“I’m from West Belfast, and I’m the best of the West!”
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK returns to our screens this autumn with a Belfast drag queen hoping to snatch the series 7 crown.
The BBC 3 competition sees hopeful drag queens compete across ten weeks in a variety of spicy challenges and iconic games designed to test their drag mettle.
Over ten weeks, the award-winning cult series sees twelve hopeful queens compete in a variety of spicy challenges and iconic games designed to test their drag skills, with the winner of the week being awarded a much-coveted RuPeter badge.
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RuPaul, affectionately revered as Mama Ru, leads an esteemed judging panel that includes regular judges Michelle Visage, Alan Carr and Graham Norton, as well as a host of special celebrity guest judges.
Together they deliberate the fate of the queens, but it is Mama Ru, queen of queens, who has the final word on who stays or sashays away from the competition.
Hoping to follow in the footsteps of other local Drag Race success stories is top Belfast queen Elle Vosque.
Here is what she told BBC 3 ahead of RuPaul’s Drag Race series 7:
Introduce yourself!
Hey everyone, my name is Elle Vosque, I’m 22, and I’m the belle of Belfast City!
What can we expect to see from a Elle Vosque show?
When you come to an Elle Vosque show the looks will be turned. I will be singing live, I will be doing a bit of dancing, and mostly you’re going to have fun.
The most important part of my drag is to have fun. I’m sick and tired of drag queens who think it’s all about looking like a supermodel. That’s boring, just go out and have fun!
How long have you been doing drag?
I’ve been doing drag for four years. The initial Elle experience, you will never see any footage, but it’s wild, but since then I have practised my makeup every day and perfected my craft. I like to say that my four year drag career is the equivalent of someone else’s ten-year career. I have worked so hard, and I have done everything I could have done to prepare me for this moment.
How is it doing drag whilst still being a student at university?
I’m still in uni studying textiles and fashion, and you know what? I’m probably the worst student ever, but I’m the best Drag Race Student. I focus all my energy into drag and it’s got me here!
How does it feel to be representing Northern Ireland on this season?
Northern Ireland does have a great track record on Drag Race, and it makes sense because we’re really good. There’s been Blu Hydrangea, the first Queen of the Mother Tucking World, there’s also finalist, Jonbers Blonde, and Charra Tea, who won Miss Congeniality. And now me – I’m from West Belfast, and I’m the best of the West!
What challenges are you most excited for?
I know my looks are going to be gorgeous, but the challenges that I’m really excited for are things like the Rusical because I love to sing!
How competitive are you?
I would say I’m very competitive. I’ve only ever competed in one competition before, but I don’t talk about it because I didn’t win! I think it’s a big advantage to walk into Drag Race as a baby queen.
This is my plan; I’m going to go in under the radar, and then I’m just going to attack all the challenges, and the queens won’t know what hit them!
RuPaul will ru-veal the 12 brand-new hopefuls in Meet the Queens: Series 7 which is available now on BBC iPlayer and will air on BBC Three at 9pm on Sunday 24 August – the series premiere date will be revealed in due course
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