Tempest DuJour
{{Short description|American drag performer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tempest DuJour
| image = RuPaul DragCon 2022 (52073257746).jpg
| caption = Tempest DuJour at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022
| birth_name = Patrick Lee Holt{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/329729829:62209 |title=Patrick Lee Holt |website=Ancestry Institute |publisher=Ancestry |access-date=November 12, 2022}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|9|1}}
| birth_place = Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
| education = Brigham Young University (BA)
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (MFA)
| television = RuPaul's Drag Race
| children = 2
}}
Tempest DuJour is the stage name of Patrick Lee Holt (born September 1, 1967),{{Cite web |last=Manzella |first=Sam |date=August 30, 2017 |title=5 "Drag Race" Stars Who Are Parents |url=http://www.newnownext.com/rupauls-drag-race-parents/08/2017/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=NewNowNext.com |archive-date=2021-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727161822/http://www.newnownext.com/rupauls-drag-race-parents/08/2017/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://draglicious.com.br/2020/12/13/whos-that-queen-tempest-dujour/ |title=Who's That Queen? Tempest DuJour |last=Vilhena |first=Arthur |website=draglicious.com.br |date=13 December 2020 |language=Portuguese |publisher=Draglicious |access-date=August 20, 2023}} an American drag performer most known for competing on season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race. Holt is also an associate professor at the University of Arizona.
Career
Tempest DuJour has performed in Tucson, and hosted Retro Game Show Night at Club Congress, as of 2013.{{Cite web |last=Grubb |first=Mari Herreras, Chelo |title=Drag Power |url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/drag-power/Content?oid=3890373 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Tucson Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2021-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124171821/https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/drag-power/Content?oid=3890373 |url-status=live }} She competed on the seventh season (2015) of RuPaul's Drag Race. She was the oldest contestant (age 46 at the time){{Cite web |date=2021-10-04 |title=The 10 Oldest Queens Who Competed On RuPaul's Drag Race |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-oldest-queens/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015233329/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-oldest-queens/ |url-status=live }} and the first eliminated in the competition.{{Cite web |last=Guerra |first=Joey |date=2015-03-03 |title=Tempest DuJour talks 'RuPaul's Drag Race' elimination |url=https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Tempest-DuJour-talks-RuPaul-s-Drag-Race-6112750.php |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107043252/https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/Tempest-DuJour-talks-RuPaul-s-Drag-Race-6112750.php |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-15 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race: Every First Eliminated Queen In History |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-first-eliminated-contestant-ever-list/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204021724/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-first-eliminated-contestant-ever-list/ |url-status=live }} Tempest DuJour remains the second oldest contestant to compete on the show, as of 2021.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-19 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race Season 7 Queens: Where Are They Now? |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-seven-queens-where-are-they-now/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019221351/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-seven-queens-where-are-they-now/ |url-status=live }} She appeared in episodes of season 10 and season 14.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-16 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race First-Eliminated Queens: Where Are They Now? |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-queens-first-eliminated-where-present/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118224215/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-queens-first-eliminated-where-present/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-02-12 |title=Tensions heat up on the latest episode of Drag Race season 14 |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/drag/tensions-heat-up-on-the-latest-episode-of-drag-race-season-14/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=GAY TIMES |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310105227/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/drag/tensions-heat-up-on-the-latest-episode-of-drag-race-season-14/ |url-status=live }}
Tempest DuJour appeared in the film Cherry Pop, directed by Assaad Yacoub.{{Cite web |date=2019-04-09 |title=13 Updates on Every Queen Eliminated First on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' |url=https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/4/09/12-updates-every-queen-eliminated-first-rupauls-drag-race |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=The Advocate |language=en |archive-date=2020-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107231451/https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/4/09/12-updates-every-queen-eliminated-first-rupauls-drag-race |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2017-05-18 |title=Bob the Drag Queen Leads Drag-Studded 'Cherry Pop' Cast |url=http://www.out.com/popnography/2017/5/18/bob-drag-queen-leads-drag-studded-cherry-pop-cast |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Out |language=en |archive-date=2021-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225063549/https://www.out.com/popnography/2017/5/18/bob-drag-queen-leads-drag-studded-cherry-pop-cast |url-status=live }} She was named Best Drag Queen by Tucson Weekly five times in a row, including in 2019,{{Cite web |title=Best Drag Queen 2019 |url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-drag-queen/BestOf?oid=26742712 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Tucson Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2021-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105021332/https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-drag-queen/BestOf?oid=26742712 |url-status=live }} 2020,{{Cite web |title=Best Drag Queen 2020 |url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-drag-queen/BestOf?oid=29735561 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Tucson Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2021-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105111256/https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-drag-queen/BestOf?oid=29735561 |url-status=live }} and 2021.{{Cite web |title=Best Drag Queen 2021 |url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-drag-queen/BestOf?oid=31409773 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Tucson Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2021-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105060203/https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-drag-queen/BestOf?oid=31409773 |url-status=live }}
Outside of drag, Holt is an educator. He was an associate professor at the University of Arizona's School of Theatre, Film and Television, as of 2014.{{Cite web |last=Herreras |first=Mari |title=Profile Problems |url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/profile-problems/Content?oid=4834991 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Tucson Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2021-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414022550/https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/profile-problems/Content?oid=4834991 |url-status=live }}
Personal life
After earning a graduate degree from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Holt moved to New York City, working under the guidance of Paul Tazewell.{{Cite web|url=https://wildcat.arizona.edu/104058/uncategorized/ua-professor-uses-drag-queen-routine-as-creative-outlet/|title=UA professor uses drag queen routine as creative outlet|last=Reagan|first=Joey|website=The Daily Wildcat|date=September 4, 2014 |language=en|access-date=September 11, 2024}} Holt and his husband have two children.{{Cite web |last=Ohanesian |first=Liz |date=2015-05-18 |title=What's It Like to Be a Drag Queen While Raising a Kid? |url=https://www.laweekly.com/whats-it-like-to-be-a-drag-queen-while-raising-a-kid/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=LA Weekly |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210530211138/https://www.laweekly.com/whats-it-like-to-be-a-drag-queen-while-raising-a-kid/ |url-status=live }}
Holt's drag name is inspired by The Tempest by William Shakespeare, and he has cited Phyllis Diller and Milton Berle as personal inspirations towards his drag persona.
Filmography
=Film=
- Cherry Pop
=Television=
See also
{{Portal|Arizona|LGBTQ}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Tempest DuJour}}
- [https://tftv.arizona.edu/people/directory/pholt/ Patrick Holt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629133438/https://tftv.arizona.edu/people/directory/pholt/ |date=2022-06-29 }} at College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona
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