Vermont
‘Someone Like You’: UVM employee wins Noah Kahan look-a-like contest
Well over 100 people — clad in flannels, beanies and Noah Kahan concert t-shirts — gathered on the University of Vermont’s Davis Center Green to vote for the Grammy-nominated artist’s closest look-a-like.
19 contestants — including two online submissions — vied for the title, some even sporting fake beards or Kahan’s two signature braids on top of his usual comfy Vermont-y attire.
However, one contestant stood out among the rest: a UVM employee named Sam Spanierman, whose arrival sparked several attendees to question aloud if he was actually the ‘Dial Drunk’ singer. For his two-of-a-kind face, Spanierman received a vinyl copy of Kahan’s latest album, ‘Stick Season.’ After he received his award, dozens of student swarmed the stage to take pictures with Spanierman.
Spanierman, who works in Student Financial Services, said he’s been told many times that he looks like Kahan. In fact, a friend’s phone has tried to tag Spanierman in photos of Kahan that were snapped at a concert. He said he entered the contest on a whim after a co-worker sent him a photo of the advertisement for the contest.
“It’s an honor,” Spanierman said about being compared to Kahan, of whom he is a big fan.
Megan Stewart is a government accountability reporter for the Burlington Free Press. Contact her at mstewartyounger@gannett.com.