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TV3 Toy Show

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Country of origin
  
Ireland

Original network
  
TV3 (Ireland)

Network
  
TV3

Original language(s)
  
English

First episode date
  
November 2013

Language
  
English

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Presented by
  
Alan Hughes (2013) Karen Koster & Brian McFadden (2014) Maria Walsh & Brian Ormond (2015) Lucy Kennedy & Dustin the Turkey (2016)

Location(s)
  
TV3 Sony HD Studio, Ballymount, Dublin 24, Ireland

Original release
  
November 2013 – present

Cast
  
Brian McFadden, Karen Koster, Lucy Kennedy, Alan Hughes

Similar
  
Ireland AM, The Late Late Toy Show, The 7 O'Clock Show, Who's Doing the Dishes?, 3News Ireland

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TV3 Toy Show is an annual, special one off programme airing annually on Ireland's TV3 near the end of November or early-December, the TV3 Toy Show prominently features the popular toys of the year that are showcased before the oncoming Holiday season as presented by the presenters and demonstrated by various children on-stage, along with appearances by celebrity guests. The show is hosted by different presenters each year, and is a direct competitor to RTÉ One's The Late Late Toy Show.

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Origin

In the mid-2000s TV3's morning show, Ireland AM, began an annual Toy Show special the morning of the Late Late Toy Show, which airs on rival channel RTÉ One. It was largely presented by Ireland AM regular Alan Hughes.

History

In 2013 TV3 decided to produce their own prime time version of The Toy Show. The first edition was call The Christmas Toy Show. It was presented by Ireland AM presenter Alan Hughes. Airing from 8pm to 10pm the show clashed with RTÉ's Late Late Toy Show for half an hour. The first edition had 352,000 viewers.

In 2014 TV3 decided to give the presenting role to a different person. Announcing that Xpose regular Karen Koster & former Westlife boy band member Brian McFadden would present the show. This edition was called the Showpal Toy Show, and was used to promote TV3's new Showpal app. The show aired one week before The Late Late Toy Show and had 472,100 viewers. It was presented from the RDS in Dublin.

In 2015 the series return to TV3 studios. This time it was presented by the Rose of Tralee 2014 Maria Walsh & presenter Brian Ormond. Again, the show aired a week before rival show The Late Late Toy Show. It had just 264,000 viewers.

In 2016 the show will be presented by Lucy Kennedy and Dustin the Turkey. It will also be shown on 2 December at 8pm, the same day as the Late Late Toy Show.

References

TV3 Toy Show Wikipedia