ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Celebrity Reactions

With the world of the web, there’s always a new craze that manages to sweep across from country to country. First we had planking, then neknominate, no make-up selfies and even bubbling, but we’re not surprised the latter struggled to catch on. Now we have the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, a dare that you have to complete if nominated, or donate money to the ALS Association.

To raise awareness for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, celebrities and everyday people have been chucking ice-cold buckets of water over themselves. Not only has it massively increased donations to the organisation, from last year’s US$1.7million to $13.3million over the same three-week period, it has been bloody brilliant watching famous faces shriek in cold horror.

From Oprah Winfrey to Bill Gates and Jessica Alba, everyone in Celebville has doused themselves in freezing water. Watch the videos below for washouts and epic reactions as you see celebs like never before…

Possibly the calmest introduction to a soaking (“I’m ready for the ice now”), this American TV queen quickly loses her cool

Creating his own tipping contraption, you wouldn’t expect this computer genius to do anything less

Jessica Alba and Nicole Richie soaking wet? We can’t miss this off the list

This guardian of the galaxy isn’t so tough with ice water down his arse crack