Brooke Lynn Hytes is the stage name of Brock Edward Hayhoe (born March 10, 1986), a Canadian drag queen, ballet dancer, performer, and television personality. After working as a dancer with

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and

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, Hytes achieved international recognition for competing on the eleventh season of ''

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''; Hytes placed second, only to winner

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. Hytes is the first Canadian to compete in the series. Hytes is also a main judge on the spin-off series ''

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'', becoming the first ''Drag Race'' contestant to become a full-time judge in

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Early life

Hayhoe was born on March 10, 1986, in

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. He attended high school at

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. When he was 15, he started to take ballet at the

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for five years. He came out as gay when he was 18. He is of Swedish and French descent.

Career

At 20, Hytes moved to South Africa and performed at the

. She later moved to New York City and joined

. In 2014, Hytes won the

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pageant. Hytes was announced to be one of fifteen contestants competing on season eleven of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' on January 24, 2019. She won the main challenges in episode one, five and eleven, placing in the top of a challenge a record-breaking nine times throughout the season. This is the most top 3 positions achieved by any contestant in a single season in ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' history. She was in a "double-shantay" alongside

in the

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episode after bombing her

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impersonation; the duo's

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to Demi Lovato's " Sorry Not Sorry" was lauded over by critics, and declared by many to be one of the best lip syncs in the history of the series. Throughout the season, Hytes developed an on-show romance with

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, dubbed "Branjie". Hytes and Mateo were in the bottom two of episode twelve, with Hytes emerging victorious in a lip sync battle to Aretha Franklin's "

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", making Mateo the last queen to be eliminated prior to the finale. Hytes finished as a runner-up on the eleventh season of ''Rupaul's Drag Race'', ultimately losing to

in the final lip sync for the crown. In June 2019, Hytes was one of 37 queens to be featured on the cover of ''New York'' magazine. On September 26, she was announced as a full-time judge for ''

'', the Canadian spin-off of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''."Three fabulous judges, and one squirrel friend, are ready to preside over ‘Canada’s Drag Race’"
'' eTalk'', September 26, 2019. She is the first contestant from any series in the ''Drag Race'' franchise to become a full-time judge. On November 11, she won a

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for "Most Hypeworthy Canadian". On March 25, 2021, Hytes released a

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with

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, titled "Queen of the North". In May 2021, Hytes, McKenzie, and Bowyer-Chapman won the

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for Best Host or Presenter in a Factual or Reality/Competition Series at the

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. The same month, she launched a podcast with Priyanka, ''Famous This Week'', and was announced as the host of ''

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'', a reboot of ''

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'', for Crave.

Personal life

Hytes was living in

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before being accepted on ''Drag Race''. She since moved to

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. Her drag mothers are Farra N. Hyte and Washington Heights, and her drag sister is Heaven Lee Hytes.

Titles awards

Filmography

Film

Music videos

Television

Web series

Discography

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hytes, Brooke Lynn 1986 births Living people Canadian drag queens Canadian emigrants to the United States Canadian male ballet dancers Canadian people of Norwegian descent Canadian Screen Award winners Gay entertainers LGBT dancers National Ballet of Canada dancers Participants in Canadian reality television series People from Nashville, Tennessee People from Toronto Brooke Lynn Hytes Trockaderos