Blu Hydrangea (born 15 February 1996) is the stage name of Joshua Cargill, a

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from

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who competed the

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of ''

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'' in 2019, and won the

of '' RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World'' in 2022.

Career

Blu Hydrangea was announced as part of the cast of the

of ''

'' on 21 September 2019 and subsequently finished in fifth place on the series, losing the lip sync to fellow contestant

Cheryl Hole 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 ...

. Outside of ''Drag Race'', Blu Hydrangea is a make-up queen and a part of a group called the Frock Destroyers (with

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and Divina de Campo). She also hosted the 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 the

of '' RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World''. On 8 March 2022, Blu Hydrangea was announced as the winner of the series, becoming the first Northern Irish queen to win across the franchise. In December 2023, she was announced as competing on the seventh season of the Irish version of ''

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'', premiering in January 2024, where she finished as runner-up. She broke the record of receiving the most perfect scores in any series, with 5, and the most 10s of any contestant (along with

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and

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), with 18.

Personal life

Cargill grew up in

Royal Hillsborough Royal Hillsborough (Irish: ''Cromghlinn'', meaning 'Crooked Glen'Patrick McKay, ''A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names'', p. 81. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.), more commonly known simply as ...

but later moved to live in

. He has dated Johnson Orr since 2014.

Filmography

Television

Web

* ''

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'' (2024)

Music videos

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

With the Frock Destroyers

*'' Frock4Life'' (2020)

References

External links

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