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PHOTOS: 'Live with Kelly and Ryan' Halloween costume contest

Tuesday, October 31, 2017
The kids from “Stranger Things” – Dustin (Andy Cohen), Eleven (Kelly Ripa) and Mike (Ryan Seacrest) – make an appearance on “LIVE with Kelly and Ryan" Oct. 31. (Lou Rocco/Disney/ABC)
Kelly and Ryan take it back to the ‘80s, as they portray “Stranger Things” characters Eleven and Mike on “Kelly and Ryan’s Best Halloween Show Ever: Look What You Made Us Do.” (Lou Rocco/Disney/ABC)
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest are pictured during the production of "Live with Kelly and Ryan" in New York on Friday, October 6, 2017. (Pawel Kaminski/Disney/ABC)
Kelly Ripa is pictured during the production of "Live with Kelly and Ryan" in New York on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. (David M. Russell/Disney/ABC)
Kelly Ripa and and Ryan Seacrest are pictured during the production "Live with Kelly and Ryan" in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (David M. Russell/Disney/ABC)
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest are pictured during the production of "Live with Kelly and Ryan" in New York on Friday, October 6, 2017. (Pawel Kaminski/Disney/ABC)
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest are pictured during the production of "Live with Kelly and Ryan" in New York on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. (David M. Russell/Disney/ABC)
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest are pictured during the production of "Live with Kelly and Ryan" in New York on Friday, October 6, 2017. (David M. Russell/Disney/ABC)
Kelly Ripa and and Ryan Seacrest are pictured during the production "Live with Kelly and Ryan" in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (David M. Russell/Disney/ABC)
When it comes time to dress up for Halloween, you could put on something generic, or you could spend weeks on a DIY costume and sign up for Live with Kelly and Ryan's costume contest.

Audience members put their creative juices into the creations they showed off as they lined up outside the studio in New York City.
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Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest have also been preparing for the show for weeks. Over the course of the special, they wear more than 70 costumes including Game of Thrones and The Handmaid's Tale.

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Check out highlights from the audience costumes in the gallery above.
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