They're the most coveted tickets in town but if you're not in, you can't win.

It's our favourite event of the year and never fails to put us in a festive mood so we're delighted that The Late Late Toy Show is only a few weeks away. The regional auditions drew to a close earlier this week and now host, Ryan Tubridy, has announced that you can apply for tickets to the extra special show as of today. via GIPHY Last year there were more than 140,000 applications for the Little Mermaid themed programme and a staggering 1.35 million people tuned in from couches across the country. It also went international, as people all around the world were able to tune into the iconic show on RTE Player. This year's theme has yet to be announced, but ahead of the show, Ryan expressed his excitement:

"I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am for this year’s Toy Show. I want to wish everyone the very best of luck, and who knows, I could be seeing you on the 30 of November for the most magical night of the year."

As always, tickets are allocated by a lottery system and you can apply here. Ryan was live on Facebook earlier and jokingly warned people not to ask him for the elusive golden tickets:

"So here's the deal, when you see me shopping in SuperValu don't ask me for those tickets, I don't have them. When you see me walking by the seaside, I don't have them. When you see me trying to order a pint in the public-house, I don't have them. I don't carry them, I'm sorry. Refeusal might cause offence. You gotta apply for them online."

The witty host popped in to see the Her team this week and (with some difficulty) we all managed to refrain from plaguing him with the taboo question. We are counting down the days to throw on the onesie, rally the troops (and more importantly the snacks) and settle in for the best night's entertainment of the year. You never know though, get applying for tickets now and you might be one of the lucky studio audience members. We'd honestly die happy.