After sneaking artist lookalikes into the ARIA Awards last year, this year triple j Breakfast hosts Ben & Liam (Ben Harvey and Liam Stapleton) levelled up and sent in their own reasonably convincing body doubles, Callum and Luke, who even managed to fool their radio co-workers Zan Rowe and Gemma Pike.
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See, there Zan is, giving fake Liam a biiiiiiig hug as she mentions it’s his second ARIAs.
Image source: Instagram / @benandliam.
And then the lads hoed in on the complimentary grog, because that is what one DOES at these events. Meanwhile, the actual Ben & Liam were at home, watching it all go down on the telly, eating pizza – the best way to watch the ARIAs in these storms tbh.
Image source: Instagram / @benandliam.
Image source: Instagram / @benandliam.
It’s all in Ben & Liam’s Instagram stories, but here’s some highlights:
75% of voters thought they’d make it in easy – and they were right.
Image source: Instagram / @benandliam.
Image source: Instagram / @benandliam.
But they done goofed when press asked them very specific questions about the real Liam Stapleton’s toe tattoos, ‘David Toey’ and ‘Kurt Toebain’:
Image source: Instagram / @benandliam.
The doppelgängers themselves are posting from inside the Awards rn too, and they frothed those performances from Amy Shark and Kasey Chambers too.
Image source: Instagram / @benandliam.
Image source: Instagram / @benandliam.
Image source: Instagram / @benandliam.
Ben & Liam ended the night with a pizza-filled message, saying that they’re “proud” of their lookalikes: “Cheers for the night in.”
Image source: Instagram / @benandliam.
If you don’t remember Ben & Liam’s gag last year: they sent in lookalikes for Kevin Parker/Tame Impala, Adam Hyde from Peking Duk and Meg Mac. And they got away with it too right up until the actual musicians turned up.
Well played, lads, well played.
