Danny Beard is a British drag performer and one of the contestants of the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
Danny would later be crowned The UK's Next Drag Superstar at the finale.
Drag Name Origin[]
"When I started experimenting with makeup, clothes, music, and art I was at university and I was studying contemporary theatre, arty farty I know! I was obsessed with Leigh Bowery and the whole movement surrounding him. I loved that he didn’t need a drag name it was still his name so I know I wanted to be Danny or Daniel and then once I started wearing a glitter beard it was Danny with the beard that eventually became Danny Beard!"[4]
Track Records[]
| Statistics | UK Season 4 |
|---|---|
| Ranking: | 1st Place (Winner) |
| Maxi Challenges Won: | 4 (Eps. 2, 4, 5, 9) |
| Mini Challenges Won: | 1 (Ep. 3) |
| Times as Team Captain: | 0 |
| Times in Bottom: | 0 |
| Episode Eliminated: | N/A |
Memorable Quotes[]
RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 4[]
- "Daddy's home!" (entrance quote)
- "She's only younger, don't be sucking anything off her."
- "And I'm here to do you too, babe." (To Jonbers Blonde)
- "Just May's got one of them faces I can't stop staring at. I don't know if it's the way the makeup is drawn. She looks like she's about to burst into tears any minute. She alright?"
- "You can call me whatever you like."
- "They're gonna look like a girl group and we're gonna look like a queue for Gregg's."
- "She's just landed on her shaft and she's going to shop for some bread for her babies on the spaceship." (describing her neon look)
- "♪ I'm a she with a beard, you think it's the oddest! Looks on fleek and I'll give it ya honest. I'm not being funny why would I be modest? I'm a mothertucking goddess baby! ♪" (Verse in Come Alive)
- "♪ How we feeling, Let's go. Look at me girl I'm phenomenal. I'll cramp your style and abdominals. Got you laughing so hard over all these hoes. These queens going down like dominos. The beard is here, and here to stay. Born to fly and not sashay. Just like Buffy I'm here to slay. But I don't come cheap so you got to pay. ♪" (verse in UK Grand Finale Megamix)
Trivia[]
- Danny is the first bearded queen to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race UK.[5]
- They are the seventh queen with facial hair to compete in the franchise as whole, after Marie Laveau, Madame Madness, Luquisha Lubamba, Venedita Von Däsh, La Big Bertha and Halal Bae.
- They are the first bearded queen to compete on Drag Race and be judged by RuPaul.
- In 2021, Danny competed on Celebrity Karaoke Club: Drag Edition alongside the likes of Trinity The Tuck, Crystal, Manila Luzon, Vinegar Strokes and The Vivienne.
- Entering in the fifth episode, they were eliminated in the second round of the finale in fourth place.[6]
- Danny's entrance look is a tribute to Dawn Gerrard, an apprentice jockey from The X Factor whose audition became a meme on the Internet after the judges at the time could not stop laughing about her profession.[7]
- Danny auditioned for Drag Race UK three times. [8]
- Danny is the first UK winner to have 4 challenge wins.
- Danny is the first UK winner to never be up for elimination.
- Danny is the first bearded queen to win on any Drag Race franchise.
- Danny is the 6th winner in the drag race franchise to walk into the werkroom first on their premiere episode, after Bianca Del Rio on Season 6, Trixie Mattel on All Stars 3, Shea Couleé on All Stars 5, Priyanka on Canada Season 1 and Lawrence Chaney on Drag Race UK Season 2.
- Danny is the second queen of the Drag Race franchise to win the Rusical Challenge, then go on to win the season, the first being Precious Paula Nicole from the first Filipino season.
- This makes them the first Rusical winner to be crowned by RuPaul.
- Danny is the first winner of Drag Race UK to never place below safe. She is the fifth winner to achieve this, after Bianca Del Rio on Season 6, Envy Peru on Holland Season 1, Elecktra Bionic on Italia Season 1, and Sharonne on España Season 2.
- Danny is the first winner of Drag Race UK to never be a team captain.
- Danny had previously appeared on Britain's Got Talent back in 2016, where they placed 4th.
- Danny Beard and The Vivienne are the only 2 winners to win from Liverpool.
- Danny had never lip synced before until appearing on Drag Race. The first time ever was for the Queens of the Bone Age performance[9]
- Danny hosted the first UK official aftershow series "The After Shave with Danny Beard", similar to The Pit Stop for the American franchise.
- In 2025, Danny competed on the twenty-fourth series of Celebrity Big Brother UK. She was a finalist on the season, ultimately placing as the runner-up by just 1.65% of the audience vote.
- She is the second drag race queen to compete on the franchise, after Courtney Act, who won the twenty first series.
Gallery[]
RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 4[]
Mini Promo
Promo Poster
Mini Trailer
#TeamDanny Promo
#TeamDanny Promo
Winner Congratulatory Post
Winner Congratulatory Post
RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 4 Looks[]
Promo Look
Confessional Look
Entrance Look
BBC Keeping It 100 Look – Mr. Blobby
Ru Are You? Look
Neon Nights Look
Bingo, She Bettah Don't! Look
The Mane Event Look
Lairy Poppins – The Rusical Look – Lairy Poppins
West End Wonders Look – Little Shop of Horrors
Snatch Game Look – Cilla Black
Tickled Pink Look
Drag Family Realness Look – with Mizzy Moustache
Ruff and Ready Look
Pretty in Punk Look
Pretty in Punk Look (Back)
Grand Finale Eleganza Look
Filmography[]
TV[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Britain's Got Talent (Series 10) | Self | Contestant (Placed Semifinalist) | [10] |
| 2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race UK (Season 4) | Self | Contestant (Placed 1st) | [11] |
| 2025 | Celebrity Big Brother UK (Season 24) | Self | Contestant (Placed 2nd) | [12] |
Discography[]
| Year | Title | Artwork |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Come Alive | 
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External Links[]
References[]
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| Winner | Danny Beard |
|---|---|
| Runners-Up | Cheddar Gorgeous • 3rd & 4th: Black Peppa & Jonbers Blonde |
| Other Contestants | 5th: Pixie Polite • 6th: Dakota Schiffer • 7th: Le Fil • 8th: Baby (Quit) • 9th: Sminty Drop • 10th: Copper Topp • 11th: Starlet • 12th: Just May |
| Host | RuPaul |
| Judges | Alan Carr • Graham Norton • Michelle Visage • RuPaul |
| Brit Crew | Jacob Maynard • Kelechi Kalu |