Lady Gaga will
be helping RuPaul’s Drag Race kick off its ninth season.
Logo announced
today that the Super Bowl halftime show superstar will appear as a guest judge
on the season premiere next month.
Gaga opened her
14 minute Super Bowl halftime performance began atop Houston’s NRG Stadium
singing a medley of This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie and God Bless
America.
It was a
patriotic tribute to her homeland and a message to President Donald Trump that
the US belonged to everybody.
After the show,
Gaga announced the Joanne World Tour set to begin this summer.
Perhaps the
most political moment of her set happened early on when she belted her dance
hit Born This Way.
It is a song
which preaches the importance of inclusivity of everyone including LGBTI,
disabled and racially diverse people.
The 13
contestants vying for the title of America’s Next Drag Superstar on season nine
of RuPaul’s Drag Race were revealed last week.
The competitors
include London native Charlie Hides and Trinity Taylor who won the title of
Miss Pulse in 2011 at the Orlando, Florida nightclub.
Four of the
competitors are from New York City with the rest from Las Vegas, Atlanta,
Chicago, and Los Angeles.
The rest are:
Aja, Alexis Michelle, Eureka, Farrah Moan, Jaymes Mansfield, Kimora Blac, Nina
Bo’Nina Brown, Peppermint, Sasha Velour, Shea Couleé, and Valentina.
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