Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 | |
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Born | Justin Andrew Honard March 6, 1985 [1] |
Other names |
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Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh (BA) |
Occupations | |
Years active | 2006–present |
Television | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 5) [4] [5] RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 2) [6] |
Musical career | |
Genres | |
Member of | The AAA Girls |
Website | alaskathunderfuck |
Justin Andrew Honard (born March 6, 1985), best known by the stage name Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 or mononymously as Alaska, is an American drag queen and singer from Erie, Pennsylvania. She is best known as the runner-up on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the winner of the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars .
Alaska co-hosts the web series Bro'Laska alongside her brother, Cory Binney. Her first studio album, Anus , was released in 2015, followed by her second album, Poundcake , in 2016, and her third album, Vagina , in 2019. Her fourth album, Red 4 Filth , was released in 2022. Alaska is also a part of The AAA Girls, a drag group with Willam and Courtney Act and hosts the podcast Race Chaser with Willam.
Honard was born to Andrew and Pam Honard, [7] and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Fort LeBoeuf High School in 2003. [2] [8] Honard has a brother, Cory. [9] He studied theater at the University of Pittsburgh. [10]
After dabbling in various jobs and projects in Pittsburgh, Honard eventually moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. After discovering that he disliked the process of trying to land acting jobs, he conceived the concept and personality of her drag persona while smoking marijuana. Honard had previously done drag as a hobby, but the conception of "Alaska" fueled an intent to turn it into a career, and she eventually landed a job at the West Hollywood club Fubar. [11] [12] Honard frequently performed as Alaska in the Trannyshack shows in Los Angeles. [13] In 2009, she performed in Palm Springs Gay Pride with Tammie Brown and Jer Ber Jones. [14]
Alaska met future boyfriend Sharon Needles (stage name of Aaron Coady) through Myspace via an introduction from Pittsburgh drag queen Veruca la'Piranha in December 2009, and eventually moved back to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to live with him in 2010. [8] [12] She has said that she found Sharon Needles "fascinating", and, even after their breakup, "still does". [12] Along with Sharon Needles and Cherri Baum, she formed the band Haus of Haunt, which later evolved into a drag troupe based out of Pittsburgh bar The Blue Moon. As part of the Haus of Haunt, she helped present the Pittsburgh debut of fellow drag queen and recording artist Christeene Vale in 2013. Alaska later impersonated Vale for the music video "RuPaulogize" by Willam Belli. [15] The couple had friction between them after Sharon Needles' casting on season four of Drag Race, as Alaska had auditioned for every season of the show previous, and Sharon Needles had been cast on her first attempt at auditioning. [12] Sharon Needles later went on to win the season in April 2012, beating fellow finalists Chad Michaels and Phi Phi O'Hara.
Alaska competed on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, under the mononym Alaska instead of her full drag name Alaska Thunderfuck. [8] [16] She had previously auditioned for every season of the show, and filmed her audition tape for the fifth season while on a cruise paid for by Sharon Needles' Drag Race winnings. She prepared for the season with the help of Baum, la'Piranha, and New York City-based drag queen Miles De Niro. Sharon Needles was not present for the preparation, as she was touring at the time. [11] [12] Alaska won the fragrance commercial-themed main challenge in the episode "Scent of a Drag Queen" and the main challenge for "Sugar Ball". [17] [18] As part of the show, Alaska sang on the "We Are the World"-inspired song "Can I Get an Amen?". The song's proceeds helped benefit the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. [19] At the season finale in May 2013, Alaska was declared the runner-up along with fellow competitor Roxxxy Andrews. Jinkx Monsoon was the winner of the season. [20] Due to her substantial gain in wealth after Drag Race and subsequent ability to purchase the item, she later fell into a cocaine addiction, which Alaska has described as "kinda ugly, gross, and kinda sad". [12]
In October 2013, Alaska performed as Dr. Frank N. Furter in Woodlawn Theatre's production of The Rocky Horror Show in San Antonio, Texas. RuPaul's Drag Race judge Michelle Visage and season four contestant Willam Belli also starred in the musical. [21]
Since appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race, Alaska has toured and performed, appearing in RuPaul's Drag Race Battle of the Seasons shows, the Drag Stars at Sea cruises, custom one-woman shows such as a Stevie Nicks tribute called "Stevie Forever", a cabaret show called "Red for Filth", and a holiday show called "Blue Christmas". [22] [23] An animated version of Alaska appeared in the "RuPaul's Drag Race: Dragopolis 2.0" mobile app. [24] During the summer of 2014, she starred in a stage production of Sex and the City . [25] With her brother, Cory Binney, Alaska has a web series sponsored by World of Wonder, called Bro'Laska. [26] In 2014, Alaska became a spokesmodel for American Apparel alongside Willam Belli and Courtney Act. [27]
Alaska has since released a string of singles, namely "Ru Girl", "Your Makeup Is Terrible", and "Nails". In June 2015, Alaska's debut album, Anus , was released to positive reviews. Singles from the album included "Hieeee" and "This Is My Hair". [28] [29] [30]
In 2016, Alaska returned to Drag Race for the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. [31] She won 4 challenges (Snatch Game, Acting, Stand Up, Advert) and was in the bottom for a makeover challenge. She received some backlash due to some of her choices of eliminations and her behavior toward the end of the competition. In response, Alaska donated $5,000 to the charity Trans Kids Purple Rainbow and posted an apology video online. In the final five of the competition, when she landed in the bottom, Alaska famously offered competitor Detox $10,000 to vote for her to stay in the competition, of which Alaska revealed years later that she donated the amount to a snake sanctuary instead. [12] In the season finale, she was crowned the second winner of All Stars. [32] [33] [34] Due to the stress sustained while filming the season, she has said that she preferred the experience she had while filming Season 5 of Drag Race over All Stars 2. [12]
In the same year, Alaska released her second album, titled Poundcake. [35] Three singles from the album have been released: "The T", [36] "Stun", [37] and "Puppet". The album is named after the puppet challenge on RuPaul's Drag Race where Alaska and fellow contestant Lineysha Sparx created a rebellious puppet called Lil' Poundcake. [38] On the seventh episode of the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, the main challenge of the episode was for the contestants to act in a true crime spoof entitled "Forensic Queens: Wha-Ha-Happened to Lil' Poundcake?", depicting a fictional All Stars season where Lil' Poundcake, slated to make her Drag Race comeback, suddenly disappears. [39]
Alaska competed in the first season of VH1's Scared Famous , which premiered on October 23, 2017, and placed 6th in the competition. [40] [41] [42]
Since 2018, Alaska has hosted the podcast Race Chaser with fellow Drag Race alumna Willam Belli. The podcast is "devoted to the discussion and dissection of every episode" of RuPaul's Drag Race. [43] Alaska and Jeremy Mikush, performing as Alaska and Jeremy, released their debut album Amethyst Journey in 2018. [44]
In 2019, Alaska released her third album titled Vagina . [45] Soon after, she created and hosted The Drag Queen of the Year Pageant Competition Award Contest Competition at the Montalban Theater in Hollywood. The event was sold-out and featured eight different drag artists competing for the crown. The eventual winner, decided by Alaska and a panel of judges including Peppermint, Sharon Needles, and Willam, was Abhora, a former contestant on season two of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula . The event has since been hosted annually [a] by Alaska alongside Lola LeCroix, with a documentary series following the production of the 2022 edition, Behind the Drag Queen of the Year Pageant Competition Award Contest Competition, being released in 2023. [46] In June 2023, a panel of judges from New York magazine placed Alaska seventh on their list of "the most powerful drag queens in America", a ranking of 100 former Drag Race contestants. [47]
Alaska's first comedy special, The Alaska Thunderfuck Extra Special Comedy Special, aired on OutTV in Canada in 2021. [48]
She released her memoir, My Name's Yours, What's Alaska?: A Memoir on November 9, 2021. [49]
She is one of the most followed queens from Drag Race, and has accumulated over 1.8 million Instagram followers as of October 2021. [50]
She has stated, "I am a huge fan of drag for many reasons; first and foremost being that it is an extremely important form of performance art. Drag uses humor as means of relaying a message, and because humor tends to get overlooked as a valid way to communicate through art, drag tends to get pigeonholed into being something 'less than' when you think about it in terms what you'd see at a museum. I can't think of almost anything more artistically redeeming than a huge museum full of drag queens, but maybe that's just me." [51] [52]
She has cited Gianni Versace, Lady Gaga and Marc Jacobs as her favorite fashion influences. [53] Thought Catalog described her style as "risk-taking" and "creative", with "weird choices"; [54] Yahoo! called her Lil Poundcake outfit a "pink nightmare" and "clownish crazy", and explained that "the drag and music world would certainly be very quiet without Ms Thunderfuck". [55]
Alaska's drag name is derived from Alaskan Thunderfuck, a strain of cannabis. Alaska counts Divine and Marilyn Monroe as her role models. [56]
Alaska was in a relationship with fellow drag queen Sharon Needles for four years before separating in November 2013. She has stated that the pair had a drunken physical fight after a night of doing cocaine, and, later that same night, was said to have checked into a hotel with her belongings while wearing a fur coat stained with Sharon Needles' blood. Alaska has since jokingly compared the situation to Angela Bassett as Tina Turner requesting a hotel room in What's Love Got to Do with It . She has also cited her own affair with a man in Florida as a "symptom" and "one of the causes" of the fight. Alaska was originally angry over the circumstances of their breakup, but, after rekindling their relationship while on tour together, she has said that they are now "really good friends". Sharon Needles appeared in Alaska's music video for "Hieee" in 2015, two years after their breakup. [57] [58] [12]
In June 2022, Honard's father was killed in a motorcycle crash. [59] Honard wrote on social media that his father was "kind and loving and hilarious and had a beautiful heart, and had so much love for his family, his wife, my sister and me, and his grandchildren". He also wrote that he was "feeling a lot of pain and grief right now. I'm also feeling compassion for anyone who has ever lost someone they love". [60]
Alaska Thunderfuck discography | |
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Studio albums | 4 |
Singles | 25 |
Collaborative albums | 2 |
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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US Heat [61] | US Indie [62] | US Dance [63] | US Comedy [64] | BEL (FL) [65] | ||
Anus |
| 4 | 14 | 3 | — | — |
Poundcake |
| 3 | 28 | 4 | — | 200 |
Vagina |
| — | — | — | 2 | — |
Red 4 Filth |
| — | — | — | — | — |
Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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US Cast [70] | ||
Amethyst Journey (with Jeremy Mikush as Alaska and Jeremy) |
| — |
Drag: The Musical (The Studio Cast Recording) |
| 12 |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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US Comedy Digital [72] | |||
"Ru Girl" [73] | 2013 | — | Non-album single |
"Your Makeup Is Terrible" [74] | 2014 | — | Anus |
"Nails" | — | ||
"Hieeee" | 2015 | 5 | |
"This Is My Hair" [75] | — | ||
"Anus" | 2016 | — | |
"Puppet" | — | Poundcake | |
"The T" (featuring Adore Delano) | — | ||
"Come to Brazil" | 2017 | — | |
"Snaked" | 2018 | — | Vagina |
"Valentina" | — | Non-album single | |
"Leopard Print" | 2020 | — | Vagina |
"Sitting Alone in the VIP" (featuring Kandy Muse) | — | Non-album singles | |
"Pool Party" | — | ||
"Let It Snow" (Ivan and Peter Mix) | — | ||
"ROY G BIV BBT" | 2021 | — | |
"Red" | — | Red 4 Filth | |
"Beautiful Night (4 A) Breakdown" | — | ||
"Without Your Love" | — | ||
"Wow" | — | ||
"XOXOY2K" | — | ||
"Ask Me" | — | ||
"22" | — | ||
"Uh" | 2022 | — | |
"I Am Her (She Is Me)" (featuring Ts Madison) | — | ||
"Girlz Night" (featuring Stephanie's Child) | — |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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US Comedy Digital [72] | US Dance [76] | ||||||||||||
"Let's Get Something Started" [77] (Candy Apple Blue featuring Alaska Thunderfuck) | 2013 | — | — | Night Tracks | |||||||||
"Can I Get an Amen?" [78] (RuPaul featuring Drag Race Season 5 Cast) | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||
"I Look Fuckin' Cool" [79] (Adore Delano featuring Alaska Thunderfuck) | 2014 | — | — | Till Death Do Us Party | |||||||||
"Ride for AIDS" (Willam featuring Alaska Thunderfuck) | 2015 | 12 | — | Shartistry in Motion | |||||||||
"Read U Wrote U" (RuPaul featuring Alaska Thunderfuck, Detox, Katya & Roxxxy Andrews) | 2016 | — | 29 | Non-album singles | |||||||||
"Yet Another Dig" (Bob the Drag Queen featuring Alaska Thunderfuck) | 2017 | — | — | ||||||||||
"Shade" (Cake Moss featuring Alaska) | 2018 | — | — | ||||||||||
"La China Mas Latina" (Gia Gunn featuring Alaska Thunderfuck) | — | — | |||||||||||
"Come in Brazil" (Katya featuring Alaska Thunderfuck) | 2020 | — | — | Vampire Fitness | |||||||||
"Gay Hands Up" (Jan featuring Alaska Thunderfuck and Peppermint) | 2021 | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
"Everyone Is a Little Bit Gay" (Ash Gordon featuring Alaska Thunderfuck) | 2022 | — | — | Ash Gordon II | |||||||||
"It's in the Book" (Trinity the Tuck featuring Alaska Thunderfuck) | 2023 | — | — | Trinity Ruins Christmas: The Musical | |||||||||
"Eternity to Me" (Trinity the Tuck featuring Alaska Thunderfuck) | — | — | |||||||||||
"Good Enough" (Trinity the Tuck featuring Alaska Thunderfuck) | — | — | |||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that failed to chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Kai Kai" | 2013 | Sharon Needles, Ana Matronic | PG-13 |
"Miss Fame" | 2015 | Miss Fame | Beauty Marked |
"Everyday Is Christmas" | N/A | Christmas Queens | |
"Working Holiday" | 2016 | Manila Luzon | Christmas Queens 2 |
"Chr!$tm@s $ux!" | N/A | ||
"We Three Queens" | 2017 | Manila Luzon, Peppermint | Christmas Queens 3 |
"Angels We Have Heard on High" | N/A | ||
"All This Body" | 2018 | Jiggly Caliente, Ginger Minj | T.H.O.T. Process |
"America's Sweetheart" | Blair St. Clair | Call My Life | |
"Santa Baby" | N/A | Christmas Queens 4 | |
"Inspire Me (Reprise)" | 2019 | Manila Luzon | Rules! |
"Where Are the Jokes?" | Trinity The Tuck | Plastic | |
"Pool Party" [80] | 2020 | Ivan & Peter, DJ Flula | Non-album single |
"Come in Brazil" | Katya | Vampire Fitness |
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Ref. |
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2015 | TupiniQueens | Herself | [ citation needed ] | ||
2017 | The Drag That Said Phi | Felippe Moraes | Video Art | [83] [84] [85] [86] | |
2018 | Hurricane Bianca 2: From Russia With Hate | Matt Kugelman | Cameo | [87] | |
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time | Morgana | Anthony C. Ferrante | Television film | [88] | |
The Quiet Room | Hattie | Sam Wineman | Short film | [89] [90] | |
2019 | The Queens | Herself | Documentary | [91] | |
Ru's Angels | Short film | [92] | |||
2020 | Circus of Books | Himself (out of drag) | Documentary | [93] | |
2021 | The Alaska Thunderf**k Extra Special Comedy Special | Herself | OUTtv original | [94] | |
2022 | God Save The Queens | Stevie | Jordan Danger | [95] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2011 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself | Cameo; Season 3 – Episode 1: "Casting Extravaganza" | |
2012 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | Cameo; Season 4 (1 episode) | ||
2013 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Contestant; Season 5 — Runner-up | [8] | |
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | Season 5 | |||
2015 | The Art Of | Episode: "The Art of Drag" | ||
RuPaul's Drag Race | Anna Wintour | Season 7 – Episode 1: "Born Naked" | ||
2016 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself | Guest; Season 8 – Episode 10: "Grand Finale" | |
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Contestant; Season 2 — Winner | |||
2017 | The New Celebrity Apprentice | Episode: "Candy for a Billionaire" | [96] | |
@midnight | Episode 580 | [97] | ||
Scared Famous | Contestant; season 1 — 6th place | [40] | ||
2018 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Cameo; Season 3 | [98] | |
2019 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Cameo; Season 4 | [99] | |
The Bachelorette | Cameo; season 15 | [100] | ||
2020 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Guest; season 17, episode 43 | [101] | |
Cooked with Cannabis | Guest | [102] | ||
2021 | The Sherry Vine Show | Guest star; Episode: "Alaska Thunderfuck" | ||
2022 | Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror | Guest star; season 1 (4 episodes) | ||
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans | Guest judge; episode 3 | |||
2023 | Drag Me to Dinner | Hulu original reality series | [103] | |
Hell's Kitchen | Guest diner; Episode: "Citizens of Hell's Kitchen" | |||
2024 | Drag Den season 2 | Guess Judge; Episode 3 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2013 | Pure Camp | Herself | Produced by World of Wonder | [104] |
Ring My Bell | ||||
2014-2017 | Hey Qween! | Guest; 2 episodes | ||
2014–2020 | Bro'Laska | Co-host; produced by World of Wonder | [26] | |
2014 | Transformations | Guest; produced by World of Wonder | ||
2015 | Raja Drawja | Episode: "Alaska 5000"; produced by World of Wonder | ||
Alyssa's Secret | Episode: "Alaska Edwards"; produced by World of Wonder | |||
2016–2019 | Fashion Photo RuView | Recurring guest host; produced by World of Wonder | [105] | |
2016 | How to Makeup | Episode: "Alaska Thunderfuck – Day to Night" | [106] | |
2017 | Shane and Friends | Season 5 – episode 27 | ||
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula | Guest judge; season 2, episode 4 | |||
Cosmo Queens | Produced by Cosmpolitan | [107] | ||
101 India | Episode: "A Drag Queen Sandwich With Alaska Thunderf**k and Rani Ko-He-Nur" | [108] | ||
2018 | Detox's Life Rehab | Episode: "Hair, Dating & Pups" | [109] | |
The Pit Stop | Host (Drag Race All Stars 3); produced by VH1 | [110] | ||
Ass Controller | Alexis Thunderstorm | Episode 9. Produced by Men.com | [111] | |
2020 | ASMR Queens | Herself | Episode: "Alaska Thunderf*ck" | [112] |
Hot Trash | Episode 6 | |||
Love for the Arts | Guest judge | [113] | ||
2021 | What's My Game? | Episode: "Alaska vs. Brittany Broski" | [114] | |
2023 | The Pit Stop | All Stars Season 8, Episode 1 | [115] | |
Dimension 20 | Princess | Player in the Dungeons and Drag Queens campaign | [116] | |
2024 | Monét's Slumber Party | Herself | Guest | [117] |
Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Ref. |
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2013 | The Rocky Horror Show | Dr. Frank N. Furter | Woodlawn Theatre | [21] |
2021 | Head over Heels | Queen Gynecia | Pasadena Playhouse | [118] |
Year | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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2013 | "RuPaulogize" | Willam Belli | |
2014 | "Your Makeup Is Terrible" | Herself | [119] |
"Nails" | Herself | [120] | |
"Ransom" | MOXXI | [121] | |
2015 | "Do It Like Miley" | Team Heartbreak | |
"Hieeee" | Herself | ||
"This Is My Hair" | Herself | [122] | |
2016 | "Expensive" | Todrick Hall | [123] |
"Gimme All Your Money" | Herself feat. Laganja Estranja | [124] | |
"Anus" | Herself | [125] | |
"Puppet" | Herself | [126] | |
"The T" | Herself feat. Adore Delano | [127] | |
2017 | "Power" | Little Mix feat. Stormzy | [128] |
"Stun" | Herself feat. Gia Gunn | [129] | |
"Come to Brazil" | Herself | [130] | |
"Valentina" | Herself | [131] | |
2018 | "666" | Sharon Needles | [132] |
"Oops I Think I Pooped" | Pandora Boxx | [133] | |
"Aliens" | Alaska & Jeremy | [134] | |
"Jolene" | Dolly Parton | [135] | |
2019 | "Truth in the Light" | Alaska & Jeremy | |
"Monster Mash" | Sharon Needles | [136] | |
2020 | "Leopard Print" | Herself | |
"Sitting Alone in The VIP" | Herself | [137] | |
"Shooting Star – A Revealing New Musical's COVID-19 Relief Fundraising Medley" | The cast of Shooting Star – A Revealing New Musical | [138] | |
2021 | "ROY G BIV BBT" | Herself | [139] |
"Gay Hands Up" | Herself (with Jan Sport & Peppermint) | ||
"Red" | Herself | [140] | |
"beautiful (night 4 a) breakdown" | Herself | [141] | |
"wow" | Herself | [142] | |
"XOXOY2K" | Herself | [143] | |
2023 | "True Colors" | Herself | [144] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2014 | RuPaul: What's the Tee? | Guest | Episode: "Perseverance & Oil Pulling with Alaska" | [145] |
2015–2017 | The Pandora Boxx Show | 3 episodes | [146] | |
2016–2023 | Out on the Lanai: A Golden Girls Podcast | 17 episodes | [147] | |
2018, 2021 | You're Making It Worse | 2 episodes | [148] [149] | |
2018 | Whimsically Volatile | Episode: "Alaska!" | [150] | |
2018–present | Race Chaser | Co-host | With Willam | [151] |
2018 | Las Culturistas | Guest | Episode: "God's Plan" | [152] |
2019 | Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction | Episode: "Alaska Thunderfuck & Aurora on weed, relapse and other dumb shit" | [153] | |
2020 | A Faerily Queer Podcast | Episode: "Alaska!" | [154] | |
Doing Great with Vicky Vox | Episode: "Queen of Clurbs" | [155] | ||
Ghosted! by Roz Hernandez | Episode: "Alaska Thunderfuck and Jackie Beat" | [156] | ||
2020–2021 | The Chop with Latrice Royale & Manila Luzon | 5 episodes; also executive producer | [157] | |
2020 | Sibling Rivalry | Episode: "The One with Willam & Alaska" | [158] | |
Sloppy Seconds with Big Dipper & Meatball | Episode: "Constant Ambient Sexual Energy"; also executive producer | [159] | ||
Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig | Episode: "Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 - New Year's Queens" | [160] | ||
2021 | The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamo | Episode: "Alexis Thunderstorm 500 with Alaska Thunderf*ck" | [161] | |
Why Won't You Date Me? with Nicole Byer | Episode: "How to Manifest your Dream Man" | [162] | ||
Queery with Cameron Esposito | Episode: "Alaska Thunderfuck" | [163] | ||
Lady to Lady | Episode: "It's Okay to Quit" | [164] | ||
Scam Goddess | Episode: "The Poisonous Beauty Product Peddler with Alaska Thunderfuck" | [165] | ||
Spanish Aquí Presents | Episode: "I Need Musical Numbers" | [166] | ||
Kesha and the Creepies | Episode: "Trash to Treasure with Alaska Thunderfuck 5000" | [167] | ||
2022 | Wanna Be On Top? with Shea Couleé | Episode: "Cycle 7: Makeover Day"; also executive producer | [168] | |
2022-2023 | Hall & Closet | 2 episodes; also executive producer | [169] [170] | |
2022 | Very Delta | Episode: "Are You Pre-Sweetened Like Me?"; also executive producer | [171] | |
2023 | Sissy That Talk Show | Episode: "Season Finale: Alaska Thunderfuck"; also executive producer | [172] | |
Year | Award-giving body | Category | Work | Results | Ref. |
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2019 | Queerty Awards | Podcast | Race Chaser | Won | [173] |
2020 | Won | [174] | |||
Webby Awards | Podcasts - Television & Film | Honored | |||
2021 | Queerty Awards | Podcast | Runner-up | [176] | |
2022 | Won | [177] | |||
Drag Royalty | Herself | Nominated | [178] | ||
Indie Music Video | "Gay Hands Up" | Runner-up | [179] | ||
Standout Stand-Up | Herself | Nominated | [180] | ||
2023 | Documentary | Access All Areas: The AAA Girls Tour | Won | [181] | |
Drag Royalty | Herself | Runner-up | [182] | ||
Live Theater | Drag: The Musical | Won | [183] | ||
2024 | Podcast | Race Chaser | Won |
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Bianca Castro, commonly known as Jiggly Caliente, is a Filipino-American drag performer, singer, and actress best known for competing on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, for judging Drag Race Philippines, and for her recurring role as Veronica Ferocity on the FX series Pose. She released her debut album, T.H.O.T. Process on March 9, 2018. In 2020, she co-hosted Translation, the first talk show on a major network hosted by an all-trans cast.
Brian Joseph McCook, known by his drag persona Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova, or mononymously as Katya, is an American drag queen, actor, author, recording artist, and comedian. Katya is best known for placing fifth on the seventh season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and placing as a runner-up on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, as well as for appearing in the World of Wonder web series UNHhhh and the Viceland series The Trixie & Katya Show with co-host and fellow season 7 alum Trixie Mattel. Trixie and Katya often appear together as a popular comedy duo.
Gia Gunn is the stage name of American drag performer Gia Keitaro Ichikawa. She is known for competing on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, the second season of The Switch Drag Race, and RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars season four.
Christopher Delmar Caldwell, also known by his stage name Caldwell Tidicue and better known by his drag name Bob the Drag Queen, is an American drag queen, comedian, actor, activist, musician, and reality television personality. He is best known for winning the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. As of 2020, he has more than one million followers on Instagram and was the first Black Drag Race queen to reach the milestone. After Drag Race, he pursued acting, appearing in television shows such as High Maintenance (2016), Tales of the City (2019), and A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019). In 2020, he began co-hosting We're Here on HBO alongside fellow Drag Race contestants Eureka O'Hara and Shangela.
Christmas Queens 2 is a holiday compilation album by various artists. It was released by Producer Entertainment Group on November 11, 2016. Consisting of 30 tracks, the album is a sequel to Christmas Queens (2015) and features RuPaul's Drag Race contestants alongside Jackie Beat, Michelle Visage, and Carnie Wilson performing mostly original material; exceptions include ensemble covers of "Deck the Halls" and "Auld Lang Syne, as well as Visage's rendition of "O Holy Night". The compilation was promoted by a music video for "Working Holiday", which features Alaska Thunderfuck and Manila Luzon, a web series entitled Christmas Queens, and a tour by various artists with December 2016 shows in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. It received mixed reviews from music critics and peaked at number two on Billboard's Comedy Albums chart.
Poundcake is the second studio album by American drag performer and recording artist Alaska Thunderfuck, released by Producer Entertainment Group on October 14, 2016. The album features RuPaul's Drag Race contestants Adore Delano, Gia Gunn, and Miss Fame, and drag performer Jackie Beat.
Christmas Queens 4 is a holiday compilation album featuring covers of Christmas songs by contestants of the American reality competition television series RuPaul's Drag Race. The album was released by the label Producer Entertainment Group on November 16, 2018. It is the fourth installment of the Christmas Queens album series.
"Queens Behind Bars" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of the American reality competition television series RuPaul's Drag Race, which aired on Logo on February 20, 2012. The episode has contestants pose for fake mug shots for the mini challenge, and to act in the mock prison sitcom "Hot In Tuckahoe" for the main challenge. Max Mutchnick and Nicole Sullivan serve as guest judges, alongside regular panellists Billy B, RuPaul, and Michelle Visage.
Spoopy is the debut extended play (EP) by American drag performer Sharon Needles, released through Producer Entertainment Group on October 11, 2019. It includes six covers of songs with a Halloween theme. The music video for "Monster Mash", released on the same day, features an appearance by drag performer Alaska Thunderfuck, Sharon Needles' ex-partner. The EP received generally positive reviews from music critics, who appreciated the collection's theme and reinterpretations.
Battle of the Seasons was a drag tour featuring RuPaul's Drag Race contestants produced by Producer Entertainment Group and Sidecar Management, in collaboration with Logo TV and World of Wonder.