Jojo Zaho is an Australian drag performer and contestant on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.
About[]
In 2015 Jojo started her drag career as a political response to a council member stating that homosexuality is not part of the indigenous culture. So for Dubbo’s first annual Central West Pride March she walked the parade in costumes she made with both the indigenous and gay pride flag and she hasn’t looked back since.
Since then, she has made her first television cameo on Get Krackin, competing in the inaugural Miss First Nation Indigenous drag queen pageant, the documentary Black Divaz, and hosting the VIP party for the Newcastle leg of Cher’s Australian tour.[2]
Drag Name Origin[]
Her name is a pun on "Jojo’s a hoe" with the first part of her name being a nickname for her real name, John, given to her by her sisters growing up.
Track Record(s)[]
| Statistics | Down Under Season 1 |
|---|---|
| Ranking: | 10th Place |
| Maxi Challenges Won: | 0 |
| Mini Challenges Won: | 0 |
| Times as Team Captain: | 0 |
| Times in Bottom Two: | 1 (Ep. 1) |
| Episode Eliminated: | Episode 1 |
Memorable Quotes[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Season 1[]
- "Bite the pillows ladies, mama's a ho and she's going in dry." (entrance quote)
- "I don't know who's more parched, me or her wig." (about Elektra Shock's entrance look)
- "You're standing on your chiffon." (to Elektra Shock)
- "I can't take her seriously..." (about Etcetera Etcetera's cockroach look)
- "She took my land, it's only fair I take her costume." (about Karen From Finance's entrance look)
- "Pit Crew, on the other hand, I'd like to colonize their colons."
- "I am dripping in faboriginality today."
- ”Anything is possible if you let your faboriginality shine through.” (exit quote).
- "I always laugh at the girls that cry, now I am one, that is called karma." (post-elimination comment)
Farewell Message[]
" ♡ I am so happy to call each & everyone of you mob(sisters) Bring that crown home Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi xoxo Jojo Zaho x now clean this mirror Bitch lol 💋"
Trivia[]
- Jojo's drag mother, Philmah Bocks, made the wigs she and Kita Mean wore in their promo/entrance looks.
- Jojo is the first Aboriginal Australian queen to compete on Drag Race and her promo/entrance look is in the colours of the Aboriginal Australian flag.
- She and fellow castmate Coco Jumbo are the second and third Indigenous Oceanian queens to compete on the franchise after Brita.
- Jojo is the only Season 1 queen to come from New South Wales but not live in Sydney.
- Jojo has been doing drag for 5 years before competing on the show. She started drag at a pride march, after being told that drag isn't part of her culture.
- In 2018, Jojo competed in Miss First Nation, an all-indigenous drag competition, where she won both Miss Photogenic and Miss National Costume.[3]
- Being the first eliminated contestant of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, Jojo joins the group of the Porkchop Queens, the contestants who are the first to be eliminated in an entire franchise.
- Jojo is the first contestant to be eliminated by RuPaul out of drag.
- She would continue to be the only queen until 2023, when Ivory Glaze lost her lip-sync to Rita Menu and was subsequently eliminated.
- Additionally, this makes the only queens to have achieved this feat be from Down Under.
- She would continue to be the only queen until 2023, when Ivory Glaze lost her lip-sync to Rita Menu and was subsequently eliminated.
- Fellow cast member Art Simone is her drag aunt making her and Art the third pair of queens to compete against their drag family on the same season (after Kennedy and Chi Chi of All Stars 3 and Lala Ri and Tamisha Iman of Season 13).
- Coincidentally, they are the first two eliminated on Down Under. Until Art Simone returned in episode 4.
- Jojo had planned to play Ernie Dingo for Snatch Game.[4]
- On September 26, 2021, Jojo alluded that they had gotten a day job, most likely as New South Wales has been under lockdown and active cases of COVID-19 were at their peak in Australia.
Gallery[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Season 1[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Season 1 Looks[]
Filmography[]
TV[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (Season 1) | Self | Contestant (Placed 10th) |
External Links[]
References[]
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| Winner | Kita Mean |
|---|---|
| Runners-Up | 2nd, 3rd & 4th: Art Simone, Karen From Finance & Scarlet Adams |
| Other Contestants | 5th: Elektra Shock • 6th: Maxi Shield • 7th: Etcetera Etcetera • 8th: Anita Wigl'it • 9th: Coco Jumbo • 10th: Jojo Zaho |
| Judges | RuPaul • Michelle Visage • Rhys Nicholson |
| Pit Crew | Max Currie • Sean Walters • Rod Tian |