As an infamous Drag Race social media post once read: the crown is up for grabs! And for the first time in Drag Race history, a king is in contention.
The cast of Canada’s Drag Race season six has been announced, and it features 39-year-old Montreal-based performer Velma Jones, the first AFAB (Assigned Female At Birth) queen to star in the Canadian franchise.
In their Meet The Queens video though, Velma revealed that sometimes, they also appear on stage in drag king mode as performer Johnny Jones.
“Are you ready to make herstory with me? Because I’m your first drag queen being a cis woman,” they said.
“And also, you’re getting the special two-for-one because you got Velma, and sometimes, here’s Johnny.
“I can’t wait to show you my drag king persona Johnny also. I’m here to prove that I can do anything like the others.”
Johnny Jones is the first drag king to be cast on any season of Drag Race globally since the reality show began 16 years ago.
Former stars of the show including Bimini, Ginger Johnson, and Victoria Scone – who was the first ever cisgender woman cast on a Drag Race franchise – have previously voiced their hope that Drag Race would start casting drag kings.
Earlier this year, the first ever reality competition featuring drag kings, King of Drag, premiered on Revry.
Velma and Johnny Jones aren’t the only reason why the cast of Canada’s Drag Race‘s sixth season has social media buzzing.
The cast also features 29-year-old Ottawa queen Saltina Shaker, who was one of the world’s most-followed drag performers on social media prior to her joining Canada’s Drag Race.
On TikTok, she has almost 2.5million followers, only behind the likes of a few Drag Race behemoths including Bob The Drag Queen and Trixie Mattel.
She also has over 700,000 followers on Instagram, the most of any Canada’s Drag Race queen.
The sixth season also features 26-year-old New Brunswick queen Sami Landri, who found internet virality years before joining the cast. Several of the drag performer’s videos have reached views in the millions, with one in particular – in which she jokingly admonishes the “woke left” – frequently doing the rounds on gay Twitter.
The full cast of Canada’s Drag Race season six
- Velma Jones (39, Montreal, QC)
- Van Goth (27, Toronto, ON)
- Sami Landri (26, Moncton, NB)
- Star Doll (25, Toronto, ON)
- Saltina Shaker (29, Ottawa, ON)
- PM (31, Vancouver, BC)
- Paolo Perfección (25, Montreal, QC)
- Mya Foxx (31, Halifax, NS)
- Karamilk (25, Toronto, ON)
- Hazel (27, Vancouver, BC)
- Eboni La’Belle (24, St. Catherines, ON)
- Dulce (24, London, ON)
When does Canada’s Drag Race season six start?
Canada’s Drag Race will premiere on Crave in Canada and WOW Presents Plus internationally on 20 November. The nine-episode series will then air weekly.
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