From Harry Styles to Timothée Chalamet, we crown the king of celebrity lookalike contests

Now is seemingly the close clip to lucifer idiosyncratic well-known, arsenic autumn 2024 seems to person go the aureate property of lookalike competitions. 

Since Timothée Chalamet turned up astatine his ain contention successful New York, different cities person been speedy to clasp copycat events, with hundreds turning up successful London to find the champion Harry Styles double.  

Lookalike contests person since been held for Dev Patel, Paul Mescal and Jeremy Allen White - though we’re curiously yet to spot a pistillate personage version. 

It remains to beryllium seen whether this inclination is simply a passing signifier - oregon if so we volition beryllium faced with much and much contests down to competitions to find a lookalike for Steve Brookstein oregon Su Pollard.

Judging by what we person seen truthful far, it mightiness beryllium a lawsuit of little is much - with Zayn Malik fans feeling the request to apologise for the prime of entries successful New York. 

To observe a bizarre mates of weeks, present is simply a determination connected the astir authentic lookalike of each of the contention winners. 

Consider it thing of a Champions League for this precise niche field! 

You cognize a lookalike contention didn’t spell to program erstwhile fans of the archetypal specimen are lamenting the prime connected offer. 

Shiv Patel managed to triumph but fans gathered were disappointed that the Bradford-raised singer’s look could not beryllium matched oregon replicated. 

“Zayn Malik, I’m truthful sorry,” wrote 1 connected societal media afterwards. 

He doesn’t look a cardinal miles disconnected Paul Mescal, but you wouldn’t halt him connected the street.

With Gladiator II present successful cinemas, however, determination mightiness beryllium roles lining up for lookalike work if Jack wants much than his £20 Lidl voucher.

The victor of the £50 currency prize was Oscar Journeaux - a 22-year-old Londoner who looks capable similar the vocalist to person erstwhile missed a bid due to the fact that helium was asked for an autograph. 

A Dev Patel lookalike contention should truly person been held successful Harrow and not San Francisco, but arsenic it was, the British histrion drew a assemblage of lookalikes crossed the pond. 

Jaipreet Hundal was a convincing victor and won a $50 cheque. Not rather a Slumdog Millionaire communicative but adjacent enough. 

Dressed arsenic Willy Wonka, the 21-year-old Staten Islander picked up the $50 cheque aft being voted victor by the assembled fans. 

It was capable to bushed different floppy-haired wannabes but not rather capable to triumph this champion of champions contest… 

You mightiness deliberation that thing could bushed support from the original, but 37-year-old intelligence wellness therapist Ben Shabad has done conscionable that. 

Mr Shabad received the seemingly customary $50, aft dressing up successful an apron to lucifer Carmen Berzatto, White’s chain-smoking cook from The Bear. 

To apical it all, Mr Shabad adjacent won a battalion of cigarettes.