{"id":2361373,"date":"2026-04-06T19:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2361373"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:30:35","slug":"a-heated-rivalry-lookalike-contest-in-washington-d-c-goes-viral-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/a-heated-rivalry-lookalike-contest-in-washington-d-c-goes-viral-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"A \u2018Heated Rivalry\u2019 Lookalike Contest in Washington D.C. Goes Viral on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since 2024, celebrity lookalike competitions<\/a> have been popping up in major cities across the globe. It all started with a Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet contest in New York City (that was even attended by the Oscar-nominated star himself), and the trend snowballed from there, spawning similar events celebrating heartthrobs like Paul Mescal, Zayn Malik, Jeremy Allen White, and more.<\/p>\n

Of course, while the actual<\/em> similarities between these contest winners and their famous subjects is often up for debate, there was no doubting the resemblance when two winners were crowned at a Heated Rivalry<\/em><\/a>-themed event held at the Wunder Garten in Washington, D.C., this past Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Since Heated Rivalry <\/em>won the hearts of millions<\/a> last winter, there have been a number of competitions<\/a> to find the best Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander lookalikes out there.<\/p>\n

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However, this weekend\u2019s D.C. contest in particular got fans buzzing, because not only did the two champions look eerily similar to actors Connor Storrie<\/a> and Hudson Williams<\/a>, but it turns out their meeting might have sparked a love story for the pair. Faux Ilya and faux Shane embraced and shared a very steamy kiss at the contest; and now, they are reportedly planning their first date<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Adapted from Rachel Reid\u2019s Game Changers<\/em> romance series, Heated Rivalry <\/em>quickly shot to the number-one spot on HBO Max this past November, when it was syndicated from the Canadian streamer Crave. Since, it has not only skyrocketed sales for Reid\u2019s books<\/a> and made Storrie and Williams household names in Hollywood, but evidently, it\u2019s bringing to life new romances across the country too. Long live the lookalike contest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.harpersbazaar.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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