Blu Hydrangea

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Blu Hydrangea (born 15 February 1996) is the stage name of Joshua Cargill, a Northern Irish drag queen from Belfast who competed the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2019, and won the of in 2022.

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Career Blu Hydrangea was announced as part of the cast of the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK on 21 September 2019 and subsequently finished in fifth place on the series, losing the lip sync to fellow contestant Cheryl Hole.

Outside of Drag Race, Blu Hydrangea is a make-up queen and a part of a group called the Frock Destroyers (with Baga Chipz and Divina de Campo). She also hosted the BBC web series Strictly Frocked Up, a weekly web series where she and another drag queen watch and review each episode of Strictly Come Dancing.

In January 2022, she was announced as one of the nine contestants on the of . On 8 March 2022, Blu Hydrangea was announced as the winner of the series, becoming the first Northern Irish queen to win across the franchise. In December 2023, she was announced as competing on the seventh season of the Irish version of Dancing with the Stars, premiering in January 2024, where she finished as runner-up. She broke the record of receiving the most perfect scores in any series, with 5, and the most 10s of any contestant (along with Garrihy sisters and Nina Carberry), with 18.

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Personal life Cargill grew up in Royal Hillsborough but later moved to live in Belfast. He has dated Johnson Orr since 2014, becoming engaged in December 2023.

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Filmography

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Television

2019	RuPaul's Drag Race UK	Herself	Contestant (5th Place); Series 1
2021–2022	Stitch, Please!	Herself	Host
2021	Be Here, Be Queer	Herself	Netflix special
2022		Herself	Contestant (Winner);
	Queens for the Night	Mentor	One-off special
2023	RuPaul's Drag Race UK	Herself	Special guest; Series 5
2023	Mwy Na Daffs a Taffs	Herself	Episode 6
2024	Dancing with the Stars	Herself	Contestant
	Wreak	Drag Queen
	Celeb Cooking School	Herself	Contestant (Winner)
	RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World	Herself	Special guest;

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Web

2020	God Shave the Queens	Herself	Produced by World of Wonder
	Strictly Frocked Up	Herself (Host)	BBC iPlayer
	The X Change Rate	Herself	Produced by BUILD Series
	Strictly Frocked Up!	Herself	Produced by BBC Three
	Cosmo Queens UK	Herself	Produced by Cosmopolitan UK
2021	I Like to Watch UK	Herself	Produced by Netflix
2022	Frockumentary	Herself	WOWPresents+ Original
	EW News Flash	Herself	Produced by Entertainment Weekly
	Drag Us Weekly	Herself	Produced by Us Weekly
	Bestie Test	Herself	With Cheryl Hole, Produced by Glamour Magazine UK
	Bring Back My Girls	Herself	Produced by World of Wonder
2023	Binge Queens: UK5	Herself (Host)	With Cheryl Hole, Produced by World of Wonder

• Tongue Thai'd (2024)

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Music videos

2020	"Always"	Waze & Odyssey
2020	"Her Majesty"	Frock Destroyers (Herself, Baga Chipz & Divina de Campo)
2021	"My House"	Jodie Harsh

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Discography

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Singles

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As lead artist

+ ! Year ! Song ! Album
2022	"Champion (Ru x Blu)"

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As featured artist

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With the Frock Destroyers

• Frock4Life (2020)

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External links

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