Meet the buzzy queens competing on 'Canada's Drag Race' season 5
The Queen of the North herself, Brooke Lynn Hytes, is coming back for another lap of Canada's Drag Race alongside mainstay judges Brad Goreski and Traci Melchor.
This series kicked off 2024 with the crowning of Venus, aired its second edition of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World that crowned Lemon as the Queen of the Mother-Puckin' World, and is set to take over the holidays (and beyond!) with Canada's Drag Race season 5. With a fierce lineup of 11 new competitors, the time has come to meet the queens!
Helena Poison
Age: 32
Hometown: Toronto
Instagram: @thehelenapoison
Helena Poison is a designer who spends her weeks performing drag in Toronto, and her weekends taking out-of-town gigs. She is a skilled makeup artist who knows her way around prosthetics and special FX makeup. Her drag career started when she grew tired of doing makeup for others, and her friends pushed her to step onto the stage.
Makayla Couture
Age: 21
Hometown: Toronto
Instagram: @makayla.couture
Makayla Couture attended a musical theater high school, where she first discovered her passion for performance. She had an appearance in season 2 of Canada's Drag Race where she took part in the makeover challenge and met her drag mother, Icesis Couture. She proudly represents both the trans and Black communities with confidence and strength.
Tara Nova
Age: 23
Hometown: St. John's
Instagram: @itstaranova
In just a few years, Tara Nova has climbed her way to the top of the Newfoundland & Labrador drag scene and has become one of the most booked queens in the capital. She is a self-taught seamstress who was recently awarded a grant from Arts NL to continue designing and creating. She wants to carry the mantle for the East Coast and show the world just how resourceful Atlantic Queens are.
The Virgo Queen
Age: 25
Hometown: Toronto
Instagram: @thevirgoqueen
The Virgo Queen has been dancing and singing her whole life. Before beginning her career in drag, she was a finalist on the Canadian reality series The Next Star and had her taste of fame at the young age of 14. She embraces her full heritage as someone who is biracial and half-Indigenous, using it as inspiration to craft her unique voice as a drag artist.