The big day is finally here! The Late Late Toy Show 2016 airs tonight at 9.35pm on RTE One.
You'll be able to watch the programme, which is one of the most-watched television shows of the year, live on the RTE Player as well as as through the RTE Player's iOS and Android apps.
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It's been revealed that the theme of this year's show is The Jungle Book. So, we can expect great songs such as The Bare Necessities and I Wanna Be Like You to appear in the opening number, which is going to bigger and better than ever before.
"The opening sequence this year will be a big, mammoth production," says host Ryan Tubridy. "It's The Jungle Book. It's jazzy, it's brassy, it's sassy, and it's the most colourful of all the openings I can recall.
"The set's great, the music – you know the songs – you'll all be able to sing along and tap your feet. It's magnificent.!
Meanwhile, the show's producer Katherine Drohan said: “This year’s opening number is the most ambitious we have ever staged. More than 60 students from IADT Dun Laoghaire are working on special pieces to feature in the opening of the show.
Ryan says the Toy Show team has been working tirelessly:
"It is absolutely enormous. We have a small but dedicated team devoted to putting the show together and then,on the night itself, it is all hands on deck with people from all departments across RTE television getting involved.They set up the goal, running around the pitch and I hang around the goal-line waiting to nod the ball in."
"The fact that it is available to watch free across the world means that Irish emigrants get a chance to connect with their home in a way that is absolutely unique to us as a people.
"Nobody else would understand what this bonkers show is about!"
Ahead of tonight's big extravaganza, we've taken a look back at some of the best moments ever on The Late Late Toy Show.
John Joe Brennan talking about his love of clocks
When Domhnall met his hero Robbie Keane
Little Alex had us in stitches when he cycled off during his chat on stage with Ryan
Boyzone's showing off some Scalextrics in 1994
Johnny from Clare was over the moon when he met meteorologist Evelyn Cusack
When Ed Sheeran surprised Aimee and made all of her dreams come true
BOSCO!
This magical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang medley
We're still laughing about Oisín the "talking" dog. He was SO bold!
Who could forget the time Girls Aloud crashed Toby's performance of 'Jump'
Mark McSharry explained to eveyone how he gained the coveted title of "Junior Culchie of the Year"
The Late Late Toy Show airs this Friday, December 2nd at 9.35pm on RTE One.
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