Ranking 16 Love Islanders who look exactly like other contestants, as fans compare Harry to winner Tom Clare
Love Island kicked off its 12th season last night, and while a lot of people were caught up with the new dating twist, bombshell Toni's arrival and the Villa's hammock addition, one thing many viewers couldn't get over was how similar new Islander Harry Cooksley looks to All Stars winner Tom Clare.
During the episode, X (formerly known as Twitter) was filled with people memeing the pair, saying how much they look like twins. And they're not wrong, they literally look identical, we're half convinced Tom has gone in for round three undercover.
And this isn't the first time the show has seen contestants who have been doppelgängers of each other, and no, we're not talking about actual twins Jess and Eve Gale. Over the years there's been many times when fans have thought the producers have done a 'copy and paste' job on the Islanders.
So who has looked the most similar over the years? Well here's our official ranking of the most similar Love Island lookalikes.
All the way back in season five, following Arabella's short stint on the show, fans were convinced she had returned undercover as new bombshell Francesca Allen, with Twitter full of people claiming Arabella had just come in in a wig.
While they do have somewhat of a similar look, we reckon it's mainly their teeth that had fans comparing the pair.
Clarisse was a season seven Casa Amor bombshell who made her mark in the villa during her short stay by briefly coupling up with Tyler and putting a temporary end to Tyler and Kaz.
When Ella entered the Villa as part of the OG lineup in season eight, many fans couldn't help but compare the two thanks to their exact same centre parting, razor sharp dark hair and perfect teeth.
A new comparison for this season, everyone has been talking about how similar season 12 Islander Megan Clarke is to season five icon Maura Higgins.
The pair both have dark hair and stunning features, plus they're both Irish which may also have something do with them being compared.
While Maura hasn't spoken about the comparison, Megan has said how flattered she is to be compared to the former Islander, saying: "I love Maura — what a compliment. She's an icon."
Another new one for the list, when Ben entered the Villa last night we couldn't help but think he looked very familiar to season four's Adam Collard.
They've both got the dark hair, muscles, signature tattoos and confidence. Let's just hope Ben doesn't act exactly the same as Adam did in 2017.
Ok we lost track of the times we got confused between Paige Thorne and Gemma Owen during season eight. With their dark wavy locks and petite stature these two could have been twins separated at birth.
We knew we recognised Blu Chegini from last night's episode of Love Island as the man is a dead ringer for Winter Love Island's Ron Hall. With their similar body compositions, and shaved heads we wouldn't be surprised if these two were separated at birth.
When Kendall Rae Knight entered the Villa all the way back in season four in 2017, the internet was alight with comparing her to season two icon Kady McDermott. And honestly the pair do look incredibly similar with their identical face shapes, similar eyes and long flowy dark locks.
And the prize for the most similar Love Island lookalike pair has to go to this season's Harry Cooksley and Winter Love Island and All Stars winner Tom Clare.
The pair should do a DNA test because they look - the brown hair, facial hair and head shape - and act so similar. Even the way they're posing is the same.
Want even more Love Island gossip? Watch Harriett Blackmore and Catherine Agbaje chat all things Love Island here.
Love Island continues on ITV2 and ITVX at 9pm tonight
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