Brooke Lynn Hytes

{{Infobox dancer

| name = Brooke Lynn Hytes

| image = DragCon 2023 @ DVSROSS Photgraphy -41 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Brooke Lynn Hytes at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023

| birth_name = Brock Edward Hayhoe

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|03|10}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| citizenship = {{unbulleted list|Canada|United States}}

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Drag queen
Ballet dancer
Performer
Television personality
Executive producer}}

| education = National Ballet School

| years_active = 1999–present

| former_groups = Cape Town City Ballet
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

| module = {{Infobox person|embed=yes

| known_for = Miss Continental
RuPaul's Drag Race
Canada's Drag Race
1 Queen 5 Queers}}

| website = {{URL|brookelynnhytes.com}}

}}

Brooke Lynn Hytes is the stage name of Brock Edward Hayhoe (born March 10, 1986),{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2019/01/24/brooke-lynn-hytes-is-1st-canadian-contestant-on-rupauls-drag-race_a_23652034/|title=1st Canadian Competitor To Shantay Into 'RuPaul's Drag Race'|date=January 24, 2019|website=HuffPost|access-date=May 22, 2019}} a Canadian-American drag queen, ballet dancer, and television personality. After working as a dancer with Cape Town City Ballet and Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Brooke Lynn Hytes achieved international recognition for competing on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race; Brooke Lynn Hytes placed second, only to winner Yvie Oddly. Brooke Lynn Hytes is the first Canadian to compete in the series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2019/02/27/brook-lynn-hytes-becoming-the-first-canadian-on-rupauls-drag-race-is-no-surprise-to-her-fellow-toronto-queens.html|title=Brooke Lynn Hytes becoming the first Canadian on RuPaul's Drag Race is no surprise to her fellow Toronto queens {{!}} The Star|website=Toronto Star|date=February 27, 2019|access-date=May 22, 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/entertainment-pmn/brooke-lynn-hytes-becomes-first-canadian-rupauls-drag-race-competitor|title=Brooke Lynn Hytes becomes first Canadian 'RuPaul's Drag Race' competitor {{!}} National Post|last=Entertainment|first=P. M. N.|newspaper=National Post |date=January 24, 2019|access-date=May 22, 2019}} Since 2020, Brooke Lynn Hytes has been a main judge on the spin-off series Canada's Drag Race, and is the first Drag Race contestant to become a full-time judge in the franchise.

Early life

Hayhoe was born on March 10, 1986,{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu0dwmBnLES/|title=Brooke Lynn Hytes on Instagram: "Birthday girl in that @fashionnova fit ❤️"|website=Instagram|access-date=May 22, 2019}} in Toronto. He attended high school at Etobicoke School of the Arts. When he was 15, he was accepted into the National Ballet School of Canada, where he trained for five years. As a student, he worked with the choreographers Jiri Kylian, Toer van Schayk, James Kudelka, and Rudi van Dantzig, who cast him as Death's Angel in a mounting of Four Last Songs.{{Cite web |date=2006-10-03 |title=Hayhoe's certainly not dragging his feet |url=https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/celebrity-news/hayhoes-certainly-not-dragging-his-feet-942953 |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=IOL}} Hayhoe danced this role in Toronto and later in Cape Town.{{Cite web |date=2008-03-25 |title=Brock Hayhoe heads north |url=https://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/brock-hayhoe-heads-north-957184 |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=IOL}}

Career

In 2006, at 20 years old, Hayhoe moved to South Africa and joined the corps de ballet of the Cape Town City Ballet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyxtra.com/brooke-lynn-hytes-high-68228|title=Brooke Lynn Hytes high|date=July 13, 2015|website=Xtra|access-date=May 22, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://torontolife.com/culture/everything-know-brooke-lynn-hytes-first-canadian-queen-rupauls-drag-race/|title=Everything we know about Brooke Lynn Hytes, the first Canadian queen on RuPaul's Drag Race|date=February 28, 2019|website=Toronto Life|access-date=May 22, 2019}} In 2007, he was promoted to the rank of soloist.{{Cite web |last=Orgel |first=Jane |date=2016-03-03 |title=March 2016 |url=https://www.janeorgel.com/march-2016/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Jane Orgel |language=en-US}} While in Cape Town, he danced several of the major classical principal male roles, including the Nutcracker Prince in The Nutcracker, Solor in La Bayadère, and Albrecht in Giselle.

Hayhoe was more interested in dancing en pointe than in the traditional male roles. He moved to New York City in 2008 in order to join the drag ballet troupe Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. He toured internationally with the Trocks for four years under the names 'Andrei Verikose', as a male dancer, and 'Vanya Verikosa', his ballerina alter ego.{{cite web|url=https://www.dancemagazine.com/rupaul-ballet-2634773313.html?rebelltitem=1|title=What was your journey from ballet student to drag queen?|date=April 16, 2019|website=Dance Magazine}}{{cite web|url=https://trockadero.org/review/men-in-tights/|title=Men in tights – Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo}}{{cite web|url=https://trockadero.org/2015/03/jocks-of-the-trocks/|title=Jocks of the Trocks (Sunday Magazine Australia) – Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo|access-date=May 29, 2019|archive-date=May 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529185016/https://trockadero.org/2015/03/jocks-of-the-trocks/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news |last=Trebay |first=Guy |date=2010-12-29 |title=History Moves in Tutus and Greasepaint |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/fashion/30Gimlet.html |access-date=2024-01-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}File:Dragcon3-SUN-30 (47942887447).jpg in 2019]]As a drag queen, Hayhoe initially tried out the names Jackie D, Carmen and Bianca. After moving back to Toronto to pursue drag full-time, he was adopted by local queen Farra N. Hyte, who named her new drag daughter Brooke Lynn Hytes. Shortly after returning to Toronto, Brooke Lynn Hytes won a local drag pageant called Queen of Halloween, and quickly began to attract attention in the Toronto drag scene.{{Cite web |last=McKie |first=Evan |date=2019-04-15 |title=Meet "RuPaul's Drag Race's" First Professional Ballet Dancer: Brock Hayhoe AKA Brook Lynn Hytes |url=https://www.dancemagazine.com/rupaul-ballet/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Dance Magazine |language=en-US}}

Brooke Lynn Hytes began to regularly compete on the drag pageant circuit. In 2013, she won Miss Gay Toronto, Derby City Entertainer of the Year, and Miss Michigan Continental, and placed as first alternate in the National Entertainer of the Year and Miss Continental pageants on first entry. In 2014, Brooke Lynn Hytes won the prestigious Miss Continental title.{{Cite web|url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Hytes-wins-Miss-Continental-title/48828.html|title=Hytes wins Miss Continental title – Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive|website=Windy City Times|date=September 2, 2014|access-date=May 22, 2019}} In 2015, Brooke Lynn Hytes accepted a residency as a performer in PLAY Dance Bar in Nashville, Tennessee.{{Cite web |title=Brooke Lynn Hytes |url=https://elevate.ca/speakers/brooke-lynn-hytes/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Elevate |language=en-US}} She auditioned for the ninth and tenth seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race, but was unable to join either season as she did not yet have a green card.{{Cite magazine |last=Box |first=Bobby |date=2019-05-31 |title='Drag Race' Runner-Up Brooke Lynn Hytes Talks 'All Stars,' Lip-Sync Skills & More |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/drag-race-runner-up-brooke-lynn-hytes-interview-8513990/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} File:Dragcon2-SAT-60 (47937185348).jpg, 2019]]

Brooke Lynn Hytes was announced to be one of fifteen contestants competing on season eleven of Drag Race on January 24, 2019.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8494171/rupauls-drag-race-season-11-reveal-aquaria-adam-rippon|title=Aquaria & Adam Rippon to Announce 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 11 Cast in Upcoming 'Ruveal'|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 22, 2019}} She won the main challenges in episode one, five and eleven, placing in the top of a challenge a record-breaking nine times throughout the season. This is the most top 3 positions achieved by any contestant in a single season in RuPaul's Drag Race history.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8500862/rupauls-drag-race-season-11-power-ranking|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 11 Power Ranking: Episode 1|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 22, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://z6mag.com/2019/03/31/rpdr-s11ep5-monsters-witches-and-branjie/|title=RPDR S11EP5: Monsters, Witches, And Branjie|last=Restar|first=Al|date=March 31, 2019|website=Z6 Mag|access-date=May 22, 2019|archive-date=June 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604222458/https://z6mag.com/2019/03/31/rpdr-s11ep5-monsters-witches-and-branjie/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/recaps/2019/05/14/rupauls-drag-race-season-11-episode-11-gif-recap/|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' season 11, episode 11 GIF recap: Westward no!|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=May 22, 2019}} She was in a "double-shantay" alongside Yvie Oddly in the Snatch Game episode after bombing her Celine Dion impersonation; the duo's lip sync to Demi Lovato's "Sorry Not Sorry" was lauded over by critics, and declared by many to be one of the best lip syncs in the history of the series.{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/recaps/2019/04/23/rupauls-drag-race-season-11-episode-8-gif-recap-tops-on-bottom/|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' season 11, episode 8 GIF recap: Tops on bottom|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=May 22, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/drag-race-lip-sync-yvie-oddly-brooke-lynn-hytes.html|website=vulture.com|title=A GIF Guide to This Week's Legendary Drag Race Lip Sync|access-date=May 22, 2019|last=Sava|first=Olivia|date=April 19, 2019}}

Throughout the season, Brooke Lynn Hytes developed an on-show romance with Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, dubbed "Branjie".{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/05/16/vanjie-brooke-lynn-hytes-romance-drag-race-clip/|title=Vanjie, Brooke Lynn Hytes discuss their romantic future in exclusive 'Drag Race' clip|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=May 22, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://instinctmagazine.com/post/vanessa-vanjie-mateo-the-returning-viral-rupauls-drag-race-queen-talks-showmance-new-music-what-kinds-of-fans-bring-a-tear-to-her-eye/|title=Vanessa Vanjie Mateo-The Returning Viral "RuPaul's Drag Race Queen" Talks Showmance, New Music, & What Kinds Of Fans Bring A Tear To Her Eye • Instinct Magazine|date=May 20, 2019|website=Instinct Magazine|access-date=May 22, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://z6mag.com/2019/03/26/rpdr-showmance-whats-the-tea-between-miss-vanjie-and-brooke-lynn-hytes/|title=RPDR 'Showmance' What's The Tea Between Miss Vanjie And Brooke Lynn Hytes?|last=Restar|first=Al|date=March 26, 2019|website=Z6 Mag|access-date=May 22, 2019|archive-date=June 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604222458/https://z6mag.com/2019/03/26/rpdr-showmance-whats-the-tea-between-miss-vanjie-and-brooke-lynn-hytes/|url-status=dead}} The two placed in the bottom two of episode twelve, with Brooke Lynn Hytes emerging victorious in a lip sync battle to Aretha Franklin's "A Deeper Love", making Vanessa Vanjie Mateo the last queen to be eliminated prior to the finale.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8512577/aretha-franklin-a-deeper-love-drag-race-lip-sync-herstory|title=Lip Sync Herstory: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Aretha Franklin's 'A Deeper Love'|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 22, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2019/rupauls-drag-race-season-11-episode-12-vanessa-vanjie-mateo-eliminated/|title='RuPaul's Drag Race': Was the right queen eliminated in episode 12 'Queens Everywhere'? [POLL]|last1=Sheehan|first1=Paul|date=May 17, 2019|website=GoldDerby|access-date=May 22, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/drag-race-queen-miss-vanjie-on-what-it-was-like-lip-syncing-for-her-life-against-her-beau-brooke-lynn-hytes-17898038|title=Here's How Miss Vanjie Felt Having To Lip-Sync Against Her Beau Brooke Lynn On 'Drag Race'|last=Blanton|first=Kayla|website=Bustle|date=May 17, 2019 |access-date=May 22, 2019}} Brooke Lynn Hytes finished as a runner-up, ultimately losing to Yvie Oddly in the final lip sync for the crown.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/what-the-tuck-rupauls-drag-race-season-11-episode-12.html|website=vulture.com|date=May 20, 2019|title=RuPaul's Drag Race Season 11, Episode 12: We Have Thoughts|access-date=May 22, 2019}} In June 2019, Brooke Lynn Hytes was one of 37 queens to be featured on the cover of New York magazine.{{Cite news|url=http://nymag.com/press/2019/06/on-the-cover-the-most-powerful-drag-queens-in-america.html|title=On The Cover: The Most Powerful Drag Queens In America}} On November 11, she won a People's Choice Award for "Most Hypeworthy Canadian".{{cite web |date=November 11, 2019 |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Alumni, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Wins People's Choice Award for Most Hypeworthy Canadian |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/rupauls-drag-race-brooke-lynn-hytes-peoples-choice.html/ |work=Cheat Sheet |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111195953/https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/rupauls-drag-race-brooke-lynn-hytes-peoples-choice.html/ |url-status=dead }}

File:Brooke Lynn Hytes Homecoming.jpgOn September 26, 2019, Brooke Lynn Hytes was announced as a full-time judge for Canada's Drag Race, the Canadian spin-off of RuPaul's Drag Race.[https://www.theloop.ca/three-fabulous-judges-and-one-squirrel-friend-are-ready-to-preside-over-canadas-drag-race/ "Three fabulous judges, and one squirrel friend, are ready to preside over 'Canada's Drag Race'"]. eTalk, September 26, 2019. She was the first contestant from any series in the Drag Race franchise to become a full-time judge. As of 2024, Brooke Lynn Hytes is the only judge to have appeared on all four seasons of Canada's Drag Race, as well as its spin-off, Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. She and her fellow judges have won three Canadian Screen Awards for Best Host or Presenter in a Factual or Reality/Competition Series, in 2021, 2022, and 2023 respectively.Victoria Ahearn, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2021/05/17/canadas-drag-race-earns-victory-lap-with-leading-five-canadian-screen-awards.html "'Canada's Drag Race' earns victory lap with leading five Canadian Screen Awards"]. Toronto Star, May 17, 2021.

On March 25, 2021, Brooke Lynn Hytes released a single featuring Priyanka, the winner of Canada's Drag Race season one, titled "Queen of the North".Michael Cook, [https://instinctmagazine.com/brooke-lynn-hytes-brings-stunning-snow-queen-with-her-new-single/ "Brooke Lynn Hytes Brings Stunning Snow Queen With Her New Single"]. Instinct, April 20, 2021. She has since expressed her dislike of the single, and her reluctance to release any more music.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-16 |title=Brooke Lynn Hytes: 5 songs that changed my life |url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/brooke-lynn-hytes-5-songs-that-changed-my-life-1.6285020 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=www.cbc.ca}} In May 2021, Brooke Lynn Hytes launched a podcast with Priyanka, Famous This Week, and was announced as the host of 1 Queen 5 Queers, a reboot of 1 Girl 5 Gays, for Crave.Victoria Ahearn, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2021/06/10/the-amazing-race-canada-letterkenny-spinoff-join-upcoming-bell-media-lineup.html "'The Amazing Race Canada,' 'Letterkenny' spinoff join upcoming Bell Media lineup"]. Toronto Star, June 10, 2021. The second season of 1 Queen 5 Queers premiered in 2022.{{Citation |title=1 Queen 5 Queers (TV Series 2021– ) - Episode list - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16377392/episodes?season=2 |access-date=2024-01-09 |language=en-US}}

In June 2021, Brooke Lynn Hytes appeared as a "lip-sync assassin" on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, and lip-synced to the song "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson against contestant Ra'Jah O'Hara, one of her former Drag Race competitors. The result of the lip-sync was declared a draw. In May 2022, Brooke Lynn Hytes appeared alongside Vanessa Vanjie Mateo in Bluebella's Pride Month lingerie campaign.{{Cite news |last=Yates |first=Jonny |date=2022-05-05 |title=Drag Race's Brooke Lynn Hytes and Miss Vanjie reunite for stunning Pride campaign |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/05/05/bluebella-pride-collection-drag-race-brooke-lynn-miss-vanjie/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |work=PinkNews}}

Brooke Lynn Hytes continues to make international club appearances, and regularly tours alongside other Drag Race alumni. In 2019 she joined the Voss Events RuPaul's Drag Race Season Eleven tour, which visited seventeen cities across North America.{{Cite web |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' sets season 11 tour dates with all 15 queens |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/04/02/rupauls-drag-race-season-11-tour-dates/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=EW.com |language=en}} In 2020 she hosted a tour for the Canada's Drag Race season one queens, which played exclusively in drive-in venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' sets season 11 tour dates with all 15 queens |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/04/02/rupauls-drag-race-season-11-tour-dates/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=EW.com |language=en}} In 2022 she hosted the Canada's Drag Race Tour again, headlined by the season two queens.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-18 |title=Second season of Canada's Drag Race ending tour with Victoria finale |url=https://www.albernivalleynews.com/entertainment/second-season-of-canadas-drag-race-ending-tour-with-victoria-finale-738479 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Alberni Valley News |language=en}} In 2024, she is scheduled to co-host the Canada's Drag Race Tour alongside Jaida Essence Hall, headlined by the season three and four queens.{{Cite web |title=Canada's Drag Race 2024 |url=https://vossevents.com/canadas-drag-race/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Voss Events |date=September 4, 2020 |language=en}} In 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, Brooke Lynn Hytes joined the annual Murray & Peter tour A Drag Queen Christmas, branded as the longest-running drag queen tour in America.{{Cite web |title=A Drag Queen Christmas {{!}} Hult Center |url=https://hultcenter.org/events/a-drag-queen-christmas/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=hultcenter.org |language=en-US}}

Personal life

Hayhoe came out as gay when he was 18.{{Cite web |last=Shea |first=Courtney |title=RuPaul's Drag Race Has Its First Canadian Queen: Meet Brooke Lynn Hytes |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/02/225669/rupauls-drag-race-season-11-brooke-lynn-hytes |access-date=May 22, 2019 |website=refinery29.com}} After his stint on RuPaul's Drag Race, Hayhoe moved first to Los Angeles, where he took over Bianca Del Rio's old apartment, and then to Chicago.{{Cite web|date=2020-07-01|title=Q&A: Brooke Lynn Hytes, host of Drag Race Canada|url=https://torontolife.com/culture/movies-and-tv/qa-brooke-lynn-hytes-host-of-drag-race-canada/|access-date=2020-12-20|website=Toronto Life|language=en-US|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127171322/https://torontolife.com/culture/movies-and-tv/qa-brooke-lynn-hytes-host-of-drag-race-canada/|url-status=dead}} On May 22, 2023, via his Instagram page, Hayhoe posted a photograph showing both a Canadian and an American passport, thus confirming he had become a naturalized U.S. citizen.[https://www.instagram.com/p/CsjiiXFv5nZ/?hl=en Instagram: I've waited a really long time for this. 🇨🇦🥹🇺🇸]

Titles awards

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!Year

!Pageant

!Placement

!Ref

rowspan="6" |2013

|Miss Gay Toronto

|Winner

|{{cite web|title=Your exhausted but VERY happy Miss Gay Toronto 2013-2014 :-) #winning|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Zr3oiSwoto/?igshid=m3uie3b1gkr8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Zr3oiSwoto |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|website=Instagram|date=24 May 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|title=Time to give up this #crown #GayToronto #pageant|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/oU8RmVQokI/?igshid=1lr6g3mkl7s2f|website=Instagram|date=23 May 2014}}

Miss Canada Ultimate

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=A kiki with Brooke Lynn Hytes - OutVoices |url=https://outvoices.us/a-kiki-with-brooke-lynn-hytes/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=outvoices.us |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=WorldPride 2014 Toronto {{!}} June 20-29, 2014 |url=http://www.worldpridetoronto.com/festival/events-calendar/2014/play-the-parks-with-pride-/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.worldpridetoronto.com |language=en}}

Derby City Entertainer of the Year

|Winner

|{{cite web|title=Brooke Lynn Hytes|url=http://ourcommunityroots.com/?p=11784|website=Our Community Roots|date=9 November 2019}}

National Entertainer of the Year

|1st Alternate

Miss Michigan Continental

|Winner

Miss Continental

|1st Alternate

rowspan=2|2014

|Miss All Star Continental

|Winner

|{{cite web|title=#bam #allstarcontinental|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/lZClDjwosU/?igshid=tt2ge3fmv01n |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/lZClDjwosU |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|website=Instagram|date=11 March 2014}}{{cbignore}}

Miss Continental

|Winner

2015

|Miss Gay Orlando

|Winner

|{{cite web|title=this is my beautiful step down gown for Miss Gay Orlando last night|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BNH6sZhA89s/?igshid=1vzfizde8ilck|website=Instagram|date=22 November 2016}}

2016

|Miss Sweetheart International

|Winner

|{{cite web|title=Can't believe I'm your new Miss Sweet Heart International!!!|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BBzDOF6woly/?igshid=44x3deccgki9 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BBzDOF6woly |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|website=Instagram|date=15 February 2016}}{{cbignore}}

2017

|Miss Gay Heart of America

|1st Alternate

2018

|Miss Gay America

|1st Alternate

2019

|Rupaul's Drag Race

|Runner-up

Filmography

= Film =

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

2014

|Seek

|Drag Queen

|Movie

|style="text-align: center;" |IMDB [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2501884/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Seek (2014)].

2020

|The Queens

| Herself

| Documentary

|style="text-align: center;" |{{cite news|url=https://gcn.ie/documentary-the-queens-trans-contestants-pageant/|title=The Queens documentary focuses on the trans contestants of major drag pageant|date=August 7, 2020|first=Peter|last=Dunne|website=GCN|access-date=August 22, 2020}}

2021

| The Bitch Who Stole Christmas

| Kitty Meow

| Movie

=Music videos=

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!Year

!Title

!Artist

!Role

2016

|"Receiver"

|Ice Cream

| rowspan="6" |Herself

2020

|"Good as Hell (Brazilian version)"

|Lizzo

2020

|"Always (Drag Star Official Video)"

|George Michael, Mary J. Blige, Waze & Odyssey, Tommy Theo

2020

|"Hype"

|Yvie Oddly (ft. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo)

2020

|"Drag Queens"

|Monique Samuels

2021

|"G.A.P (Official Video)"

|Heidi N Closet (ft. Widow Von Du)

2021

|"Queen of the North"

|Brooke Lynn Hytes (ft. Priyanka)

= Television =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2015

|OUTspoken Biography

|Herself

|Guest (Episode: "Snow Queen: An Exposé of Drag in Canada")

2018

|Ozzy & Jack's World Detour

|Herself

|Guest (Episode: "Grand Ole Osbournes")

rowspan=2|2019

|RuPaul's Drag Race

|Contestant

|Season 11, Runner-up (14 episodes)

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

|Herself

|Season 10 (12 episodes)

2020–present

|Canada's Drag Race

|Host

|Season 1 – present; also Main judge

rowspan=2|2021

|RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

|Herself

|Season 6, Guest/"Lip Sync Assassin" (Episode 2: "The Blue Ball")

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked

|Herself

|Season 3 (Episode 2)

2021–2022

|1 Queen 5 Queers

|Host

|Also Executive producer

rowspan=2|2022

|Trixie Motel

|Herself

|Guest (Episode 8: "Pride Grand Opening")

RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=September 9, 2022 |title=See every star's makeover reveal on RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race season 2 |url=https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-secret-celebrity-drag-race-season-2-celebs-revealed/?slide=1cb70a62-d3c9-402d-9dd2-8871334421e4#1cb70a62-d3c9-402d-9dd2-8871334421e4 |access-date=2022-10-06 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609222115/https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-secret-celebrity-drag-race-season-2-celebs-revealed/?slide=1cb70a62-d3c9-402d-9dd2-8871334421e4#1cb70a62-d3c9-402d-9dd2-8871334421e4 |url-status=live }}

|Herself

|Season 2, Mentor/"Queen Supreme" (8 episodes)

2022–present

|Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=June 9, 2022 |title='Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World' to unite global queens |url=https://ew.com/tv/canadas-drag-race-canada-vs-the-world-judges-brooke-lynn-hytes/ |access-date=2022-06-09 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609222115/https://ew.com/tv/canadas-drag-race-canada-vs-the-world-judges-brooke-lynn-hytes/ |url-status=live }}

|Host

|Season 1 – present; also Main judge

= Web series =

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

2016

|US of Aurora

| rowspan="9" |Herself

|Episodes 1, 3, 4, 6

|{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFEK_NZYGlY|title=US of Aurora Episode 3: Orlando|publisher=YouTube|date=November 1, 2016|access-date=February 15, 2020}}

rowspan=5|2019

|Follow Me

|Episode: "Mayhem Miller"

|{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta7-wa-My34|title=FOLLOW ME: Mayhem Miller|publisher=YouTube|date=June 10, 2019|access-date=September 14, 2019}}

Whatcha Packin'

|Guest

|{{Citation|title=Whatcha Packin': Brooke Lynn Hytes {{!}} Season 11 Top Four {{!}} RuPaul's Drag Race| date=May 28, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scus0XLOwUU|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}

Countdown to the Crown

|Season 11

|{{Citation|title="Top Four Prep For Lipsync" COUNTDOWN TO THE CROWN: RuPaul's Drag Race Season 11| date=May 30, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SZz_PK_Kf0|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}

Queen to Queen

|With Yvie Oddly, Nina West

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaHOCQifmyc|title=Brooke Lynn Hytes, Yvie Oddly & Nina West {{!}} Queen to Queen {{!}} RuPaul's Drag Race S11|date=May 24, 2019|website=YouTube|access-date=April 6, 2020}}

Ca$tmate$ for Ca$h

|Guest with A'keria Davenport

|{{Citation|title=CA$TMATE$ FOR CA$H: Brooke Lynn Hytes and A'Keria C. Davenport| date=August 28, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsgxtk1yxYA|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}

2020–23

|The Pit Stop

|Guest

|{{Cite web|date=September 23, 2020|title=The Pit Stop S1 E10 {{!}} Trixie & Brooke Lynn Hytes Recap the Finale {{!}} Canada's Drag Race|website=YouTube |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8_E5v7pzpW4|access-date=November 18, 2020}}{{Cite web|date=February 18, 2023|title=The Pit Stop S15 E08 🏁 {{!}} Bianca Del Rio & Brooke Lynn Hytes Judge! {{!}} RuPaul's Drag Race S15|website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ttvsNk_YM|access-date=February 24, 2023}}

2020

|TERRELL: Drunk Games with Brooke Lynn Hytes!

|Guest

|{{Cite web|date=October 15, 2020|title=Drunk Game with Brooke Lynn Hytes !|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cheKSPOvaoA|access-date=November 18, 2020|website=Youtube}}

2021

|Out of the Closet

|Episode: "Home of the Queen of the North"

|{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOPkfKmKZ5g |title=Brooke Lynn: Home of the Queen of the North S4 E6 |access-date=June 30, 2021 |website=YouTube|date=June 2021 }}

Discography

= Singles =

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2021 \| "Queen of the North" {{small\|(featuring Priyanka or The Cast of Canada's Drag Race Season 2)}}

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! scope="col" | Title

2021

| "Queen of the North" {{small|(featuring Priyanka or The Cast of Canada's Drag Race Season 2)}}

Awards and nominations

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! Year

! Award

! Category

! Work

! Results

! Ref.

style="text-align:center"|2019

| style="text-align:center"|People's Choice Awards

| style="text-align:center"|Most Hypeworthy Canadian

| style="text-align:center"|Herself

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center"|

style="text-align:center"|2020

| style="text-align:center"|The Queerties

| style="text-align:center"|Future All-Star

| style="text-align:center"|Herself

| {{Nominated}}

| style="text-align:center"|{{cite web|url=https://www.queerty.com/Queerties2020/|title='The 2020 Queerties|work=Queerty|date=February 28, 2020}}

style="text-align:center"|2021

| style="text-align:center"|Canadian Screen Awards

| style="text-align:center"|Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition

| style="text-align:center"|Canada's Drag Race

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center"|{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7726318/2021-canadian-screen-awards-nominations-nominees-list/|title='2021 Canadian Screen Awards nominations: List of major TV, movies nominees'|date=March 30, 2021}}

style="text-align:center"|2022

| style="text-align:center"|Canadian Screen Awards

| style="text-align:center"|Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition

| style="text-align:center"|Canada's Drag Race

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center"|{{cite web|url=https://www.academy.ca/nominees/|title='Winners. 2022 PRINTABLE LISTS'|date=April 19, 2022}}

style="text-align:center"|2023

| style="text-align:center"|Canadian Screen Awards

| style="text-align:center"|Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition

| style="text-align:center"|Canada's Drag Race

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center"|{{cite web|url=https://www.academy.ca/nominees/|title=2023 Canadian Screen Awards}}

style="text-align:center"|2024

| style="text-align:center"|Canadian Screen Awards

| style="text-align:center"|Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition

| style="text-align:center"|Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World

| {{won}}

|style="text-align:center"|{{cite news |last1=Mullen |first1=Pat |title=Mr. Dressup Leads Canadian Screen Awards Documentary TV Winners |url=https://povmagazine.com/mr-dressup-leads-canadian-screen-awards-documentary-tv-winners/ |access-date=10 June 2024 |work=Point of View Magazine |date=30 May 2024}}