The Shift is currently hosting its Lip Sync Battle Royale over eight weeks. What makes it a ‘Battle Royale’?
The Shift Club has really stepped it up for the new season of Lip Sync Battle Royale. So rather than our normal weekly prizes (first $100, second a $50 voucher for the fabulous restaurant attached to the club, and third one of our delicious cocktails), we’ve upped the ante and have put together a great prize bundle. The first place winner wins $200 cash and instant placement into our grand finale for the chance to win $1,000. Second place wins $100 cash and third place wins a mystery prize. Lip Sync Battle is also the only weekly lip syncing contest in Sydney, and it’s focused towards the crowds that usually come to watch the drag queens lip sync. There are also weekly themes, which the hosts (myself and 2016 ‘Rising Star’ Drag Industry Variety Award winner Coco Jumbo) pick and announce every Thursday.
Is there a secret to being a great lip syncer?
To be an ace lip syncer, one must truly understand what the actual vocalist is feeling at the time they were singing it. Always pick a song you can relate to, and really love!
What’s the one song that always gets requested?
‘I Will Survive’… Enough said.
How did you become involved in drag superstardom yourself?
I started in 2008 doing a weekly amateur drag competition. Then I slowly started to book jobs through the years (a very edited career explanation). And now I work six nights a week and couldn’t love my job more, but most of all I look forward to Thursdays at The Shift.
[Krystal Kleer photos by Dream Syndicate]
Lip Sync Battle Royale at The Shift takes place on Thursdays until Thursday August 25.
