Michelle Visage

Michelle Visage
Visage in 2018
Born Michelle Lynn Shupack
(1968-09-20) September 20, 1968
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation
  • Singer
  • radio host
  • television personality
  • television host
Years active 1988–present
Television
Spouse(s) David Case
Children 2
Musical career
Genres
Associated acts
Website www.michellevisage.com

Michelle Visage (born September 20, 1968), born as Michelle Lynn Shupack,[1][2][3] is an American singer, television host, radio DJ, author, and television personality.

She began her career as a member of the female vocal trio Seduction. After the band's separation, Visage became the lead singer for The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. in 1992. She also featured as a guest vocalist on the single "Crash" for TKA.[4] Visage later became a co-host for the VH1 talk show, The RuPaul Show opposite RuPaul. She also hosted red carpet coverages for the 1998 Grammy Awards and the 25th anniversary re-release party for Grease. Since January 2011, Visage has been a judge on the reality competition show RuPaul's Drag Race, as well as its spin-off RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars. Visage became a housemate on the fifteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother on January 7, 2015. Visage left the house on February 6, 2015 in fifth place. Visage is one of the four judges on the ongoing first season of Ireland's Got Talent in 2018.

Early and personal life

Michelle Visage went to an arts high school in South Plainfield, New Jersey and then attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Manhattan. When Visage was 16 she won a Madonna look-alike competition. Shortly after finishing her studies she headed to New York City to pursue a career as an actress.[5] She now lives in California with her husband, author and screenwriter David Case, and her two daughters, Lillie and Lola.[1][6]

Visage is known as an Anglophile, notable for her love of British popular culture.[7]

On November 10, 2015, she published her first book, The Diva Rules.[8]

Career

Music recording and music videos

Visage auditioned and won a place for Seduction, an R&B and dance vocal trio assembled by Robert Clivilles and David Cole that signed with A&M Records in 1990.[5] The group had several pop and dance hits, which included "Two to Make It Right". After the group's breakup, Visage collaborated with freestyle dance act TKA as a guest vocalist on the song "Crash (Have Some Fun)".[9] Visage provided lead vocals and was the recording artist to another dance act assembled by Clivilles & Cole, The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. The song "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day", which was a cover version of the Bill Withers song "Lovely Day", was included on the soundtrack to The Bodyguard. "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day" became a #1 dance single that year and the song peaked at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1993.[10]

Michelle has been featured on several of RuPaul's music albums, and also appears in the RuPaul music videos for "New York City Beat" [11] & "From Your Heart", which originally premiered on RuPaul's Green Screen Christmas Special (2015), and was later uploaded to World of Wonder's YouTube channel.[12] She has also made guest appearances in RuPaul's videos for "Glamazon",[13] "Responsitrannity",[14] "The Beginning" [15] & "Nothing For Christmas", which is mostly taken from archive footage.[16]

Radio and podcasts

Visage was the co-host of The Jamz Session on Hot 92 Jamz (KHHT) in Los Angeles from 2002 until 2005.[17]

In 2005, Visage returned to New York City, where she served as co-host of The Morning Mix on WNEW-FM until December 2006. She also hosted on Sirius Satellite Radio's The Beat 66 from 2003–2006 [18] On March 12, 2007, she became a co-host of the morning show on SUNNY 104.3 in West Palm Beach, Florida.[19] On January 10, 2011, she joined 93.9 MIA in Miami as the host of the new MIA Morning Show. She left Miami and WMIA in December 2011 and moved back to Los Angeles.

Visage started co-hosting the weekly podcast RuPaul: What's The Tee? on April 9, 2014.[20] The pair interview celebrities, discuss their lives, and RuPaul's Drag Race,[21] the podcast won the 2018 Webby Award.[22]

Television

In 1996, Visage became the co-host of RuPaul's VH1 talk show The RuPaul Show[23]. She also co-hosted with RuPaul on WKTU's morning show from 1996 to 2002.

She has also hosted such television programming as VH1's red carpet coverage of the 1998 Grammys and, in 2002, Grease's 25th-anniversary re-release party.[23]

On January 24, 2011, Visage debuted as the second permanent judge on Logo TV's reality-television series RuPaul's Drag Race, where she replaced former judge Merle Ginsberg, and is also a judge on the spin-off show, RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars.

On January 7, 2015, Visage became one of the contestants on the fifteenth series of the British reality series, Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5. On February 6, 2015, Visage left the house in fifth place, despite being a favourite to win.[24] Since leaving the house she has appeared on some episodes of "Celebrity Big Brother's Bit On The Side", a companion show which airs straight after Celebrity Big Brother.

On May 13, 2017, Visage & Ross Mathews were the commentators for Logo TV's coverage of the Live Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest.[25]

On August 30, 2017, it was announced that she would be a judge for the first season of Ireland's Got Talent, which aired on TV3 in February 2018.[26]

Theatre

Visage will make her West End debut as "Miss Hedge" in Everybody's Talking About Jamie from October 18, 2018 until January 26, 2019.[27]

Discography

Albums

Album Year Group Notes
Nothing Matters Without Love 1989 Seduction

Singles

Song Year Artist Album
"It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day" 1992 The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. The Bodyguard soundtrack

Guest appearances

Song Year Artist Album
"Crash (Have Some Fun)" 1991 TKA Single
"Hard Candy Christmas" 1997 RuPaul Ho, Ho, Ho
"With Bells On"
"Let the Music Play"[28] 2014 RuPaul Born Naked
"Manila Radio (Interlude)"[29] Manila Luzon Eternal Queen
"New York City Beat"[30] 2015 RuPaul RuPaul Presents: CoverGurlz2
"L.A. Rhythm"[31] Realness
"L.A. Rhythm" (Remix)[31]
"From Your Heart" Slay Belles
"Category Is..." 2016 Butch Queen

Filmography

YearTitle GenreRole Notes
1989Dance Party USA TelevisionHerself
1990Club MTV Television
1996–1998The RuPaul Show Television
2002Maybe It's Me MovieTania
2011–presentRuPaul's Drag Race TelevisionHerself Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Television
2012–presentRuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars Television Judge
2013That Sex Show Television
2013–2015The Most Popular Girls in School Web Series Mrs. Zales
2015Celebrity Big Brother TelevisionHerself 5th Place[24]
2017Eurovision Song Contest TelevisionCommentator for the United States
2018Ireland's Got Talent TelevisionHerself Judge
2018The X Factor TelevisonHerself Simon Cowell’s Judges houses guest

References

  1. 1 2 "Who Is Michelle Visage on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'? Everything You Need to Know About the Reality TV Judge!". In Touch Weekly. 2017-07-09. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  2. ↑ "Here's why RuPaul's judge Michelle Visage is the ultimate queer ally". PinkNews. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  3. ↑ "From RuPaul's Drag Race to Ireland's Got Talent: We meet Michelle Visage". Irish Examiner. 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  4. ↑ McGeorge, Alistair (2015-01-07). "Celebrity Big Brother: Who is Michelle Visage? Everything you need to know". mirror. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  5. 1 2 "Bio". Michelle Visage (official site). Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Introducing Celebrity Big Brother Star Michelle Visage".
  7. ↑ Holden, Steven. "RuPaul's Drag Race judge Michelle Visage loves the UK - but exactly how much?". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  8. ↑ Michelle Visage. "The Diva Rules: Ditch the Drama, Find Your Strength, and Sparkle Your Way to the Top by Michelle Visage — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  9. ↑ "Discogs TKA". Discogs.
  10. ↑ "Billboard Charts 1993".
  11. ↑ "RuPaul and Michelle Visage New York City Beat Official Music Video". YouTube. 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  12. ↑ "RuPaul - "From Your Heart (feat. Michelle Visage)"". YouTube. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  13. ↑ "RuPaul Glamazon music video (feat. Sharon Needles, Chad Michaels and Phi Phi O'Hara)". YouTube. 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  14. ↑ "RuPaul Responsitrannity music video". YouTube. 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  15. ↑ "RuPaul's "The Beginning" music video (feat. Alaska, Jinkx Monsoon, Roxxxy Andrews)". YouTube. 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  16. ↑ "RuPaul - "Nothing for Christmas" Official Music Video". YouTube. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  17. ↑ "Michelle Visage Net Worth, Salary, Income & Assets in 2018". Net Worth Post. 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  18. ↑ "Michelle Visage Radio Resume".
  19. ↑ "Radio Industry News, New Music, Music Promotion, Radio Station Song Charts - AllAccess.com". All Access.
  20. ↑ "Michelle Visage - Interview". www.EQView.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  21. ↑ "Episodes". RuPaul: What's The Tee?. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  22. ↑ "RuPaul's "What's the Tee" podcast wins 2018 Webby Award". Metro Weekly. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  23. 1 2 "Michelle Visage Net Worth". Celebrity Net Worth. 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  24. 1 2 "Michelle Visage defeated by Katie Price in Celebrity Big Brother Final". Pink News.
  25. ↑ https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2017-broadcast-us
  26. ↑ http://attitude.co.uk/michelle-visage-irelands-got-talent/
  27. ↑ http://www.everybodystalkingaboutjamie.co.uk/everybodys-talking-about-jamie-casting-announcement
  28. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Born Naked by RuPaul". iTunes.
  29. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Eternal Queen by Manila Luzon". iTunes.
  30. ↑ "iTunes - Music - RuPaul Presents CoverGurlz2 by RuPaul". iTunes.
  31. 1 2 "iTunes - Music - Realness by RuPaul". iTunes.
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