Six men will be competing to take the top spot from last year's winner.
Six men will be battling to become Ireland's most eligible bachelor this weekend.
Louis Walsh, Anne Doyle, Pippa O'Connor and Brian Ormond will choose the 2023 Westmeath Bachelor of the Year when the event returns to the Mullingar Arts Centre on Saturday.
Contestants will showcase their talents for the star-studded lineup of judges, in a bid to take the crown from last year's winner, Bryan Murphy.
One of those is Killucan's James Doyle, known as the face of the social media "Protein Bor" trend - he says he has a trick up his sleeve:
Speaking on Midlands Today with Will Faulkner, Event Manager for the festival Tom Nally, host Shane Barkey and Bachelor hopeful John Carroll, say they are so impressed with how things have been going so far: