Jujubee (drag queen)

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Jujubee
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Jujubee performing in September 2014
Born
Airline Inthyrath

(1984-06-21) June 21, 1984 (age 37)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationDrag queen, reality television personality
Years active2009–present
Websitehttp://www.jujubeeonline.com

Airline Inthyrath[1] (born June 21, 1984),[2] known by her stage name Jujubee (sometimes stylized as jUjUBee),[3] is an American drag queen, reality television personality, and recording artist from Lowell, Massachusetts.[4] She is best known as a contestant on Season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race,[4] RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars season 1 and RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars season 5.[5] She has the unique distinction of being the only contestant to place within the top three of the competition three times.

As of 2019, she stars in the TLC transformational makeover television series Dragnificent as the fashion expert.[6]

Early life[]

According to her audition tape, Inthyrath was born to a Laotian Buddhist family in Fresno, California and raised in Boston, Massachusetts.[7][4][8] Her father died when Inthyrath was 15 years old and the same year her mother abandoned her and her two sisters. Her drag mother is Boston performer Karisma Geneva-Jackson Tae.[9] She graduated from Lowell High School in Lowell, Massachusetts. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in theatre arts from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.[10]

Career[]

Jujubee in 2014

Jujubee appeared on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race when she was 25, finishing in third place out of twelve. Jujubee, along with fellow season two contestants Tyra Sanchez, Raven, Pandora Boxx, and Morgan McMichaels served as drag professors on RuPaul's Drag U, a spin-off of Drag Race that premiered on the Logo network in June 2010.[11] She made at least one appearance on all three seasons of Drag U. She was also nominated for a 2010 NewNowNext Award for "Most Addictive Reality Star".[12][13]

On August 6, 2012, it was announced that Jujubee was one of twelve past Drag Race contestants selected to join the first cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, which premiered on the Logo network on October 22, 2012.[14] Paired with contestant Raven to form Team Rujubee the duo managed to make it to the finale which aired on November 26, 2012, where she landed in third/fourth place with fellow contestant Shannel.

In 2014, an animated version of Jujubee appeared in the "RuPaul's Drag Race: Dragopolis 2.0" mobile app.[15] She was featured in a series of ads with Gilead to raise HIV/AIDS awareness.[16] She and Raven appeared as guests on "Snatch Game" during the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.[17] She was a guest on the first episode of season 10 for the first mini-challenge.[18] She appeared in the music video for RuPaul's song "Jealous of My Boogie".[19] She later appeared in the music video "Queen" by Mimi Imfurst's band Xelle, along with other RuPaul's Drag Race contestants.[20] She was also in the video for Blair St. Clair's "Call My Life" in 2018.[21]

She appeared with BeBe Zahara Benet, Thorgy Thor and Alexis Michelle in the TLC show Drag Me Down the Aisle, which premiered on March 9, 2019.[6] Jujubee appeared in the Netflix series AJ and the Queen starring RuPaul in 2020 as pageant contestant Lee St. Lee.[22] On May 8, 2020, Jujubee was announced as one of the ten past Drag Race contestants selected to join the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, which premiered on VH1 on June 5, 2020.[5] She became the fourth queen, along with fellow All Stars 5 competitor Alexis Mateo, to compete on three different seasons of Drag Race, following Shangela, Latrice Royale, and Manila Luzon. She won her first ever main challenge in episode 3, after designing a signature hotel suite entitled "The Glamazone" alongside Mateo and India Ferrah. She would lose her first ever lip-sync later in the episode, falling in a lip sync for your legacy to Lizzo's "Juice" against the lip sync assassin Monét X Change. She went on to reach the top 3 of the season, becoming the first queen in Drag Race herstory to make it to the finale in three separate seasons.

Music[]

Jujubee released her debut extended play record, Good Juju: Vol. 1, on June 23, 2020.[3] The song "Don't Wanna Love" was performed on the first episode of All Stars 5. A sequel, Good Juju: Vol. 2, was released on July 21, 2020, with the lead single "Tonight or Forever" featuring fellow All Stars 5 contestant Blair St. Clair being released on July 14, 2020.[23][24]

Discography[]

Jujubee discography
Live albums1
Compilation albums1
EPs1
Singles5

Compilation album[]

Title Details
Good Juju : Vol. 1 & Vol. 2[25]
  • Released: October 16, 2020
  • Label: Producer Entertainment Group
  • Format: LP

Live album[]

Title Details
Good Juju : Live
  • Released: May 7, 2021
  • Label: Producer Entertainment Group
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Extended plays[]

Title Details
Good Juju : Vol. 1
  • Released: June 23, 2020
  • Label: PEG
  • Format: Digital download
Good Juju : Vol. 2
  • Released: July 21, 2020
  • Label: PEG
  • Format: Digital download

Singles[]

As lead artist[]

Title Year Album
"Don't Wanna Love" 2020 Good Juju: Vol. 1
"Tonight Or Forever"
(featuring Blair St. Clair) 		Good Juju: Vol. 2
"Together Alone" Non-album single
"I Used to Be Cool" (Remix)
(with Bright Light Bright Light) 		2021 TBA
"Round and Round"
(Bright Light Bright Light Remix)

As featured artist[]

Title Year Album
"I'm in Love"[26]
(with the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 5) 		2020 Non-album singles
"Clap Back"
(RuPaul featuring the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 5)
"Eight Days of You"
(Miz Cracker featuring Jujubee)
"Cursed"
(Tony Ni Evans featuring Jujubee) 		2021

Other appearances[]

Title Year Album
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" 2018 Christmas Queens 4

Filmography[]

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2010 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 2) Herself Contestant (3rd place) [4]
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010–2012 RuPaul's Drag U Herself Drag Professor [11]
2012 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 1) Herself Contestant (3rd/4th place) [14]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (season 1) [27]
2016 Cocktails & Classics Herself 2 episodes [28]
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10) Herself Guest - Episode 1 [29]
2019–present Dragnificent! Herself Drag Mentor; Formerly Known as Drag Me Down the Aisle [6]
2020 AJ and the Queen Lee St. Lee Episode: "Dallas" [30]
2020 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 5) Herself Contestant (Runner-Up) [5]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (season 2) [27]

Music videos[]

Year Title Artist
2011 Jealous Of My Boogie RuPaul
2012 Responsitrannity RuPaul
2012 Queen Xelle
2018 Call My Life Blair St. Clair

Web series[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Fashion Photo Ruview Herself Guest Co-Host [31]
2015 Drag Queens React Episode: "Drag Queens Reading Mean Comments" [32]
2017 Bestie$ for Ca$h Guest, with Raven [33]
2017 The Pandora Boxx Show Guest, with Jasmine Masters [34]
2019 Holiday Showdown ExitFour production
2020 Love Hotline Co-Host [35]
2020 The Pit Stop Guest [36]
2020 Whatcha Packin' Guest [37]
2021 Binge Podcast by Entertainment Weekly [38]

References[]

  1. ^ Schwartz, Jay (May 6, 2013). "Catching Up With Jujubee". Out. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2015. ...Airline Inthyrath, 28...
  2. ^ "About". Jujubee verified Facebook account. Archived from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "good juju : vol. 1 - EP by jUjUBee". Apple Music. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2 > Meet the Cast". n.d. Archived from the original on March 23, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2010. Jujubee, 25, Boston MA
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Adam B. Vary (May 8, 2020). "'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Moves Back to VH1 From Showtime, Reveals Cast". Variety. Archived from the original on May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "'Drag Me Down The Aisle' Is The New Drag Queen Wedding Show We All Need". scarymommy. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  7. ^ Sickler, Linda (October 20, 2011). "RuPaul's Drag Race Tour coming to Club One in Savannah". Savannah Morning News. Georgia, U.S. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Born in Boston to Laotian parents
  8. ^ "How Jujubee from 'Drag Race' infused her Laotian culture into her persona and onto the screen". NBC News. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  9. ^ Jujubee interview Drag History, NewNowNext.com accessed 9/10/2016
  10. ^ "Reality star Jujubee to appear at Club One as part of RuPaul's Drag Race Tour". Savannah Morning News. Georgia, U.S.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b Polly, John. "Drag Race Daily: Start Studying! RuPaul's Drag U Will be in Session this Summer. Watch a Preview". NewNowNext on Logo. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  12. ^ Shumaker, Jason (April 15, 2010). "Logo Announces Nominees for Third Annual 'NewNowNext Awards' 2010". PR Newswire. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  13. ^ "Vote for the 2010 NewNowNext Awards!". Logo. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars cast includes Jujubee, Latrice Royale, Manila Luzon Archived 2013-07-18 at the Wayback Machine from chicago.gopride.com; 06 August 2012
  15. ^ "Dragopolis 2.0 Has Arrived! | NewNowNext". www.newnownext.com. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  16. ^ Avery 3/21/2014, Dan. "Real Men Revealed: Jujubee Bares It All For HIV/AIDS Awareness". Logo TV. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  17. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 2 Snatch Game recap - Channel Guide Magazine". Channel Guide Magazine. 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  18. ^ "RuPaul Brings Back Katya, Porkchop, Kim Chi, Jujubee, Detox, and More to Help Judge the First Mini-Challenge of Season 10". VH1 News. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  19. ^ "Video Premiere: "Jealous Of My Boogie" by RuPaul featuring Tyra Sanchez, Jujubee and Raven - @LOFT965". @LOFT965. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  20. ^ Spargo, Chris (25 October 2012). "Xelle's 'Queen' Music Video Features Every 'Drag Race' Queen". Logo TV. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  21. ^ "'Drag Race' Star Blair St. Clair Gets Introspective in 'Call My Life' Music Video: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  22. ^ Curto, Justin (2020-01-13). "Where to Find All the Drag Race Alums in AJ and the Queen". Vulture. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  23. ^ "Tonight or Forever by Jujubee". Spotify. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  24. ^ "good juju : vol. 2 by Jujubee". Apple Music. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  25. ^ "Jujubee - Product". jujubeeonline. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  26. ^ "I'm In Love - Single". iTunes.
  27. ^ Jump up to: a b Dino-Ray Ramos (June 8, 2020). "'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Brings Back 'Untucked' Aftershow For Season 5". Deadline. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  28. ^ My First Time Watching ‘Spice World’ | Cocktails & Classics | Logo. Logo. July 3, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  29. ^ Damshenas, Sam (22 March 2018). "Watch Drag Race fan favourites return for the season 10 premiere". Gay Times. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  30. ^ Nolfi, Joey (2019-12-03). "RuPaul brings 22 Drag Race queens to costar on AJ and the Queen". EW.com. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  31. ^ RuPaul's Drag Race Fashion Photo RuView with Jujubee and Raven - Episode 8. YouTube. April 9, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  32. ^ Drag Queens Reading Mean Comments w/ Bianca Del Rio, Raja, Raven, Detox, Latrice, Jujubee and More!. YouTube. April 23, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  33. ^ BESTIE$ FOR CA$H: Raven & Jujubee. YouTube. June 29, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  34. ^ The Pandora Boxx Show #75 with Jujubee and Jasmine Masters. YouTube. September 6, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  35. ^ Dean is a gay man who's only attracted to married straight men - he calls into the Love Hotline. In the Know. February 21, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020 – via YouTube.
  36. ^ The Pit Stop S12 E10 | Jujubee & Bob the Drag Queen on Superfan Makeover. RuPaul's Drag Race. May 2, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  37. ^ Whatcha' Packin: Jujubee | AS5 Top 3 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. RuPaul's Drag Race. July 22, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  38. ^ Nolfi, Joey (July 28, 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 5 queens spill untold tea on that 'campaign' against Shea". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

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