Barbada de Barbades

Barbada de Barbades is the stage name of Sébastien Potvin,[1] a Canadian drag queen most noted as one of the drag house mothers in the first season of the reality competition series Call Me Mother.[2]

Barbada de Barbades
Potvin in 2016
Born
Sébastien Potvin
NationalityCanadian
OccupationDrag queen, music teacher
Years active2005-present
Known forCall Me Mother

Career

Potvin, the Black Canadian son of a Barbadian father and a Québécois mother, first began performing in drag when he entered the 2005 Star Search drag competition at Cabaret Mado. Although he was eliminated from the competition, he entered again in 2006 and won.[3] He continued to perform regularly in drag at Cabaret Mado, becoming one of the club's regular headliners and winning Rita Baga's Mx Fierté pageant in 2017.[1]

In 2017, Potvin participated in Ils de jour, elles de nuit, an Ici ARTV documentary series about drag queens, alongside Rita Baga, Gaby, Lady Boom Boom, Lady Pounana, and Tracy Trash.[4]

Potvin, an elementary school music teacher by profession,[5] has also been prominently associated with Drag Queen Story Hours in Montreal,[6] including an annual special event at the Grande Bibliothèque of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec,[7] and is a frequent host of Montreal drag brunch events.[8]

Since 2021, he has served as one of the drag house mothers in the first season of the reality competition series Call Me Mother.[2][9] The series was the highest-rated original production in OutTV's history.[10] Two days after the first season finale, OutTV announced the renewal of the series for a second season, slated to air in 2022.[10]

References
  1. Samuel Larochelle, "Barbada de Barbades, une drag queen haute en couleurs". Huffington Post Québec, August 7, 2017.
  2. West, Rachel (June 2, 2021). "OUTtv Announces New Drag Reality Series 'Call Me Mother' Hosted By ET Canada Pride's Dallas Dixon". ET Canada.
  3. Patrick Brunette, "Ils de jour, elles de nuit : En direct de l’univers des drag queens". Fugues, March 21, 2017.
  4. "« Ils de jour, elles de nuit », Radio-Canada et Zone3 dévoilent l’univers des drag queens". Lien Multimédia, April 6, 2017.
  5. Sarah Laou, "Enseignant de jour, drag queen de nuit". Métro, May 31, 2017.
  6. Dominique Scali, "Une drag queen lira des contes à des enfants". Le Journal de Montréal, October 20, 2017.
  7. Valérie Simard, "Une Heure du conte pas comme les autres". La Presse, August 16, 2019.
  8. JP Karwacki, "Drag Brunch MTL will strut its fabulous stuff once again this summer". Montreal Gazette, May 28, 2021.
  9. Ryan Porter, "‘Call Me Mother’ part of a wave of reality shows with ‘RuPaul’ alumni being produced by OutTV". Toronto Star, October 25, 2021.
  10. Kelly Townsend, "OUTtv renews original drag format Call Me Mother". Playback, December 15, 2021.
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