Joe Black (drag queen)

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Joe Black
Born
Joseph Lewis Black
NationalityBritish
Occupation Drag queen
Years active2008-present
Television RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 2)
Website www.misterjoeblack.com

Joseph Lewis Black is a British musician and drag queen from Brighton, England. He is best known for competing on the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK and getting eliminated first and fifth, after being voted back on to the show in episode five. [1]

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Career

Black has fulfilled his career as a drag queen since 2008, [2] and has become one of the leading figures in the dark cabaret genre of drag. [3] He regularly performs in Brighton (in which he resides) and often performs at the annual Brighton Fringe festival. [4] Black has cited his love for music as one of the main reasons he's kept on pursuing his career; he often plays the piano, accordion, musical saw, ukulele and theremin at his performances. [5] Black has toured extensively across the UK, Europe, Australia and America for more than a decade. [3] This included a UK tour with the season 9 contestant of RuPaul's Drag Race , Sasha Velour. [6]

In December 2020, Black was announced as one of twelve contestants competing on the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK . [1] Black was the first contestant eliminated in a lip sync challenge against contestant Bimini Bon-Boulash to the song "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. [7] However, Black returned in episode five when the previously eliminated queens returned from a forced CoViD production break (excluding Ginny Lemon) and won his spot back in the competition after the contestants voted to bring him back. Black was again eliminated following a lip sync challenge against contestant Tia Kofi to the song "Don't Leave Me This Way" by The Communards. [8] He is the first contestant to return after being eliminated from RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Since his elimination, Black announced a UK Tour titled Decopunk, which began touring in September 2021, [9] as well as the release of a 40% ABV limited edition gin of the same name. [10] In February 2022, Black embarked on RuPaul's Drag Race UK: The Official Tour alongside the entire cast of the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, in association with World of Wonder and promoter Voss Events. [11]

Personal life

Black has spoken openly about having and living with Tourette's Syndrome, on multiple occasions. [12]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race UK Contestant Series 2 [1]

Music videos

YearTitleArtistRef.
2021"My House" Jodie Harsh [13]

Discography

TitleYearAlbum
"UK Hun?" [14]

The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK (Bananadrama Version)

2021Non-album single

Stage

YearTitlePromoterLocationRef
2021DecopunkGallos Talent Norwich, Brighton, Bath, Birmingham, Ilkley, London, Cardiff, Nottingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Manchester [9]
2022RuPaul's Drag Race UK: The Official TourVoss Events / World of Wonder Ipswich, Oxford, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Nottingham, Bournemouth, Southend, Manchester, Sheffield, Blackpool, Llandudno, Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Basingstoke, Portsmouth, Plymouth, London, Derby, Bristol, Bradford, Aberdeen, Southampton, Stockton, Brighton and Newport [11]

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  8. ↑ RuPaul's Drag Race UK - Series 2: Episode 5, archived from the original on 15 February 2021, retrieved 15 February 2021
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  11. 1 2 "RuPaul's Drag Race UK Tour". Voss Events. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
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