Lemon is the stage name of Christopher Elliott Baptista, a drag performer and one of the Season 1 contestants of Canada's Drag Race.
Name Origin
Lemon’s Drag Name is solely inspired by the citrus of the same name, due to her self-proclaimed “Sour As Hell” attitude.
Canada's Drag Race
Seasons Competed: | Season 1 |
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Ranking: | 5th Place |
Maxi Challenges Won: | 2 (Eps. 2, 7) |
Mini Challenges Won: | 3 (Eps. 3, 5, 6) |
Times in Bottom Two: | 2 (Eps. 1, 8) |
Times placed High: | 1 (Ep. 5) |
Times as Team Captain: | 1 (Ep. 3) |
Times placed Low: | 1 (Ep. 6) |
Episode Eliminated: | Episode 8 |
Memorable Quotes
- "Pucker up, motherfucker." (entrance quote)
- "I'm Lemon, just like the citrus fruit."
- "I'm gorgeous, hilarious, and sour as hell."
- "I'm about to make these girls feel real bitter."
- "I hate my life!"
- "There is no way I'm going home. I love Juice Boxx so much but I'm about to send this bitch packing".
- "I can't wait to win again next week!"
- "My name's Priyanka!"
- "I won another thing! I won another thing!"
- "Ooh, it starts with a high heel, we live!"
- "Everyone wants to be a dwoll, but they a trwoll."
- "I'm a straight-up rapstress."
- "♪ Ain't nobody pussy pop it quite like I do / Ain't nobody look turn a head like mine do / Ain't no laugh track slap like mine do / Ain't no queen rap it back like I do / When I step in the room, girls quake / Scarlett, Starzy, always safe / Rita's old and Ilona be fake / And that last girl, what's her name? ♪" (verse in "Not Sorry Aboot It")
- "Kiara, are you a bird? Because all your runway looks are cheep-cheep-cheep!" (Reading Kiara)
- "The only thing you're fucking is stupid." (reading Priyanka)
- "I just wrote, maybe it’s her haiw that keeps falling out, uh.. haiw." (as Jojo Siwa in Snatch Game)
- "Well, I get bullied all the time!" (as Jojo Siwa in Snatch Game)
- "Ugh... I'm gonna be bitter forever." (exit quote)
Farewell Message
"To my Top 4: I LOVE YOU, I'M PROUD OF YOU, & YOU'RE ALL DUMB + UGLY ♡ xoxo, Lemon"
Trivia
- Christopher is a professional contemporary ballet dancer, and previously performed with the Canadian national Tap team.
- Lemon once was a backup dancer for her fellow contestant Tynomi Banks.
- Lemon is Jasmine Rice LaBeija's drag daughter, Brita and Alexis Michelle's drag niece and Jan's drag cousin. She and Jan were formerly roommates.
- Lemon was chosen by Sasha Velour to be one of the models in her New York Fashion Week collaboration with Opening Ceremony.
- Lemon and Ilona Verley are the two first queens of Canada's Drag Race to live and come from outside of Canada, from the US.
- Lemon is the second person of Portuguese ancestry to compete on a Drag Race franchise, after Phi Phi O'Hara.
- Lemon had been doing drag for one year before being cast on Canada's Drag Race.
- Lemon is the fourth contestant in history to land in the Bottom two on her first episode competing and later win a Maxi Challenge during a regular season, after Sahara Davenport, Shangela and Darienne Lake.
- Lemon is the lowest placing queen to win a challenge from her season, and the highest placing queen to do so, placing 5th.
- Every time Lemon was in the top or bottom on a certain episode, she was in the bottom or top on the following one.
- Lemon is also a model when she's out of drag, as a men.
- Lemon made a collaboration with Vogue Brazil.
- Gothy Kendoll has expressed interest in having sex with her.
Gallery
Canada's Drag Race Season 1 Looks
Videos
Filmography
TV
- Canada's Drag Race, on Season 1, as herself/contestant. (2020)
Web Series
- TBA
Social Media
References
Winner | Priyanka |
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Runners-Up | 2nd & 3rd: Rita Baga & Scarlett BoBo |
Other Contestants | 4th: Jimbo • 5th: Lemon • 6th: Ilona Verley • 7th: BOA • 8th: Kiara • 9th: Tynomi Banks • 10th: Anastarzia Anaquway • 11th: Kyne • 12th: Juice Boxx |
Judges | Brooke Lynn Hytes • Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman • Stacey McKenzie |