Detox (drag Queen)

Deandra Sanderson, better known by the stage name Detox Icunt or simply Detox, is an American drag performer and recording artist. Detox was a fixture of the Southern California drag scene before coming to international attention on the fifth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', as well as the second season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''.

Career

Detox has appeared in music videos with Ke$ha and Rihanna and is a member of Chad Michaels' Dreamgirls Revue, the longest-running female-impersonation show in California. She is also a member of the band Tranzkuntinental. The band was started by Charlie Paulson and Xander Smith and features drag queens Kelly Mantle, Rhea Litré, Vicky Vox, and Willam Belli.

Detox modeled as part of the Tranimal Master Class Workshop at the Machine Project. The event was photographed by Austin Young. In 2011, Detox acted in ''Showgirls in Drag'', a live adaptation of ''Showgirls''. The production was directed by Stephen Guarino and played at the Dragonfly nightclub in Hollywood.

She started doing drag at 15 when working with her sister, and originally went by the name Cornanda Cobb. In March 2012, Willam Belli released "Chow Down," a parody of " Hold On" by Wilson Phillips. The song featured Detox and Vicky Vox, who co-wrote the parody's lyrics. The three began performing under the name DWV, a dual reference that takes note of their first initials (Detox, Willam and Vicky) while also parodying the group SWV. Together they released several other singles: "Boy is a Bottom", a parody of " Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys which debuted at number six on ''Billboard''s Comedy Digital Songs, selling 3,000 downloads in its first week.; "Silicone", a parody of " Dancing on My Own" by Robyn; and "Blurred Bynes", a parody of "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke. In April 2019, Lizzo released a second music video for her song "Juice", in which Detox makes an appearance.

''RuPaul's Drag Race''

In November 2012, Logo announced that Detox was among 14 contestants who would be competing on the fifth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Detox won the children's TV show-themed main challenge in the episode "Draggle Rock". As part of the show, Detox sang on the "We Are the World"-inspired song "Can I Get an Amen?", with the song's proceeds benefiting the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. Detox placed fourth overall, and was the last queen eliminated before the finale.

In 2016, Detox was announced as one of the cast members on the second season of ''RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race''. She ultimately finished as a runner up in the competition alongside Katya. In 2017, Detox appeared in the film ''Cherry Pop'', directed by Assaad Yacoub, alongside fellow ''Drag Race'' alumni Tempest DuJour, Mayhem Miller and Bob the Drag Queen. In 2019, a panel of judges from ''New York'' magazine placed Detox 14th on their list of "the most powerful drag queens in America", a ranking of 100 former ''Drag Race'' contestants. She was one of 37 queens to appear on the cover.

Personal life

Detox came out as transgender in August 2024 and uses the pronouns ''she''/''they''. She comes from a military family and grew up in Mesa, Arizona, Hope Mills, North Carolina, Wilson, North Carolina, and Anna Maria Island, Florida as a kid and teen. She has a twin brother and an older sister.

Discography

Singles

Other appearances

Filmography

Television

Web series

Film

Music video appearances

References

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1985 births
Living people
20th-century American LGBTQ people
21st-century American LGBTQ people
American drag queens
American LGBTQ singers
American transgender actresses
American transgender musicians
Drag performers from Los Angeles
LGBTQ people from Arizona
LGBTQ people from Florida
LGBTQ people from North Carolina
Place of birth missing (living people)
RuPaul's Drag Race contestants
Transgender drag performers
Transgender women singers
Drag performers from Orlando, Florida
Drag performers from Arizona
Drag performers from North Carolina