Cheryl Hole
{{Short description|English drag queen}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Cheryl
| image = DragCon 2023 @ DVSROSS Photgraphy -47 (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cheryl at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
| birth_name = Luke Underwood
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|10|18}}{{Cite tweet |user=CherylHoleQueen |number=1582625328547082240 |title=Thank you to everyone who sent me so much love yesterday for my birthday! You all made me feel so special and I'm so grateful to have such incredible people around me 🥹 Here's to 29 and feeling FINE! 💅🏻}}
| birth_place = Chelmsford, Essex, England
| other_names = Cheryl Hole
| occupation = Drag queen
| years_active =
| television = RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 1)
RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World (series 1)
Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World (season 2)
| spouse = Haydn Bleach (m. 2021)
| website = {{URL|https://www.cheryldragqueen.com/}}
}}
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),{{cite web|url=https://dragadventures.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/cheryl-hole-uk-queen/#:~:text=CH%3A%20I%20first%20started%20dabbling,themed%20party%20my%20first%20night|title=Sassy Drag Superstar – Cheryl Hole|website=Drag Adventures|date=16 May 2018|language=en|access-date=22 October 2021|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022100312/https://dragadventures.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/cheryl-hole-uk-queen/#:~:text=CH%3A%20I%20first%20started%20dabbling,themed%20party%20my%20first%20night|url-status=live}} as well as the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World (2022), and the second season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World (2024).{{Cite web |last=Peloza |first=Ivana |date=2024-07-04 |title=The Season 2 Cast Of 'Canada's Drag Race: Canada Vs. The World' Was Just Revealed And You'll NEVER Guess Who's Back |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/ivanapeloza/canadas-drag-race-vs-the-world-season-2-cast |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=BuzzFeed |language=en-ca}}
Personal life
Luke Underwood was born in 1993 and raised in Chelmsford in Essex.{{Cite web |last=King |first=Mel |date=2021-04-07 |title=Drag Race UK star Cheryl Hole shares devastation as beloved nan dies |url=https://www.essexlive.news/news/celebs-tv/rupauls-drag-race-uk-star-5265175 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Essex Live |language=en}}
On the 24 September 2021, Underwood and his partner, Haydn Bleach, married; upon which their last names were double-barrelled to Underwood-Bleach.{{cite web |date=24 September 2021 |title=Cheryl Hole Instagram post after getting married |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CUPgz5iqQ7X/ |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CUPgz5iqQ7X |archive-date=2021-12-24 |access-date=7 December 2021 |website=Instagram |language=en}}{{cbignore}}
Career
Underwood-Bleach began doing drag under the stage name "Cheryl Hole" sometime in the 2010s; his{{efn|This performer identifies as a man out of drag and uses he/him pronouns, per several articles}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-18 |title=Meet the 9 Queens competing in Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World |url=https://rts.org.uk/article/meet-9-queens-competing-canada-s-drag-race-canada-vs-world |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}} act is based on former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole.{{cite web |date=21 August 2019 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race UK full line-up revealed from Cheryl Hole to Baga Chipz |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/21/rupauls-drag-race-uk-full-line-queens-revealed-cheryl-hole-baga-chipz-10605270/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822130148/https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/21/rupauls-drag-race-uk-full-line-queens-revealed-cheryl-hole-baga-chipz-10605270/ |archive-date=22 August 2019 |access-date=23 August 2019 |website=Metro |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Who is Cheryl Hole? Meet the Gals Aloud dancer and RuPaul's Drag Race UK queen |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-08-23/cheryl-hole-drag-race-uk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823122621/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-08-23/cheryl-hole-drag-race-uk/ |archive-date=23 August 2019 |access-date=23 August 2019 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}{{cite web |date=23 August 2019 |title=Cheryl Hole promises "drama and conflama" on Drag Race UK |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/126266/cheryl-hole-promises-drama-and-conflama-on-drag-race-uk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823122621/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/126266/cheryl-hole-promises-drama-and-conflama-on-drag-race-uk/ |archive-date=23 August 2019 |access-date=23 August 2019 |website=Gay Times |language=en}} On 3 April 2019, Underwood-Bleach and his then fiancé took part in the Comedy Central show Your Face Or Mine? hosted by Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan.{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/your_face_or_mine/episodes/5/6/|title=Your Face Or Mine Series 5 Episode 6|date=3 April 2019|website=comedy.co.uk|language=en|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211234952/https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/your_face_or_mine/episodes/5/6/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11405634/|title=Your Face Or Mine Cheryl and Haydn|date=3 April 2019|website=IMDb|language=en|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=19 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419061337/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11405634/|url-status=live}}
On 21 August 2019, Cheryl Hole was announced as one of the ten contestants to be competing in the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.{{cite web|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/21/rupaul-drag-race-uk-cast-queens/|title=The RuPaul's Drag Race UK queens are finally here|first=Reiss|last=Smith|website=PinkNews|date=21 August 2019|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-date=22 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822013653/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/08/21/rupaul-drag-race-uk-cast-queens/|url-status=live}} In the sixth episode, she lip synched to Cheryl's "Call My Name" in front of guest judge Cheryl, eliminating Blu Hydrangea from the competition. He was eliminated in the seventh (and penultimate) episode after losing a lip sync to Baga Chipz to Amy Winehouse's "Tears Dry on Their Own" (2007).{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/rupauls-drag-race-uk-cheryl-hole-cole_uk_5dc57ce6e4b0fcfb7f6529f9|title=Cheryl Hole Met Cheryl Cole On This Week's Drag Race UK – But Some Fans Are Crying Foul|date=18 November 2019|website=HuffPost UK|language=en|access-date=2 January 2020|archive-date=13 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413223731/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/rupauls-drag-race-uk-cheryl-hole-cole_uk_5dc57ce6e4b0fcfb7f6529f9|url-status=live}} Cheryl Hole placed fourth overall.{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/14/rupauls-drag-races-cheryl-hole-tells-cheryl-to-call-her-for-ultimate-collaboration-after-elimination-11147461/|title=RuPaul's Drag Race's Cheryl Hole tells Cheryl to 'call her' for ultimate collaboration after elimination|first=Tilly|last=Pearce|date=14 November 2019|access-date=14 November 2019|website=Metro|archive-date=14 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114213430/https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/14/rupauls-drag-races-cheryl-hole-tells-cheryl-to-call-her-for-ultimate-collaboration-after-elimination-11147461/|url-status=live}}
On 28 November 2019, Cheryl Hole, alongside the cast of series one of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, embarked on a 12-gig UK tour,{{cite web|url=https://vossevents.com/events/drag-race-uk/|title=RuPaul's Drag Race: UK Season 1 Tour|website=vossevents.com|access-date=2 January 2020|archive-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219105356/https://vossevents.com/events/drag-race-uk/|url-status=live}} hosted by Drag Race alum Alyssa Edwards.{{cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/111498-stars-of-rupauls-drag-race-uk-to-tour-in-december-tickets-on-sale-now/|title=Stars of RuPaul's Drag Race UK to tour in December, tickets on sale now|first=Becki|last=Crossley|website=List|date=13 September 2019|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930183049/https://www.list.co.uk/article/111498-stars-of-rupauls-drag-race-uk-to-tour-in-december-tickets-on-sale-now/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/drag-race-uk-tour-newcastle-17335759|title=Drag Race UK tour is fierce & fabulous as it begins in Newcastle|last=Duke|first=Simon|date=29 November 2019|website=nechronicle|access-date=2 January 2020|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102160326/https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/drag-race-uk-tour-newcastle-17335759|url-status=live}} In December 2019, Cheryl Hole was unveiled as Virgin Media's Christmas "fairy gift mother" for their Christmas campaign giving gift and surprises to Virgin Media customers.{{cite web|url=https://www.thedrum.com/creative-works/project/rapp-virgin-media-now-s-christmas-ing|title=Now Thats Christmasing by RAPP|date=29 November 2019|website=The Drum|language=en|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111210630/https://www.thedrum.com/creative-works/project/rapp-virgin-media-now-s-christmas-ing|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/18277732.competition-winner-stays-richard-bransons-safari-lodge/|title=Competition winner stays at Richard Branson's safari lodge|date=4 March 2020|website=warrington guardian|language=en|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=5 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305221800/https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/18277732.competition-winner-stays-richard-bransons-safari-lodge/|url-status=live}} In July 2020, Cheryl Hole started a new podcast called Girl Group Gossip produced by World of Wonder,{{cite web|url=https://ggg.worldofwonder.com/|title=Girl Group Gossip|date=9 July 2020|website=worldofwonder.com|language=en|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125193418/https://ggg.worldofwonder.com/|url-status=live}} where she is joined by a co-host and a special guest related to the topic of that episode.{{cite web|url=https://werrrk.com/2020/07/10/cheryl-hole-debuts-new-podcast-girl-group-gossip/|title=Cheryl Hole debuts new podcast Girl Group Gossip|date=10 July 2020|website=werrrk.com|language=en|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024061412/https://werrrk.com/2020/07/10/cheryl-hole-debuts-new-podcast-girl-group-gossip/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/cheryl-hole-provides-fans-with-something-new-on-her-girl-group-centric-podcast|title=cheryl hole provides fans with something new on her girl group centric podcast|date=16 July 2020|website=Gay Times|language=en|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028081823/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/cheryl-hole-provides-fans-with-something-new-on-her-girl-group-centric-podcast/|url-status=live}} In November 2020, Cheryl Hole joined RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 1 winner The Vivienne on the UK version of the Netflix YouTube series I Like to Watch for three consecutive episodes.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9eomXE8-Tw|title=Drag Queens Cheryl Hole + The Vivienne React to The Crown {{!}} I Like to Watch UK Ep 5|date=19 November 2020|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=20 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120194519/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9eomXE8-Tw|url-status=live}}
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In January 2022, Cheryl Hole was announced as one of the nine contestants on the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-uk-versus-the-world-cast/|title=RuPaul's Drag Race UK Versus the World cast adds international all-stars to new competition|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Nolfi|first=Joey|date=January 17, 2022|access-date=January 17, 2022|archive-date=17 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117163842/https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-uk-versus-the-world-cast/|url-status=live}} After falling into the bottom for his performance in the ball challenge, she was eliminated by Janey Jacké from the first season of the Dutch franchise, who won the lip sync against Canada's Drag Race season 1 contestant, Jimbo. Cheryl Hole was the second queen eliminated in the competition, ultimately placing eighth overall, and released her debut single "Need the Power" on 11 February 2022 after the aforementioned elimination.{{cite web |last1=Whyte |first1=Woodrow |title=Drag Race's Cheryl Hole reacts to Baga Chipz and Jujubee backlash on UK vs The World |url=https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/rupauls-drag-race/cheryl-hole-uk-vs-the-world-interview/ |website=PopBuzz |access-date=13 March 2022 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313165842/https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/rupauls-drag-race/cheryl-hole-uk-vs-the-world-interview/ |url-status=live }} The single was co-written by Cheryl Hole alongside the creative team behind fellow Drag Race star Priyanka's Taste Test EP.{{cite web |title=Our very own CHERYL HOLE has landed with her first single 'NEED THE POWER' |url=https://gaylondonlife.co.uk/our-very-own-cheryl-hole-has-landed-with-her-first-single-need-the-power/ |website=Gay London Life |date=11 February 2022 |access-date=13 March 2022 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413223659/https://gaylondonlife.co.uk/our-very-own-cheryl-hole-has-landed-with-her-first-single-need-the-power/ |url-status=live }} Cheryl Hole released the song's music video the same day,{{cite web |title=Cheryl Hole – Need The Power (Official Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwLf9QRVuuE |website=YouTube | date=11 February 2022 |access-date=13 March 2022 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313165842/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwLf9QRVuuE |url-status=live }} featuring numerous guests including fellow RuPaul's Drag Race UK stars Vanity Milan, River Medway, and Elektra Fence.{{cite web |last1=Damshenas |first1=Sam |title=Divalinas, assemble! Drag Race UK icon Cheryl Hole serves choreo in fierce debut music video |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/divalinas-assemble-drag-race-uk-icon-cheryl-hole-serves-choreo-in-fierce-debut-music-video/ |website=Gay Times |date=11 February 2022 |access-date=13 March 2022 |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310022333/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/divalinas-assemble-drag-race-uk-icon-cheryl-hole-serves-choreo-in-fierce-debut-music-video/ |url-status=live }} In March 2022, Cheryl Hole was announced to have been voted by his RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World castmates as the season's Miss Congeniality, sharing the title with Janey Jacké and Jujubee, with Pangina Heals and Blu Hydrangea casting their vote for Cheryl.{{cite web |last1=Whyte |first1=Woodrow |title=Drag Race UK vs The World's Miss Congeniality winner revealed |url=https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/rupauls-drag-race/uk-vs-the-world-miss-congeniality-revealed/ |website=PopBuzz |access-date=13 March 2022 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313165859/https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/rupauls-drag-race/uk-vs-the-world-miss-congeniality-revealed/ |url-status=live }}
In 2022, Underwood-Bleach made his West End debut in the play Death Drop.{{cite web | url=https://www.buzz.ie/culture/drag-race-uk-star-cheryl-28979437 | title=Drag Race UK star Cheryl Hole on heading to Dublin with a new Death Drop show | date=18 January 2023 | access-date=28 January 2023 | archive-date=28 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128221357/https://www.buzz.ie/culture/drag-race-uk-star-cheryl-28979437 | url-status=live }}
Underwood-Bleach appeared on the 16 August 2023 edition of BBC One's Celebrity MasterChef. Speaking to BBC News before the appearance, he highlighted issues facing the LGBTQ+ community and said the appearance of LGBTQ+ people on television was a chance to "have our voices and stories heard and show we're nothing to be feared".{{cite web|first1=Rachael |last1=McMenemy |first2=Leigh |last2=Milner |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-66513419 |title=Celebrity MasterChef: Cheryl Hole on why LGBTQ+ representation is important |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=16 August 2023 |accessdate=17 August 2023}}
In 2024, Cheryl Hole returned again to compete on the second season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World.{{Cite web |title=Bam! Alexis Mateo is back on 'Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World' season 2 cast |url=https://ew.com/canadas-drag-race-vs-the-world-season-2-cast-queens-revealed-8669383 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=EW.com |language=en}} placing in 3rd/4th place.
Discography
= Singles =
== As lead artist ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:4em;"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Album |
|---|
| scope="row"|"Need the Power"
|rowspan="2"|2022 |{{n/a|Non-album single}} |
==As featured artist==
== Guest appearances ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Other artist(s) ! scope="col" | Album |
| scope="row" | "Snatch"
|2021 | Priyanka |Taste Test |
|---|
Filmography
= Television =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2018
| Herself | Guest |
| rowspan="2"|2019
| Herself | Guest |
| RuPaul's Drag Race UK
| Herself | Contestant (4th place); Series 1 |
| 2020
| Herself | Guest |
| rowspan="3"|2021
| Herself | Contestant (runner-up); series 3 |
| The Only Way Is Essex
| Herself | Guest |
| Be Here, Be Queer
| Herself |
| 2022
|RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World |Herself |Contestant (8th place); Series 1 |
| 2023
|Herself |Series 18; Contestant{{cite web|date=2023-06-15|title=BBC One serves up sizzling new Celebrity MasterChef line-up for summer 2023|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2023/celebrity-masterchef-line-up-summer|access-date=2023-06-16|website=BBC|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230193127/https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2023/celebrity-masterchef-line-up-summer|url-status=live}} |
| 2024
|Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World |Herself |Contestant; Season 2 |
= Web =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2020
| rowspan="3" | Herself |
| 2020–21
| Netflix UK & Ireland{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9eomXE8-Tw|title=Drag Queens Cheryl Hole + The Vivienne React to The Crown I Like to Watch UK Ep 5|date=19 November 2020|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=20 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120194519/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9eomXE8-Tw|url-status=live}} |
| 2022
| Produced by World of Wonder{{Cite web|title=RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs. the World|url=http://www.wowpresentsplus.com/videos/bbmg-101}} |
| rowspan="2" |2023
|Binge Queens: UK5 |Herself (Host) |With Blu Hydrangea, Produced by World of Wonder{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGmfeeehvRI|title=Binge Queens - RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 5, Meet The Queens|website=YouTube|date=September 23, 2023|access-date=October 15, 2023}} |
| Very Delta
|Herself | |
= Podcasts =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role !Ref. |
|---|
| 2020–21
|Girl Group Gossip |Host | style="text-align: center;" | {{Citation|title=Cheryl Holes Girl Group Gossip episodes|url=https://ggg.worldofwonder.com/episodes|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125194521/https://ggg.worldofwonder.com/episodes|url-status=live}} |
| 2022
|Killers, Cults and Queens |Host |
= Music videos =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Artist !Ref. |
|---|
| 2020
|"Always" | style="text-align: center;" | {{Citation|last=George Michael|title=Always (Drag Stars Official Video))|date=21 May 2020|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Qm-TQVjrA|access-date=21 May 2020|archive-date=22 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522010006/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Qm-TQVjrA|url-status=live}} |
| 2021
|"My House" |
Notes
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References
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External links
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- {{Official website|https://cherylholequeen.com}}
{{RuPaul's Drag Race UK}}
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