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 (!).
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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the kelly osbourne one is spot on, kate moss before the drugs was in there to, as were 50 cent and Jah Rule. Freddie Mercury looks like the man who works in my local kebab shop crossed with Borat.
Posted by: | 02/09/2008 at 13:03
Is 12 Midge Ure or Phil Collins? Or Putin?
Posted by: | 02/09/2008 at 13:33
What I don't understand is why any fucker would part with their hard earned cash to have a mange-ridden victoria beckham lookalike turn up at your door ? Do they do extras or what ?
Nonetheless:
1. One of the cheeky girls
2. Beyonce
3. Bono
4. Achmed from the Tesco 24
5. 50 cent
6. Freddie Mercury
7. Ja Rule
8. Kate Moss
9. Kelly Osbourne
10. P Diddy
11. Phil Collins
12. Robbie Williams
13. The Hoff.
Posted by: Louisehaynes | 02/09/2008 at 14:22
1 . don't know
2. don't know
3. bono
4. don't know
5. 50 cent
6. freddie mercury
7. jah rule
8. kate moss
9. kelly osbourne
10.diddy
11. phil collins
12. ah , what's he called again.....
13. david hasselhoff
Posted by: peter | 02/09/2008 at 14:26
1. Marilyn Manson
2. Aaliyah
3. Ali G
4. Craig David
5. On my computer with its poorly contrast I'm going to say a JD Sports employee using his staff discount to buy McKenzie goods
6. Freddy Mercury
7. I want him to be Sisqo
8. Kate Moss
9. She looks car sick
10. Sean 'Puff Daddy' Combs
11. My Uncle or Phil Collins
12. Bruce Lee
13. Pamela Anderson
Posted by: SAM | 02/09/2008 at 14:58
Number 12 is definitely Gavin Rosedale from Bush.
Number 8. is that hooker Eliot Spitzer was shagging.
Posted by: | 02/09/2008 at 15:22
12 is Jean Claude Van Damn.
Posted by: Joe | 02/09/2008 at 15:40
ok i've done it, please send me my prize
1. cheeky girl
2. Beyonce
3. Bono
4. Craig David
5. 50 cent
6. Freddie Mercury
7. Ja Rule
8. Kate Moss
9. Kelly Osbourne
10. P Diddy
11. Phil Collins
12. Jean claude V.D
13. The Hoffmeister.
Posted by: Joe again | 02/09/2008 at 15:42
joe , you just wrote what we wrote. dumbass
Posted by: peter | 02/09/2008 at 16:17
The hoff is easily the best, is he for REAL? Blatantly breathing in like!
Posted by: | 02/09/2008 at 17:00
Is a sober Amy Winehouse number 1?
Posted by: DeFalco | 02/09/2008 at 17:34
Just out of interest, how come the Germans have a word for 'Doppelganger'? do mirror universe doubles try to replace their innocent counterparts a lot in the tuetonic countries? And why the hell would you be proud if you looked like Kelly Osbourne? Even Sharon had extensive surgery so she wouldn't anymore...
Posted by: Interceptor | 02/09/2008 at 18:22
12 looks like dave gahan crossed with jcvd
Posted by: | 02/09/2008 at 19:16
freddie mercury?...i thought that was borat
Posted by: | 02/09/2008 at 19:37
1. AMY WINEHAUZEN
2. BEYONDSAY
3.BONER
4.SHAWN PAWL
5. FITTYSCENT
6.FREDDY MERC
7. TRENCH/NAUGHTY BY NATTURE
8.JERRY HAIRYWELL
9. OZZIE DAUGHTER
10.PEE DIDDY
11.FILL COLINS
12. HA! VAN DAMN
13.HASSELHOFF
MAN THAT'S A SAD BUNCH OF LOSERS
Posted by: 1X4 YOLANDA | 02/09/2008 at 19:44
1. heidi fleiss
2. flip wilson
3. glenn danzig
4. street magician david blaine
5. mary j. blige
6. jared from the black lips
7. marty feldman
8. jocelyn wildenstein
9. karen o
10. beetlejuice, the rapper guy
11. moby
12. rocco siffredi
13. crispin glover
Posted by: jacob goodman | 03/09/2008 at 00:23
none of them look like who they're supposed to.
number 11 looks like bob hoskins.
Posted by: tommylacroix | 03/09/2008 at 02:56
They all look like idiots!
Stupid f*cking rotten cunts.
celebrity lookalike are no job, no life ore a thing to be proud of....it`s a shame and a rotten waste of a life! Join the army and kill some ore die.
Posted by: perE | 03/09/2008 at 13:12
8. renee zellweger (of course!!!suryl not kate moss!)
3. man with orange glasses like bono (everything else isn't a look-alike)
13. the man who breath-in for 2seconds (for the
photo) (2seconds later it's 'the man with the big balloon')
Posted by: kanaane | 04/09/2008 at 09:23
7. 2pac ..?
Posted by: | 04/09/2008 at 10:32
isnt #11 supposed to be Kevin Spacey?!?
Posted by: Keyser Soze | 04/09/2008 at 11:46
Reminds me, I need to see Harmony Korine's new thang'--Mister Lonely. About celebrity impersonators living together in a commune. Yeeeah, go go.
Posted by: Martin | 04/09/2008 at 17:13
No.12 looks like Willem Dafoe trying to look like Van Damme
Posted by: mr sharp | 05/09/2008 at 17:34
whats wrong with 7's left eye?
Posted by: Spencer | 05/09/2008 at 19:28
I reckon 12 is Putin.
Posted by: Claire | 06/09/2008 at 13:32