Pythia (drag queen)

Last updated
Pythia
Born
Christos Darlasis

(1994-10-04) October 4, 1994 (age 30) [1]
Argos, Peloponnese, Greece
NationalityGreek-Canadian
Other namesCrystal Nebula
Occupations
  • Drag performer
  • costume designer
  • makeup artist
Television Canada's Drag Race (season 2)
Website houseofpythia.com

Pythia is the stage name of Christos Darlasis (born October 4, 1994), [2] a Greek-Canadian drag performer most known for competing on the second season of Canada's Drag Race and on RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars.

Contents

Early life and education

Pythia was born Christos Darlasis and was raised in Argos, Greece, before moving to Montreal, Quebec at the age of 14. [3] As a child, she hid her feminine traits in order to fit in with other children but found solace in comics and characters such as Cruella de Vil and Maleficent. [4] Darlasis joined her school's gay–straight alliance in high school. She earned a certificate in set and costume design from the Regina School of Theatre in Regina, Saskatchewan. [5] [4] She first appeared in drag as Barbie for a costume party, although she had cosplayed as female characters such as Ariel from The Little Mermaid and celebrities such as Lady Gaga beforehand. [4]

She is a Greek national and applied for Canadian citizenship in August 2020, [6] and she obtained it in May 2022. [7]

Career

Pythia is a Montreal-based drag performer who also works as a costume designer and makeup artist for film and theatre. [8] She initially began performing in drag under the name Crystal Nebula, [9] before renaming herself Pythia, for the mythological Oracle of Delphi, as a reference to her Greek heritage. Her drag family includes Fawn Darling and Denim, who appeared on the fourth season of Canada's Drag Race, as well as HercuSleaze, who appeared on the first season of Call Me Mother . [4]

She was a finalist on the second season of Canada's Drag Race , reaching the Top 3 but ultimately losing the crown to Icesis Couture. [10] She portrayed Grimes during the Snatch Game episode, [11] and won the "Under the Big Top" Rusical [12] and the makeover challenge. [13] According to Anna Wichmann of the Greek Reporter , Pythia is "the first performer of Greek heritage to be featured on any of the show's multinational franchises". [14]

She has indicated that her goals in drag revolve around visual and theatrical storytelling. [5] During the season, she received praise for several runway looks, including a two-headed fortune-teller in the "Circus Berzerkus" runway, a centaur in the Dungeons and Drag Queens runway and a Greek goddess statue in the finale, which were hailed as some of the most striking and original drag looks ever seen across the entire franchise. [15]

Pythia competed on the 2024 spin-off series RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars . [16]

In December 2024, Pythia and Denim premiered Oraculum, a theatre show blending drag, puppetry and projection work, at Buddies in Bad Times in Toronto. [17]

Filmography

Television

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alexis Mateo</span> Puerto Rican drag queen

Alexis Mateo Pacheco, best known as Alexis Mateo, is a Puerto Rican drag queen, performer, reality television personality, fashion designer, and the winner of All American Goddess 2016, Miss Gay Days 2016 and National Showgirl 2017. She became internationally known as a contestant on season three of RuPaul's Drag Race, seasons one and five of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars and season two of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Alexis Mateo is also drag mother of viral sensation and "RuGirl" Vanessa Vanjie Mateo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bianca Del Rio</span> American drag queen

Roy R. Haylock, better known by the stage name Bianca Del Rio, is an American drag queen, comedian, actor, and costume designer. She is known for winning the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Since her time on Drag Race, Del Rio has written and toured several stand-up shows, including It's Jester Joke (2019), which also made her the first drag queen to headline at Wembley Arena. She has also performed as a host for various international tours, most notably Werq the World. In 2018, she published her first book, Blame It On Bianca Del Rio: The Expert On Nothing With An Opinion On Everything.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Acid Betty</span> American drag performer

Jamin Ruhren, better known by the stage name Acid Betty, is an American drag queen, performer, actor and singer. He rose to national prominence after competing on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2016.

Naysha Lopez is the stage name of drag performer and beauty pageant winner Fabian Rodriguez, who won the 2013 Miss Continental competition and appeared on the eighth seasons of both RuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Valentina (drag queen)</span> American drag performer

James Andrew Leyva, better known by the stage name Valentina, is an American drag performer, actor, television personality and singer who came to international fame as a contestant on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. In 2023, she was announced as the co-host of season one of Drag Race México alongside Lolita Banana.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eureka O'Hara</span> American drag queen

Eureka, also known as Eureka O'Hara and Eureka!, is the stage name of Eureka D. Huggard, an American drag queen and reality television personality. Eureka rose to prominence competing on the ninth and tenth seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race. She was removed from the ninth season due to a knee injury, becoming the first contestant in the history of the show to be sent home due to injury; she was then given an automatic berth to season 10, where she placed as runner-up. In 2021, Eureka competed on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, where she once more placed as a runner-up. In 2024, she competed on the second season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ongina</span> Filipino-American drag queen and HIV activist

Ongina is the stage name of Ryan Ong Palao, a Filipino-American drag performer and HIV activist who came to international attention on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Since appearing on the show, Ongina has been featured in a number of web series produced by World of Wonder, including Wait, What?, Ring My Bell, and Fashion Photo RuView. Ongina was one of the first reality TV stars to come out as HIV-positive.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kylie Sonique Love</span> American drag queen (born 1983)

Kylie Sonique Love, formerly known as Sonique, is an American entertainer, singer, dancer, model and reality television personality. She rose to prominence as a contestant on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2009, and achieved further popularity by winning the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars eleven years later in 2021. Love was the first person to ever come out as transgender on any reality TV show. Upon winning All Stars 6, Love became the second trans woman to win an installment of the Drag Race franchise, and was the first to win an American series. Additionally, in 2020, she co-hosted Translation Season 1, the first talk show on a major network hosted by an all-trans cast. Her first single, "Santa, Please Come Home", was released in 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brooke Lynn Hytes</span> Canadian drag performer and dancer

Brooke Lynn Hytes is the stage name of Brock Edward Hayhoe, a Canadian-American drag queen, ballet dancer, and television personality. After working as a dancer with Cape Town City Ballet and Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Brooke Lynn Hytes achieved international recognition for competing on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race; Brooke Lynn Hytes placed second, only to winner Yvie Oddly. Brooke Lynn Hytes is the first Canadian to compete in the series. Since 2020, Brooke Lynn Hytes has been a main judge on the spin-off series Canada's Drag Race, and is the first Drag Race contestant to become a full-time judge in the franchise.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ra'Jah O'Hara</span> American drag performer

Benni Miller, better known by the stage name Ra'Jah O'Hara, is an American drag queen best known for winning the first season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. She previously competed on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2019 and the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars in 2021.

"From Farm to Runway" is the seventh episode of the eleventh season of the American reality competition television series RuPaul's Drag Race. It originally aired on April 11, 2019. Kandi Burruss and Amber Valletta are guest judges.

<i>Canadas Drag Race</i> Canadian reality television competition series

Canada's Drag Race is a Canadian reality competition television series based on the American series RuPaul's Drag Race and is the Canadian edition of the Drag Race franchise, produced by Blue Ant Studios. In a similar format to the American version, the show features a crop of Canadian drag queens as they compete for a grand prize of $100,000 and the title of "Canada's Next Drag Superstar". The series airs on Crave in Canada, the United Kingdom's BBC Three, and worldwide on WOW Presents Plus.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jaida Essence Hall</span> American drag queen

Jared Johnson, best known by the stage name Jaida Essence Hall, is an American drag queen and reality television personality best known for winning the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, and later returning to compete on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, an all-winners season. Since her season aired in 2020, Hall has been a staple of several domestic and international tours that feature Drag Race contestants, including Werq the World, A Drag Queen Christmas, and Drive 'N Drag. In October 2020, Johnson was a featured performer in Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Fashion Show Vol. 2.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicky Doll</span> French drag queen

Karl Sanchez, known by the stage name Nicky Doll, is a French drag queen, television personality, and musician based in New York City. He is best known as the main host of Drag Race France and a competitor on the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lemon (drag queen)</span> Canadian drag performer (born 1995)

Lemon is the stage name of Christopher Elliott Baptista, a Canadian drag performer, best known for competing on the first season of Canada's Drag Race (2020) and the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World (2022). Lemon later went on to win the second season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World (2024).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Icesis Couture</span> Canadian drag performer

Icesis Couture is the stage name of Steven Granados-Portelance, a Canadian drag queen who won the second season of Canada's Drag Race in 2021. She later returned to compete on the first season of the spin-off series, Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World, in 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kandy Muse</span> American drag performer

Kandy Muse is the stage name of Kevin Gabriel Candelario, an American drag queen and performer most known for being the runner-up on both the thirteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race (2021) and the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2023) and the second season of House of Villains (2024) and the upcoming series called Slaycation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Denim (drag queen)</span> Canadian drag entertainer

Denim, formerly known as Denim Pussy, is the stage name of Emerson Sanderson, a Canadian drag performer who competed on season 4 of Canada's Drag Race.

Makayla Walker, known professionally as Makayla Couture, is a Canadian drag performer competing on the fifth season of Canada's Drag Race (2024). She previously competed the second season of Call Me Mother (2022) as a finalist.

References

  1. ↑ @queenpythia (October 4, 2022). "Happy Birthday to me and Happy Spooky Season to all! 🧟‍♀️🧠🎃💜👻" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "so.da Welcomes Over 20 New Canadian Creators to its Dynamic Roster of Lifestyle Experts, Launches New Slate of Digital Originals" Archived 2021-03-24 at the Wayback Machine . Cision , March 23, 2021.
  3. ↑ Patterson, Denny (September 17, 2021). "Meet the Queens of 'Canada's Drag Race' Season Two". Out Front. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Mondays Are A Drag 002. with Pythia". getalternative.com. The Alternative. 7 March 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Trudel, Nadia (April 21, 2021). "Montreal drag performers persist during the pandemic". Cult MTL . Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ "I applied for my Canadian Citizenship!!! Eeeeee!". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  7. ↑ "I took my oath of citizenship today! 😭❤️🤍She's officially a Canadian woman! 🇨🇦". Archived from the original on 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  8. ↑ Maggie Baska (September 15, 2021). "Canada's Drag Race unveils diverse cast of queens ahead of revamped season two". PinkNews . Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  9. ↑ Erika Morris, "Montreal Drag Queens Challenge Gender Norms" Archived 2019-03-24 at the Wayback Machine . The Link , January 9, 2018.
  10. ↑ Kevin O'Keeffe, "'Canada's Drag Race' Season 2 finale recap: A new Queen of the North is here" Archived 2021-12-17 at the Wayback Machine . Xtra! , December 17, 2021.
  11. ↑ Megan LaPierre (November 8, 2021). "Montreal Drag Performer Pythia Transforms into Grimes on 'Canada's Drag Race'". Exclaim! . Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  12. ↑ Rebecca Alter, "Canada's Drag Race Recap: Cirque du So Gay" Archived 2022-01-27 at the Wayback Machine . Vulture , October 22, 2021.
  13. ↑ Bernardo Sim (December 2, 2021). "Canada's Drag Race Season 2 Episode 8 Recap: Pythia's Magical Makeover". Screen Rant . Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  14. ↑ Anna Wichmann (October 15, 2021). "Greek-Canadian Drag Queen Pythia Stuns on "Canada's Drag Race"". Greek Reporter . Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  15. ↑ Andy Swift, "Canada's Drag Race Finale: Did the Right Queen Win Season 2?" Archived 2022-04-22 at the Wayback Machine . TVLine , December 16, 2021.
  16. ↑ Tinoco, Armando (2024-07-15). "'RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars' Cast Photos: Paramount+ Sets Premiere Date For Reality Series Competition". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  17. ↑ Ilana Lucas, "Review: ORACULUM at Buddies In Bad Times". Broadway World , December 7, 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.