Australia to host Heath Ledger and Jacob Elordi lookalike competitions amid global trend

Heath Ledger and Jacob Elordi lookalike competitions volition instrumentality spot successful Sydney and Melbourne connected Saturday arsenic the question of celebrated doppelganger contests rages on.

Australia has jumped connected the caller inclination for personage treble competitions sweeping crossed the satellite successful caller weeks, which was kickstarted by a Timothée Chalamet contest successful New York past month.

Now, Australian fans are looking to find the closest lucifer to Joker histrion Ledger - who died successful 2008 aged 28 - and Euphoria prima Elordi, 27.

The Elordi contention volition instrumentality spot astatine the State Library of Victoria successful Melbourne, with the victor scooping a $50 prize.

“Why should New York get each the fun! Melbourne is conscionable arsenic brainsick and has rats too,” a statement for the Facebook event reads.

As for Ledger, the lawsuit volition footwear disconnected astatine Camperdown Memorial Rest Park successful Sydney.

Participants volition instrumentality portion successful an “I emotion you babe singing contest,” a ‘look moody portion holding a movie camera” challenge, a Joker beat-boxing match, and a “whose brew is the coldest” game.

Organiser Patrick Verona said helium hopes to spot lookalikes dressing up arsenic Heath successful his assorted iconic movie roles.

Verona told Honi Soit helium wants costumes from Heath’s 1999 romanticist comedy, 10 Things I Hate About You, “where he’s conscionable Australian for nary reason… but he’s truthful chill that nary 1 is allowed to question him”.

He’s besides hoping for inspiration from Heath’s portrayal arsenic the Joker successful 2008’s The Dark Knight oregon arsenic a cowboy successful the 2005 Western drama, Brokeback Mountain

“Heath has specified a multiplicity of books. I truly privation to conscionable promote arsenic galore radical to participate and bring a unsocial instrumentality of Heath to the table,” helium said.

Verona added that applicants could triumph brownie points from the judging squad by “being a bully person”.

“If anyone is capable to rescue a feline from a tree, oregon assistance an aged woman with her buying crossed Camperdown Memorial Rest Park close before, that would beryllium truly good,” helium suggested.

“That’s what helium could person done, you know? Of people if idiosyncratic stages that… precise disappointing.”

Ledger was recovered dormant astatine a Manhattan flat connected January 22, 2008.

The beloved actor’s decease was ruled accidental and attributed to a premix of medicine medications including OxyContin, Vicodin, Valium, Xanax, Unisom, and Restoril.