‘RuPaul’s Drag Race:’ Which Boy Band Was Tina Burner In?
Sheās ready to slay the competition, one Rusical and acting challenge at a time. Before she was a drag performer on RuPaulās Drag Race, Tina Burner was breaking hearts in a boy band, complete with blond frosted tips.Ā
Hereās what we know about this drag queen and her history prior to the reality competition series.
Tina Burner is a contestant on āRuPaulās Drag Raceā season 13
She loves red and yellow. As a contestant on RuPaulās Drag Race season 13, Tina Burner is ready to prove she has the charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent to be āAmericaās Next Drag Superstar.ā
āWhen I started drag in the past versus now, itās such a different light, itās so commercial and mainstream, itās in every home in America,ā Burner said during an interview with Entertainment Weekly. āI played ice hockey, but I wanted to be a figure skater. I played flag football when I wanted to be a baton twirler.ā
āI didnāt have those opportunities,ā she continued. āNow, itās amazing to see the acceptance. You see kids as young as nine or 10 saying āIām a drag queen!ā Girl, if I tried that, I wouldāve gotten hit, honey!ā
Tina Burner was a musician before she was a āRuPaulās Drag Raceā contestant
Whether it be with the Rusical challenge or with her confessionals, Tina Burner isnāt afraid to share her love of music. In fact, this drag performer shared that before she was strutting her stuff on the mainstage, she was performing in a boy band. (Out of drag, of course.)
While some of the season 13 queens boast love for musical theatre, Tian Burner joked about her background as a musician in a boy band. For several episodes, she mentioned being signed to Universal Records along with her band at 19 years old.
Which boy band was Tina Burner in?
The timeline for Tina Burnerās boy band lines up with groups like NSYNC and The Backstreet Boys. No, Tina Burner wasnāt a part of NSYNC, but her boy band sported frosted tips just like the early 2000s group.Ā
Tina Burnerās boy band was named 5th Ring and had one song titled āCanāt Sayā in 2001. One YouTube video of the song has over a thousand views and thereās even a version recorded in Spanglish. The band has since broken up, with Burner going on to audition and compete on RuPaulās reality competition series.
This wouldnāt be the only fun fact about this drag performer. Fans learned Tina Burner had a relationship with RuPaulās Drag Race UK judge and talk show host, Graham Norton. The couple has since separated, with Norton calling the relationship a ādisaster.ā
Fans can see Tina Burner in episodes of RuPaulās Drag Race season 13, which debut on VH1.