Marc Martel, Freddie Mercury doppelganger

Been meaning to post this for weeks now. Marc is the lead singer of the band "Downhere," a Canadian band based out of Nashville (Ashley and I are friends with the drummer who went to our church). We saw Downhere before Christmas in KC and while I was at the show I couldn't help but notice how much Marc Martel sounded like the late great Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.

Well, funnily enough Martel had been in a competition called "The Queen Extravaganza" where the surviving members of Queen were trying to find look-alikes and sound-alikes to mount a 2012 summer tour. Martel posted his audition to YouTube and freaked people out by how uncanny the resemblance was--to the tune of more then 5 million views.

A week after we saw Downhere play, Martel won the Queen competition. He'll be traveling the country as "Freddie Mercury" this summer. I think we'll probably try to go see the show. Cool stuff!