RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (Season 1)

RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under
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Season 1
Information
No. of Episodes	8
Premiere	May 1, 2021
Finale	June 19, 2021
Production
Winner	TBA
Miss Congeniality	TBA
Host	RuPaul
Judges	Michelle Visage Rhys Nicholson

The first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under was officially announced on August 26, 2019. On January 18, 2021 the official title of the series was announced by RuPaul through World of Wonder's social media. This also confirmed that the show would be airing on WOW Presents Plus, Stan Australia, and TVNZ.

The cast was planned to be revealed at Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival on March 6, 2021, however, hours earlier the cast was revealed online via World of Wonder.

On April 7, 2021, it was announced that the season would premiere on May 1, 2021.

Contestants

Anita Wigl'it

Art Simone

Coco Jumbo

Elektra Shock

Etcetera Etcetera

Jojo Zaho

Karen From Finance

Kita Mean

Maxi Shield

Scarlet Adams

(Ages and names stated are during time of contest)

Rank	Contestant	Photo	Real Name	Age	Current City	Ep. 1
TBA	Anita Wigl'It		Nick Kennedy-Hall	31	Auckland, NZ	TBA
TBA	Art Simone		Jack Daye	28	Melbourne, AU	TBA
TBA	Coco Jumbo		Luke Vito	30	Sydney, AU	TBA
TBA	Elektra Shock		James Luck	27	Auckland, NZ	TBA
TBA	Etcetera Etcetera		Oliver Levi-Malouf	22	Sydney, AU	TBA
TBA	Jojo Zaho		John Ridgeway	30	Newcastle, AU	TBA
TBA	Karen From Finance		Richard Chadwick	TBA	Melbourne, AU	TBA
TBA	Kita Mean		Nick Nash	34	Auckland, NZ	TBA
TBA	Maxi Shield		Kris Elliot	46	Sydney, AU	TBA
TBA	Scarlet Adams		Anthony Price	TBA	Perth, AU	TBA

█ The contestant won RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.

█ The contestant lost the final lip-sync, and is the runner-up.

█ The contestant was eliminated before the final lip-sync.

█ The contestant won the main challenge.

█ The contestant was one of the maxi challenge winners.

█ The contestant received mainly positive critiques but did not win the main challenge.

█ The contestant was on the winning team but did not win the main challenge.

█ The contestant received mainly negative critiques but did not place in the bottom two.

█ The contestant placed in the bottom two and won the lip-sync for your life.

█ The contestant placed in the bottom two lost the lip-sync for your life and was eliminated.

█ The contestant was voted Miss Congeniality.

█ The contestant appeared as a guest, but was out of the running.

Episodes

Series #	Episode #	Episode Title	Air Date
1	1	TBA	May 1, 2021

Episode 1: "TBA"

Airdate: May 1, 2021

Synopsis: TBA

• Mini Challenge: Photoshoot Challenge
• Mini Challenge Winner: TBA
• Maxi Challenge: TBA
• Runway Theme: TBA
• Maxi Challenge Winner: TBA
• Maxi Challenge Prize: TBA
• Bottom Two: TBA and TBA
• Lip Sync Song: "TBA" by TBA
• Eliminated: TBA
• Farewell Message: "TBA"

Entrance Order

1	TBA
2	TBA
3	TBA
4	TBA
5	TBA
6	TBA
7	TBA
8	TBA
9	TBA
10	TBA

Gallery

Logo

RuPaul Promo

RuPaul Premiere Promo

Rhys Nicholson Promo

Check out the lookbook gallery to see the queens' looks from each episode.

Check out the video gallery to see challenge performances, runways, lip syncs, and more!

Trivia

• Drag Race Down Under is the first season...
  • ...to feature a queen of...
    • ...Fijian descent, Coco Jumbo.
    • ...Lebanese descent, Etcetera Etcetera.
    • ...Aboriginal Australian descent, Jojo Zaho.
• Drag Race Down Under is the second season...
  • ...to have queens who were previously involved in another Drag competition series, Anita Wigl'it, Kita Mean, and Elektra Shock. Elektra was a runner-up on House of Drag Season 2, which Anita and Kita judge.
    • The first being The Switch Drag Race (Season 2), which Gia Gunn and Kandy Ho competed on.
  • ...to have the promotional looks be the same as the entrance looks, the first being All Stars 5.
• ...to feature Indigenous Oceanian queens (Coco and Jojo) after Brita.