Vicki Vivacious
{{Short description|British drag performer}}
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| birth_name = Aaron Johns
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1986|6|24}}
| birth_place = Truro, Cornwall, England
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| nationality = British
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| occupation = Drag queen
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| television = RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 5)
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Vicki Vivacious is the stage name of Aaron Johns (born 24 June 1986),{{Cite web |last=Vergnault |first=Olivier |date=2023-09-28 |title=Proud Cornishman is hoping to take Drag Race UK by storm |url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/rupaul-drag-race-uk-features-8781349 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Cornwall Live |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006141335/https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/rupaul-drag-race-uk-features-8781349 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Timothy |date=2014-05-16 |title=Meet 'Drag Queens of London' Star Vicki Vivacious |url=https://www.queerty.com/meet-drag-queens-london-star-vicki-vivacious-20140516 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205042140/https://www.queerty.com/meet-drag-queens-london-star-vicki-vivacious-20140516 |archive-date=2022-12-05 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Queerty}} a British drag performer who competed on series 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
Early life
Johns was born at Royal Cornwall Hospital at Truro, and raised in Redruth, where he attended Redruth School.
Career
Vicki Vivacious is a drag performer with a background in musical theater,{{Cite web |last=Shatto |first=Rachel |date=2023-09-27 |title=DRUK's Vicki Vivacious & Michael Marouli On Being Besties Before The Show |url=https://www.pride.com/interviews/drag-race-uk-season-5-vicki-vivacious-michael-marouli |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001120909/https://www.pride.com/interviews/drag-race-uk-season-5-vicki-vivacious-michael-marouli |archive-date=2023-10-01 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=PRIDE |language=en}} and a member of the Fabulettes! on London Live's Drag Queens of London. She was also a member of the drag queen musical group, The Supreme Fabulettes. She competed on series 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, as the first contestant from Cornwall.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-26 |title=BBC Radio Cornwall - David White, Vicky Vivacious, Liza Goddard, Finn Anderson (25/09/2023), Vicki Vivacious from RuPaul's Drag Race joined us for Cakey Tea |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ggqwmq |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=Denny |date=2023-09-11 |title=Meet the Queens of 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK' Season 5 • Instinct Magazine |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/meet-the-queens-of-rupauls-drag-race-uk-season-5/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Instinct Magazine |language=en-US}} Vicki Vivacious participated in the first lip-sync of the series, against Cara Melle.{{Cite web |last=Manning |first=Charlotte |date=2023-09-29 |title=Drag Race UK's Vicki Vivacious on advice RuPaul gave to avoid seeing hate: 'If it's not love, I don't want to know' |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/drag-race-uk-vicki-vivacious-rupaul-advice-hate-comments-448289/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}} She was also a member of Fierce Force Five in the girl group challenge, with Cara Melle, DeDeLicious, Michael Marouli, and Tomara Thomas.{{Cite web |last=Wratten |first=Marcus |date=2023-10-13 |title=Drag Race UK fans divided as RuPaul announces another elimination twist |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/13/rupauls-drag-race-uk-fans-divided-elimination-twist-cara-melle-tomara-thomas/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=PinkNews |language=en-US}} Vicki Vivacious impersonated Fanny Cradock for the Snatch Game challenge, for which landed her in the bottom two and resulted in her elimination.{{Cite web |last=Wratten |first=Marcus |date=2023-11-03 |title=Drag Race UK fans divided over Snatch Game winner: 'They are rigging' |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/03/drag-race-uk-fans-divided-snatch-game-kate-butch-ginger-johnson/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=PinkNews |language=en-US}}
Vicki Vivacious has also auditioned for Britain's Got Talent.{{Cite web |date=2013-04-09 |title=INTERVIEW: Could This Be BGT's First Successful Drag Act? |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/22/britains-got-talent-aaron-johns-vicki-vivacious_n_2525974.html |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=HuffPost UK |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815045721/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/22/britains-got-talent-aaron-johns-vicki-vivacious_n_2525974.html |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Discography
= With the Supreme Fabulettes =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;"
! scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:2em;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:6em;" | Album |
| "A Drag Queen Is a Cowboy's Best Friend"
|2014 |non-album single |
| scope="row" | "You Ruined My XMas"
| 2015 | {{n/a|non-album single}} |
= Featured singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;"
! scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:2em;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:6em;" | Album |
| scope="row" | "Don't Ick My Yum (Fierce Force Five Version)"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/dont-ick-my-yum-fierce-force-five-version-single/1711637853|title=Don't Ick My Yum (Fierce Force Five Version) - Single|work=music.apple.com}} (RuPaul featuring Tomara Thomas, Cara Melle, Michael Marouli, & DeDeLicious) | 2023 | {{n/a|non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Pant-Oh She Better Don't: The Rusical"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/pant-oh-she-better-dont-the-rusical/1713763130|title=Pant-Oh She Better Don't: The Rusical|work=music.apple.com}}
| 2023 |
Filmography
= Television =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! style="text-align: center;" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}} |
| 2023
| Herself | Contestant |