Synthia Kiss | |
|---|---|
 Synthia Kiss at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2024 | |
| Born | Daniel Finlan [1] Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Drag queen |
| Television | Canada's Drag Race (season 2) |
Synthia Kiss is the stage name of Daniel Finlan, a Canadian drag performer most known for competing on season 2 of Canada's Drag Race . [1] [2]
Finlan was born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario. [3] He graduated from fashion school at Ryerson University in Toronto. [4]
Finlan started doing drag after fashion school, in Vancouver. [4] He competed in his first drag competition in 2016. [5] Synthia Kiss was a contestant on season 2 of Canada's Drag Race and finished in seventh place.
Synthia Kiss has regularly performed as part of the "Brat Pack" drag troupe alongside Canada's Drag Race castmates Kendall Gender and Gia Metric. [6]
Finlan is based in Vancouver. [4] His brother, Matthew Finlan, is an actor best known as cohost of the CBC Gem web series Ghosting with Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan . [7]
Canada's a Drag is a Canadian documentary series that premiered on CBC Gem on March 7, 2018. The show was created by Peter Knegt and Mercedes Grundy. Each episode focuses on a drag performer from a different Canadian city, inclusive of drag queens, drag kings and transgender or non-binary performers. It is produced by CBC Arts.
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.
Jermaine Aranha, better known by the stage name Anastarzia Anaquway, is a Bahamian drag queen and television personality based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
BOA is the stage name of Ryan Boa, a drag performer most known for competing on season 1 of Canada's Drag Race.
Kyne Santos, often mononymously billed as Kyne, is a Canadian drag queen best known for competing in the first season of Canada's Drag Race.
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).
Mark Suknanan is a Canadian singer, television personality and drag queen. Competing under his drag name, Priyanka, Suknanan won the first season of the reality competition series Canada's Drag Race in 2020. He was previously a host of the YTV children's series The Zone and the YTV reality competition series The Next Star, where he went by Mark Suki. His first EP, Taste Test, was released in 2021.
Scarlett BoBo is the stage name of Matthew Cameron, a Canadian television personality and drag queen most noted as a finalist in the first season of the reality competition series Canada's Drag Race in 2020.
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.
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Reality/Competition Series is an annual Canadian television award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian reality television series. Previously presented as part of the Gemini Awards, since 2013 it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.
Adriana The Bombshell, better known simply as Adriana, is the stage name of Daniel Albornoz, a Colombian-Canadian drag performer who competed on season 2 of Canada's Drag Race.
Beth is the stage name of Rolland Bissonette, an Indigenous Canadian (Métis) and two-spirit drag performer who competed on season 2 of Canada's Drag Race.
Eve 6000 is the stage name of Rina Adams, a Canadian drag performer most known for competing on season 2 of Canada's Drag Race.
Gia Metric is the stage name of Giorgio Triberio, a Canadian drag performer most known for competing on the second season of Canada's Drag Race.
Kendall Gender is the stage name of Kenneth Wyse, a Canadian drag performer most known for competing on season 2 of Canada's Drag Race in 2021. She returned to compete in Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World in 2022.
André Pham, better known by the stage name Suki Doll, a Canadian drag performer and costume designer who competed on season 2 of Canada's Drag Race.
The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2024. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.
The Girlfriend Experience is the stage name of Berlin Le Bon, a German-born, Canada-based drag performer and trans activist who appeared on the first season of Canada's a Drag and competed on season 4 of Canada's Drag Race.
Ghosting with Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan is a Canadian web series, which premiered in 2024 on CBC Gem. Cohosted by actors Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan, the series features the two accompanying celebrity guests to purportedly haunted locations, and attempting to investigate the reality of the paranormal.
Media related to Synthia Kiss at Wikimedia Commons   | This article about a Canadian entertainer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |