I love “professional” celebrity lookalikes. I don’t really know if they are
as bad in other parts of the world, but here in the UK they are seriously shit. I find
the people who do this as a profession slightly disturbing and
fascinating in equal measures. They are often obsessed with the
celebrity they think they look like and grow to almost believe they are that person. When I first see them standing there with a
smug beaming smile, basking in the attention of the onlookers,
proudly thrusting their resemblance to someone famous in our faces, I
can’t help but hate them slightly. I sometimes find it slightly
uncomfortable to look at them. To me they usually just resemble their
celebrity doppelgänger after the effects of a degenerative disease or a drug
addiction. It’s almost like a really weird performance art where we are
reminded about the dangers of AIDS, cancer and various other
afflictions.
Below are some celebrity lookalikes that you can currently book for appearances and pay real actual money for (!).
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They are all from the same agency. See if you can guess who is who. They are all pretty well-known. Anyone who manages to get them all will win something roughly 12 times more amazing than a signed copy of Kerry Katona’s latest book (as impossible as that may sound). We will reveal the answers on Friday.
UPDATE: Answers are now in the comments section.
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