Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World | |
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Genre | Reality competition |
Created by | RuPaul |
Based on | RuPaul's Drag Race |
Presented by | Brooke Lynn Hytes |
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Ending theme | "U Wear It Well" |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 2 |
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Release | November 18, 2022 |
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Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World is an international season of Drag Race that premiered via Crave and WOW Presents Plus on November 18, 2022.[1][2] The series, a spinoff of Canada's Drag Race, is the second edition of the Drag Race franchise to feature queens from numerous international versions of the competition: competitors this season debuted on the American, British, Canadian, and Australian and New Zealand installments, including two contestants who also previously appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World follows RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World, which brought together past competitors from the American, British, Canadian, and Dutch versions of the show as well as a host of the Thai spinoff. Also, it is the fourth season in the Drag Race franchise, following The Switch 2, All Stars 3, and All Stars 7, to feature a previous Drag Race winner returning to compete again.
On June 9, 2022, Crave released short clips of judges: Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, and Traci Melchor, announcing the upcoming series with a 2022 premiere date.[3][4] On October 17, 2022, it was revealed that nine queens will compete from the American, British, Canadian and Australian-New Zeland versions of the show.[5]
Contestants
(Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.)
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Original season(s) | Original placement(s) | Outcome |
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Anita Wigl'it | 32 | Leigh, New Zealand | Down Under season 1 | 8th place | TBA |
Icesis Couture | 35 | Ottawa, Canada | Canada season 2 | Winner | |
Ra'Jah O'Hara[a] | 36 | Dallas, United States | US season 11 | 9th place | |
All Stars 6 | Runner-up | ||||
Rita Baga | 34 | Montreal, Canada | Canada season 1 | Runner-up | |
Silky Nutmeg Ganache | 31 | Chicago, United States | US season 11 | 3rd place | |
All Stars 6 | 11th place | ||||
Vanity Milan | 30 | South London, United Kingdom | UK series 3 | 4th place | |
Victoria Scone | 29 | Cardiff, United Kingdom | UK series 3 | 10th place[b] | |
Stephanie Prince | 24 | Calgary, Canada | Canada season 2 | 10th place | 8th place |
Kendall Gender | 31 | Vancouver, Canada | Canada season 2 | Runner-up | 9th place |
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Contestant progress
Legend:
Contestant | Episode | |||||
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1[6] | 2[7] | 3[8] | 4[9] | 5[10] | 6[11] | |
Ra'Jah O'Hara | SAFE | TOP2 | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | Winner |
Silky Nutmeg Ganache | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | TOP2 | BTM | Runner-up |
Rita Baga | TOP2 | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | WIN | Eliminated |
Victoria Scone | SAFE | SAFE | TOP2 | WIN | TOP2 | Eliminated |
Vanity Milan | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest |
Icesis Couture | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | QUIT | Guest | |
Anita Wigl'it | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Miss C | ||
Stephanie Prince | BTM | ELIM | Guest | |||
Kendall Gender | ELIM | Guest |
Lip syncs
Legend:
Episode | Contestants (Winners' pick) |
Song | Winner | Up for elimination | Eliminated | ||
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1[6] | Rita Baga (Kendall Gender) |
vs. | Vanity Milan (Kendall Gender) |
"Brand New Bitch" (Anjulie) |
Vanity Milan | Kendall Gender Stephanie Prince |
Kendall Gender |
2[7] | Icesis Couture (Stephanie Prince) |
vs. | Ra'Jah O'Hara (TBA) |
"Sk8er Boi" (Avril Lavigne) |
Icesis Couture | Anita Wigl'it Stephanie Prince |
Stephanie Prince |
Guest judges
- Anjulie, singer[12]
- Sarain Fox, activist[12]
- Priyanka, winner of Canada's Drag Race season 1[12]
- Jeanne Beker, television personality[12]
- Hollywood Jade, dancer and choreographer[12]
- Gary Janetti, actor and husband of Brad Goreski[12]
- Monét X Change, contestant and Miss Congeniality on RuPaul's Drag Race season 10, winner of All Stars 4, and runner-up on All Stars 7[12]
- Joe Zee, fashion stylist[12]
Special guests
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 2:
Episodes
No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | "Bonjour, Hi" | November 18, 2022 | |
Nine queens from across the Drag Race franchise enter the competition. Brooke Lynn Hytes informs them that for the main challenge, the queens must be in groups of three and perform an original song: Bonjour, Hi.
On the runway, category is Queen of the World. Ra'Jah O'Hara, Rita Baga and Vanity Milan receive positive critiques with Rita Baga and Vanity Milan being announced as the Top 2 queens of the week. Anita Wigl'it, Kendall Gender and Stephanie Prince receive negative critiques with Anita Wigl'it being saved from the bottom. The Top 2 queens lip-sync for the world to "Brand New Bitch" by Anjulie. Vanity Milan wins the lip-sync and decides to eliminate Kendall Gender.
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2 | "Snatch Summit" | November 25, 2022 | |
The queens enter the Workroom and it is revealed that Rita Baga would have picked to send Kendall Gender home. For this week's mini-challenge, the queens play Reading is Fundamental and read each other to filth with Anita Wigl'it winning the mini-challenge. For the maxi-challenge, the queens must impersonate celebrities in the Snatch Summit.
Before the runway, the queens receive a special visit from the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau. On the runway, category is Celestial Bodies. Icesis Couture and Ra'Jah O'Hara receive positive critiques with Icesis Couture and Ra'Jah O'Hara being announced as the Top 2 queens of the week. Anita Wigl'it, Silky Nutmeg Ganache, Stephanie Prince and Victoria Scone receive negative critiques with Silky Nutmeg Ganache and Victoria Scone being saved from the bottom. The Top 2 queens lip-sync for the world to "Sk8er Boi" by Avril Lavigne. Icesis Couture wins the lip-sync and decides to eliminate Stephanie Prince.
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References
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- ^ Scheetz, Cameron. "EXCLUSIVE: World Of Wonder's drag-tastic new fall shows feature Jinkx Monsoon, Ts Madison, and more". Queerty. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- ^ Drag Race, Canada's (9 June 2022). "World, meet your next host nation!".
- ^ "A New 'Drag Race' International All Stars Season Officially Announced". Out. 2022-06-09. Archived from the original on 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ^ Nolfi, Joey (October 17, 2022). "See the 'Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World' cast of international all-stars". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ a b "Bonjour, Hi!". Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Season 1. Episode 1. November 18, 2022. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b "Snatch Summit". Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Season 1. Episode 2. November 25, 2022. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "The Weather Ball". Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Season 1. Episode 3. December 2, 2022. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Comedy Queens". Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Season 1. Episode 4. December 9, 2022. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Spy Queens". Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Season 1. Episode 5. December 16, 2022. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Grand Finale". Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Season 1. Episode 6. December 23, 2022. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Nolfi, Joey (November 8, 2022). "Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World trailer unveils guest judges, including an appearance from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ^ Wratten, Marcus (November 8, 2022). "Justin Trudeau becomes the first world leader to sashay onto Drag Race in Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World". PinkNews. Retrieved November 8, 2022.