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From Holly Willoughby to Jimmy Carr: The best celebrity costumes from Jonathan Ross’s star-studded Halloween parties
We’ve had a lot of great outfits over the years… (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
It’s the star-studded shindig we look forward to every year, when Jonathan Ross throws open the doors to his London pile and a steady stream of celebrities, dressed in their spooky best, party on down.
However, for the second year in a row, the TV host has had to cancel festivities, with the Covid pandemic scuppering last year’s Halloween efforts.
Earlier this week Jonathan confirmed that out of respect for one of his kids, who is recovering from Covid and conditions brought on by the illness, 2021 will also be devoid of his famous gathering.
For years we’ve waited with bated breath to see what Holly Willoughby will be dressed as – from seapunk unicorns to Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz – or what potentially headline-grabbing garb David Walliams will present himself in.
The likes of Alan Carr has titillated with his taken on Gemma Collins in the past, while Jimmy Carr is also a solid bet.
Charlie Brooker seldom shows his face (the man loves a mask), and Simon Pegg loves to cover his in garish paint.
So, while we may not have a conga line of celebrities looking weird to gorge on this year, there’s nothing stopping us from having a grand zombie walk down Jonathan Ross Halloween Party lane.
Holly is always a staple at the event, in 2019 following the yellow brick road (Picture: Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)
There was nothing strange about Konnie Huq’s outfit in 2016 – while Charlie Brooker was predictably creepy (Picture: Danny Martindale/GC Images)
In 2015 Jimmy wore this costume as a means to stop himself gorging on hors d’oeuvres (Photo by Ada Houghton/GC Images)
If you say Keith Lemon’s name three times this is what turns up (Picture: Smith/JJ/GC Images)
Hosted by the TV presenter and his producer wife Jane Goldman, the couple’s party has become a staple of the scare season, with the British glitterati piling into the pair’s Hampstead home for a night of fun and amazing costumes.
From Konnie Huq as Eleven from Stranger Things to Keith Lemon’s Beetlejuice, the stars show the rest of us how it’s done.
Pretty Woman walking down the street (Picture: Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)
Dermot also tapped into the Stranger Things craze in 2019 (Photo by Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)
Jack Whitehall turned the costume competition up to 11 (Picture: Sylvia Linares/FilmMagic)
We recognise Noel’s gold boots anywhere (Picture: Niki Nikolova/FilmMagic)
Stranger Things has been a staple over the years, with Dermot O’Leary and Dee Kopang riffing on the Scoops Ahoy sailor outfits of the series.
In other years, Stacey Solomon has been a very Pretty Woman, while Jack Whitehall has been, well, terrifying.
Okay this is just terrifying, Gok (Picture: Ada Houghton/GC Images)
If you couldn’t find any red facepaint in 2015 it was because Simon Pegg had it (Picture: Ada Houghton/GC Images)
Do we even need to say anything here? (Picture: GC Images/GC Images)
We’ve had quite a lot of garish clowns over the years, with Gok Wan and Noel Fielding repping the Halloween genre favourite.
Party-staple Simon Pegg aced the Devil one year while, and we promise this totally isn’t related, David Walliams dressed as Donald Trump in 2016.
Frank(enstein) Skinner rocked the party in 2016 (Picture: Danny Martindale/GC Images)
It really doesn’t get much better than Craig Revel Horwood as Cruella with her dalmations (Picture: Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)
In 2017 David Mitchell and Victoria Coren Mitchell perfectly aced the brief of Dracula and…zombie Dorothy? Whatever, we love it (Picture: Ricky Vigil/GC Images)
Who you gonna call? Martin Freeman, apparently (Picture: Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)
Alan Carr has to be one of our annual favourites, though.
In 2019, the last time we were blessed with this party, the Chatty Man comedian donned a costume a la The Shape Of Water, dressing as the humanoid fishman of our nightmares.
He’d previously aced the brief when he sported an iconic outfit of Gemma Collins’ in 2017, adding some ghoulish make-up…because it’s…you know…halloween.
IT’S THE GC! Sorry, we mean, the AC! (Picture: Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)
Alan is our shape of water (Picture: Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)
Maya Jama as a seapunk mermaid of our dreams at the last Halloween rave (Picture: Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)
Walliams as Bond villain Blofeld was another winner in 2019 (Picture: Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)
Praise Be! (Picture: Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)
It was…………Aisling Bea (Picture: Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)
2019 saw some most spectacular outings, including David Walliams as Bond antagonist Blofeld, and Jimmy Carr as a good ol’ Handmaid.
Most special shout out to Aisling Bea as Wagatha Christie, though, as she sported a blown-up version of Coleen Rooney’s infamous post name-dropping Rebekah Vardy.
Here’s to 2022, we suppose?
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