Shannel

Shannel
Shannel lip syncing live in 2018
Born Bryan Watkins
July 3, 1979 (age 39)
Occupation Drag queen
Years active 1994–present
Known for
Website theofficialshannel.com

Bryan Watkins, known by her stage name Shannel,[1] is an American drag queen and television personality, best known for competing on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race and later the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars.

Early life

Watkins was born on July 3, 1979, in Orange County, California.[2] He started doing drag at fifteen years old when he entered a Halloween drag contest and won. He worked as a beauty advisor for the cosmetics company Chanel. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2000.[3]

RuPaul's Drag Race

Shannel was announced as one of nine contestants for the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race (2009).[4] In the third episode, she was in the bottom two with fellow competitor Akashia, and won a lip sync against her to "The Greatest Love of All" by Whitney Houston. She famously did the first "wig reveal" on the show during the lip sync.[5] She was later eliminated in the sixth episode after losing a lip sync to "Shackles (Praise You)" by Mary Mary against Rebecca Glasscock.[6]

Shannel was announced as being among twelve returning contestants for the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars in 2012.[7] Due to the team twist for the season, Shannel teamed with eventual winner Chad Michaels as the team Shad.[8] They won the third, fourth and fifth episode challenges, until Shannel was eliminated in joint third/fourth place with Jujubee.[9]

Shannel also was a drag professor for three seasons of the spin-off show RuPaul's Drag U in 2010 to 2012.[10]

She appeared as a guest star on the first episode of Drag Race's eighth season.[11] She appeared with her fellow season one cast on the Drag Race season ten finale, lip syncing next to Mayhem Miller.[12][13]

Career

Outside of Drag Race, Shannel appeared in an episode of The Arrangement in 2010.[14] She appeared in the music video for Lady Gaga's "Applause" with Raven, Morgan McMichaels and Detox.[15] She was also in the video for Xelle's "Queen" in 2012.[16] She was part of Frank Marino's Divas Las Vegas show in 2017.[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ "Q&A: Bryan Watkins". Las Vegas Magazine. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  2. ↑ Nunn, Jerry. "The drag all-star on surviving RuPaul's Drag Race". ChicagoPride.com. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  3. ↑ "Shannel". Piranha Nightclub. 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  4. ↑ Stanley, Alessandra. "Logo's New Reality Competition Explores What It Takes To Be a Drag Star". Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  5. ↑ "INTO: A Digital Magazine for The Modern Queer World". www.intomore.com. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  6. ↑ "The Drag Race Rutrospective: Ow! My Balls!". Xtra. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  7. ↑ "'RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race': Meet the Queens". LOGO News. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  8. ↑ "Chad Michaels & Shannel Share Tearful Moment on 'Drag Race'". LOGO News. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  9. ↑ "'RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race' season finale recap". EW.com. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  10. ↑ Gascot, John (2011-07-12). "Drag U: Professor Shannel". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  11. ↑ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 8 Premiere: Keepin' It 100". Observer. 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  12. ↑ VH1 (2018-06-28), Lip Sync Eleganza Extravaganza Performance 💃 ‘Finale Sneak Peek’ | RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10, retrieved 2018-08-17
  13. ↑ "Watch 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 1 queens reunite to slay in season 10 finale preview". EW.com. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  14. ↑ "Shannel Guest Stars on "The Arrangement" - The Arrangement (Video Clip) | LOGOtv". Logo TV. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  15. ↑ "Detox, Raven, Shannel & Morgan McMichaels To Star In Lady Gaga "Applause" Music Video". LOGO News. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  16. ↑ "20 Music Videos With Drag Queen Cameos". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  17. ↑ "'Frank Marino's Divas Las Vegas': Bigger and better". Las Vegas Magazine. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  18. ↑ "The stars align with 'Frank Marino's Divas Las Vegas'". Las Vegas Magazine. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
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