Barbada de Barbades

Barbada de Barbades is the stage name of Sébastien Potvin, a Canadian drag queen and a television host. He is best known as one of the drag house mothers in the reality competition series Call Me Mother.

Career Potvin, the Black Canadian son of a Barbadian father and a Québécois mother, first began performing in drag when he entered the 2005 Star Search drag competition at Cabaret Mado. Although he was eliminated from the competition, he entered again in 2006 and won. He continued to perform regularly in drag at Cabaret Mado, becoming one of the club's regular headliners and winning Rita Baga's Mx Fierté pageant in 2017.

Bardada during a Drag Queen storytime at the Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal, 2018.

Potvin, an elementary school music teacher by profession, has also been prominently associated with Drag Queen Story Hours in Montreal, including an annual special event at the Grande Bibliothèque of the , and is a frequent host of Montreal drag brunch events.

Since 2021, he has served as one of the drag house mothers in the first season of the reality competition series Call Me Mother. The series was the highest-rated original production in OutTV's history. Two days after the first-season finale, OutTV announced the renewal of the series for a second season, which aired in 2022.

On September 18, 2022, Barbada de Barbades, Rita Baga and Mona de Grenoble presented an award at the Prix Gémeaux ceremony, reading the nominees before bringing out Gisèle Lullaby, the third season winner of Canada's Drag Race, to announce the winner.

In 2023, she also hosted the first season of the drag design competition series Sew Fierce.

In 2025 she was announced as having a supporting role in the upcoming television series adaptation of Bon Cop, Bad Cop. In September 2025, Barbada was a co-host of Drag! d’la tête aux pieds on TFO alongside drag queen Sami Landri.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2025 OutSpoken: Scene Queen Montreal Himself (in drag) Interviewee, Documentory

Television Year Title Role Notes 2017 Ils de jour, Elles de nuit Himself (in and out of drag) Documentary television series 2021—2022 Call Me Mother Himself (in drag) Mother/mentor 2022 Barbada Himself (in drag) Host 2023 Sew Fierce Himself (in drag) Host 2024 Big Brother Célébrités Himself (out of drag) 2025 Drag! d'la tête aux pieds Himself (in drag) Co-hosted with Sami Landri 2026 Bon Cop, Bad Cop Barbada