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Cheryl Hole, also known simply as Cheryl during the second season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World, is an English drag performer and contestant on Season 1 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
Cheryl would later return to compete on Season 1 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World.
On June 26, 2024, Cheryl was announced as one of the contestants of the second season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World.
Cheryl would be a guest in the first episode Make Up Your Mind (Season 5), giving a lipsync performance alongside Janey Jacké.
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Name Origin[]
"My drag name comes from the icon and Geordie princess Cheryl Cole. Cheryl have inspired so much of my life. I'm also in a Girls Aloud drag tribute group called Gals Aloud and I play Cheryl for obvious reasons."[3]
Track Records[]
Statistics: | UK Season 1 | UK vs The World Season 1 |
Canada vs The World Season 2 |
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Ranking: | 4th Place | 8th Place | 3rd/4th Place |
Maxi Challenges Won: | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mini Challenges Won: | 1 (Ep. 3) | 0 | 0 |
Times as Team Captain: | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Times in Bottom: | 2 (Eps. 6, 7) | 1 (Ep. 2) | 1 (Ep. 3) |
Episode Eliminated: | Episode 7 | Episode 2 | Episode 6 |
Memorable Quotes[]
RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 1[]
- "Hold on to your knickers girls, 'cause the queen of Essex has arrived!" (Entrance quote)
- "Well fuck this pink hat!"
- "I'm not threatened."
- "Up ya bum, no babies!"
- "Any hole is a goal with Cheryl Hole."
- "Pfffff... good chat today guys!"
- "Category ESSEX!"
- "Yeah, it was good..."
- ♪ "Category Essex, they call me Cheryl Hole. I'm sick of playing games now, and working with these trolls. Now I'm the star, I'm shooting far, and you're a basic, hun, I'm topping all the charts now, 'cause I'm the number 4, 3, 2, 1! (Drop me out! Bye.)" ♪ (Verse on Break Up (Bye Bye) by Filth Harmony)
- "I'm ready for another week of me doing mediocre."
- "I'm fashion forward for once in my life."
- "This is gonna be the week I have a breakdown."
- "Now, is the first thing you do when you walk into your garage is chuck your baby? I think I need to call social services. But she really was funny, she was really funny." (about The Vivienne's ad)
- "Love ya, love ya, love ya, done. See you in Essex, byeeeeee!" (elimination quote)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World Season 1[]
- "Hello, divas. I’m ready for another season of me doing mediocre.” (Entrance quote)
- "Thank you so much for seeing something special in me when I've never seen it myself... And, it's very on brand: No-Badges Chez, once again! Just never gonna get a badge, am I!"
- "See you all in Essex, when you actually visit me, bye!" (exit quote)
Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World Season 2[]
- "Fuck me, it's cold here!" (entrance quote)
- "You can come say hi now."
- "I'm looking around this werkroom and everybody's getting out of drag, and I'm realizing, we've got some hot people here! - No, I hate that! I hate when people say that! [mockingly] "I'm realizing there's some trades in this room, mmm, yummy yummy!""
- "Pop and pout and kiss your teeth, call me a cow cause I got beef. The hole may be gone, but Cheryl is back, flew across the pond to come attack! Like Matilda, you're reading, but clearly you're not seeing that mediocre is no more, while you stay here, I'm on a world tour. More lipsticks than a makeup store, showing you one-by-one the door, you'll be screaming, 'She's a whore!' It's okay, there's always Season 4." (Verse in "Tongue Pop")
- "Grab your library card! You've been read."
- "Ceryl, apparently."
- "You want some tits, Brooke?"
Farewell Message[]
RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 1[]
"I'm all gamed out! You've finally got rid of me! Kill it top 3 -- so proud! May the best GIRL win XOXO Cheryl Hole"
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World Season 1[]
"I wasn't threatened STILL NOT FRETEND! Love you divas! ♡ XOXO Cheryl Hole P.S. going for that piss now!"
Trivia[]
- Cheryl is seen out of drag in the audience at the RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8 finale. She is caught on camera between Laila McQueen's and Cynthia Lee Fontaine's runway presentations.
- Cheryl Hole was the first ever contestant to receive critiques from the judges on RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
- Cheryl Hole is the only contestant to have never won a challenge prior to starring in RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World Season 1 (discounting Pangina Heals, who had never been a contestant prior to competing on the season).
- With Pangina winning the first challenge and Cheryl being eliminated on Episode 2, Cheryl remains as the only contestant on this season to have never won a challenge.
- She is friends with British singer Adele. Adele stopped by London nightclub G-A-Y after she was on The Graham Norton Show and met Cheryl.[citation needed]
- Cheryl was added to the Season Pass of RuPaul's Drag Race Superstar in November 2022, alongside the tag "Diva".[citation needed]
- Cheryl is the first, and only, three time contestant to never place in the top up until their third season.
- Cheryl also holds the record for the longest time spent without a top placement (ten episodes), surpassing Morphine Love Dion, the previous holder of the record, by one episode.
- Cheryl is the third contestant to compete in three separate seasons without winning a single Maxi challenge, after Pakita, who competed on The Switch 2, Drag Race España (Season 3) and Drag Race España: All Stars (Season 1), and Pandora Boxx, who competed on RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 2), All Stars 1 and All Stars 6.
- Cheryl is the first queen outside of the Netherlands/Belgium who competed in a Drag Race to appear in the Dutch Make Up Your Mind.
Gallery[]
Make Up Your Mind Season 5[]
Make Up Your Mind Season 5 Looks[]
(with Janey Jacké)
Videos[]
Filmography[]
TV[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2019 | RuPaul's Drag Race UK (Season 1) | Self | Contestant (Placed 4th) | [3] |
2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World (Season 1) | Self | Contestant (Placed 8th) | [4] |
2024 | Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World (Season 2) | Self | Contestant (Placed 3rd/4th) |
Discography[]
Appearances/Features[]
Year | Title | Artwork | Notes |
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2019 | "Break Up (Bye Bye)" | ![]() |
as Filth Harmony |
2021 | "Snatch (featuring Cheryl Hole)" | ![]() |
from Priyanka's EP Taste Test. |
2024 | "BOPulence" | ![]() |
as The Slapbacks. |
External Links[]
References[]
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Winner | The Vivienne |
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Runners-Up | 2nd: Divina De Campo • 3rd: Baga Chipz |
Other Contestants | 4th: Cheryl Hole • 5th: Blu Hydrangea • 6th: Crystal • 7th: Sum Ting Wong • 8th: Vinegar Strokes • 9th: Scaredy Kat • 10th: Gothy Kendoll |
Host | RuPaul |
Judges | Alan Carr • Graham Norton • Michelle Visage • RuPaul |
Brit Crew | Archie • AJ Bediako • Ashraf Ejjabair • Matt Lister • Mitch Marion • Tom Scanlon • Niko Wirachman |
Winner | Blu Hydrangea |
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Runners-Up | 2nd: Mo Heart • 3rd & 4th: Baga Chipz & Jujubee |
Other Contestants | 5th: Janey Jacké • 6th: Pangina Heals • 7th: Jimbo • 8th: Cheryl Hole • 9th: Lemon |
Host | RuPaul |
Judges | Alan Carr • Graham Norton • Michelle Visage • RuPaul |
Winner | Lemon |
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Runners-Up | 2nd: Alexis Mateo • 3rd/4th: Cheryl & Kennedy Davenport |
Other Contestants | 5th: Miss Fiercalicious • 6th: Eureka! (Miss Congeniality) • 7th: Tynomi Banks • 8th: Le Fil • 9th: La Kahena |
Host | Brooke Lynn Hytes |
Judges | Brad Goreski • Brooke Lynn Hytes • Traci Melchor |
Pit Crew | TBA |