Jan Sport, sometimes known simply as Jan, is the

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of Charlie Mantione (born Charles Joseph Mantione; June 11, 1993), an American

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and singer based in New York City, who came to international attention on the twelfth season of ''

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''. On May 26, 2021, she was announced as one of the 13 contestants on the sixth season of ''

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,'' where she placed 7th overall.

Early life

Mantione was born on June 11, 1993, in

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. He attended Christian Brothers Academy for high school. While attending school, he participated in both sports and theater. Mantione was an avid soccer player until he turned 17. Mantione participated in a number of school productions such as ''

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'' and played Troy Bolton in a production of ''

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''. He attended the

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(which has since merged with the

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) for musical theater.

Career

Mantione considers his drag "birthday" to be July 8, 2016. Mantione formed the pop group

Stephanie's Child Stephanie's Child is a musical group consisting of Drag (clothing), drag performers Jan Sport, Lagoona Bloo, and Rosé (drag queen), Rosé. The trio appeared on ''The Voice (American TV series), The Voice'' in 2017 performing with Jessie J and c ...

along with queens

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and

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in 2018. His drag mother is

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. In 2018, he won the title of Breakthrough Artist and was nominated for Best Vocalist at the 2018 NY Nightlife Awards. When he first started drag, he frequently appeared as a

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impersonator. Mantione appeared on '' The Voice'' Season 13 finale with

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and competed on ''

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'' with Stephanie's Child.

''RuPaul's Drag Race''

Jan's casting on the twelfth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' was announced on January 23, 2020. On the show, she is referred to as simply "Jan" to avoid trademark issues with the backpack brand. She ended up in the bottom two in episode eight and was eliminated after losing a lip-sync to

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, finishing in eighth place. Jan Sport at LA DragCon 2022 by dvsross

While the show was airing, Jan contributed to a

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web series called ''Jan's Jukebox'' where she performed covers of the songs that queens had

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ed to on the show that week, such as " S&M" by

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and "

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" by

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. The latter performance, which was the song she lip-synced to on the episode in which she was eliminated, was dedicated to her grandfather who had died due to complications of

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. On May 26, 2021, it was revealed that Jan would return to compete on

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alongside 12 other contestants. On the 4th episode of

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, she won the main challenge (''Halftime Headliners'') for her impression of

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at the 2017

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and later lost the ''Lip-Sync For Your Legacy'' to Britney Spears' "Womanizer" against ''Lip-Sync Assassin''

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. She ultimately placed seventh, being eliminated by Trinity K. Bonet in episode 7. Her elimination marks the first time in All Stars history where the ''Lip-Sync Assassin'' (

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) revealed both of the bottom queens’ names (Jan and

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) as a result of a tie from the group vote. RuPaul revealed that, under such circumstances, the tie would have to be broken by the ''Top All-Star'' of the week (Trinity K. Bonet).

Filmography

Television

Web series

* ''

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'' (2022, 2023)

Discography

Singles

* "Slag Wars" (2020) * "Gay Hands Up" (2021) *"Jantasy" (2021)

Featured singles

*"You Don't Know Me" (with the cast of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' Season 12) (2020) *" Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical" (with the cast of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' Season 12) (2020) *"The Shady Bunch" (with the cast of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' Season 12) (2020) *"Show Up Queen" (with the cast of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'' Season 6) (2021)

As a part of Stephanie's Child

*''Christmas Dolls, Vol. 1'' (2020)

Titles

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1993 births Living people American dancers American drag queens American male singers Boston Conservatory at Berklee alumni Christian Brothers Academy (New Jersey) alumni Drag performers from New York City People from Old Bridge Township, New Jersey RuPaul's Drag Race contestants Singers from New York City The Voice (franchise) contestants Drag performers from New Jersey