Divina for Strictly: the campaign starts here (Picture: BBC)

Divina De Campo has thrown her hat in the ring for this year’s series of Strictly Come Dancing.

The drag queen was recently a runner up on another high profile BBC talent show – last year’s RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.

However, the star was quick to preempt any criticism of her background in contemporary dance and ballet.

‘Doing ballroom is like [speaking] Russian,’ she said in a new interview on Edward Dyson’s United Queendom podcast.


‘It’s like talking a completely different language.

‘You have an understanding of linguistics but not necessarily in the same way.’

Divina is eyeing up her next TV project (Picture: Getty Images North America)

Admitting there has been no formal invitation to appear on the show – yet – Divina added: ‘Were I to be asked on it, I would love that. Has it happened yet? No.’



While she would be the first drag queen on Strictly (to our knowledge), she wouldn’t be the first RPDR star – judge Michelle Visage made her mark on the show last year. She was voted out in week nine of the competition.

The Vivienne won the first-ever series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK last year (Picture: PA)

Divina also spoke about her feud with RPDR UK winner The Vivienne on the podcast – that is to say, there’s no bad blood on her part and she seems to have nothing but respect for her colleague.

‘I knew she was going to win, not for any other reason than she was better,’ said Divina. ‘She was. In terms of delivering drag, what she did in the competition was better.’

The feud kicked off when Divina told QX: ‘I don’t think I fit the model that RuPaul [likes]. He likes people who are cutthroat and will smash your kneecaps in in order to win – that’s not me.’

To this, The Vivienne responded on Twitter: ‘I won that show fair and square. Constantly discrediting my win. GROW UP.’

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