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Keelan Tiernan (10) and Dylan Bowe (10) from Dublin with Roy Keane at The Late Late Toy Show 2025. Andres Poveda
Toy Show
Audiences from some 137 countries tuned into The Late Late Toy show on RTÉ Player
Over 1.7 million people watched across live and repeat TV broadcasts.
AUDIENCES FROM SOME 137 countries tuned into The Late Late Toy Show on the RTÉ Player.
A record 642,000 streams have been amassed on the RTÉ Player from countries including Bolivia, Lesotho, Nepal, Mauritius, Liechtenstein, Zambia, Guatemala, Iceland and Paraguay.
Meanwhile, the Grinch-inspired Toy Show has been watched by 1.7 million people across the live show and repeat broadcasts on RTÉ One and RTÉ One +1.
The 50th edition of the Toy Show also had an audience share of 78% on Friday night.
Elsewhere, RTÉ also pointed to the social media footprint of the Toy Show, with more than 36 million video views and 2.8 million engagements across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Lewis Capaldi and Shane Lowry also had surprise video messages.
Capaldi invited Keelan and his best friend Dylan to be VIP guests when he comes to perform in Marlay Park next year, while Lowry invited Declan to spend the day with him at the Amgen Irish Open next year.
Declan’s only delighted with himself 🥹
— The Late Late Toy Show (@RTELateLateShow) December 5, 2025
Thanks @ShaneLowryGolf ❤️ #LateLateToyShow pic.twitter.com/8lMPb58f2M
Meanwhile, the Toy Show Appeal has reached €4.6 million.
Last Friday’s Toy Show also marked the first time Audio Description was available live on RTÉ One during the broadcast.
Irish Sign Language (ISL) was also available live on Friday night on the RTÉ News Channel and RTÉ Player.
Host Patrick Kielty said that last Friday’s show was “pure joy from start to finish and I loved every second of it”.
He added that the “real stars were the children, who brought the house down with their talent, their toy demos and their personalities”
He also praised the audience for raising €4.6 million for the Toy Show Appeal.
“It’s just staggering and it will change lives across Ireland,” said Kielty.
“So thank you for making it magical, even if I’ll be scrubbing green paint until next Christmas!”
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