Barbada de Barbades
Barbada de Barbades | |
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Born | Sébastien Potvin |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | Drag queen, music teacher |
Years active | 2005–present |
Known for | Call Me Mother |
Barbada de Barbades is the stage name of Sébastien Potvin,[1] a Canadian drag queen most noted as one of the drag house mothers in the reality competition series Call Me Mother.[2]
Career
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In 2017, Potvin participated in Ils de jour, elles de nuit, an Ici ARTV documentary series about drag queens, alongside Rita Baga, Gaby, Lady Boom Boom, Lady Pounana, and Tracy Trash.[4]
Potvin, an elementary school music teacher by profession,[5] has also been prominently associated with Drag Queen Story Hours in Montreal,[6] including an annual special event at the Grande Bibliothèque of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec,[7] and is a frequent host of Montreal drag brunch events.[8]
Since 2021, he has served as one of the drag house mothers in the first season of the reality competition series Call Me Mother.[2][9] The series was the highest-rated original production in OutTV's history.[10] Two days after the first-season finale, OutTV announced the renewal of the series for a second season, slated to air in 2022.[10]
In 2022, Potvin debuted as the host of Barbada, a children's series about music broadcast by Ici Radio-Canada Télé.[11]
On September 18, 2022, Barbada de Barbades, Rita Baga and
In 2023 she also hosted the first season of the drag design competition series Sew Fierce.[13]
References
- ^ Huffington Post Québec, August 7, 2017.
- ^ ET Canada. Archived from the originalon June 3, 2021.
- ^ Patrick Brunette, "Ils de jour, elles de nuit : En direct de l'univers des drag queens". Fugues, March 21, 2017.
- ^ "« Ils de jour, elles de nuit », Radio-Canada et Zone3 dévoilent l'univers des drag queens". Lien Multimédia, April 6, 2017.
- ^ Sarah Laou, "Enseignant de jour, drag queen de nuit". Métro, May 31, 2017.
- ^ Dominique Scali, "Une drag queen lira des contes à des enfants". Le Journal de Montréal, October 20, 2017.
- ^ Valérie Simard, "Une Heure du conte pas comme les autres". La Presse, August 16, 2019.
- Montreal Gazette, May 28, 2021.
- ^ Ryan Porter, "'Call Me Mother' part of a wave of reality shows with 'RuPaul' alumni being produced by OutTV". Toronto Star, October 25, 2021.
- ^ a b Kelly Townsend, "OUTtv renews original drag format Call Me Mother". Playback, December 15, 2021.
- ^ Yan Lauzon, "L'univers musical de Barbada". Le Journal de Montréal, April 2, 2022.
- ^ Caroline Bertrand, "Les drags brillent sur la scène des Gémeaux". Métro, September 18, 2022.
- ^ Christopher Turner, "New Drag Competition Series 'Sew Fierce' Shines A Spotlight On Drag Designers & Costumers". In Magazine, April 13, 2023.