Doppelganger Week On Facebook: What Celebrity Do I Look Like?

by Yuliya Talmazan | January 29, 2010 at 04:38 pm

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It is Doppelganger Week on Facebook and it has many people wondering, "What celebrity do I look like?" You can use a celebrity look alike generator to find out. Users are asked to change their profile picture to someone famous that they have been told they look like. The word "doppelganger" comes from German and stands for the double or look-alike of a person. It is not clear who initiated this new Facebook meme, but some sources say Bob Patel is the man behind the Doppelganger Week. Who started Doppelganger Week?

The basic premise is that everyone has been told at least once in their lifetime that they resemble a celebrity. Nonetheless, people seem to be slow to pick this one up, perhaps because of the potential narcissistic undertones and a lack of any cause that goes with it. Some people also seem to be stumped about what celebrity they really look like.

The campaign message reads:

It's Doppelgänger week on Facebook; change your profile picture to someone famous (actor, musician, athlete, etc.) you have been told you look like. After you update your profile with your twin or switched at birth photo then cut/paste this to your status.

The most recent successful viral trend on Facebook was the bra colour status updates to raise awareness about breast cancer. The trend picked up very quickly and left many men perplexed over the colour updates, as only women were targeted and informed.

It remains to be seen if the doppelganger effect will outcompete the bra colour campaign.

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at 17:40 on January 29th, 2010

I do not look like anyone famous.

sqwee (not verified)

at 00:47 on February 3rd, 2010

a legit place that has it: redropes.com streams fast..didn't give me a virus or anything which is rare

296 (not verified)

at 16:36 on January 30th, 2010

i don't look like anyone famous either. i did one of those celebrity generators and the thing said i looked like rick james. i'm a girl and anybody can clearly see that. what a piece of crap.

giddy (not verified)

at 05:41 on February 4th, 2010

hahahaha Rick James bitch!

jlvg (not verified)

at 11:51 on January 31st, 2010

Everyone tells me i look like Kristen Stewart, so i changed my profile pic to the one my friend picked and even she got confused about if it was me. :P

laureng (not verified)

at 18:03 on February 1st, 2010

weird, i am also told i look like kristen stewart lol maybe we look alike

jrob (not verified)

at 08:48 on March 23rd, 2010

me 2!

WaltzingMatilda

at 16:58 on January 31st, 2010

Didn't even know about this one, the bra colour one was very popular. But this one, seems slow. Might check it out :)

Nancy_GraceKelly (not verified)

at 18:50 on January 31st, 2010

The look alike generators usually come up with men's pictures for me as well, but it's because the generators don't care if you're a male or female, they just have dimensions of noses and mouths, etc and everyone I know who smiles and shows their teeth usually comes up with men's pictures.

dakotatent (not verified)

at 18:55 on January 31st, 2010

Stupid

sebastien (not verified)

at 08:21 on February 1st, 2010

Find out who is your celebrity doppelganger through MyHeritage's cool web application. It evengives you a percentage of resemblance! www.doppelgangerweek.com Enjoy

Donna Balkan (not verified)

at 10:35 on February 1st, 2010

I have been told I look like Bette Midler for more than 20 years, so Doppleganger Week is a wonderful opportunity for me to transform myself into one of my favourite stars. I changed my profile picture to a glammed-up photo of Bette and got a comment from a longtime friend -- who had obviously not read my status update -- which said "Great picture -- you look like Bette Midler. What was the occasion?" To which I responded "It IS Bette Midler - it's Doppleganger week!" This is really fun and it's exciting to be Bette for a week....

it sucks (not verified)

at 13:04 on February 1st, 2010

it's innacurate and doesn't even recognize the face in most of my pictures.

Momma_U (not verified)

at 14:40 on February 1st, 2010

All it showed for my look-alike was Elton John ... hellooooo ... I'm a girl and obviously a girl. I didn't post a picture and don't intend to.

lee ann (not verified)

at 14:09 on February 2nd, 2010

someone told me some time ago that i looked like lisa "left eye" lopez; i'll take that she was cute.

Jay Jay (not verified)

at 14:45 on February 2nd, 2010

Everything about that doppleganger thing is stupid

roy buchanan (not verified)

at 11:41 on March 6th, 2010

i look like fucking elephant man

King George (not verified)

at 14:49 on February 2nd, 2010

The look a like generators are stupid and make matches when you dont even look like the celebrity it says you are.....all i got 2 say is STUPID!!!!!!!

Jay Jay (not verified)

at 14:53 on February 2nd, 2010

There u go "King George"!?!?

Bruno Gehard (not verified)

at 16:47 on February 2nd, 2010

Vassup!? Being uber-famous is the new coolest thing. Ist thinks everybody should have a celebrity profile pic. Angelina's got one, Madonna's got one, now Bruno's got one.

postin (not verified)

at 19:50 on February 4th, 2010

this celebrity look alike generator worked the best for mefacebookceleblookalike.blogspot.com/ it worked really fast and gave 12 results

ddddddddddd (not verified)

at 14:19 on February 9th, 2010

its cool if it works for you it works for some but its all over the place, it said i looked like magic johnson then some supermodel chick and some guy named freddy prienze so i think its stupid