Countdown Lookalikes?

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Robin McKay wants to set up an Aryan country, apparently. (Sorry Robin.)

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Graeme Cole in this year's Apprentice.
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Dunno how this one hasn't been mentioned yet. :)
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That's great!
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Dunno how this one hasn't been mentioned yet. :)
Cos it's just some random ginger guy. Most of us have never seen him before.

Wait - it's Ryan Taylor!
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As in this one?

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If we're just comparing Ryan to any ginger bloke who's ever existed, here is my suggestion. I would assume though, that Michelle would never let Ryan go out wearing THAT!

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This guy who was on Bargain Hunt on Friday.
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Ben Wilson wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:44 pm This guy who was on Bargain Hunt on Friday.
Good call.
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I enjoyed the Corby and told Heather to look at it and she thought you meant Jason.
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Ben Wilson wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:44 pm This guy who was on Bargain Hunt on Friday.
Fuck that's scary.
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Craig Beevers has been wreaking revenge.

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Casey, the first decoy girl on To Catch A Predator. Basically Giles in a hat.
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Mark Deeks wrote: Sun Apr 02, 2017 8:30 am Image

Casey, the first decoy girl on To Catch A Predator. Basically Giles in a hat.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Giles Hutchings making his return to international athletics, after being giving dispensation by the IAAF.


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He's not as black as that.
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That reminds me. Dylan Taylor has been using the pseudonym "Pascal Wehrlein" to pursue his F1 career.

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Mark Deeks wrote: Sat May 13, 2017 1:15 pm He's not as black as that.
The black one looks more like him...
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Before reading the post I thought it was a lookalike for Oli lmao
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Marek Larwood on today's show.
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I was thinking of using him for Callum Pickering!
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 1:46 pm I was thinking of using him for Callum Pickering!
Nah this is Pickering

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James Laverty wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 1:52 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 1:46 pm I was thinking of using him for Callum Pickering!
Nah this is Pickering

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Gevin Chapwell and Phil Alexander, the editor of Kerrang.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsBzjwnjdCY
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It was good to see Stephen Mulhern give George a good run for his money today....
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It's far from the best lookalike but NBA player Kosta Koufos always reminds of Adam Dexter. And to be honest, if that is a poor lookalike, call it karma...
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Mark Deeks wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 1:04 pm It's far from the best lookalike but NBA player Kosta Koufos always reminds of Adam Dexter. And to be honest, if that is a poor lookalike, call it karma...
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The winner of Yeovil's annual "Ken Bruce lookalike" was in the challenger's seat today.
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Young Steven Ogg, aka Trevor from Grand Theft Auto V, aka young Ted Bundy.
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Amy Benfield and this years Eurovision winner, Netta.
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Claire Conway (June 11) has an uncanny resemblance to a younger Karen Gillan.
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Oliver Garner and Croatian footballer Luka Modrić.
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Not even close. A proper lookalike is modric and gail platt from corrie. No countdown relation though.
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Cannot copy and paste pics on my computer, but was watching the show "Celebrity Money for Nothing", and one of the upcyclers, Sarah Peterson bore a striking resemblance to Ann Dibben. Google "Sarah Peterson Upcycling" and you will see what I am on about :)
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Steve Pemberton from the League of Gentlemen

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Today's challenger Chris bore a vague resemblance to the Australian Susie Dent, David Astle.
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Stephen Holford wrote: Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:09 pm Steve Pemberton from the League of Gentlemen

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That is excellent. I rarely see any of these likenesses but that is spot-on.
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Have we done early Matthew Corbett and Charlie?

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BBC's Financial reporter Simon Gompertz: An older version of Stephen Read?

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Good to see Matt Morrison at the Arsenal game.

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I like how the guy in front of Matt is skilfully using the bend in his finger to point at the guy in front of him for being blurry. Matt is not impressed by this.
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I think he's pointing at the ref.

Anyway, am I even a Countdown person? Aw, shucks.
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Here's me off my nut on ecstasy in the 1990s.

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Spotted on twitter :lol: :o

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NBA playr Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot looks like he should be standing just over mine and Graeme's shoulders.

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Mark Deeks wrote: Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:54 am Gevin Chapwell and Phil Alexander, the editor of Kerrang.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsBzjwnjdCY
Just re-seen this. Heh. It also works as a sound-a-like and a pedant-o-like.
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Andy Platt here featuring on a click-through list of people who don't look their age. Unfortunately, they meant the woman.

https://brightside.me/wonder-people/10- ... ge-360210/

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Was hard to find photos to demonstrate it (probably proving me wrong) but I've always thought that the Series 78 legend Philip Aston looks a bit like Juventus and Argentina star Paulo Dybala.

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Yet another Callum Todd sighting 8 seconds into this video (the kid at the front left of the classroom).
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Ben Wilson wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:54 pm Yet another Callum Todd sighting 8 seconds into this video (the kid at the front left of the classroom).
Our left or their left? If this was a good lookalike, I wouldn't need to ask! On the other hand, the one on their left (our right) looks like James Rowan.

Also, Conor Travers was on yesterday's Question Time (not in the Radio Times so they were lucky anyone knew it existed) at about 47:53.
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Callum Todd wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 5:57 pm Was hard to find photos to demonstrate it (probably proving me wrong) but I've always thought that the Series 78 legend Philip Aston looks a bit like Juventus and Argentina star Paulo Dybala.

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Hmm, I think Philip looks more like Dominik Koepfer

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Gavin Chipper wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2019 2:08 pmConor Travers was on yesterday's Question Time at about 47:53.
Haha, that's really good. I was kind of tired when I watched that episode (side note, it really pissed me off, such cunts everywhere) and I knew I kind of recognised that guy's face from somewhere but couldn't place it. Great work.
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As pointed out by many in aptochat

Jonathan Wynn and his slightly older doppelganger, S81 contestant Liam Bastick

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Another football themed one, this time Ned Pendleton and West Ham/Ukraine's Andriy Yarmolenko.
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Gevin on the baking show (credit to Heather).

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It's objectively poor.

The whole sweatshirt thing is good though.
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George Armstrong spotted in a Toyota forklift truck advert.
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You can tell it's George by the red t-shirt.
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