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From the halls of Drag Race UK history to performing for royalty, drag performer La Voix says that, despite her glittering career, Strictly Come Dancing is set to be her biggest challenge yet. <\/p>\n
The 45-year-old celebrity make-up artist from Stockton-on-Tees first shot to fame for competing on the sixth season of Ru Paul\u2019s Drag Race UK in 2024, where she stole the show with her unique blend of charisma, comedy and cabaret. <\/p>\n
Her drag name is French for \u201cThe Voice\u201d and though she has been to France only once, the \u201cglamorous\u201d nature of the country stuck with her. <\/p>\n
Earning four RuPeter badges, the star, whose real name is Chris Dennis, finished as runner-up, losing out to Kyran Thrax who was eventually crowned winner. <\/p>\n
But La Voix\u2019s achievements did not start there. She first appeared on TV as a contestant on the eighth season of Britain\u2019s Got Talent in 2014. Her unique blend of drag performance and orchestral music by The London Gay Big Band earned her a spot in the semi-final with judge Alesha Dixon dubbing her a \u201cforce to be reckoned with\u201d. <\/p>\n
She went on to appear on the silver screen for the film adaptation of cult classic, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016), as a featured drag artist alongside stars Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders. <\/p>\n
Since then, La Voix has hosted her self-titled show: La Voix Meets, where she has interviewed icons including comedians Dawn French and Joanna Lumley as well as actor Su Pollard and outspoken TV personality Vanessa Feltz. She has also had the exclusive opportunity to perform at the British Royal Family\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve ball for two years in a row. <\/p>\n
La Voix was the seventh contestant to be announced on the BBC dancing competition (BBC)<\/p>\n
In 2021, the former BBC Three Counties Radio presenter appeared as a contestant on WOW\u2019s singing competition Queen of the Universe, before switching to mentor on ITV\u2019s Queens for the Night the following year. <\/p>\n
Having studied drama at Brunel University and musical theatre at Urdang Academy, La Voix\u2019s other achievements include over 80 appearances on cruise ships while touring and several stints in pantomimes. <\/p>\n
But despite her familiarity with TV, films, and celebrities, she says that Strictly is an \u201cinstitution\u201d that fills her with both excitement and terror. <\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve performed for royalty, RuPaul and Simon Cowell, but nothing fills me with more excitement (and quite a bit of terror) than the thought of dancing in front of millions on live Saturday night TV,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cStrictly is a national institution and I can’t wait to get started. All that’s left to say is: good luck to my partner! Here’s hoping they can help me go from La Voix into La Danse.\u201d<\/p>\n
La Voix headlined Pride in London 2025 alongside Chaka Khan, Eurovision winner JJ and contestant Miriana Conte. <\/p>\n
Having worked with celebrities during her career as a make-up artist, she launched her own range of make-up products in June this year. The range includes her signature \u201cOoh La La\u201d red lipstick. <\/p>\n
In 2023, the performer\u2019s tour van was stolen with thousands of pounds of equipment, but it was later brought back without any items missing. <\/p>\n
This article was amended on 18 September 2025. It previously inaccurately stated that La Voix was runner-up to The Vivienne on RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race. However, La Voix finished as runner-up to Kyran Thrax in series six. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-173615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}