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!Gothy Kendoll (10th place)

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->'''Real Name''': Sam Handley

->"So this is what it looks like..."

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* {{Badbutt}}: Her attempt to look fiesty in her tiger outfit on the runway only results in her giving laughably weak "roars." The judges find it so funny that they keep imitating it.
* CallBack:
** After her elimination she walks off the runway backwards invoking Miss Vanjie of Season 10 of the US Drag Race by saying "Miss Kendoll ... Miss Kendoll ..."
** Her entrance quote was also directly swiped from Farrah Moan's Season 9 quote.
* GracefulLoser: Accepted her loss well, and proudly called herself "the UK's Porkchop" in her farewell message.
* PrettyBoy: She’s a cute, curly-haired twink in boy-mode.
* ShrinkingViolet: Her FatalFlaw. She was criticised for being too timid on the runway, with the judges specifically making fun of her weak roar in the “Leicester Tiger”[[note]]her home-town’s much-celebrated rugby team[[/note]] ''Queen of Your Hometown'' outfit. She gives a much better one during her farewell.
* TheStoic: A self-described introvert, she has a hard time letting go and being a big personality like her competition.
* ToothyIssue: Upon seeing some of the other queen's flippers, she expresses her personal embarrassment that she has messed up teeth when her aesthetic is to serve beauty.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: The first queen to be eliminated on the UK version.

!Scaredy Kat (9th place)

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->'''Real Name''': [[OneNameOnly Sandy]]

->”[[ComedicUnderstatement It wasn't a bad first gig!]]”

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* AnimalMotif: Her love for cat-themed face paint gets criticised when she applies it to her otherwise-solid ''Bond Girl Glamourama'' runway look, as her outfit's aviator theme had nothing to do with felines.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: At 19 years of age at the time of filming, she is the youngest queen to compete in a Drag Race season, which she acknowledges in the first main-stage challenge when she recreates a famous baby photograph of UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen.
* BeginnersLuck: Managed to win the very first Mini-Challenge, and her outfits were consistently well-received. Despite going home early, Ru takes note of how well she ''did'' do despite her inexperience, and notes that we probably haven't seen the last of Scaredy Kat. Fans might note [[CallBack a similarity]] to the words of encouragement Ru gave an also-inexperienced Shangela in season 2.
* CripplingOverspecialisation: This partially results in her elimination. Her shy, SpoiledBrat persona works for a time, but in the acting challenge it results in her character feeling extremely [[FlatCharacter one note]].
* GracefulLoser: Accepts her elimination with a smile and a promise to continue developing her drag ability.
* HiddenDepths: Although she never would've had the chance to show it off on the show, she is a talented artist and incorporates that into photography of her drag. She also has a politically conscious streak; her ''Day at the Races'' look would have been a [[TheSuffragette Suffragette]] as a homage to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913_Epsom_Derby Emily Davidson]].
* ICantDance: For her lip-sync, she just sort of....''sways'' and exhibits none of the usual queenly dance skills. Which promptly sends her home. It's unclear exactly how much of that was her playing up her character, and how much was "I have literally no idea what I'm doing", but against Blu's more suitably fierce routine, it was absolutely the end of her. She makes a note in the ConfessionCam that ''this is her first lipsync performance as a drag queen.''
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Builds up a good rapport with Vinegar Strokes over the differences with their drag experiences.
* NaiveNewcomer: Was 19 when she first appeared on the show, and had been doing drag for less than a year and has never done (or even attended) a drag stage performance. She’s so under the radar in fact, that only her first (real) name, “Sandy”, has been made public.
* RecursiveCrossdressing: Would have done Creator/RussellBrand as her ''Snatch Game'' impression.
* ShrinkingViolet: Is a "bedroom queen", and her lack of experience forms part of her persona.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Despite her attraction to multiple genders, she believes that her sexuality is pretty much only toward her girlfriend.
* TokenMinority: Has mentioned in promo material that she's bisexual and has a girlfriend, and got into drag thanks to her girlfriend[[note]]while far from the first bisexual queen to be featured on the show, she is the first to acknowledge it on screen, ''and'' the first to have a girlfriend during filming[[/note]]. It's even mentioned her girlfriend is also a Drag Queen (of the Bio Queen variety).[[note]]If you're wondering, her girlfriend's stage name is Pussy Kat.[[/note]]
* UncannyValleyMakeup: Combines hugely stylised glamour-girl contouring with a cadaver-pale base and huge doll-like eyes for every look she presents.

!Vinegar Strokes (8th place)

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->'''Real Name''': Daniel Jacob

->"[[Series/EastEnders I didn't become just a little bit of a slag, I became a TOTAL SLAG!]]"

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* AntiNepotism: She has worked with Michelle Visage onstage and has a friendly relationship with her, but when Vinegar told her she was auditioning for the show, Michelle made it clear that she couldn't help in any way, in keeping with judge impartiality.
* ImmigrantParents: Her family is from the Caribbean (though she doesn't specify where), a region not known for being gay-friendly. She and Sum Ting bond over being from immigrant families and the stress of being the "perfect first-generation son"
* InformedAbility: She was pegged as the "West End queen", and has performed on stage with Michelle in ''Everybody’s Talking About Jamie'', but when it came to lip-synching for her life, her performance quickly descended into a sloppy, desperate car accident. Even Twiggy cringed.
* RummageSaleReject: Her outfits were often criticised for this, to the point where she earned the nickname "Hodge Podge". Of particular note is her shredded newspaper ensemble, of which Baga comments: “Looks like you fell in the bin!”
* SmallReferencePools: Is the resident London Queen, yet for her ''Queen of your Hometown'' runway look she was forced by circumstances[[note]]She originally wanted to base her outfit on the Victoria Tube Line, but didn't get licensing permission for it[[/note]] to base her outfit on the River Thames (featuring its outline as a belt decoration). While it is a known landmark, she gets read for how indistinct the dress looks as a whole, when London has so many famous and easily recognizable features to have used instead (or in addition to).

!Sum Ting Wong (7th place)

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->'''Real Name''': Bo Zeng

->"Did somebody order a delivery? Cause I'm about to takeaway the crown!"

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* AllForNothing: In the ''Car Boot'' sewing challenge, she tears apart a jacket of hers that she really liked in order to use it as a sewing pattern for her outfit...only to fail the challenge when her look is read as plain and unpolished. Also, Sum Ting is placed in the bottom despite being one of the very few queens this season who comfortably knows how to sew (as opposed to only learning after passing the audition or not knowing at all).
* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: In the ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' challenge, Sum Ting's character is an American lounge singer based on Music/MariahCarey. Sum Ting gives her a Southern accent even though Mariah is from [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkState New York]], because it's the only American accent she can do.
* CantTakeCriticism: During the sewing challenge in episode 3 almost everyone, from her competitors to Ru herself, tell her that her idea of making a jacket out of dark non-stretch material is a bad idea and she should do something else. Sum Ting just doubles down on her idea and unsurprisingly fails the challenge, with The Vivienne even calling her out that she just can't take critique or advice.
* ImmigrantParents: She's a first generation British person born to Vietnamese parents. She related with Vinegar in cultural differences regarding gay people being so bad that she lied about her career to them, but has stated since the end of the season that they now support her career.
* NWordPrivileges: She says her name is a deliberate attempt to reclaim the AsianSpeekeeEngrish trope.
-->'''Sum Ting:''' And for the people who think my name is racist, all I can say is... ''me so sorry''.
* RecursiveCrossdressing: Did Sir Creator/DavidAttenborough (badly) as her ''Snatch Game'' impression, which lead to her elimination.
* RefugeInAudacity: Her name comes from a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpP2S6c74Ts news report on a South Korean plane crash]] where a prankster replaced the dead crew members' names with Asian-sounding puns. She chose it ''precisely because'' it was wrong on so many levels.
* TearsOfJoy: [[Music/SpiceGirls Geri Horner,]] in her guest appearance, was a big cheerleader for Sum Ting, but it was all for naught as Sum Ting winds up eliminated after her ''Snatch Game'' performance (as Creator/DavidAttenborough) fails to impress anyone else. At the end of the episode, in a surprising turn of events, Geri actually leaves the judges panel and heads to the Werk Room, to personally give Sum Ting words of encouragement, right as Sum Ting was giving her post-elimination speech. Sum Ting is so flattered and honored by the gesture that she starts tearing up.

!Crystal (6th place)

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->'''Real Name''': Colin Munro

->"Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's body dysmorphia."

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* CanadaEh: The other queens pick up on her North American accent the moment she walks in, and she reveals that she's originally from Canada, but has been living in East London for 10 years. She doesn’t mention it much, though she does sneak in a Music/CelineDion reference during her verse on “Break Up (Bye Bye)” of the ''Girl Groups'' challenge.
* TheFreakshow: She is an aerial circus performer by profession, and she incorporates some of that experience into her drag, with extra emphasis on the "freak" part. Her ''Weird Science'' look was [[TheApunkalypse Apunkalypse-inspired]] and featured her grinding a circular saw against her arm bracelets [[GroinAttack and crotch]] to produce sparks. It's a trick she admits she learned from the circus.
* FreakyFashionMildMind: Despite her more alternative sense of style, Crystal came across as quite passive, polite and even a little bland throughout her tenure on the show.
* HairyGirl: Isn't afraid to showcase her chest or armpit hair while in drag.
* HiddenDepths: Who’d have thought mild-mannered Crystal would read the other girls to filth so well that she’d snatch the ''Reading'' mini-challenge?
* OnlyOneName: She used to be known as Crystal Beth but dropped the stage surname just before getting on the show.[[note]]In fact, "Crystal" was her original drag name and added the "Beth" part later because she thought drag queens had to have a full stage name.[[/note]]
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Part of the reason for her elimination. Given the opportunity to decide her teammates in the ''GirlGroup'' challenge, she chooses The Vivienne (TheAce of the season so far, as well as a professional singer) and Cheryl Hole (who works in a girl group tribute band, and is thus knowledgeable about how to choreograph a performance). When they end up losing the challenge, even after an uncharacteristically poor performance by The Vivienne, Crystal stands out as the group's weakest link.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Is notable for being the only cast member to not have a British accent, due to the fact she is a Canadian native and moved to the UK ten years prior. This ends up being brought up during the ''Downton Draggy'' challenge in which Michelle couldn't tell if Crystal was trying for an American accent or a British accent, and finally just tells her to settle on one and just go for it.

!Blu Hydrangea (5th Place)

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->'''Real Name''': Joshua Cargill

->"I'm ready to paint the town Blu."

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Self-invoked, she feels at arm's length from the other queens because she's the only contestant who isn't a mainland Brit (being from Northern Ireland), however the other queens let her know she's the only one that feels like this, and they are happy to bring her into the fold.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Despite the cheeky-wee-chappy persona, this emerges around the third episode, following a few back-handed compliments and catty, trolling remarks.
* FloralThemeNaming: Named after the blue hydrangea flower; inspired by a story told by her grandmother about planting one in her garden using a rusty nail (the rust adds acid to the soil, which is what turns the flower blue), and the metaphor of something beautiful growing from something dirty.
* TheGadfly: Despite the cherubic facade, she loves to shit-stir in the Werk Room pre and post performance. In episode 7, following her departure, the remaining girls joke that she was the shadiest of the bunch.
* MultiBoobage: Her "Bond Girl Glamorama" look has three breasts, with the numbers ''007'' as pasties.
* {{Oireland}}: Hails from Belfast, and is also the first Irish queen on the show.
* SocietyMarchesOn: When the queens discuss their spouses, Blu talks about how same-sex marriage is still illegal in her native Northern Ireland due to lingering conservative biases, making it the last country in the United Kingdom without marriage equality. Gay marriage was legalized there ''two days'' before the episode aired.
* UnlockingTheTalent: Despite going into the ''Snatch Game'' worried that she isn't particularly funny, she ends up holding her own as a sex-obsessed [[Series/TheGreatBritishBakeOff Mary Berry]], earning a personal compliment from [=RuPaul=] as she is declared safe.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Including the obvious blue wig from her entrance outfit, all of her hairstyles except the hometown look had a pastel coloured wig.


!Cheryl Hole (4th Place)

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->'''Real Name''': Luke Underwood

->"Hold on to your knickers girls, cause the queen of Essex has arrived!"

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* AffectionateParody: Of Music/{{Cheryl}}, obviously. Her live shows even reference a few infamous moments in Cheryl's personal life, like catching malaria and her 2003 bar fight arrest, in a tongue in cheek manner.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Seemingly a bit of a ditz and slightly rough around the edges stylistically, Cheryl nonetheless has great stage presence, as noted by the judges -- there's something incredibly compelling about the way she completely ''owns'' whatever outfit she wears, or task she tackles.
* BrainlessBeauty: Plays up the Essex Girl blonde bimbo stereotype[[note]] essentially the UK's own ValleyGirl, for our American cousins[[/note]] for all it's worth.
* CelebrityImpersonator: She is a [[Music/{{Cheryl}} Cheryl Cole]] impersonator, and a performer in a Music/GirlsAloud tribute act. Which means she absolutely loses her mind when the real Cheryl actually judges one week.
* DanceBattler: Cheryl finally gets to show off her dance skills in the ''Girl Groups'' challenge of episode 5, and despite being on the losing team, she impresses the judges with a fun, slick performance.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Stated on Twitter that she thinks it's incredibly rude to call a queen by her boy name unless you're given explicit permission.
* ForWantOfANail: During the ''Family Makeover'' challenge, her sister accidentally busts a zip as she was trying on her drag outfit, which necessitated the use of a backup. On the runway, the duo were acclaimed for their in-sync choreography and family resemblance, but their outfits were underwhelming enough to put them in the bottom two and led to Cheryl's elimination.
* GenkiGirl: Cheryl sports a robust, energetic confidence and determination, regardless of whether she's competent at a given task, or not.
* GracefulLoser: She maintains her perky, upbeat vibe even after the elimination, joking (again) that’s she’s the only one of the top 4 to have never won a challenge.
* HomeFieldAdvantage: When she fails the ''Bottled Water'' challenge in episode 6 and has to lipsynch against Blu, the song is "Call My Name" by her namesake Music/CherylCole, who was also the guest judge of the episode. There was no way in '''hell''' Ms. Hole was going to lose in front of her idol.[[note]]"Call My Name" is also part of her solo spot during Gals Aloud shows, so she already had half of her routine ready[[/note]]
** Unfortunately this is [[InvertedTrope inverted]] the following episode, when she has to lipsynch against Baga Chipz to Music/AmyWinehouse. Cheryl's pop-based dance moves don't save her, since Baga does a "[[CatchPhrase much bettah]]" job embodying the artist, as Winehouse was a huge influence on ''her'' drag, and Cheryl is sent home.
* {{Irony}}: Has a job as a professional impersonator for a brunette celebrity, but all but 2 of her looks on the show were platinum blonde.
* PluckyGirl: Despite a tough ride in the competition, she maintains an admirable level of pluck, and her joyful silliness carries her through.
* PunnyName: Similar to previous contestant Courtney Act, her drag name is a naughty pun that's more evident in her native accent; Cheryl Hole/Share Her Hole.
* SignatureMove: Probably the only person on Drag Race more likely to bust out a death drop than Laganja.
* SelfDeprecation: She is well-aware of the fact that she has constantly been in the bottom almost every episode, but it's clear that she's having a blast and isn't above joking about her position.
-->'''Cheryl (upon elimination):''' I think I've set a new world record: the worst track record to make it into the top 4! ''[entire room cracks up] [Cheryl dabs]'' Bye!
* {{Squee}}: When Cheryl Hole gets to be judged by [[Music/{{Cheryl}} Cheryl Cole.]] As she admits in a ConfessionCam, it's all our Cheryl can do to not invoke this trope during her runway walk. Cheryl ''Cole'' of course is flattered by the tribute.
* StopBeingStereotypical: Gets called out for her drag personality being put on for the cameras, the other queens going as far as accusing her of trying to pretend she's Alyssa Edwards. She does admit she is trying to turn out a character ''because'' she knows she's on TV, and isn't being totally genuine.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: In the ''Family Makeover'' challenge of episode 7, we meet Cheryl’s adorable sister, who’s her literal ''clone'' — Cheryl hilariously notes that they “have the same face” even prior to the makeover.
* TransatlanticEquivalent: Cheryl is ''incredibly'' similar looking (in and out of drag) to Jan from Drag Race US Season 12; they also both exhibit a sweet, exuberant personality. Both queens have thoroughly embraced and acknowledged their twinhood, and when Jan noted that both she and Cheryl wore the same wig that they did for their entrances for their commercials (without knowing or discussing), Cheryl immediately tweeted “Yes! We can finally confirm we are the same person!”
* {{Troll}}: When the eliminated queens surprise the finalists in the Werk Room, Cheryl manages to convince them that the queens will be deciding the top 2.

!Baga Chipz (3rd Place)

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->'''Real Name''': Mark Botfield

->"This challenge is all about wit. Don't be a tit, have wit. And I've got wit, tit!"

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* AchillesHeel: Baga is witty, charismatic and funny, but looks are not her strength, specially not ones she has to construct herself, as she's not much of a seamstress. She hated her steel wool leotard from the ''Car Boot'' challenge, and when she's declared safe, she's both shocked and elated that Ru thought 3 other queens had a worse outfit than hers. In the next episode we see her happily dropping it in the trash, and admitting that the sewing challenge was what she was dreading the most in the season.
* AppropriatedAppellation: She was in a pub when a guy started chatting up her and her mate:
-->'''Baga''': "Look, why do you want a burger when you can have me, prime steak on a plate?"
-->'''Guy''': "Prime steak? More like bag of chips."
* BlackComedy: Her ''Queen of Your Hometown'' look was an Music/AmyWinehouse impression, depicting her as stumbling around the runway, beer bottle in hand. It worked.
* CatchPhrase: "Much bettah!" (in a very Cockney delivery), derived from the ''Downton Draggy'' challenge of episode two and kind of stuck with her ever since.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: The jury's still out on whether Baga was simply being InnocentlyInsensitive when describing her mother in such an unflattering manner while explaining their look to the judges in the ''Family Makeover'' challenge, '''or''' whether her attitude was due to more complicated ParentalIssues. One thing's for sure; she ''was'' highly insensitive (deliberately or otherwise), which made the judges vocally uncomfortable, and the fact she kept going on and on about it ''really'' didn’t help.
* {{Gasshole}}: Ends her ''Bottled Water'' challenge advertisement by belching into the camera. As one does.
* GracefulLoser: Makes the top three, but doesn’t make the final lip-sync for the crown. Despite this, she’s genuinely pleased for The Vivienne and Divina, and seems overjoyed just to have made it to the final.
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: She has a somewhat defeatist streak. When it appears she'll be in the bottom 2 come episode six, and have to sing an upbeat, teenybopper song against the likes of Cheryl or Blu (both younger queens who have said dancing/lipsynching is their thing), Baga pretty much gives up in the werk room. In spite of everyone trying to convince her not to, she claims she would rather expect the worst than hope for the best. Luckily for Baga, Blu and Cheryl end up in the bottom 2 and she’s safe.
* InSeriesNickname: Courtesy of the other girls, "Baga Shitz" or "Baga Shite". Baga seems to love the vulgarity and takes to the nicknames proudly.
* LowerClassLout: Her persona -- that of a bawdy barmaid with an end-of-the-pier sense of humour.
* MotorMouth: Baga's one chatty queen, in confessionals and basically everywhere else. It works pretty well for her in acting challenges.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Was under no impression that she had more than a snowball's chance in hell of winning the final against [[TheAce Divina]] and [[TheDreaded The Vivienne]] but has the time of her life anyway.
* RaisedByGrandparents: In the finale, Ru asks her why there seemed to be [[ParentalIssues issues]] between her and her mother in the ''Family Makeover'' challenge. Baga explains that growing up, “there wasn’t room (for her)” after her mother remarried, and she was raised by her nan. So when her mum arrived in the Werk Room, it was only the seventh time in ''ten years'' that they’d spent any time together, which goes some way to explain their tepid, detached interactions.
* {{Retraux}}: Baga was only 29 at the time of filming, but her entire character (and corresponding wardrobe) evokes the bawdy humour of an AwfulBritishSexComedy from the 60s and 70s. Her ''Day at the Races'' drag sums this up perfectly, and whilst all of the other queens went either ultra glam or modern, she opted for a 70s-styled number that wouldn't look out of place on [[Series/FawltyTowers Sybil Fawlty]] or [[Series/AreYouBeingServed Mrs. Slocombe]] -- and the judges ''loved'' it.
* ShoutOut: Her pictured promo look is a reference to [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella de Vil]].
* SirSwearsalot: In a series where ''most'' of the queens have a case of serious potty-mouth, she stands out as being particularly graphic.
* StylisticSuck: Personified, but utterly intentional; -- Baga luxuriates in the awful for comedy effect. This tends to be a double-edged sword depending on the episode; During pure fashion challenges, she tends to suffer as almost all of her runway looks have been criticized for being SoOkayItsAverage. When she gets to do comedy however, her force of personality alone carries her entire performance, and her “nan-down-the-pub” outfits often end up enhancing it. %%InvokedTrope
* VulgarHumor: Her speciality — usually of the lavatorial or gynaecological variety.
** Averted in ''Snatch Game'' with her Margaret Thatcher impersonation. Baga impressed the judges by ''not'' resorting to crude humor which would have broken character.
* WhatTheHellHero: In the ''Family Makeover'' challenge of episode 7, the judges don’t respond well to Baga and her mother's Kardashian-inspired runway, and Baga [[NeverMyFault makes a bunch of insensitive excuses]] about how hard it was to make her mum fashionable, due to her age and size. When Ru directly asks Jo (Baga’s mum) questions, Baga talks over her, and given Jo was already the shyest of the guest family members, the judges and the other contestants (as well as viewers) instantly felt bad for her, having seemingly been thrown under the bus by her own son. Once back in the werk-room, the other queens mince no words about how shitty they feel Baga was towards her mum.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Baga’s not yet 30 at the time of filming, yet plays it ''much'' older in terms of her dress-sense and cultural cues, which are a good 30-40 ''years'' older than she is. She even describes herself as an “old nan” in episode 6, and certainly looks the part in a sparkly Creator/LizaMinnelli-goes-on-a-cruise catsuit. Notably, during the ''Family Makeover'' challenge in episode 7, Baga jokes that she looks the same age as her mum — it’s not much of an exaggeration.


!Divina De Campo (2nd Place)

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->'''Real Name''': Owen Farrow

->"It's DDC on the BBC, I hope we get that season 1 filter."

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* TheAce: She’s a RenaissanceMan and holds the distinction of being the only queen this season that never entered the bottom two.
* BadassBoast: She’s a triple threat, with skills in dancing, acting and singing, and as the judges note in the final — she’ll let you know it too.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She’s a decent, sensitive soul, but will readily unleash an eloquent tirade at rival queens like The Vivienne who underestimate or downplay her abilities.
* BrotherSisterTeam: In the ''Family Makeover'' challenge of episode 7, Divina and her gorgeous (and pregnant!) sister ''nail'' the main-stage runway, with a coherent drag-makeover that is both beautiful, and entirely [[DistaffCounterpart complementary]] to Divina’s own drag. They deservedly snatch 1st place in the penultimate week.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She tearfully recounts having had a hellish time throughout school, due to her sexuality, particularly, as she notes, that she’s a little older than some of the other queens and thankfully society has marched on a lot.
* FieryRedhead: Most of her looks that aren't an impression feature red hair in some capacity. This happens to be {{Averted}} when she's out of drag.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: After discovering that both she and Baga wanted to do UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher in the ''Snatch Game'', Divina decides to pick Creator/JuliaChild instead and lets Baga have Thatcher to herself, even letting her borrow the outfit she intended to use (since Baga's wasn't very impressive). The end result was Baga ''killing'' the challenge, while Divina was criticized for playing it too safe, landing her in the bottom three.
* TheHyena: Just hear her cackle during confessionals.
* HypocriticalHumor: Complains about being described as "just a silver dress and a red wig", but not only do two-thirds of her looks contain different red wigs, she's wearing a look of that description in her actual promo image.
* ParasolOfPrettiness: {{Subverted}} with her episode 3 runway look, since she goes more for Vivienne Westwood avant-garde than pretty - and because she carries a ''beach umbrella'' as a parasol.
* PregnantBadass: Invoked in the ''Family Makeover'' challenge. Since her sister was four months pregnant at the time, Divina gave herself a matching belly for the runway and ends up winning the challenge for her attention to detail.
* ThePrimaDonna: Has the most prior TV experience of this season's cast, and this shows during the acting challenge when she gets to throw (not wholly undeserved) shade at her teammates. She later however takes her team's loss as her own, despite both her teammates and the judges singling her out as their best performer.
* {{Transgender}}: Came out as Non-Binary in September 2019
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: For her runway look in the finale, she sports a beautiful, floor-length gown with a ''Union Flag'' motif running through it — a perfect choice to close out the first UK final.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Delivers an epic one to The Vivienne in episode 6, after she’s finally had enough of not being taken seriously as a performer — and a serious threat:
-->'''Divina''': You clearly don’t value what I do as a drag-queen. Tell me anybody else in this werk room who has a four and a half octave range. Tell me anybody else who can sing in five languages. Tell me anybody else who can do all that while doing the splits. Tell me anybody else who has fifteen years of directing production shows!

!The Vivienne (Winner)

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->'''Real Name''': James Williams

->"Don't get too comfy, girls. This is only going to take two minutes."

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* TheAce: Invoked in that she is known for winning the Drag Race Ambassador pageant a few years back. In spite of this, she says outright that winning that title was not such a big deal in the grand scheme of things and does not intend to coast on a previous win.
* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Starts getting this edit by episode three, where she comes off as quite confident and haughty, following a strong start, to the point of coming off cocky and overly sure of herself. She noticeably starts to rub a few of the queens the wrong way.
* AntiNepotism: The Vivienne previously won the title of Drag Race Ambassador, and it gets discussed how she already knows the judges and already had a bit of a reputation. However both her and the judges state outright no special treatment will be expected just because of that.
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: She comes across as being very confident, even downright cocky in her drag abilities, though this is tempered by her occasionally glimpsed vulnerable side, which reveals her genuine fear of failure and letting her loved-ones down.
* BreakTheHaughty: Despite a very strong start in the competition, and a growing sense of {{Pride}}, she’s brought slap back down to Earth in episode 5’s ''Girl Groups'' challenge, where an unsure, phoned-in performance lands her in the bottom two. Horrified at the thought of all her hard work thus far evaporating, she uncharacteristically breaks down sobbing to the other girls, which gives her the reality-check she needs to [[HesBack slay the lip-sync]].
* CelebrityImpersonator: Sure, all queens that make it so far in the competition are required to prepare a ''Snatch Game'' celeb-impersonation, but special mention must go to Vivienne, whose Creator/DonaldTrump was so on point (and hilarious), that Michelle deemed it to be the best impersonation in the series' history. She also had a hilarious [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilla_Black Cilla Black]] on standby.
* TheFashionista: After winning the first mini-ball challenge and doing well in the sewing challenge, she starts becoming known as the season's "Look Queen". In addition, [[NamedAfterSomebodyFamous her name is a direct reference]] to famous fashion designer Vivienne Westwood.
* GenreSavvy: Is quick to call out the other queens who admit they don't know how to sew, siding with Michelle when she notes that every queen there claims they've watched every season of ''Drag Race'' and that there is no excuse by this point. She herself says sewing isn't in her wheelhouse normally, but she learned how when she found out she would be on the show.
* MommasBoy: Throughout the competition, Viv presents as a tough cookie who’s never one to shy away from confrontation or speaking her own mind, so it’s sweet to see a far softer side of her emerge in the ''Family Makeover'' challenge where we meet her mum (drag name: ''The Mother''), whom she clearly adores and can’t speak highly enough of.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: British Fashion Designer, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivienne_Westwood Vivienne Westwood]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers one to Divina, telling her that she's surprised at her strong performance during the season, because in the outside world Divina is known for always wearing red hair and a silver dress.
* RecoveredAddict: Tearfully reveals that she was a drug addict for 4 years, before meeting her partner and becoming clean. The podcast segment of the final elaborates that she took ketamine basically every day to cope with the stress of performing, before doctors advised her that she wouldn't live past the age of 30 if she didn't change her lifestyle.
* RecursiveCrossdressing: Her winning ''Queen of Your Hometown'' look was a [[Music/DeadOrAlive Pete Burns]] impression, while her (also winning) ''Snatch Game'' impression was Creator/DonaldTrump — noted by Michelle as potentially the best Snatch Game impersonation ''ever''.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Shes not just “Vivienne”, she’s '''THE''' Vivienne.
* WildCard: Despite breaking down in episode 5, after a particularly poor showing and ending up in the bottom 2, she's right back to her haughty behavior immediately afterwards, calling out episode winner Divina for having “no range” (she does) and always singing “in just a red wig and a silver dress" (she doesn’t).

->'''Real Name''': Leo Loren

* BiTheWay: She’s bi, and mentions her girlfriend a few times during her (brief) run on the show. Played with in that she doesn't really feel comfortable labeling it "bi," and says she just loves who she loves.

* AchillesHeel: Baga is witty, charismatic and funny, but looks are not her strength, specially not ones she has to construct herself, as she's not much of a seamstress. She hated her steel wool leotard from the ''Car Boot'' challenge, and when she's declared safe, she's both shocked and elated that Ru thought 3 other queens had a worse outfit than hers. In the next episode we see her happily dropping it in the trash, and admitting that the sewing challenge was what she was dreading the most in the seasos.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers one to Divina, telling her that she's surprised at her strong performance during the season, because in the outside world Divina is just known for always wearing red hair and a silver dress.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers one to Divina, telling her that she's surprised at her strong performance during the season, because in the outside world she just knows Divina for always wearing red hair and a silver dress.

* AchillesHeel: Bada is witty, charismatic and funny, but bless her heart, looks are not her strength, specially not ones she has to construct herself, as she's not much of a seamstress. She hated her steel wool leotard from the ''Car Boot'' challenge, and when she's declared safe, she's both shocked and elated that Ru thought 3 other queens had a worse outfit than hers. In the next episode we see her happily dropping it in the trash, and admitting that the sewing challenge was what she was dreading the most.

* AchillesHeel: Bada is witty, charismatic and funny, but bless her heart, looks are not her strength, specially not ones she has to construct herself, as she's not much of a seamstress. She hated her steel wool leotard from the ''Car Boot'' challenge, and when she's declared safe, she's both shocked and elated that Ru thought 3 other queens had a worse outfit than hers. In the next episode we see her happily dropping it in the trash.

* AchillesHeel: Despite having one of the best track records of the season, her biggest weakness is that she isn't much of a seamstress. She hated her steel wool leotard from the ''Car Boot'' challenge, and when she's declared safe, she's elated that Ru thought 3 other queens had a worse outfit than hers. In the next episode we see her happily dropping it in the trash, and she admits that the inevitable "random scraps" task was [[TheDreaded the main one she was dreading]] all season.

* CanadaEh: The other queens pick up on her North American accent the moment she walks in, and she reveals that she's originally from Canada, but has been living in East London for 10 years. She doesn’t mention it much, though she does sneak in a Music/CelineDion reference during her verse on ''Break Up (Bye Bye)''.

* ShrinkingViolet: Her FatalFlaw. She was criticised for being too timid on the runway, with the judges specifically making fun of her weak roar in the “Leicester Tiger”[[note]]her home-town’s much-celebrated rugby team[[/note]] home-town outfit. She gives a much better one during her farewell.

* AnimalMotif: Her love for cat-themed face paint gets criticised when she applies it to her otherwise-solid "Bond Girl Glamourama" runway look, as her outfit's aviator theme had nothing to do with felines.

* HiddenDepths: Although she never would've had the chance to show it off on the show, she is a talented artist and incorporates that into photography of her drag. She also has a politically conscious streak; her "Day at the Races" look would have been a [[TheSuffragette Suffragette]] as a homage to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913_Epsom_Derby Emily Davidson]].

* RecursiveCrossdressing: Would have done Creator/RussellBrand as her Snatch Game impression.

* SmallReferencePools: Is the resident London Queen, yet for her hometown runway look she was forced by circumstances[[note]]She originally wanted to base her outfit on the Victoria Tube Line, but didn't get licensing permission for it[[/note]] to base her outfit on the River Thames (featuring its outline as a belt decoration). While it is a known landmark, she gets read for how indistinct the dress looks as a whole, when London has so many famous and easily recognizable features to have used instead (or in addition to).

* AllForNothing: In the car boot sewing challenge, she tears apart a jacket of hers that she really liked in order to use it as a sewing pattern for her outfit...only to fail the challenge when her look is read as plain and unpolished. Also, Sum Ting is placed in the bottom despite being one of the very few queens this season who comfortably knows how to sew (as opposed to only learning after passing the audition or not knowing at all).

* RecursiveCrossdressing: Did Sir Creator/DavidAttenborough (badly) as her Snatch Game impression, which lead to her elimination.

* TearsOfJoy: [[Music/SpiceGirls Geri Horner,]] in her guest appearance, was a big cheerleader for Sum Ting, but it was all for naught as Sum Ting winds up eliminated after her Snatch Game performance (as Creator/DavidAttenborough) fails to impress anyone else. At the end of the episode, in a surprising turn of events, Geri actually leaves the judges panel and heads to the Werk Room, to personally give Sum Ting words of encouragement, right as Sum Ting was giving her post-elimination speech. Sum Ting is so flattered and honored by the gesture that she starts tearing up.

* CanadaEh: The other queens pick up on her North American accent the moment she walks in, and she reveals that she's originally from Canada, but has been living in East London for 10 years. She doesn’t mention it much, though she does sneak in a Music/CelineDion reference during her verse on "Break Up (Bye Bye)".
* TheFreakshow: She is an aerial circus performer by profession, and she incorporates some of that experience into her drag, with extra emphasis on the "freak" part. Her "Weird Science" look was [[TheApunkalypse Apunkalypse-inspired]] and featured her grinding a circular saw against her arm bracelets [[GroinAttack and crotch]] to produce sparks. It's a trick she admits she learned from the circus.

* HiddenDepths: Who’d have thought mild-mannered Crystal would read the other girls to filth so well that she’d snatch the reading mini-challenge?

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Part of the reason for her elimination. Given the opportunity to decide her teammates in the GirlGroup challenge, she chooses The Vivienne (TheAce of the season so far, as well as a professional singer) and Cheryl Hole (who works in a girl group tribute band, and is thus knowledgeable about how to choreograph a performance). When they end up losing the challenge, even after an uncharacteristically poor performance by The Vivienne, Crystal stands out as the group's weakest link.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Is notable for being the only cast member to not have a British accent, due to the fact she is a Canadian native and moved to the UK ten years prior. This ends up being brought up during the "Downton Draggy" challenge in which Michelle couldn't tell if Crystal was trying for an American accent or a British accent, and finally just tells her to settle on one and just go for it.

* UnlockingTheTalent: Despite going into the Snatch Game worried that she isn't particularly funny, she ends up holding her own as a sex-obsessed [[Series/TheGreatBritishBakeOff Mary Berry]], earning a personal compliment from [=RuPaul=] as she is declared safe.

* DanceBattler: Cheryl finally gets to show off her dance skills in the girl-groups challenge of episode 5, and despite being on the losing team, she impresses the judges with a fun, slick performance.

* ForWantOfANail: During the “family makeover” challenge, her sister accidentally busts a zip as she was trying on her drag outfit, which necessitated the use of a backup. On the runway, the duo were acclaimed for their in-sync choreography and family resemblance, but their outfits were underwhelming enough to put them in the bottom two and led to Cheryl's elimination.

* HomeFieldAdvantage: When she fails the bottled water challenge in episode 6 and has to lipsynch against Blu, the song is "Call My Name" by her namesake Music/CherylCole, who was also the guest judge of the episode. There was no way in '''hell''' Ms. Hole was going to lose in front of her idol.[[note]]"Call My Name" is also part of her solo spot during Gals Aloud shows, so she already had half of her routine ready[[/note]]

* StrongFamilyResemblance: In the “family makeover” challenge of episode 7, we meet Cheryl’s adorable sister, who’s her literal ''clone'' — Cheryl hilariously notes that they “have the same face” even prior to the makeover.

* AchillesHeel: Despite having one of the best track records of the season, her biggest weakness is that she isn't much of a seamstress. She hated her steel wool leotard from the car boot challenge, and when she's declared safe, she's elated that Ru thought 3 other queens had a worse outfit than hers. In the next episode we see her happily dropping it in the trash, and she admits that the inevitable "random scraps" task was [[TheDreaded the main one she was dreading]] all season.

* BlackComedy: Her "Queen of Your Hometown" look was an Music/AmyWinehouse impression, depicting her as stumbling around the runway, beer bottle in hand. It worked.
* CatchPhrase: "Much bettah!" (in a very Cockney delivery), derived from the "Downton Draggy" challenge of episode two and kind of stuck with her ever since.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: The jury's still out on whether Baga was simply being InnocentlyInsensitive when describing her mother in such an unflattering manner while explaining their look to the judges in the “family makeover” challenge, '''or''' whether her attitude was due to more complicated ParentalIssues. One thing's for sure; she ''was'' highly insensitive (deliberately or otherwise), which made the judges vocally uncomfortable, and the fact she kept going on and on about it ''really'' didn’t help.
* {{Gasshole}}: Ends her bottled water advertisement by belching into the camera. As one does.

* RaisedByGrandparents: In the finale, Ru asks her why there seemed to be [[ParentalIssues issues]] between her and her mother in the “family makeover” challenge. Baga explains that growing up, “there wasn’t room (for her)” after her mother remarried, and she was raised by her nan. So when her mum arrived in the Werk Room, it was only the seventh time in ''ten years'' that they’d spent any time together, which goes some way to explain their tepid, detached interactions.

** Averted in "Snatch Game" with her Margaret Thatcher impersonation. Baga impressed the judges by ''not'' resorting to crude humor which would have broken character.
* WhatTheHellHero: In the “family makeover” challenge of episode 7, the judges don’t respond well to Baga and her mother's Kardashian-inspired runway, and Baga [[NeverMyFault makes a bunch of insensitive excuses]] about how hard it was to make her mum fashionable, due to her age and size. When Ru directly asks Jo (Baga’s mum) questions, Baga talks over her, and given Jo was already the shyest of the guest family members, the judges and the other contestants (as well as viewers) instantly felt bad for her, having seemingly been thrown under the bus by her own son. Once back in the werk-room, the other queens mince no words about how shitty they feel Baga was towards her mum.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Baga’s not yet 30 at the time of filming, yet plays it ''much'' older in terms of her dress-sense and cultural cues, which are a good 30-40 ''years'' older than she is. She even describes herself as an “old nan” in episode 6, and certainly looks the part in a sparkly Creator/LizaMinnelli-goes-on-a-cruise catsuit. Notably, during the family makeover in episode 7, Baga jokes that she looks the same age as her mum — it’s not much of an exaggeration.

* BrotherSisterTeam: In the “family makeover” challenge of episode 7, Divina and her gorgeous (and pregnant!) sister ''nail'' the main-stage runway, with a coherent drag-makeover that is both beautiful, and entirely [[DistaffCounterpart complementary]] to Divina’s own drag. They deservedly snatch 1st place in the penultimate week.

* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: After discovering that both she and Baga wanted to do UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher in the Snatch Game, Divina decides to pick Creator/JuliaChild instead and lets Baga have Thatcher to herself, even letting her borrow the outfit she intended to use (since Baga's wasn't very impressive). The end result was Baga ''killing'' the challenge, while Divina was criticized for playing it too safe, landing her in the bottom three.

* PregnantBadass: Invoked in the family makeover challenge. Since her sister was four months pregnant at the time, Divina gave herself a matching belly for the runway and ends up winning the challenge for her attention to detail.

* BreakTheHaughty: Despite a very strong start in the competition, and a growing sense of {{Pride}}, she’s brought slap back down to Earth in episode 5’s girl group challenge, where an unsure, phoned-in performance lands her in the bottom two. Horrified at the thought of all her hard work thus far evaporating, she uncharacteristically breaks down sobbing to the other girls, which gives her the reality-check she needs to [[HesBack slay the lip-sync]].

* MommasBoy: Throughout the competition, Viv presents as a tough cookie who’s never one to shy away from confrontation or speaking her own mind, so it’s sweet to see a far softer side of her emerge in the “family makeover” challenge where we meet her mum (drag name: ''The Mother''), whom she clearly adores and can’t speak highly enough of.

* RecursiveCrossdressing: Her winning "Queen of Your Hometown" look was a [[Music/DeadOrAlive Pete Burns]] impression, while her (also winning) Snatch Game impression was Creator/DonaldTrump — noted by Michelle as potentially the best Snatch Game impersonation ''ever''.

* CallBack: After her elimination she walks off the runway backwards invoking Miss Vanjie of Season 10 of the US Drag Race by saying "Miss Kendoll ... Miss Kendoll ..."

* {{Retraux}}: Baga's only 29 in real-life, but her entire character (and corresponding wardrobe) evokes the bawdy humour of an AwfulBritishSexComedy from the 60s and 70s. Her ''Day at the Races'' drag sums this up perfectly, and whilst all of the other queens went either ultra glam or modern, she opted for a 70s-styled number that wouldn't look out of place on [[Series/FawltyTowers Sybil Fawlty]] or [[Series/AreYouBeingServed Mrs. Slocombe]] -- and the judges ''loved'' it.

* GottaHaveBlueHair: Including the obvious blue wig from her entrance outfit, all of her hairstyles except the hometown look had a pastel coloured wig.

* ShoutOut: Her pictured promo look is a reference to [[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella de Vil]].

* HomeFieldAdvantage: When she fails the bottled water challenge in episode 6 and has to lipsynch against Blu, the song is "Call My Name" by her namesake Music/CherylCole, who was also the guest judge of the episode. There was no way in '''hell''' Ms. Hole was going to lose in front of her idol.

* LowerClassLout: Her persona -- that of a bawdy barmaid with an end-of-the-pier sense of humour. Ironic considering that she's more upper class than anyone except Scaredy.

* TokenMinority: Has mentioned in promo material that she's bisexual and has a girlfriend, and got into drag thanks to her girlfriend[[note]]while far from the first bisexual queen to be featured on the show, she is the first to acknowledge it on screen, ''and'' the first to have a girlfriend during filming[[/note]]. It's even mentioned her girlfriend is also a Drag Queen (of the Bio Queen variety).

* LowerClassLout: Her persona -- that of a bawdy barmaid with an end-of-the-pier sense of humour.