Jan Sport


Jan Sport, sometimes known simply as Jan, is the stage name of Charlie Mantione, an American drag queen and singer based in New York City, who came to international attention on the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. On May 26, 2021, she was announced as one of the 13 contestants on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, where she placed 7th overall.

Early life

Mantione was born on June 11, 1993, in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey. He grew up Catholic and attended the all-boys Catholic school, Christian Brothers Academy. While attending school, he participated in both sports and theater. Mantione was an avid soccer player until he turned 17. Mantione participated in a number of school productions such as Oklahoma! and played Troy Bolton in a production of High School Musical. He attended the Boston Conservatory for musical theater.

Career

Mantione considers his drag "birthday" to be July 8, 2016. Mantione formed the pop group Stephanie's Child along with queens Rosé and Lagoona Bloo in 2018. His drag mother is Alexis Michelle. In 2018, he won the title of Breakthrough Artist and was nominated for Best Vocalist at the 2018 NY Nightlife Awards. When he first started drag, he frequently appeared as a Kris Jenner impersonator.
Mantione appeared on The Voice Season 13 finale with Jessie J and competed on America's Got Talent with Stephanie's Child.

''RuPaul's Drag Race''

Jan's casting on the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was announced on January 23, 2020. On the show, she is referred to as simply "Jan" to avoid trademark issues with the backpack brand. She ended up in the bottom two in episode eight and was eliminated after losing a lip-sync to Widow Von'Du, finishing in eighth place.While the show was airing, Jan contributed to a YouTube web series called Jan's Jukebox where she performed covers of the songs that queens had lip-synced to on the show that week, such as "S&M" by Rihanna and "This Is My Night" by Chaka Khan. The latter performance, which was the song she lip-synced to on the episode in which she was eliminated, was dedicated to her grandfather who had died due to complications of COVID-19.
On May 26, 2021, it was revealed that Jan would return to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6 alongside 12 other contestants. On the 4th episode of the show, she won the main challenge for her impression of Lady Gaga at the 2017 Halftime show and later lost the Lip-Sync For Your Legacy to Britney Spears' "Womanizer" against Lip-Sync Assassin Jessica Wild. She ultimately placed seventh, being eliminated by Trinity K. Bonet in episode 7. Her elimination marks the first time in All Stars history where the Lip-Sync Assassin revealed both of the bottom queens’ names as a result of a tie from the group vote. RuPaul revealed that, under such circumstances, the tie would have to be broken by the Top All-Star of the week.

Filmography

Television

Web series

  • ''Bring Back My Girls''

    Discography

Singles

  • "Slag Wars"
  • "Gay Hands Up"
  • "Jantasy"

    Featured singles

  • "You Don't Know Me"
  • "Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical"
  • "The Shady Bunch"
  • "Show Up Queen"
  • "Gemini "

    As a part of Stephanie's Child

  • ''Christmas Dolls, Vol. 1''

    Titles