{{Short description|Canadian drag performer}} {{Infobox person | name = Synthia Kiss | image = Synthia Kiss at RuPaul's DragCon LA 2024 (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Synthia Kiss at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2024 | birth_name = Daniel Finlan<ref name="peterborough"/> | birth_date = | birth_place = Peterborough, Ontario, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Drag queen | years_active = | television = ''Canada's Drag Race'' (season 2) | known_for = | notable_works = | website = {{URL|synthiakiss.com}} }} '''Synthia Kiss''' is the stage name of '''Daniel Finlan''', a Canadian drag performer most known for competing on season 2 of ''Canada's Drag Race''.<ref name="peterborough">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-11-21 |title='I feel like a winner': Synthia Kiss eliminated from 'Canada's Drag Race,' but still shining |url=https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/i-feel-like-a-winner-synthia-kiss-eliminated-from-canada-s-drag-race-but-still/article_7bbe5b7b-4f01-534b-906e-c445af4ffed1.html |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=The Peterborough Examiner |language=en |archive-date=2023-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819201826/https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/i-feel-like-a-winner-synthia-kiss-eliminated-from-canada-s-drag-race-but-still/article_7bbe5b7b-4f01-534b-906e-c445af4ffed1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-11-24 |title=Synthia Kiss from Drag Race Canada to YASS |url=https://yassmagazine.org/2021/11/24/synthiakiss/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=YASS Magazine |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208133258/https://yassmagazine.org/2021/11/24/synthiakiss/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Early life and education == Finlan was born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Express Yourself": The Art and Community of Drag – Sheridan Sun |url=https://sheridansun.sheridanc.on.ca/2021/12/14/express-yourself-the-art-and-community-of-drag/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=sheridansun.sheridanc.on.ca |archive-date=2023-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608051333/https://sheridansun.sheridanc.on.ca/2021/12/14/express-yourself-the-art-and-community-of-drag/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He graduated from fashion school at Ryerson University in Toronto.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ritchie |first=Kevin |date=2021-11-20 |title=Canada's Drag Race: Synthia Kiss on the best and worst drag trends |url=https://nowtoronto.com/movies/news-features/canadas-drag-race-synthia-kiss-on-the-best-and-worst-drag-trends/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=NOW Toronto |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603135123/https://nowtoronto.com/movies/news-features/canadas-drag-race-synthia-kiss-on-the-best-and-worst-drag-trends/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Career == Finlan started doing drag after fashion school, in Vancouver.<ref name=":0" /> He competed in his first drag competition in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local contestants host watch parties for premiere of Canada's Drag Race {{!}} Curated |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/local-contestants-host-watch-parties-for-premiere-of-canadas-drag-race |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=Daily Hive |language=en}}</ref> Synthia Kiss was a contestant on season 2 of ''Canada's Drag Race'' and finished in seventh place.
Synthia Kiss has regularly performed as part of the "Brat Pack" drag troupe alongside ''Canada's Drag Race'' castmates Kendall Gender and Gia Metric.<ref>Kevin Ritchie, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/news-features/canadas-drag-race-synthia-kiss-on-the-best-and-worst-drag-trends "Canada’s Drag Race: Synthia Kiss on the best and worst drag trends"]. ''Now'', November 20, 2021.</ref>
== Personal life == Finlan is based in Vancouver.<ref name=":0" /> His brother, Matthew Finlan, is an actor best known as cohost of the CBC Gem web series ''Ghosting with Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan''.<ref>Debra Yeo, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/searching-for-haunted-ontario-luke-hutchie-and-matthew-finlan-go-ghosting-on-cbc-gem/article_0a96cfc6-b942-11ee-b2e1-2fdc2c2e3a66.html "Searching for haunted Ontario: Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan go ‘Ghosting’ on CBC Gem"]. ''Toronto Star'', January 24, 2024.</ref>
==Filmography== ===Television=== * ''Canada's Drag Race'' (2021) * ''Ghosting with Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan'' (2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/video/ghosting-luke-hutchie-matthew-finlan-cbc-cast-trailer/ |title=Kevin Alves, Katie Douglas & Devyn Nekoda Among Guests On CBC's 'Ghosting With Luke Hutchie And Matthew Finlan'; Watch The Trailer Here |last=Whittock |first=Jesse |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=9 January 2024 |access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref>
===Web series=== * ''Bring Back My Girls'' (2022)
== See also ==
* List of people from Vancouver
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline| Synthia Kiss}}
{{Canada's Drag Race}}
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