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Toy Show Tickets

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  • #2
    Tzardine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,884 ✭✭✭Tzardine


    Ssssssh !

    Dont tell people. Less chance of getting tickets !

    ;)


  • #3
    messrs
    Registered Users Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭messrs


    Thanks OP, have applied, fingers crossed :)


  • #4
    kitten_k
    Registered Users Posts: 6,046 ✭✭✭kitten_k


    Apply every year with no luck, hopefully this year will be more successful


  • #5
    AG123
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭AG123


    I applied too!! Oh I would love to be picked!


  • #6
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    I came on to post the same link!

    Just applied myself this morning. Best to luck to everyone who applied! If I don't get tickets I really hope someone on here gets some :)


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  • #7
    gidget
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭gidget


    Interesting how news travels fast :) I posted a status up on fb last night to tip my friends off about it as I had remembered the application date was October & was just coming on here to post it here too. Anywhoo my application has just gone in anyways, so fingers crossed!!!


  • #8
    CarrieAnne
    Registered Users Posts: 630 ✭✭✭CarrieAnne


    Thank you for sharing... my first year ever applying!


  • #9
    Sunny Dayz
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Sunny Dayz


    Thanks OP, have applied. Fingers crossed.


  • #10
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,691 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    They really want you to whore yourself out, I mean - show your talents. They're not looking for people to sit passively and lap up all the gifts and goodies. I've been through this before and almost had tickets but wasn't willing to do a party piece on national TV...


  • #11
    Larianne
    Registered Users Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    They really want you to whore yourself out, I mean - show your talents. They're not looking for people to sit passively and lap up all the gifts and goodies. I've been through this before and almost had tickets but wasn't willing to do a party piece on national TV...

    What do you mean almost had tickets?!


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  • #12
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Larianne wrote: »
    What do you mean almost had tickets?!

    They offered him tickets to dance monkey boy dance... but he refused :pac:


  • #13
    kitten_k
    Registered Users Posts: 6,046 ✭✭✭kitten_k


    When do you find out if you got tickets?


  • #14
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    kitten_k wrote: »
    When do you find out if you got tickets?

    Last Year the applications date closed around the 8th of November and all the successful applicants found out by the 13th of November. So a bit of a wait yet!


  • #15
    hdowney
    Registered Users Posts: 12,921 ✭✭✭✭hdowney


    dem tickets be MINE!


  • #16
    washiskin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,360 ✭✭✭washiskin


    Application in! Not a snowballs chance of getting them so I had a bit of fun with the form. :) O/h might not be amused with being referred to as a reformed Ebeneezer though..... :D


  • #17
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,244 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Yeah I applied but put down 'no' for the party piece bit...so no chance of tickets then :(


  • #18
    delw
    Registered Users Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭delw


    Applied but put my wifes name down for the crack,imagine she got a phone call to say she won tickets ha


  • #19
    Larianne
    Registered Users Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    There was a piece on the lunchtime news about the ticket application open and how last year there was something like 40,000 applications for 200 ticket lottery.
    Not sure how much of a lottery it is if they ask you all those questions.


  • #20
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    I firmly expect next year they'll make the 40,000 audition ala Xfactor for the tickets haha :pac:


  • #21
    miss no stars
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭miss no stars


    Aww it's a shame they base it on party piece, I said I hadn't a clue what I'd do. Did say I would participate in audience games though? I'll have to develop a talent for next year. Still, fingers crossed.

    Tabnabs, did they really offer them contingent on saying you'd do a party piece?


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  • #22
    touts
    Registered Users Posts: 6,432 ✭✭✭touts


    When was the last time someone from the audience actually performed a party piece on the show? There might be some messing with the toys etc but singing or dancing or performing a magic trick? With 40,000 applications for 200 places (basically 100 pairs of tickets) on a taxpayer funded station giving away several hundred euro worth of stuff it really should be a raffle or at least make it very clear it is some sort of a creative writing fiction contest about how you would recite "''twas the night before christmas" to the tune of Jingle bells while dancing The Nutcracker.


  • #23
    iglipigle
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭iglipigle


    It is said on the application form that:

    Section 2: Who are the tickets for?
    PLEASE FILL IN THE DETAILS BELOW Please note: persons under the age of 18 will not be admitted

    is toy show mainly for the Children?


  • #24
    hdowney
    Registered Users Posts: 12,921 ✭✭✭✭hdowney


    The only children who attend are the performers. The Late Late audience has NEVER admitted anyone under the age of 18.


  • #25
    gumgum1
    Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭gumgum1


    Hi all anyone know when we find out if we won tickets to the toy show thanks


  • #26
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Loughc wrote: »
    Last Year the applications date closed around the 8th of November and all the successful applicants found out by the 13th of November. So a bit of a wait yet!

    Last year it was the 13th of November. Could be the same again this year.


  • #27
    KonFusion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 2,588 Mod ✭✭✭✭KonFusion


    How many tickets do they issue you with if you win? Not interested in going on my own.


  • #28
    touts
    Registered Users Posts: 6,432 ✭✭✭touts


    KonFusion wrote: »
    How many tickets do they issue you with if you win? Not interested in going on my own.

    Two tickets to everyone drawn. That means just over 100 people will get picked out of the tens of thousands who apply so I wouldn't be stressing about going until you get a phone all or email from them.


  • #29
    tomboylady
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭tomboylady


    I applied, doesn't hurt to apply. Don't imagine I'll be getting any calls!!


  • #30
    Sunny Dayz
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Sunny Dayz


    As they say... "if you're not in, you can't win!"


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  • #31
    StripedBoxers
    Registered Users Posts: 5,112 ✭✭✭StripedBoxers


    Anyone know what date the show is on TV? Can't seem to find out anywhere.


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