Blu Hydrangea

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Blu Hydrangea
Born
Joshua Cargill

(1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 (age 25)
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
OccupationDrag queen
Television

RuPaul's Drag Race: UK Versus the World

TitleMiss Congeniality
SuccessorBimini Bon-Boulash
Websitewww.bluhydrangea.com

Blu Hydrangea is the stage name of Joshua Cargill (born 15 February 1996), a Northern Irish drag queen from Belfast, best known for competing on the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019) and later the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK Versus the World (2022).

Career[]

Blu was announced as part of the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK on 21 September 2019 and subsequently finishing in fifth place on the series, being eliminated in the "Thirsty Work" episode, losing the lipsync to fellow contestant Cheryl Hole.

Outside of Drag Race, Blu is a well-known make-up queen, part of a band called the Frock Destroyers (with Baga Chipz and Divina de Campo). She now also hosts the new BBC web series Strictly Frocked Up, a weekly web series where she and another drag queen watch and review each episode of Strictly Come Dancing.

In January 2022, she was announced as one of the nine contestants on RuPaul's Drag Race: UK Versus the World.[1]

Personal life[]

Cargill is from Belfast.[2][3]

Filmography[]

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK Herself Contestant (5th Place); series 1
2021 Stitch, Please![4] Herself Host
2021 Be Here, Be Queer Herself Netflix special[5]
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race: UK Versus the World Herself Contestant

Web[]

Year Title Role Notes
2020 God Shave the Queens Herself Produced by World of Wonder[6]
2020 Strictly Frocked Up Herself (Host) BBC iPlayer

Music videos[]

Year Title Artist Ref.
2020 "Always" Waze & Odyssey [7]
2020 "Her Majesty" Frock Destroyers (Herself, Baga Chipz & Divina de Campo) [8]
2021 "My House" Jodie Harsh [9]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Title Details
Frock4Life

(with Frock Destroyers)

  • Released: 11 December 2020
  • Label: World of Wonder Records
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles[]

As lead artist[]

Year Song Album
2020 "Her Majesty" (with Frock Destroyers) FROCK4LIFE
2020 "Big Ben" (with Frock Destroyers) FROCK4LIFE

As featured artist[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[10] 		US
Elec.
[11]
"Break Up (Bye Bye)"[12]

(The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK)

2019 35 45 Non-album single

References[]

  1. ^ Nolfi, Joey (17 January 2022). "RuPaul's Drag Race UK Versus the World cast adds international all-stars to new competition". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Watch: Belfast's Blu Hydrangea wears Harland & Wolff costume in Drag Race UK debut". Belfasttelegraph.
  3. ^ "Belfast's Blu Hydrangea competing in RuPaul's Drag Race UK". 21 August 2019.
  4. ^ Darvill, Josh (25 June 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race UK star Blu Hydrangea to front a new BBC Three sewing show". Telly Mix. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Drag Race UK's The Vivienne, Tia Kofi and more discuss drag in the UK in new Netflix film". Attitude.co.uk. 30 December 2021. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. ^ Barraclough, Leo. "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Producers Greenlight Two Docu-Series for SVOD (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.com. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  7. ^ George Michael (21 May 2020), Always (Drag Stars Official Video)), retrieved 21 May 2020
  8. ^ Frock Destroyers (4 December 2020), Her Majesty, retrieved 4 December 2020
  9. ^ Jodie Harsh (5 March 2021), Jodie Harsh - My House (Official Video), retrieved 21 March 2021
  10. ^ "CAST OF RUPAUL's DRAG RACE UK | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
  11. ^ "EDM Music & Dance Songs Chart - November 16, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Drag Race UK's girl group episode was the best in years, including America". 31 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

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