BGT 2025 – Jasmine Rice

• Artistic Style: She uniquely combines operatic vocals with high drag. She turned to blending the two art forms after facing repeated rejections in the traditional classical opera world for being “too feminine”.

• House of LaBeija: She is recognized as an international godmother of the legendary Royal House of LaBeija.

• Audition: She stunned the judges (Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and Bruno Tonioli) by emerging from behind a curtain in a self-designed gown to sing Puccini’s “Nessun dorma“. Hours before stepping on stage, she received the heartbreaking news of her grandmother’s passing, dedicating her emotional performance to her memory.

• Semi-Final: She delivered a powerful rendition of “Never Enough” from The Greatest Showman, which earned her Bruno Tonioli’s Golden Buzzer and sent her straight to the grand finale.

• The Final: She finished the competition in 6th place, making history as the first drag act to reach the BGT grand final.
  

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Watch all 3 performances with judges’ comments below.

Zac’s review of Jasmine Rice.
Well, where do I begin? Watching her first performance was absolutely amazing. Then hearing her story at the end about the rejection from the Opera world was heart-breaking, but not surprising to be honest. From New York City to her newfound home in Britain, a stunning performance.

Then comes the semi-final, and OMG, I thought she couldn’t do better than her audition; how wrong was I? And Bruno’s semi-final golden buzzer was well deserved. Straight through to the BGT 2025 Finals.

Her final show was again another amazing performance, and what happened with her red dress nearing the end – the timing that had to go into that alone and make it work, like OMG.

It is a shame she only came 6th overall. But she still has a massive career ahead of her now.