Jan Sport, mononymously known as Jan, is the stage name of Charles Mantione,[1] a drag performer from Manhattan, New York City and one of the Season 12 contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race.
She later returned to compete on All Stars 6, where she placed 7th.
Name Origin
It is revealed in a BuzzFeed video that she decided on Jan Sport because not only does she think it is a funny reference to the brand of backpacks, but because it reflects her love of sports, such as football, hockey, and soccer.
Similarly to Brita, she shortened her name to Jan for Drag Race, adding that she loves Jan Brady from the sitcom "The Brady Bunch."
RuPaul's Drag Race
| Statistics | Season 12 | All Stars 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking: | 8th Place | 7th Place |
| Maxi Challenges Won: | 0 | 1 (Ep. 4) |
| Mini Challenges Won: | 0 | 0 |
| Times as Team Captain: | 0 | 0 |
| Times in Bottom: | 1 (Ep. 8) | 3 (Eps. 3, 5, 7) |
| Episode Eliminated: | Episode 8 | Episode 7 |
Entrance Quotes
Season 12
"Hey y'all! Let's play some basketball! Yeah!"
All Stars 6
"I'm backpack, backpack, back again!"
Memorable Quotes
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12
- Rock: "Oh! Jan Sport?" Jan: "Oh, it's just Jan!" (when Rock M. Sakura says her original name)
- "I'm really ambitious, I'm very driven, and I don't apologize for that."
- "Damn, some of this stuff looks real cute, some of it also looks real tacky."
- "I'm shocked. I'm confused."
- "What were you? Like, apple tree #3?" (to Dahlia Sin)
- "♪Marcia, Marcia, Marcia, move over sis, it's Jan! The girl next door, plus so much more, there's no choice but to stan! Worked so hard to get here, but I still want more! Push farther into mainstream than any queen before! My stunning look, this sickening hook, I can do everything! And did I mention you'll be gagging when I start to sing?♪" (verse in "You Don't Know Me")
- "I'm dribbling a soccer ball down this runway! Who else?"
- "I've had a full face transplant!" (in Gay's Anatomy)
- "There's no business like show business! So let's send in the clowns! Oh wait, they're already here." (as Bernadette Peters in Snatch Game)
- "We're on Drag Race! How fun!"
- "America, world, thank you so much. I hope you got to get to know me a little bit more. And everyone, (moans) mhmn~, get ready to feel to the Jantasy, ah! Bye!" (exit quote)
- "Not this." (on a livestream)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6
- "Welcome To An Episode of Jantucked!" (Untucked entrance quote)
- "J for Jandetta."
- "Jan's got something to say Everybody jokes I'm so nice, nice, nice, But I love me so I don't think twice. I'm real, it's how I feel. My positive outlook you just can't steal. I'm peppy peppy peppy, that's my energy. Want it all the time, that's how I be. So get out of my head and shake my junk. You know what Mama Ru said "Bring my funk!"" (verse in Show Up Queen)
- “Well, as we like to say on the internet; ugh, not this!" (exit quote)
Trivia
- Jan started drag on July 8, 2016.[5]
- Coincidentally, she won her first Main Challenge in Episode 4 of All Stars 6, aired five years later on July 8, 2021.
- Jan competed on Season 14 of America's Got Talent with her drag vocal trio act Stephanie's Child, of which Season 13 contestant Rosé and drag queen Lagoona Bloo are also part of.
- Jan is the drag daughter of Season 9 contestant Alexis Michelle.[6]
- Jan and Bosco are the only Drag Race contestants to have been born on the exact same day than another Drag Race contestant (June 11, 1993).
- Jan is the first person of Armenian ancestry to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race.[2]
- After Jan's elimination on Season 12, her grandmother sent an angry letter to RuPaul.[7]
- Jan is in the same Drag Family as fellow Season 12 contestant Brita, Season 13's Rosé, and Canada's Drag Race's Lemon. She and Lemon also used to be roommates.[8]
- Jan was the first Season 12 contestant to be revealed.
- Jan holds a YouTube series called Jan’s Jukebox, where she sings song covers including every Season 12 lip sync song.
- Jan, like The Vixen, has spent the second longest span without receiving any critiques on the main stage, with four consecutive episodes (episodes 3 to 6 in Season 12) being sent to Untucked right away.
- Jaidynn Diore Fierce and Widow Von'Du hold the record of the most consecutive episodes without receiving critiques, with five.
- Jan helped Miz Cracker stone her Season 10 Denim and Diamonds look. Miz Cracker also helped Jan to get bookings at her start.[9]
- Jan's All Stars 6 promo outfit, as well as her planned outfit for the final lip sync for the crown, were designed and created by Drag Race Thailand Season 1 contestant Bunny Be Fly.[10]
- Jan wore the exact same outfit in the episode Stephanie's Child was eliminated from America's Got Talent and in the episode she got eliminated on All Stars 6 (the pastel purple leotard with stars and tassles).
- Jan, along with Jiggly Caliente and Yara Sofia, has competed in two seasons with 13 cast members.
- Jan is one of seven Drag Race contestants who have competed in two seasons with the same number of contestants, with Raven, Jujubee, Pandora Boxx, Yara Sofia, Jiggly Caliente and Eureka!.
- Jan is the only Drag Race contestant to have been part of a vote tie twice, in Episodes 5 and 7 of All Stars 6.
- Jan is the only Drag Race contestant to have been eliminated by the loser of a Lip Sync for your Legacy, Trinity K. Bonet, who got back the power to eliminate after the group vote tied.
- Jan is the 3rd queen to break a Mainstage light during a lipsync, she was preceded by Robbie Turner and Monét X Change.
- On All Stars 6, Jan used a mini "Shade" button every time she was filming her confessionals, which was cut out altogether from the final edits.[11]
Gallery
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12
Mini Promo
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12 Looks
Promo Look
Cast RuVeal Look
Press Week Look
Premiere Look
Confessional Look
Entrance Look
Spring Look
Fall Look
Tulle Look
Buttons and Bows Look
Ball Looks – Lady Baller, Basketball Wife Realness & Balls to the Wall Eleganza
Planet of the Capes Look
Snatch Game Look – Bernardette Peters
Frozen Eleganza Look
Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical Look – Early Madonna
Night of a Thousand Michelle Visages Look – Season 7: Glamazonian Airways
Black Wedding Look
Unaired Stars and Stripes Forever Look
Unaired Drag Family Resemblance Look – with Cindy
Unaired The Color Purple Look
Reunion Look
Grand Finale Look
RuPaul's Drag Race Bring Back My Ghouls
Promo
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6
Mini Promo
Promo Banner
Mini Trailer
Queens RuVeal
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6 Looks
Promo Look
Press Week Look
Stonewall Inn Look
Premiere Look
Confessional Look
Entrance Look
Variety Show Extravaganza Look
Blue Betta Work Look
Blue Jean Baby Look
Blue Ball Bonanza Look
RuDemption Runway Look
Half-Time Show Look – Lady Gaga
The Frill of It All Look
Episode 4 LSFYL Look
Pink Table Talk Look
Clash of the Patterns Look
Oh My Goth Look
Show Up Queen Look
Hot Tropics Look
Unaired Pop Art Look
Rudemption Lip-Sync Smackdown Round 6 Look
Unaired Oops! I Did It Again, A Fashionable Fashion Fail Look
Unaired All Star Hall of Fame Eleganza Extravaganza Look
Unaired LSFTC Look
Videos
Season 12
Meet Jan — Season 12
Episode 8 “This is My Night” Lip Sync
Jan’s Lady Baller Look Makeup Tutorial RuPaul’s Drag Race
All of Jan's Runway Looks Season 12
Others
Inside Jan’s NYC Apartment S3 E1 RuPaul’s Drag Race Out of the Closet
Filmography
TV
- (2019) America's Got Talent, on Season 14
- (2020) RuPaul's Drag Race, on Season 12
- (2020) Untucked, on Season 12
Web Series
- (2020) Miz Cracker's Review with a Jew - S12 E02
- (2020) Watcha Packin' - S12 E08
- (2021) The Pit Stop - S13 E08
Discography
Singles
- (2020) "You don't know me" by RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12 Cast
- (2021) "Jantasy" by Jan
- (2021) "Gay Hands Up" by Jan (feat. Alaska, Peppermint)
External Links
References
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| Winner | Jaida Essence Hall |
|---|---|
| Runners-Up | 2nd & 3rd: Crystal Methyd & Gigi Goode |
| Other Queens | 4th: Sherry Pie (Disqualified) • 5th: Jackie Cox • 6th: Heidi N Closet (Miss Congeniality) • 7th: Widow Von'Du • 8th: Jan • 9th: Brita • 10th: Aiden Zhane • 11th: Nicky Doll • 12th: Rock M. Sakura • 13th: Dahlia Sin |
| Judges | |
| Pit Crew | Jason Carter • Bruno Carvalho • Bryce Eilenberg |
| Winner | Kylie Sonique Love |
|---|---|
| Runners-Up | 2nd, 3rd & 4th: Eureka!, Ginger Minj & Ra'Jah O'Hara |
| Other Queens | 5th: Trinity K. Bonet • 6th: Pandora Boxx • 7th: Jan • 8th: A'keria C. Davenport • 9th: Scarlet Envy • 10th: Yara Sofia • 11th: Silky Nutmeg Ganache • 12th: Jiggly Caliente • 13th: Serena ChaCha |
| Lip Sync Assassins | Coco Montrese • Brooke Lynn Hytes • Laganja Estranja • Jessica Wild • Mayhem Miller • Manila Luzon • Alexis Mateo • Heidi N Closet • Kameron Michaels • Jaida Essence Hall |
| Judges | RuPaul • Michelle Visage • Carson Kressley • Ross Mathews |
| Pit Crew | Bruno Carvalho • Bryce Eilenberg |
