Who Won Melbourne’s Heated Rivalry Look-Alike Competition? Here’s The Full Rundown
Melbourne’s Yah Yah’s hosted a Heated Rivalry look-alike competition last Saturday night, and it delivered. As reported by Dean Arcuri for QNews, the event was organised by Australian TikToker and devoted Heated Rivalry fan Lena Tuck, who previously brought the same concept to Sydney. Melbourne was next in line, and the city did not hold back.
What went down on the night
Eliza Lot hosted, Harrison’s remix of All The Things She Said played throughout, and the competition ran through several rounds: the Hudson glambot flip-off, a Like A Prayer dance-off, and a best Ilya Rozanov impression round. There was even a Svetlana Vetrova look-alike, Ilya’s on-screen companion, who stayed in the running right to the end.
The glambot round opened with a contestant in full hockey gear absolutely working the crowd. From that point, everyone knew this was going to be a good night.
Two moments had the room losing it. First, an onstage reenactment of the phone call from the cottage in the season finale. Then, the Ilya phone call from Russia after his father’s funeral. Both scenes carry real emotional weight in the show, and the contestants clearly knew exactly what they were doing.
The winners and what it means
Prizes included two $500 Jetstar vouchers, Troye Sivan perfume, and more. Dean Arcuri noted the strong Asian representation in the crowd and onstage, reflecting Shane Hollander’s Japanese-Canadian heritage in the show.
What Lena Tuck has built with these events speaks for itself. The online conversation about who Heated Rivalry “belongs to” is ongoing. Saturday night in Melbourne made it feel beside the point. Everyone was there because they love the show, full stop.
Catch the full action via the QNews TikTok account @qnews_au.
