00’s rock icon attends his own lookalike contest with a bag of old clothes – Bundlezy

00’s rock icon attends his own lookalike contest with a bag of old clothes

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - APRIL 24: Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes performs at Old Forester's Paristown Hall on April 24, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images)
Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes showed up to his own lookalike competition (Picture: Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images)

A 2000s rock legend showed up to his own lookalike contest in Omaha, Nebraska, delighting fans. 

The event was held on August 1 as a benefit for Omaha Girls Rock, a music education scheme in the Nebraska city. 

Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, who is from Omaha, even gifted a bag of his clothes to the winner who was voted to look the most like the singer. 

The contest gave participants the opportunity to perform karaoke of Bright Eyes’ songs together, holding a single cigarette provided by the contest. 

When Oberst turned up, fans were thrilled to see the singer-songwriter had brought a bag of his own clothes (unceremoniously placed in a garbage bag) that he ultimately gifted to the winner. 

The winner of the competition wrote on X: ‘This will let y’all know who I am but tonight I went to a Conor Oberst lookalike contest and no one showed up so I grabbed some different clothes, came back, and entered. He showed up. I won. And I got photos with him and won a garbage bag of his old clothes.’

Conor Oberst, Bright Eyes (Picture: @mlebrewer)
Fans were thrilled to see Oberst at the competition (Picture: @mlebrewer)
ROSKILDE, DENMARK - JULY 3: Conor Oberst performs with Bright Eyes at the Roskilde Festival at Dyrskuepladsen on July 3, 2025 in Roskilde, Denmark. (Photo by Rune Hellestad - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
He even brought a bag of his own clothes to gift to the winner (Picture: Rune Hellestad – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

Bright Eyes, known for hit songs like First Day of My Life and Lua, released their album Five Dice, All Threes’ last year. 

Speaking about the project in an interview with NME, Oberst said: ‘This time, I still hope the songs resonate and have equal amounts of meaning, but as far as the sounds and approach to the music, it’s a bit lighter.

‘The word “fun” is very rarely used to describe my band, but maybe it is a bit more fun,’ he continued. 

‘When we last went on tour we were cruising around with a 14-piece band and strings and horns. This record is going to be just guitars; rock and roll stuff.’

In recent years, it’s become something of a trend for celebrities to make surprise appearances at their own lookalike contests. Glen Powell turned up at one in Austin, Texas last November, promising a film cameo to the winner’s family.

A month earlier, Timothée Chalamet went incognito at a similar event in New York. Drake took it a step further in Toronto, awarding $10,000 to the winner who most looked like him.

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