Baga Chipz

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Baga Chipz
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Baga at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born
Leo Loren
NationalityBritish
Occupation Drag queen
Television RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 1)
RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World (series 1)
Website bagachipz.net

Leo Loren, [1] [2] better known by the stage name Baga Chipz, is an English drag queen known for competing on the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019) and later the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World (2022). Baga Chipz also appeared in the fifth series of the Channel 4 school drama series Ackley Bridge (2022).

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Career

Baga Chipz is a part of "The Buffalo Girls", a drag troupe also featuring Lady Lloyd and Silver Summers. [3]

In 2014, Baga Chipz appeared in Drag Queens of London , a series documenting the lives of drag queens over a three-month period, both on and off the stage. [4]

On 21 August 2019, Baga Chipz was announced as one of the ten queens to be competing in the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK . [5] Baga Chipz won three challenges and finished in third place. During November and December 2019, Baga Chipz and the cast of series one of RuPauls Drag Race UK embarked on a tour hosted by Drag Race alumna Alyssa Edwards. [6] In January 2020, Baga Chipz attended the first ever RuPaul's DragCon UK. [7]

In December 2019, Baga Chipz, alongside fellow RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestant The Vivienne, began starring in Morning T&T on WOW Presents Plus.[ citation needed ] The show sees The Vivienne and Baga Chipz reprise their Snatch Game impersonations of Donald Trump and Margaret Thatcher, respectively, to host fictional television news show, and consisted of six episodes as of January 2020. [8] At DragCon UK in January 2020 an additional episode was filmed with The Vivienne and Baga Chipz appearing as themselves. [9] Guests on the web series included fellow Drag Race UK alumni Sum Ting Wong as Queen Elizabeth II and Cheryl Hole as Gemma Collins. [10] [11]

In March 2020, Baga Chipz, once again alongside The Vivienne, started presenting the UK version of I Like to Watch , a web series produced by Netflix in which they review Netflix programming. [12]

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Baga Chipz performing in 2020

Baga Chipz is known for her Amy Winehouse impression. [13]

In July 2020, Baga Chipz appeared on Celebrity Masterchef. [14] On 8 July 2020, Baga Chipz was eliminated from the competition.

In September 2020, Baga Chipz released her debut single titled "When The Sun Goes Down" in collaboration with Saara Aalto. [15] She also appeared on the ITV series Celebrity Karaoke Club which started on 23 September 2020. [16] In 2021, she was cast in the Channel 4 school drama series Ackley Bridge ; she appeared in the fifth series in 2022. [17]

Baga Chipz later returned to compete on the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World , against competitors from across the Drag Race franchise, including fellow RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 1 alumni, Blu Hydrangea and Cheryl Hole. During her time in the competition, she placed in the Top 2 in Episode 4 for her Snatch Game impersonation of Kathy Bates (as Annie Wilkes from Misery ) and was up for elimination in Episode 5, but made it to the finale. She later went on to lose her lip-sync against Mo Heart from the tenth season of the American franchise in the first round of the finale Lip-Sync for the Crown tournament, ultimately tying for third place with fellow competitor Jujubee.

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
Frock4Life

(with Frock Destroyers)

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"When the Sun Goes Down" [15]
(with Saara Aalto)		2020Non-album single
"Her Majesty" (with Frock Destroyers)FROCK4LIFE
"Big Ben" (with Frock Destroyers)
"A Very Harsh Christmas"
(with Kelly Peakman)		Non-album single
"Read"2021
"Drag City"
"Much Betta"2022
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[18] 		US
Elec.
[19]
"Break Up (Bye Bye)" [20]

(The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK)

20193545Non-album single
"To the Moon" (Cast Version) [21]

(RuPaul ft. The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK)

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Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2014 Drag Queens of London HerselfMain Cast [4]
2015–2017London CallingHerselfGuest [22]
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK HerselfContestant (3rd Place); Series 1
The X Factor: Celebrity HerselfGuest [23]
Channel 4's Alternative Election NightHerselfGuest [24]
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year Herself2019 Edition (Guest) [25]
2020CelebAbilityHerselfGuest
Roast Battle UK HerselfGuest [26]
Pointless Celebrities HerselfGuest [27]
Celebrity MasterChef HerselfContestant [28]
Celebrity Karaoke ClubHerselfContestant [16]
2021 The Celebrity Circle HerselfContestant [29]
RuPaul's Drag Race UKHerselfSpecial guest; Series 2
Brassic HerselfDrag queen; series 3
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World HerselfContestant (3rd Place); Series 1
SchoolsHerself
Ackley Bridge Rusty PipezGuest role; Series 5
RuPaul's Drag Race UKHerselfSpecial guest; Series 4
Prince Andrew: The Musical Margaret Thatcher

Music videos

YearTitleArtistRef.
2014"Don't Rescue Me"Buffalo Girls [30]
2015"You're There"Jeff Kristian [22]
2020"Mask, Glove, Soap, Scrubs" Todrick Hall [31]
"Always" Waze & Odyssey [32]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2019-2020Morning T&TMargaret Thatcher World of Wonder original [33]
2020I Like to Watch UKHerselfNetflix UK web series [34]
God Shave the Queens HerselfWorld of Wonder docu-series [35]
Slag Wars Herself Men.com web reality series
2022Lazy Generation: Stupid StuntsHerself Comedy Central UK web series [36]
Bring Back My Girls HerselfWorld of Wonder original [37]

Theatre

YearTitleRoleTheatreRef.
2019 Cinderella Baroness Baga Trafalgar Studios [38]

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