Drake awards $10,000 to lookalike contest winner in Canada

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Drake has awarded CAD$10,000 to the winner of his lookalike contest in Toronto – find out more below.On Saturday (December 14), Toronto, Canada’s Casuals Cakery held a contest to find the city’s best Drake lookalike.

The grand prize was initially meant to be a bottle of Hennessy and a pack of cigars.However, Drake caught wind of the contest and sent Casuals Cakery a DM on Instagram, saying that he would be contributing “10 bands” to the contest “as the main prize”.

The exchange was shared on Instagram via Casuals Cakery, who replied to Drake: “Just give me a min to stop hyperventilating this moment… I can’t believe this is ur account and u know about this omg i love you”.A post shared by CASUALS CAKERY (@casuals_cakery)Ultimately, no singular contestant won the lookalike competition – instead, a group of contestants were declared the winners together and would likely have to split the prize pot.A post shared by The Brandon Gonez Show (@brandongonezshow)Drake did not attend the Toronto event, but shared clips of the event on now-expired Instagram stories.The event marks the latest celebrity lookalike contest to be held in recent months.

The lookalike contest craze kicked off in October, when a Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest was held at Washington Square Park in Downtown Manhattan.