Cheryl (drag queen)
drag queen
Cheryl, formerly known as Cheryl Hole (born 18 October 1993), is the stage name of Luke Underwood-Bleach, an English drag queen known for being one of the first contestants on the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019), as well as the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World (2022), and the second season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World (2024).
Early life
Luke Underwood was born on 18 October 1993 and raised in Chelmsford in Essex.
Career
Underwood-Bleach began doing drag under the stage name "Cheryl Hole" sometime in the 2010s; his act is based on former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole. On 3 April 2019, Underwood-Bleach and his then fiancé took part in the Comedy Central show Your Face Or Mine? hosted by Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan.
On 21 August 2019, Cheryl Hole was announced as one of the ten contestants to be competing in the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. In the sixth episode, she lip-synched to Cheryl's "Call My Name" in front of guest judge Cheryl, eliminating Blu Hydrangea from the competition. He was eliminated in the seventh (and penultimate) episode after losing a lip sync to Baga Chipz to Amy Winehouse's "Tears Dry on Their Own" (2007). Cheryl Hole placed fourth overall.
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