Talk show hosted by Jonny McGovern
Hey Qween! is atalk show series hosted byJonny McGovern , first broadcast onYouTube from 2014 to 2021,[ 1] then revived onWOW Presents Plus in 2024.[ 2] The first eight seasons were co-hosted byLady Red Couture prior to her death in 2020. A blend of "gay web series"[ 3] andLGBTQ talk show,[ 4] Hey Qween! often featurescontestants fromRuPaul's Drag Race as guests.
Jonny McGovern Before her death, the series was co-hosted byLady Red Couture . Many contestants fromRuPaul's Drag Race have appeared on the show, includingAlexis Mateo ,[ 5] Cynthia Lee Fontaine ,[ 6] Dax ExclamationPoint ,[ 7] Honey Davenport ,[ 8] Mo Heart ,[ 9] Nina Bo'nina Brown ,[ 10] Ongina ,[ 11] andThe Vixen .[ 12] Dita Von Teese has also appeared on the show.[ 13]
The series began airing in 2014 onYouTube . Variousdrag entertainers, includingRuPaul's Drag Race alumni would appear as the guests on the show, usually talking about their drag career.
2024: WOW Presents Plus [ edit ] Asseason 16 ofRuPaul's Drag Race began airing on January 5, 2024,Hey Qween! moved toWOW Presents Plus , asubscription-based streaming service owned byWorld of Wonder , the production company behindRuPaul's Drag Race .[ 2] McGovern continued hosting the show, interviewing the contestants of season 16.[ 2] The episodes aired weekly following the order of the contestants' eliminations, starting with an interview with the first eliminated contestant,Hershii LiqCour-Jeté , released on January 22, 2024.Jamal Sims andRaven filled in as guests during the weeks when season 16 did not feature an elimination. Each episode featured a short intro byKevin Aviance .
No. in series No. in season Title Release date 1 1 "Calpernia Addams" May 19, 2014 (2014-5-19 ) 2 2 "RuPaul " May 26, 2014 (2014-5-26 ) 3 3 "Miles Davis Moody " June 2, 2014 (2014-6-2 ) 4 4 "Frank DeCaro " June 10, 2014 (2014-6-10 ) 5 5 "Alec Mapa " June 17, 2014 (2014-6-17 ) 6 6 "Detox " June 24, 2014 (2014-6-24 ) 7 7 "Paul Iacono &Darren Stein " June 30, 2014 (2014-6-30 ) 8 8 "Jake Shears" June 30, 2014 (2014-6-30 ) 9 9 "Willam Belli " July 14, 2014 (2014-7-14 ) 10 10 "Jackie Beat " July 21, 2014 (2014-7-21 ) 11 11 "Andrew Christian " July 28, 2014 (2014-7-28 ) 12 12 "Where the Bears Are" August 11, 2014 (2014-8-11 ) 13 13 "Christopher Daniels" August 18, 2014 (2014-8-18 ) 14 14 "10 Year Plan: Cast & Director" August 18, 2014 (2014-8-18 ) 15 15 "Chi Chi LaRue " August 25, 2014 (2014-8-25 ) 16 16 "Alaska Thunderfuck " September 1, 2014 (2014-9-1 ) 17 17 "Our Lady J " September 8, 2014 (2014-9-8 ) 18 18 "Madison Hinton " September 15, 2014 (2014-9-15 )
No. in series No. in season Title Release date 19 1 "Courtney Act " October 13, 2014 (2014-10-13 ) 20 2 "Michelle Visage " October 20, 2014 (2014-10-20 ) 21 3 "Pandora Boxx " October 27, 2014 (2014-10-27 ) 22 4 "Sam Pancake" November 3, 2014 (2014-11-3 ) 23 5 "Mitch Vaughn" October 10, 2014 (2014-10-10 ) 24 6 "Drew Droege" October 17, 2014 (2014-10-17 ) 25 7 "Big Dipper " October 24, 2014 (2014-10-24 ) 26 8 "Peaches Christ " December 1, 2014 (2014-12-1 ) 27 9 "Manila Luzon " December 8, 2014 (2014-12-8 ) 28 10 "Raven " December 22, 2014 (2014-12-22 ) 29 11 "Laganja Estranga " January 5, 2015 (2015-1-5 ) 30 12 "Guy Branum" January 12, 2015 (2015-1-12 ) 31 13 "Boomer Banks" January 19, 2015 (2015-1-19 ) 32 14 "Jodie Harsh " Unknown 33 15 "Unknown" Unknown 34 16 "Candis Cayne " January 27, 2015 (2015-1-27 )
No. in series No. in season Title Release date 35 1 "Trixie Mattel " May 5, 2015 (2015-5-5 ) 36 2 "Latrice Royale " May 12, 2015 (2015-5-12 ) 37 3 "Coco Peru " May 17, 2015 (2015-5-17 ) 38 4 "Mathu Andersen " May 10, 2015 (2015-5-10 ) 39 5 "Adore Delano " May 20, 2015 (2015-5-20 ) 40 6 "RuPaul's Drag Race Pit Crew " June 10, 2015 (2015-6-10 ) 41 7 "Steve Grand" June 16, 2015 (2015-6-16 ) 42 8 "Raja " June 20, 2015 (2015-6-20 ) 43 9 "Jasmine Masters " June 22, 2015 (2015-6-22 ) 44 10 "Buck Angel" June 29, 2015 (2015-6-29 ) 45 11 "Jiz" July 6, 2015 (2015-7-6 ) 46 12 "Day Drunk Gays &AB Soto " July 13, 2015 (2015-7-13 ) 47 13 "Morgan McMichaels " July 20, 2015 (2015-7-20 ) 48 14 "Jessica Wild " July 27, 2015 (2015-7-27 ) 49 15 "Wendy Ho " August 3, 2015 (2015-8-3 ) 50 16 "Shangela " August 10, 2015 (2015-8-10 ) 51 17 "Shane Dawson " August 17, 2015 (2015-8-17 ) 52 18 "Frankie Grande " August 24, 2015 (2015-8-24 ) 53 19 "Jessica Sutta" August 31, 2015 (2015-8-31 ) 54 20 "Miles Jai " September 7, 2015 (2015-9-7 ) 55 21 "Daniel Franzese " September 14, 2015 (2015-9-14 ) 56 22 "Delta Work " September 21, 2015 (2015-9-21 ) 57 23 "Jai Rodriguez" September 28, 2015 (2015-9-28 ) 58 24 "Tammie Brown " October 5, 2015 (2015-10-5 ) 59 25 "Tyra Sanchez " October 12, 2015 (2015-10-12 )
No. in series No. in season Title Release date 60 1 "Sharon Needles " February 15, 2016 (2016-2-15 ) 61 2 "Kennedy Davenport " February 22, 2016 (2016-2-22 ) 62 3 "Heklina " February 29, 2016 (2016-2-29 ) 63 4 "Mrs. Kasha Davis " March 7, 2016 (2016-3-7 ) 64 5 "Milan Christopher" March 14, 2016 (2016-3-14 ) 65 6 "Gia Gunn " March 21, 2016 (2016-3-21 ) 66 7 "Mimi Imfurst &Love Connie " March 28, 2016 (2016-3-28 ) 67 8 "Jaidynn Diore Fierce " April 4, 2016 (2016-4-4 ) 68 9 "Sherry Vine " April 11, 2016 (2016-4-11 ) 69 10 "Trinity K. Bonet " April 18, 2016 (2016-4-18 ) 70 11 "Katya " April 25, 2016 (2016-4-25 ) 71 12 "James St. James " May 2, 2016 (2016-5-2 ) 72 13 "Tempest DuJour " May 9, 2016 (2016-5-9 ) 73 14 "Bruce Vilanch " May 16, 2016 (2016-5-16 ) 74 15 "Justin Tranter " May 23, 2016 (2016-5-23 ) 75 16 "Kelly Mantle " May 30, 2016 (2016-5-30 ) 76 17 "Biblegirl &Boulet Brothers " June 6, 2016 (2016-6-6 ) 77 18 "Kitty Meow" June 13, 2016 (2016-6-13 ) 78 19 "Glamorous Monique" June 13, 2016 (2016-6-13 ) 79 20 "Jiggly Caliente " June 20, 2016 (2016-6-20 ) 80 21 "Liam Riley & Ben Baur" June 27, 2016 (2016-6-27 ) 81 22 "Phi Phi O'Hara " July 4, 2016 (2016-7-4 ) 82 23 "Jackée Harry " July 11, 2016 (2016-7-11 ) 83 24 "Bob the Drag Queen " July 28, 2016 (2016-7-28 )
No. in series No. in season Title Release date 84 1 "Alaska Thunderfuck " March 6, 2017 (2017-3-6 ) 85 2 "Katya &Trixie Mattel " March 13, 2017 (2017-3-13 ) 86 3 "Dragula Reunion" March 20, 2017 (2017-3-20 ) 87 4 "Cynthia Lee Fontaine " April 3, 2017 (2017-4-3 ) 88 5 "Elijah Daniel &Christine Sydelko " March 27, 2017 (2017-3-27 ) 89 6 "Jinkx Monsoon " April 24, 2017 (2017-4-24 ) 90 7 "Robbie Turner " May 1, 2017 (2017-5-1 ) 91 8 "Dita Von Teese " May 8, 2017 (2017-5-8 ) 92 9 "Trevor Moran " May 15, 2017 (2017-5-15 ) 93 10 "Derrick Barry " May 22, 2017 (2017-5-22 ) 94 11 "Mariah Balenciaga " May 29, 2017 (2017-5-29 ) 95 12 "Kingsley" August 21, 2017 (2017-8-21 ) 96 13 "Naysha Lopez " June 12, 2017 (2017-6-12 ) 97 14 "Isis King" June 19, 2017 (2017-6-19 ) 98 15 "Kandy Ho " July 24, 2017 (2017-7-24 ) 99 16 "Daniel Preda" July 31, 2017 (2017-7-31 ) 100 17 "Ongina " July 10, 2017 (2017-7-10 ) 101 18 "Johnny Scruff" July 17, 2017 (2017-7-17 ) 102 19 "Porkchop Parker &Nina Bo'Nina Brown " June 5, 2017 (2017-6-5 ) 103 20 "Laila McQueen " August 7, 2017 (2017-8-7 ) 104 21 "Erickatoure " June 26, 2017 (2017-6-26 ) 105 22 "Will & RJ" July 3, 2017 (2017-7-3 ) 106 23 "Stef Sanjati" August 14, 2017 (2017-8-14 ) 107 24 "Karen from Finance " July 3, 2017 (2017-7-3 ) 108 25 "Tyra Sanchez " August 28, 2017 (2017-8-28 ) 109 26 "Manila Luzon " September 11, 2017 (2017-9-11 ) 110 27 "Ginger Minj " September 4, 2017 (2017-9-4 )
No. in series No. in season Title Release date 111 1 "Aja " January 29, 2018 (2018-1-29 ) 112 2 "Farrah Moan " February 5, 2018 (2018-2-5 ) 113 3 "Alexis Michelle " February 12, 2018 (2018-2-12 ) 114 4 "Charlie Hides " February 19, 2018 (2018-2-19 ) 115 5 "Darienne Lake " February 26, 2018 (2018-2-26 ) 116 6 "Candis Cayne & Linda Bradford" March 5, 2018 (2018-3-5 ) 117 7 "Lisa Ann (Special)" March 9, 2018 (2018-3-9 ) 118 8 "Dida Ritz " March 12, 2018 (2018-3-12 ) 119 9 "Kimora Blac " March 19, 2018 (2018-3-19 ) 120 10 "Acid Betty " March 26, 2018 (2018-3-26 ) 121 11 "Larry Tee " April 2, 2018 (2018-4-2 ) 122 12 "Detox " April 9, 2018 (2018-4-9 ) 123 13 "Detox & Vicky Vox" April 16, 2018 (2018-4-16 ) 124 14 "Stacy Layne Matthews " April 23, 2018 (2018-4-23 ) 125 15 "Jaymes Mansfield " April 30, 2018 (2018-4-30 ) 126 16 "Trinity Taylor " May 7, 2018 (2018-5-7 ) 127 17 "Venus D'Lite " May 14, 2018 (2018-5-14 ) 128 18 "Bob the Drag Queen " May 21, 2018 (2018-5-21 ) 129 19 "Trannika Rex" May 28, 2018 (2018-5-28 ) 130 20 "Brent Corrigan" June 4, 2018 (2018-6-4 ) 131 21 "Soju (Special)" June 6, 2018 (2018-6-6 ) 132 22 "Jiggly Caliente " June 11, 2018 (2018-6-11 ) 133 23 "DragCon LA 2018 (Special)" June 18, 2018 (2018-6-18 ) 134 24 "Ross Mathews " June 25, 2018 (2018-6-25 ) 135 25 "Varla Jean Merman " July 2, 2018 (2018-7-2 ) 136 26 "Kennedy Davenport " July 9, 2018 (2018-7-9 ) 137 27 "Mayhem Miller " July 16, 2018 (2018-7-16 )
Hey Qween! Beach House (2018)[ edit ] No. in series No. in season Title Release date 138 1 "Shea Couleé " July 30, 2018 (2018-7-30 ) 139 2 "Dusty Ray Bottoms " August 6, 2018 (2018-8-6 ) 140 3 "Pearl " August 13, 2018 (2018-8-13 ) 141 4 "Kameron Michaels " August 20, 2018 (2018-8-20 ) 142 5 "Sonique " August 27, 2018 (2018-8-27 ) 143 6 "Miss Vanjie " September 3, 2018 (2018-9-3 ) 144 - "HalloQween Special" October 29, 2018 (2018-10-29 ) 145 - "A Very Green Christmas!" December 17, 2018 (2018-12-17 )
No. in series No. in season Title Release date 146 1 "BenDeLaCreme " March 11, 2019 (2019-3-11 ) 147 2 "The Vixen " March 18, 2019 (2019-3-18 ) 148 3 "Alexis Mateo " March 25, 2019 (2019-3-25 ) 149 4 "Eureka O'Hara " April 1, 2019 (2019-4-1 ) 150 5 "Delta Work " April 8, 2019 (2019-4-8 ) 151 6 "Jackie Beat &Sherry Vine " April 15, 2018 (2018-4-15 ) 152 7 "Carmen Carrera " April 22, 2019 (2019-4-22 ) 153 8 "Nicole Paige Brooks " April 29, 2019 (2019-4-29 ) 154 9 "Jasmine Masters " May 6, 2019 (2019-5-6 ) 155 10 "Rhea Litre " May 13, 2019 (2019-5-13 ) 156 11 "Dax ExclamationPoint " May 20, 2019 (2019-5-20 ) 157 12 "Gia Gunn " May 27, 2019 (2019-5-27 )
Hey Qween! Pride (2019)[ edit ] No. in series No. in season Title Release date 165 1 "Gigi Gorgeous " December 9, 2019 (2019-12-9 ) 166 2 "Ariel Versace " December 16, 2019 (2019-12-16 ) 167 3 "Holiday Special:Peppermint " December 23, 2019 (2019-12-23 ) 168 4 "Valentina " January 13, 2020 (2020-1-13 ) 169 5 "Monique Heart " January 20, 2020 (2020-1-20 ) 170 6 "Honey Davenport " January 27, 2020 (2020-1-27 ) 171 7 "Shannel " February 3, 2020 (2020-2-3 ) 172 8 "Mercedes Iman Diamond " February 10, 2020 (2020-2-10 ) 173 9 "Loris" February 17, 2020 (2020-2-17 ) 174 10 "Scarlet Envy " February 24, 2020 (2020-2-24 ) 175 11 "Soju " May 20, 2019 (2019-5-20 ) 176 12 "Coco Montrese &Kahanna Montrese " March 16, 2020 (2020-3-16 )
Hey Qween! Qweens Around the Country (2020)[ edit ] Hey Qween! Pride 2020 (2020)[ edit ] No. in series No. in season Title Release date 189 0 "TheLady Red Memorial Special" November 24, 2020 (2020-11-24 ) 190 1 "Heidi N Closet " November 30, 2020 (2020-11-30 ) 191 2 "Silky Nutmeg Ganache " December 7, 2020 (2020-12-7 ) 192 3 "Vander Von Odd " December 14, 2020 (2020-12-14 ) 193 4 "Holiday Special!" December 21, 2020 (2020-12-21 ) 194 5 "Gigi Goode " January 11, 2021 (2021-1-11 ) 195 6 "Tammie Brown " January 18, 2021 (2021-1-18 ) 196 7 "Mariah Balenciaga " January 25, 2021 (2021-1-25 ) 197 8 "Alexis Mateo " February 1, 2021 (2021-2-1 ) 198 9 "Brooke Lynn Hytes " February 8, 2021 (2021-2-8 ) 199 10 "Melissa Befierce " February 15, 2021 (2021-2-15 ) 200 11 "Manila Luzon " February 22, 2021 (2021-2-22 ) 201 12 "Eddie Danger" March 1, 2021 (2021-3-1 ) 202 13 "Laganja Estranja " March 8, 2021 (2021-3-8 ) 203 14 "Mario Diaz" March 15, 2021 (2021-3-15 ) 204 15 "Glen Alen" March 22, 2021 (2021-3-22 ) 205 16 "Maebe A. Girl " March 29, 2021 (2021-3-29 ) 206 17 "Sasha Colby " April 5, 2021 (2021-4-5 ) 207 18 "Julie and Brandy" April 12, 2021 (2021-4-12 ) 208 19 "Landon Cider " April 19, 2021 (2021-4-19 ) 209 20 "Widow Von'Du " April 26, 2021 (2021-4-26 ) 210 21 "Calpernia" May 3, 2021 (2021-5-3 ) 211 22 "Biqtch Puddin' " May 10, 2021 (2021-5-10 ) 212 23 "Isis King" May 17, 2021 (2021-5-17 ) 213 24 "Michael Henry" May 24, 2021 (2021-5-24 ) 214 25 "Adam Joseph andErickatoure " May 31, 2021 (2021-5-31 )
WOW Presents Plus Revival [ edit ] No. in series No. in season Title Length Release date 1 1 "Hershii LiqCour-Jeté " 34:21 January 22, 2024 (2024-1-22 ) 2 2 "Mirage " 32:56 January 29, 2024 (2024-1-29 ) 3 3 "Amanda Tori Meating " 34:10 February 5, 2024 (2024-2-5 ) 4 4 "Geneva Karr " 33:11 February 12, 2024 (2024-2-12 ) 5 5 "Megami " 30:28 February 19, 2024 (2024-2-19 ) 6 6 "Xunami Muse " 40:46 February 26, 2024 (2024-2-26 ) 7 7 "Plasma " 38:00 March 4, 2024 (2024-3-4 ) 8 8 "Jamal Sims " 39:46 March 11, 2024 (2024-3-11 ) 9 9 "Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige " 40:27 March 18, 2024 (2024-3-18 ) 10 10 "Dawn " 39:07 March 25, 2024 (2024-3-25 ) 11 11 "Morphine Love Dion " 41:29 April 1, 2024 (2024-4-1 ) 12 12 "Q " 40:27 April 8, 2024 (2024-4-8 ) 13 13 "Raven " 37:17 April 15, 2024 (2024-4-15 ) 14 14 "Plane Jane " 43:13 April 22, 2024 (2024-4-22 ) 15 15 "Sapphira Cristál " 42:06 April 26, 2024 (2024-4-26 ) 16 16 "Nymphia Wind " 47:36 April 29, 2024 (2024-4-29 )
Season 2 - LIVE from RuPaul's DragConLA (2024)[ edit ] No. in series No. in season Title Length Release date 17 1 "Jimbo " 20:25 November 25, 2024 (2024-11-25 ) 18 2 "Ra'Jah O'Hara " 21:42 December 2, 2024 (2024-12-2 ) 19 3 "Lolita Banana " 23:42 December 9, 2024 (2024-12-9 ) 20 4 "LaLa Ri " 20:26 December 16, 2024 (2024-12-16 ) 21 5 "Envy Peru " 19:27 December 23, 2024 (2024-12-23 ) 22 6 "Kita Mean " 16:42 December 30, 2024 (2024-12-30 )
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