Drag Race star lets slip Celebrity Traitors stint and surprising EastEnders star friendship

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star La Voix spoke to the Mirror about her career and upcoming tour recently(Image: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Drag Race UK star La Voix has teased over the future of her career months on from reaching the final of the drag competition. The performer is looking ahead after having the “best time” on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.

The drag artist, 44 – whose real name is Christopher Dennis – was runner-up on the sixth series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, which aired last year. La Voix spoke to the Mirror about the BBC show recently as well as potential TV work to come, whilst promoting her new single and an upcoming tour.

Speaking about Drag Race, she said: “I had the best time ever. It was like the maddest summer camp you could ever go on in your life.” She shared: “It’s opened me up to a completely new audience, which is wonderful. Because my demographic has very much been a solid theatre going audience.”

And looking ahead, when asked about her career ambitions, La Voix said her “big dream” is to have a residency in Las Vegas. She also revealed that she would like to get more TV work, having “always adored” her projects in the industry.

La Voix – who competed on Britain’s Got Talent and Queen of the Universe prior to appearing on Drag Race – teased in our interview: “It would be nice to do a [show] where I’m not being judged for once. I’ve done lots of competitions – it would be quite nice to just walk on and present something without someone at the end giving me critiques.”

Asked if that means La Voix – known for her love of singing – wouldn’t do the Masked Singer, she told us that she wants diversity in her TV jobs. She said: “I’d like a mixture, let’s say.” She commented: “The Masked Singer would be amazing.”

La Voix, who was runner-up on the latest series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, spoke to the Mirror about her career recently(Image: Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images)

The performer then teased a potential stint on the celebrity edition of the Traitors, which the BBC confirmed it had commissioned last year. There’s been speculation over the possible line-up and La Voix has eyed up being a Traitor ahead of filming reportedly taking place next month.

She said: “I adore the Traitors. Is there gonna be a celebrity one? There’s got to be one round the corner.” And further sharing her thoughts after we said that a celebrity version of the Traitors is coming, La Voix said: “When you’ve done something like Drag Race, that high level of competing where it really does push you out of your comfort zone, I think some of these other competition shows would feel like a walk in the park.” She added: “So bring it on, I think.”

Revealing whether she would want to be a Traitor or a Faithful, she said: “I think I’d have to be a Traitor because I think everyone would assume that I am a Traitor if I was a Faithful because I don’t think they’d believe me. The thing is y’know you spend your life playing so many other different divas, they’d be like ‘well surely she’s good at lying’.”

La Voix is also open to making a guest appearance on EastEnders. She already has a connection to the cast as she’s friends with actor Harriet Thorpe, 67, who has played Queen Vic manager Elaine Peacock on the soap since 2023.

Asked about the prospect of filming with Harriet in the pub for the show, she told us: “Oh, I’d love that!” She went on to comment over the potential collaboration: “Yes, let’s have me popping up as a cameo. I’d like that, walking in the pub.”

Discussing their friendship, La Voix revealed that Harriet has supported her since the filming of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016). She said: “Harriet has been such a supporter of mine for years, ever since I did Ab Fab the movie. That’s when we first sort of met together on the set of there.”

La Voix added: “I just love her. She’s just fabulous. You’re never with Harriet more than 2 minutes before she’s taking a selfie or a picture or something – she’s social media crazy and I love her for it. She’s always been in the audience in my shows for years and I think she’s wonderful in EastEnders.”

She revealed that she’s open to working alongside pal Harriet Thorpe on EastEnders in the future(Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)

For now though, La Voix is focused on her upcoming single, The Show Isn’t Over, and an accompanying tour that will see her visit various venues in the UK between September and November. Both projects have just been announced today.

Although she’s released music before, the Show Isn’t Over marks the singer’s debut original song. It’s been written and produced by Gareth Shortland and Tony Webb, who have previously worked on music for acts like Claire Richards and Steps. La Voix also told us that the song – which is out now – will be supported by some remixes and that she is preparing to release an EP, containing four original songs.

She said: “My fanbase for years have been wanting me to bring out new music, original music. It’s what I’m known for – I’m known for singing. I’ve always done covers [though].” La Voix said of her latest project: “[Gareth and Tony] presented me the most fabulous pop-dance songs and I thought ‘oh my gosh they’re amazing’.” She added: “I adored being in the studio and making it my own for the first time.”

And later this year, she will embark on her new tour, La Voix: The Show Isn’t Over, which will open at Theatre Clwyd in Mold on September 17. Following the launch, the tour will head to the O2 Academy in Glasgow, Aviva Studios – The Hall in Manchester and Hall For Cornwall in Truro on September 24, October 1 and October 8 respectively.

La Voix is currently preparing to go on tour following the release of her new single the Show Isn’t Over(Image: AEG Presents)

She will then be at the Globe in her hometown Stockton-on-Tees on October 26. The tour is scheduled to come to an end with shows at Kings Theatre in Portsmouth, Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London and Brighton Dome in Brighton on October 29, November 2 and November 5 respectively.

La Voix teased: “It’s the tour of all tours for me and it’s just quality entertainment. And I’m going to bring a level of joy that no one else can,” she teased. Asked what to expect, she said of the upcoming tour: “I’m back on with live band and two hours of the most amazing costumes and my cutting wit, which I’m known for, and just glamour and drama and roasting and divas and everything all in one show.”

“I just love variety entertainment. I mean, I do everything in my show from psychic readings to comedy roastings to a tap routine. I do a whole parody of the Wicked film, right through to y’know Liza Minnelli that I played on Snatch Game might be making a surprise appearance,” she added.