Ma_Danni_x for RuPaul's Drag Race UK S8 / BBC
Age: 48
Hometown: The Wirral
Introduce yourself!
“Hello, I’m ma_danni_x, and I’m the squirrel from The Wirral with 28 years of drag experience, I’m bringing a lot of zest, a lot of energy, and lot of fire. I’m 48, and I currently live in West London.”
How would you describe your drag?
“I’ve been doing drag for 28 years! My career started at 21, I was a dancer working on the cruise ships and my cabin mate was a drag queen who made me up one night and so a new drag queen was born! When I returned to London, I bought a fabulous little leopard skin dress and tottered down to the famous Madame Jojo’s in Soho and landed my first job as a drag queen. It was fantastic.
“Some of the people I’ve worked with are Cliff Richard, Ruby Wax, Lily Savage, George Michael, Samantha Fox, Ant and Dec, Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, I’ve also worked on television shows, like The Club for Samantha Fox, Project Catwalk with Kelly Osbourne and I’ve also appeared on Britain’s Got Talent. ma_danni_x has certainly been around, I’m a very experienced lady!”
How was Britain’s Got Talent?
“I was robbed! The plan was for me to swoop down a wire from the top of the London Palladium, but I got stuck and my poor dancers couldn’t get me off the wire, so there I was dangling on the wire trying to sing my song ‘Highest Star’ with Simon Cowell glaring at me. Everything went tits up and it’s now on the internet for everyone to see!”
Why do you deserve to win the crown?
“It’ll be the ultimate dream to go all the way – I deserve my place in this fabulous competition, I’ve worked so hard to be here, and I want to prove to the nation that I can be the ultimate winner on this massive platform. ‘Look at her, she’s an icon!’ But if I have to play dirty, to win the competition, I’ll play dirty, that said I’m a true professional, and I’m a very experienced lady!”
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK returns next month on BBC Three and iPlayer.
