DeDeLicious

DeDeLicious
Dedelicious at Dragcon 2024
DeDeLicious at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2024
Born
Charlie Veysey-Smith

2002 or 2003 (age 23–24)
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
OccupationDrag queen
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 5)

DeDeLicious is the stage name of Charlie Veysey-Smith, a British drag performer who has appeared on the BBC reality series Keeping Up with Krystal Versace and competed on series 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.

Career

DeDeLicious is a drag queen competing on series 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. She designed some of the outfits worn on the show by Krystal Versace, the winner of series 3, and other contestants. Previously, DeDeLicious was part of Krystal Versace's "drag family" in the BBC reality series Keeping Up with Krystal Versace. During her time on Drag Race, DeDeLicious impersonated Lady Colin Campbell for the Snatch Game challenge. She placed fourth overall in the competition.

Personal life

DeDeLicious is from Tunbridge Wells, Kent. She and Krystal Versace have been described as best friends and "drag sisters". DeDeLicious uses the pronouns he/him out of drag and she/her in drag. Sam Damshenas of Gay Times has described her as a "sewing crackerjack" and a Nicki Minaj "stan".

Discography

Title Year Album
"Don't Ick My Yum (Fierce Force Five Version)"
(RuPaul featuring Tomara Thomas, Vicki Vivacious, Michael Marouli, & Cara Melle)		 2023 non-album single
"Pant-Oh She Better Don't: The Rusical" 2023 Pant-Oh She Better Don't: The Rusical Album

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2023 Keeping Up with Krystal Versace Herself Guest cast
2023 RuPaul's Drag Race UK Herself Contestant

References

  1. ↑ @dede_licious_; (August 30, 2021). "Dede's off duty at the moment so have a bit of Charlie 😘" – via Instagram.
  2. ↑ "Don't Ick My Yum (Fierce Force Five Version)". music.apple.com. Apple Inc. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Spencer, Samuel (2023-09-11). "RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 5 cast: Meet the queens battling it out for the crown". BBC Three. Archived from the original on 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  4. ↑ "'Keeping Up With Krystal Versace' Exclusive Trailer & Premiere Date". www.pride.com. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  5. ↑ Wratten, Marcus (2023-09-11). "RuPaul's Drag Race UK: Meet the queens of season five". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  6. ↑ "'The show is very much the drag housewives of London': Krystal Versace on her new show". BBC Three. 2023-06-30. Archived from the original on 2023-07-24. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  7. ↑ Wratten, Marcus (2023-11-03). "Drag Race UK fans divided over Snatch Game winner: 'They are rigging'". PinkNews. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  8. ↑ Bruce, Sharon (2023-09-22). "Local queen to star on Drag Race UK". Tunbridge Wells Local News. Archived from the original on 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  9. ↑ "Kent contestant to star in this year's RuPaul's Drag Race UK". Kent Online. 2023-09-13. Archived from the original on 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  10. ↑ "Drag Race UK: Krystal Versace celebrates drag sister DeDeLicious: 'So proud of you'". uk.style.yahoo.com. 2023-09-11. Archived from the original on 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  11. ↑ "Drag Race UK's DeDeLicious on 'amazing' support from drag sister Krystal Versace". Yahoo News. 2023-09-26. Archived from the original on 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  12. ↑ "Meet the RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 5 Queens". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  13. ↑ "'A marvellous mess': Drag Race UK cast talk "iconic" season 5". Gay Times. 2023-09-15. Archived from the original on 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  14. ↑ "Don't Ick My Yum (Fierce Force Five Version) - Single". music.apple.com.
  15. ↑ "Pant-Oh She Better Don't: The Rusical". music.apple.com.
  16. ↑ Spencer, Samuel (September 11, 2023). "RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 5 cast: Meet the queens battling it out for the crown". BBC Three. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.