Brooke Lynn Hytes

Brooke Lynn Hytes is the stage name of Brock Hayhoe (born March 10, 1986),[1] a Canadian drag queen, ballet dancer, performer, and television personality. After working as a dancer with Cape Town City Ballet and Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Hytes achieved international recognition for competing on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race; Hytes placed second to winner Yvie Oddly. Hytes is the first Canadian to compete in the series.[2][3] Hytes is also a main judge on the spin-off series Canada's Drag Race, becoming the first Drag Race contestant to become a full-time judge in the franchise.

Brooke Lynn Hytes
Brooke Lynn Hytes in 2019
Born
Brock Hayhoe

(1986-03-10) March 10, 1986
Toronto, Canada
Occupation
Years active1999–present
Former groupsCape Town City Ballet
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Known forMiss Continental
RuPaul's Drag Race
Websitebrookelynnhytes.com

Early life

Hayhoe was born on March 10, 1986,[4] in Toronto. He attended high school at Etobicoke School of the Arts. When he was 15, he started to take ballet at the National Ballet School of Canada for five years. He came out as gay when he was 18.[5]

Career

At 20, Hytes moved to South Africa and performed at the Cape Town City Ballet.[6][7] She later moved to New York City and joined Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo.[8][9][10] In 2014, Hytes won the Miss Continental pageant.[11]

Brooke Lynn Hytes in 2019

Hytes was announced to be one of fifteen contestants competing on season eleven of RuPaul's Drag Race on January 24, 2019.[12] 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.[13][14][15] She was in a "double-shantay" alongside Yvie Oddly in the Snatch Game episode after bombing her Celine Dion impersonation; the duo's lip sync to Demi Lovato's "Sorry Not Sorry" was lauded over by critics, and declared by many to be the best lip sync in the history of the show.[16][17]

Throughout the show, Hytes developed an on-show romance with Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, dubbed "Branjie".[18][19][20] Hytes and Mateo were in the bottom two of episode twelve, with Hytes emerging victorious in a lip sync battle to Aretha Franklin's "A Deeper Love", making Mateo the last queen to be eliminated prior to the finale.[21][22][23] Hytes finished as a runner-up on the eleventh season of Rupaul's Drag Race losing to Yvie Oddly in the final lip sync for the crown.[24]

In June 2019, Hytes was one of 37 queens to be featured on the cover of New York magazine.[25] On September 26, she was announced as a full-time judge for Canada's Drag Race, the Canadian spin-off of RuPaul's Drag Race.[26] 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 People's Choice Awards for "most Hypeworthy Canadian".[27] In January 2020, she brought back the preliminary of Miss Continental in Canada after 11 years of hiatus.

Titles Awards
  • 2013 - Miss Gay Toronto 2013-2014 [28][29]
  • 2013 – Derby City Entertainer of the Year [30]
  • 2013 – 1st Alternate to National Entertainer of the Year [30]
  • 2016 - Miss Sweetheart International [33]

Personal life

Hytes was living in Nashville, Tennessee before being accepted on Drag Race.[34] She since moved to Los Angeles.

Her drag mother is Farra N. Hyte, and her drag sister is Heaven Lee Hytes.[5][35]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Seek Drag Queen [36]

Music videos
Year Title Artist Role Ref.
2016 "Receiver" Ice Cream Herself
2020 "Good as Hell (Brazilian version)" Lizzo
2020 “Always (Drag Star Official Video)” George Michael, Mary J. Blige, Waze & Odyssey, Tommy Theo
2020 “Hype” Yvie Oddly (feat Vanessa Vanjie Mateo)

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2015 OUTspoken Biography Herself Episode: "Snow Queen: An Exposé of Drag in Canada"
2018 Ozzy & Jack's World Detour Episode: "Grand Ole Osbournes"
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant (Runner-up)
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Season 11
2020 Canada's Drag Race Main judge

Web series
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 US of Aurora Herself Episodes 1, 3, 4, 6 [37]
2019 Follow Me Episode: "Mayhem Miller" [38]
2019 Watcha Packin’ Guest [39]
2019 Countdown to the Crown Season 11 [40]
2019 Queen to Queen With Yvie Oddly, Nina West [41]
2019 Ca$tmate$ For Ca$h Guest with A’keria Davenport [42]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Results Ref.
2019 People's Choice Awards Most Hypeworthy Canadian Herself Won [27]
2020 The Queerties Future All-Star Herself Nominated [43]

References
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  11. "Hytes wins Miss Continental title – Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive". Windy City Times. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
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  21. "Lip Sync Herstory: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Aretha Franklin's 'A Deeper Love'". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
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  28. "Your exhausted but VERY happy Miss Gay Toronto 2013-2014 :-) #winning". Instagram. May 24, 2013.
  29. "Time to give up this #crown #GayToronto #pageant". Instagram. May 23, 2014.
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  31. "#bam #allstarcontinental". Instagram. March 11, 2014.
  32. "this is my beautiful step down gown for Miss Gay Orlando last night". Instagram. November 22, 2016.
  33. "Can't believe I'm your new Miss Sweet Heart International!!!". Instagram. February 15, 2016.
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