Timothée Chalamet Look Alike Competition

Overview

Timothée Chalamet Look Alike Competition or Timothée Chalamet Lookalike Contest was a contest at Washington Square Park in New York City with a $50 cash prize for the most Chalamet-looking contestant. The event was announced in mid-September 2024, gaining viral attention in October after Chalamet sneaked into the contest, spawning viral clips and memes on X and TikTok. One of the actor's doppelgängers was arrested during the competition, which also became a viral topic on social media.

Background

On September 20th, 2024, X^[1] user @lipbalmwhore shared a photo of a flier featuring a QR code to a Timothée Chalamet look alike contest hosted by user Gilbert, set to take place in Washington Square Park on October 27th, 2024. The post (seen below) amassed over 85,000 likes and 4,200 reposts in a month.

Developments

Timothée Chalamet Crashes The Look Alike Contest

On October 27th, 2024, Chalamet crashed his own look alike contest, briefly posing for photos with his doppelgängers, some of whom dressed like the actors' memorable characters in “Wonka” and the “Dune” movies. X^[2] user @itweetabttv posted a picture showing Chalamet taking pictures with fans (seen below), writing "LMAOO TIMOTHEE CHALAMET ACTUALLY SHOWED UP TO THE TIMOTHEE CHALAMET LOOKALIKE CONTEST." The post amassed over 301,000 likes and 13,000 reposts in a few hours.

The actor's TikTok^[3] fan account @timhalchal posted a video of the moment he crashed the competition (seen below), amassing more than 183,000 likes in a few hours.

Timothée Chalamet Look alike Arrest

On October 27th, 2024, one contestant of the Timothée Chalamet look alike competition was arrested and escorted away after a heated argument with officers. The @dailymail's^[4] TikTok account posted a video of the individual's detainment (seen below), which garnered over 4 million plays and 185,000 likes in a few hours.

Online Reactions

The contest quickly spawned memes and jokes on social media about the actor's look likes and the amount of people who gathered for the competition. For example, on October 27th, 2024, X^[5] user @JD_NYC1998 posted a video of the competition (seen below), writing they "witnessed history at the Timothée Chalamet look alike contest." The post received roughly 697,000 views and 24,000 likes in a few hours.

On the same day, X^[6] user @NextBestPicture posted a clip Lisan al-Gaib clip from the Dune Part 2 film, captioning "Everyone in the crowd when Timothée Chalamet showed up to his own lookalike contest." The tweet (seen below) amassed more than 249,000 views and 13,000 likes in a few hours.

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