Jan Sport

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Jan Sport
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Jan at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2024
Born
Charles Joseph Mantione

(1993-06-11) June 11, 1993 (age 31)
Old Bridge, New Jersey, U.S.
Other namesJan
Charlie Mantione
Education Boston Conservatory (BFA)
Occupation(s)Drag queen, singer
Known for RuPaul's Drag Race (season 12)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 6)
Website jandragqueen.squarespace.com

Jan Sport, sometimes known simply as Jan, is the stage name of Charlie Mantione (born Charles Joseph Mantione; June 11, 1993), an American drag queen and singer based in New York City, who came to international attention on the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race . On May 26, 2021, she was announced as one of the 13 contestants on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, where she placed 7th overall. [1]

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Early life

Mantione was born on June 11, 1993, in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey. She attended Christian Brothers Academy for high school. [2] While attending school, she participated in both sports and theater. She was an avid soccer player until 17. Mantione participated in a number of school productions such as Oklahoma! and played Troy Bolton in a production of High School Musical . She attended the Boston Conservatory (which has since merged with the Berklee College of Music) for musical theater. [3] [4] [5]

Career

He considers his drag "birthday" to be July 8, 2016. [6] Mantione formed the pop group Stephanie's Child along with queens Rosé and Lagoona Bloo in 2018. His drag mother is Alexis Michelle. [7] In 2018, he won the title of Breakthrough Artist and was nominated for Best Vocalist at the 2018 NY Nightlife Awards. [8] When he first started drag, he frequently appeared as a Kris Jenner impersonator. [9]

Mantione appeared on The Voice Season 13 finale with Jessie J and competed on America's Got Talent with Stephanie's Child. [8]

RuPaul's Drag Race

Jan's casting on the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was announced on January 23, 2020. [10] On the show, she is referred to as simply "Jan" to avoid trademark issues with the backpack brand. She ended up in the bottom two in episode eight and was eliminated after losing a lip-sync to Widow Von'Du, finishing in eighth place.

Jan at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2022 Jan Sport at LA DragCon 2022 by dvsross.jpg
Jan at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2022

While the show was airing, Jan contributed to a YouTube web series called Jan's Jukebox where she performed covers of the songs that queens had lip-synced to on the show that week, [11] such as "S&M" by Rihanna [12] and "This Is My Night" by Chaka Khan. [13] The latter performance, which was the song she lip-synced to on the episode in which she was eliminated, was dedicated to her grandfather who had died due to complications of COVID-19. [14]

On May 26, 2021, it was revealed that Jan would return to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6 alongside 12 other contestants. [15] On the 4th episode of the show, she won the main challenge (Halftime Headliners) for her impression of Lady Gaga at the 2017 Halftime show and later lost the Lip-Sync For Your Legacy to Britney Spears' "Womanizer" against Lip-Sync Assassin Jessica Wild. She ultimately placed seventh, being eliminated by Trinity K. Bonet in episode 7. [1] Her elimination marks the first time in All Stars history where the Lip-Sync Assassin (Alexis Mateo) revealed both of the bottom queens’ names (Jan and Pandora Boxx) as a result of a tie from the group vote. RuPaul revealed that, under such circumstances, the tie would have to be broken by the Top All-Star of the week (Trinity K. Bonet).

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 The Bitch Who Stole Christmas Jane McBeigeProduced by MTV Entertainment Studios and World of Wonder [16]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 The Voice Herself (with Stephanie's Child and Jessie J)Special Guest
2019 America's Got Talent Herself (with Stephanie's Child)Contestant
2020 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 12) HerselfContestant (8th place)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 6) [17] HerselfContestant (7th place)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked [17]
2023 57th Annual CMT Music Awards [18] Performer with Kelsea Ballerini, Manila Luzon, Kennedy Davenport & Olivia Lux

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2020Jan's JukeboxHerselfCreator [19]
Review with a JewGuest [20]
Whatcha Packin [21]
The X-Change Rate [22]
Out of the Closet [23]
Cosmo Queens [24]
Bring Back My Ghouls [25]
2021Whatcha Packin’ [26]
Ruvealing the Look [27]
2023Unpacked with Jan SportHost; Podcast [28]
Glam SlamContestant [29]

Discography

Singles

As a part of Stephanie's Child

Titles

CompetitionTitleYear
Lady Liberty (NYC)Winner [8] 2016
NY Nightlife AwardsBreakthrough Artist
(winner) [8] 		2018
Best Vocalist
(nominee) [8]

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