Sun
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Inside Dermot O'Leary's new show Silence is Golden – which left him frustrated and filming lasting hours over blunder
DERMOT O'Leary's brand new show is worlds away from This Morning's iconic sofa or The X Factor. The telly favourite, 51, recorded his brand new game show Silence Is Golden last year. 2 2 Dermot hosts as the audience have one simple task - remain absolutely silent. Each participant is mic'ed up while they're seated with highly-sensitive tech that can pick up even the faintest peep. Throughout the show, a series of well-known comedians appear on stage, hoping to leave the audience in fits of laughter with their jokes - and the £250,000 jackpot prize at zero. Dermot filmed the U&Dave series last July, in the midst of hosting This Morning's summer edition with Alison Hammond. Six episodes of the new show were recorded, each 60-minutes in duration and kick off on Monday, May 5th. Before the episodes were filmed, a pilot was recorded as a test run. The run-through was plagued with technical issues, leaving bosses scrambling behind-the-scenes. Each participant had to wear a rather uncomfortable headset microphone, which felt more like a metal hanger on your head. I know because I sat in the audience at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, watching it all unfold. As the show got underway, an adjudicator would sit and monitor noise levels from each mic during each individual performance from the funny faces. This Morning star accused of 'looking SO bored' as Ferne McCann talks about new Dancing On Ice series It would then be decided how many decibels were recorded and what cash would dwindle as a result. The sensitivity issues with the mics left the crew visibly frustrated, and some frowns in the audience as the segments had to be restarted. During the first part of the night, a large chunk of the prize pot had been wiped out over apparent fails, which were disputed by crew and the audience. Even Dermot O'Leary looked like his patience was wearing thin at times, though after almost three decades in telly, was ever the pro and continued with the pilot. After what felt like a 24-hour marathon, the show eventually got on the road and things started to run smoothly, apart from the irritating metal contraption keeping my microphone in place. Each episode of Silence is Golden will feature three returning celebrity captains - Katherine Ryan, Seann Walsh and Fatiha El-Ghorri. The show is natural laugh-out-loud comedy and great fun, and Dermot's energy and warmth takes it to a new level.
