As Rafe Bartholomew once pointed out, nowhere have people loved lookalikes as much as here in the Philippines. He further noted:

Finding kamukhas is a tier-two national pastime just behind basketball, cockfighting and videoke. I remember traveling to a PBA game in Bacolod City with the Alaska Aces in 2007, where the night before the game I spent almost two hours sitting in front of a TV with five of the players, all of us watching and pointing out kamukhas for each other and anyone else we happened to know. When the albino Filipino comedian Redford White came up on screen, my white ass was toast. But no matter how realistic -- or, as was more often the case, unrealistic -- the resemblance between two kamukhas, the response was the same: uproarious laughter.

Of course, when it comes to the PBA, three recent lookalike combinations come immediately to mind. There’s the sweet-shooting former Purefoods guard Noy Castillo, who’s a deadringer for Edu Manzano. There’s former Ginebra fireman and current UST coach Pido Jarencio, whose resemblance to comedian Allan K. was first noted by Joey de Leon and has been an Eat Bulaga staple. And the Ginebra swingman Junthy Valenzuela has had to endure unfortunate Diego chants at PBA games because he apparently reminds people of the Pambansang Bading ng Pilipinas.

So in this week’s poll, we ask, which of these lookalikes are your favorite? And if you don’t like any of the options, leave a comment in this post with your choice.

In last week’s poll, the 1989 San Miguel bigote challenge, everyone’s favorite Skywalker Samboy Lim ran away for a slam dunk, garnering more than twice the votes of his nearest rival, Mon Fernandez.

The 1989 San Miguel Beermen are one of the greatest teams in PBA history, winning all three conferences that season. All-time greats such as Mon Fernandez, Hector Calma, and Samboy Lim led the team, even as a plucky 2nd round draftee named Ato Agustin rode the pine.

The team led the league in scoring, assists, and killer staches. Actually, I made up the first two items, but there was no denying that the team was loaded in the bigote category. Fernandez and Lim showed the way among the starters, with Franz Pumaren, Elmer Reyes, Agustin, and Jeffrey Graves providing quality bigote minutes off the bench. Even benchwarmers Alfie Almario (a.k.a. the original Chris Tiu), Tonichi Yturri, and Ricky Cui did not let their lack of burn get in the way of their staches.

So which of these men had the best bigote? Vote now at the poll to your right.

Last week's poll asked the question: "Who is your favorite Olongapo Fil-Am?" Willie Thriller ran away with 59% of the votes, while Jeffrey Graves finished a distant second at 15%.