Sapphira Cristál | |
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Born | O'Neill Nichol Haynes September 27, 1988 (age 35)
Bryan, Texas, U.S. |
Education |
Eastman School of Music Bard College |
Occupation | Drag queen |
Television | RuPaul's Drag Race ( season 16) |
Relatives | Saul Soliz (stepfather) |
Website |
sapphiracristal |
Sapphira Cristál (born September 27, 1988) [1] is the stage name of O'Neill Nichol Haynes, [2] an American drag performer who was both runner-up and Miss Congeniality on season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She is also a classically trained opera singer and a composer. [3] [4]
Born in Bryan, Texas, [5] Haynes's stepfather was MMA trainer Saul Soliz. Haynes was raised in Houston and attended HSPVA. [6] He practiced Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai as a child. [7] He studied music composition and opera at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester and the Longy School of Music at Bard College, but did not complete his bachelor's degree. [8]
Sapphira Cristál started doing drag in Rochester, New York and worked in New York City, Boston, Massachusetts and Provincetown, Massachusetts. [9] She is competing on season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race. [10] She won the first episode's talent show challenge, [11] which earned her immunity from a future elimination. [12] For her act, she performed the opera piece " O mio babbino caro", [6] [13] and a studio version was released alongside the premiere. [14] All in all, she won four challenges throughout the season. She was voted by her fellow contestants as Miss Congeniality, alongside Xunami Muse, and placed as the runner-up to Nymphia Wind at the finale.
Haynes is pansexual [15] and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [11] [16] She went to the same church as Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland in Houston, Texas. [17]
All credits adapted from Apple Music and Spotify. [18] [19]
Year | Title | Album | Writer(s) | Producer(s) |
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2024 | "Get Your Flowers" | Non-album single | James Blaszko, O'Neill Haynes, Tazman Mekell Gillespie | Ocean Kelly |
"Enough" | Ash Gordon, James Blaszko, O'Neill Haynes, Ocean Kelly | |||
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O mio babbino caro" (Sapphira Cristál with Giacomo Puccini, Giovacchino Forzano, Macedonia Radio Orchestra, Oleg Kondratenko) |
Giacomo Puccini, Giovacchino Forzano | Jonathan Estabrooks |