Ireland's Next Goofball

[[Image:|256px]] Ireland's Next Goofball Genre Reality competition Format Created by Judges Creative director Starring Voices of Composer(s) Opening theme Country of origin Ireland Original language(s) English Number of seasons 17 Number of episodes 162 Production Executive producer(s) Producer(s) Running time roughly an hour Production company(s) Broadcast Original channel The Emerald Channel Picture format 1080i (HDTV) Audio format Stereo 5.1 Surround Sound Original run 24 March 2008 – present

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Ireland's Next Goofball is an English-language Irish reality competition based on the highly successful Goofball Academy franchise.

Format

Casting calls are accepted online. Participation is only available for contestants over the age of 16.

Judges' timeline

Judge	Seasons
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
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Karen Sullivan
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Season summary

Season	Premiere	Finale	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Judges (chair order)
						1	2	3
1	24 March 2008	26 May 2008				???	???	???
2	16 March 2009	18 May 2009	Janine Crispell				???
3	22 March 2010	24 May 2010				???
4	14 March 2011	16 May 2011				???
5	19 March 2012	21 May 2012					???
6	25 March 2013	27 May 2013				???	???	???
7	24 March 2014	26 May 2014
8	16 March 2015	18 May 2015				???
9	14 March 2016	16 May 2016
10	20 March 2017	22 May 2017						???
11	12 March 2018	14 May 2018					???
12	18 March 2019	20 May 2019
13	16 March 2020	18 May 2020						???
14	22 March 2021	24 May 2021				Karen
15	14 March 2022	16 May 2022				???
16	20 March 2023	22 May 2023					Karen
17	25 March 2024	27 May 2024	Current season