Letterkenny’s Kelley Higgins to star on Late Late Show New Year’s Eve special

Letterkenny woman and Traitors Ireland winner Kelley Higgins will ring in 2026 as a guest on the Late Late Show New Year’s Eve special.

Kelley and fellow winners Vanessa Ogbonna and Oyin Adeyemi will join host Patrick Kielty in the last Late Late Show of the year on Wednesday, December 31. There will be music from David Gray, Lyra, Gavin James and Cliffords, with a special performance by Sharon Shannon with the show’s house band and other musicians. The show will then go live to Dublin Castle for a live countdown to the New Year, with music by band Inhaler.

23-year-old DCU Business Graduate Kelley kept her eyes on the prize as a faithful on RTÉ’s hit reality show. She shared a total prize fund of €42,900 with Vanessa and Oyin, securing a comfortable €14,300 for herself.

Kelley was among the 24 players who entered Slane Castle, where three traitors were chosen by host Siobhán McSweeney in the first episode.

Each day, the group embarked on missions as they worked together to add more money to the potential prize pot of €50,000, which stood at €42,900 for the final.

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Then, at the evening round table, the contestants would debate and then vote off who they believed were traitors, with mixed results at best. The traitors were also permitted to murder some hopefuls and thus eliminate them from the game. In the final, only two traitors and three faithfuls remained, meaning a series of votes until one team remained.

The Late Late New Year’s Eve Show will air at 10:25pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.