Maura Higgins Leads The Line-Up For Late Late Christmas Special

Love Island star Maura Higgins has revealed she is set to appear as a guest on this evening’s Late Late Show.

The Longford native took to Instagram on Friday evening and shared a picture of herself on the festive looking set of the longest-running chat show in Ireland.

In the shot, Maura pouts for the camera, wearing a stunning cream and black blazer dress.

‘Tonight @latelaterte,’ the 33-year-old shared.

The show will be the Christmas special as there will be no edition of the show next week – December 22.

Going by Maura’s snap, the studio has gotten a festive overhaul, with a Christmas tree and wreath among the decorations erected for the show.

A screen behind her shows the new Late Late Show logo, which has gotten a revamp for the night that’s in it, with a Santa hat sitting on top.

It’s been a big year for Maura who returned to Love Island — that is the US version as the Social Host.

After impressing bosses with her work, Maura then migrated over to fulfil social media duties for the Love Island Games.

Last week’s helping of the show saw viewership drop to 395,000, with 131,000 tuning out throughout the programme.

An RTÉ spokesman said: ‘Friday night’s Late Late Show was watched by an average audience of 395,000 on RTÉ One and RTÉ One+1 – with 32% of the available audience watching on RTÉ One.’

In previous years, the Late Late Show has typically taken a two week hiatus over the Christmas period, with new host Patrick Kielty making changes to that this year.

The Down native will host his very own New Year’s Eve party on RTÉ One on December 31.

The special episode kicks off at 10.15pm on New Year’s Eve and will run for 90 minutes, featuring an array of famous faces reflecting on their year.

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