Chad Michaels is a drag queen, performer, Cher impersonator and cosplayer, as well as being a Season 4 runner-up of RuPaul's Drag Race and the All Stars 1 winner.
After winning, Chad kept performing around the world, worked as a judge on the Cosplay National Championship and made cameos on TV sitcoms such as "Jane The Virgin" and "2 Broke Girls" as a Cher impersonator. For years, Chad has been a regular host of (and performer in) the various drag shows at the San Diego bar Urban Mo’s (formerly Hamburger Mary’s), consistently hosting the weekly RuPaul’s Drag Race viewing parties.
Name Origin[]
Because of the fact that she did an impersonation of Annie Lennox, and people said she looked like Brigitte Nielsen, Chad was formerly known as Brigitte Love. However, she never identified with a female name.
Michaels moved to Las Vegas in 1997 to work with La Cage and the show required each entertainer to be introduced at the end of the show by their male name. Chad Michael is her real first and middle name, so she added an "s" for good measure and more appealing to a larger market like "Chad Michaels as Cher".
Track Record(s)[]
Statistics | USA Season 4 | USA All Stars Season 1 |
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Ranking: | 2nd/3rd Place (Runner-up) |
1st Place (Winner) |
Maxi Challenges Won: | 2 (Eps. 2, 5) | 3 (Eps. 3, 4, 5) |
Mini Challenges Won: | 2 (Eps. 2, 11) | 0 |
Times as Team Captain: | 1 (Ep. 2) | 0 |
Times in Bottom: | 1 (Ep. 11) | 1 (Ep. 1) |
Episode Eliminated: | Episode 14 | N/A |
Entrance Quotes[]
Season 4[]
"Morning bitches! Hi everybody, how y'all doing?"
All Stars 1[]
"Happy Hunger Games, bitches!"
Memorable Quotes[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4[]
- "I'm Cher, bitch!" (as Cher on Season 4's "Snatch Game")
- "Shy Sheila is so shy that I don't give a rat's ass, because this game, is boring the shit out of me! I'm a fucking Oscar winner!" (as Cher on Season 4's "Snatch Game")
- "ALLEGEDLY, ALLEGEDLY!" (as Cher on Season 4's "Snatch Game")
- "'Ho' I will never do that because she doesn't do that."
- "Show me one tape where Cher went 'ho' she never did that!"
- "Everything I've gone through in my life has been because of Cher...the people I've gotten to meet, the clothes on my back. I basically owe her everything."
- "YELLOW... RED!"
- "I'm a professional."
- "There is no excuse for someone looking shoddy!"
- "May the odds be ever in your favor, darling. Ever in your favor."
- "I'm a motherfucking assassin."
- "I know this is 'RuPaul's Drag Race', but damn!"
- ''I spread La Mer on my toast in the morning...I’m Cher BITCH!" (as Cher)
- "Jiggly, I love you darling, come here, I won’t hurt you. Here’s my dentist‘s card." (Reading Jiggly on Reading is Fundamental challenge)"
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 1[]
- "I'm hoping to achieve the crown. That's the only thing that I didn't achieve on Season 4."
- "Everybody, shut up!" (when the cast is arguing in Episode 1)
- "Hold on, I'm getting a call on my Bluetooth, it's Sharon. You what? You wanna give me my hundred thousand dollars back?"
- "YES!" (after RuPaul announces both Raven and Jujubee are advancing to the top 4)
Trivia[]
- Chad had a drag mother named Hunter.
- Morgan McMichaels (from Season 2) is Chad's drag daughter.
- She has the highest booking fee out of all contestants, which is rumoured to be $10,000.
- Chad shares her birthday with BeBe Zahara Benet.
- Coincidentally, they both won the first season of two separate RuPaul's Drag Race series.
- Chad is the first queen to win her season with being in the bottom 2 in the first episode. (All Stars 1)
- According to Raven on Fashion Photo RuView, the hair Chad wore to enter the All Stars 1 workroom is the same hair that Morgan McMichaels wore for her entrance look in Season 2.
- Chad’s audition tape for season 3 can be seen for a slight moment, in the first episode.
- She is the first queen to win The Snatch Game (S4) , Makeover (AS1) and Ball Challenge (AS1), followed by Manila Luzon. However, Michaels is the only queen to achieve this and to also win her season.
- She is the oldest winner of the TV show franchise, at 50.
- Chad, Bianca Del Rio and Alaska appear in the most seasons of all the winners, appearing on 6 seasons in total. Chad 1st appeared on Season 4, 2nd on All Stars 1, 3rd on Season 8, 4th on All Stars 3 and 5th on Season 10, and 6th on All Stars 4.
- Chad was Shangela's first runner-up as California Entertainer of the Year in 2010.
- Chad is the first queen to lip-sync in episode one, survive, and never lip-sync afterwards. (All Stars 1)
- Her along with Shannel in Team Shad are the first queens to have won three challenges in a row. This was followed by Alaska, BenDeLaCreme, Angele Anang, Manila Luzon, Envy Peru, Lawrence Chaney and Hannah Conda.
- and Manila Luzon are the first queens to win a maxi-challenge on an All Star season, with the "Teams format".
- Chad was tied for the longest run before her first time in the bottom 2 (on Season 4), competing in 11 episodes.
- Indeed, Raja, Jinkx Monsoon, Bandit, Miz Cracker, Nina West, Silky Nutmeg Ganache, and Crystal Methyd all competed in 11 episodes on their original seasons before their first time in the bottom 2.
- This record would later be broken by Season 15 contestant, Mistress Isabelle Brooks, who competed in 12 episodes before their first time in the Bottom 2.
- Chad (with Shannel, Jujubee, and Raven) is the fourth-seventh queen to reach the finale and be critiqued in every competitive episode of the season.
- She was preceded by Nina Flowers and Rebecca Glasscock.
- She was followed by Année Maywong, Brooke Lynn Hytes, The Vivienne, Lawrence Chaney, Spankie Jackzon, Luquisha Lubamba, and Soa de Muse.
- She, and Shannel are the first queens to win two and three maxi-challenges on an All Star season.
- She, and Shannel are the first queens to win two and three maxi-challenges on an All Star season, with the "Teams format".
- Eureka revealed during an interview with Joey Nolfi that Chad had a small role on episode 4 of American Horror Story: Double Feature. In the episode Chad was the host of the show introducing Evan Peters' character Patty O'Furniture onstage but the scenes didn't make the episode.[1] [2]
Gallery[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4 Looks[]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 1[]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 1 Looks[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5 Looks[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8 Looks[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10[]
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 Looks[]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 4[]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 4 Looks[]
Discography[]
Singles[]
- "Tragic Girl" (2013) by Liquid360 & Chad Michaels
Social Media[]
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Winner | Sharon Needles |
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Runners-Up | 2nd & 3rd: Chad Michaels & Phi Phi O'Hara |
Other Contestants | 4th: Latrice Royale (Miss Congeniality) • 5th: Kenya Michaels • 6th: Dida Ritz • 7th: Willam (Disqualified) • 8th: Jiggly Caliente • 9th: Milan • 10th: Madame LaQueer • 11th: The Princess • 12th: Lashauwn Beyond • 13th: Alisa Summers |
Judges | RuPaul • Santino Rice • Michelle Visage • Billy B |
Pit Crew | Jason Carter • Shawn Morales |
Winner | Chad Michaels |
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Runners-Up | 2nd: Raven • 3rd & 4th: Jujubee & Shannel |
Teams | Team Shad: Chad Michaels & Shannel • Team Rujubee: Raven & Jujubee • Team Yarlexis (5th): Alexis Mateo & Yara Sofia • Team Latrila (6th): Manila Luzon & Latrice Royale • Team Brown Flowers (7th): Nina Flowers & Tammie Brown • Team Mandora (8th): Pandora Boxx & Mimi Imfurst |
Judges | RuPaul • Santino Rice • Michelle Visage |
Pit Crew | Jason Carter • Shawn Morales |