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The Mainstage/La Más Draga

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The Mainstage as of Season 6.

The Mainstage is the place on La Más Draga where the runways, critiques, lip sync performances and every main challenge take place.

Overall Appearance[]

While the Mainstage of La Más Draga has received significant modifications throughout the run of the show, each variation consists of the same three segments:

  • The Runway: Notably the segment that has changed the most out of the three, the runway is the place where the contestants showcase their looks, stand for the critiques and perform.
  • The Judges' Panel: Modelled after Trajineras, colorful gondola-like boats from Xochimilco, is the place where the judges sit together and give their critiques. Its backdrop has varied across seasons.
  • The Drag Altar: Inspired by the typical Altar De Muertos used in the Day of the Dead holiday, the eliminated contestant of each episode places a portrait of themselves in here, meaning that they "died" in the competition.

Challenges[]

Unlike Drag Race, every single main challenge is performed on the mainstage, from the most common Runway Presentation Challenges to the newer additions like the Impersonation Challenges and Musical Challenges. Additionally, the majority of the mini-challenges are also performed on the mainstage.

Season 1[]

  • Runway: Considerably basic in terms of design, the runway for the debut season of La Más Draga consisted of a small T-shaped platform and a colorful archway for the contestants to enter. The runway had a road motif, in reference to the lyric La calle, mi pasarela from Flash by Lorena Herrera, the runway theme of the season.
  • Judges' Panel: Each judge sat in their own trajinera personalized with their name, including one for the guest judge of the episode. Small blue pieces of cardboard were placed at the bottom of each trajinera, alluding to water. The backdrop consisted simply of strings of fairy lights.
  • Drag Altar: The altar was made up of small wooden shelves adorned with candles, cempasúchil flowers made of paper and bright, colorful fabrics. The backdrop featured several LED light tubes and a Catrina in the center. Each eliminated contestant would place their portrait on these selves, which would remain there for the rest of the competition.

Season 2[]

  • Runway: The runway was given a significant upgrade for the second season, replacing the previous platform with a larger, circular one. Large pink doors were added inside the arch, which would open for the entrance and exit of the host and the contestants. Additionally, four medium-sized magueyes made of cardboard were placed as decorations.
  • Judges' Panel: While the design of the trajineras received slight modifications, the overall concept remained the same. The fairy lights were replaced with a simple blue background and the entire floor was digitally edited to have the same blue hue.
  • Drag Altar: Rather than a variety of shelves, the altar of this season consisted of a single, centered shelf that served the same purpose. Most of the original decorations remained intact and a few others were added, like small, painted skeletons, papel picado and the portraits of the contestants from the first season.

Season 3[]

  • Runway: Aside from another expansion and new decorations, the runway remained relatively the same as the previous season. The few changes include the addition of two large nopales made of cardboard, the placement of silver fringe foil curtains at the entrance and better lighting.
  • Judges' Panel: The panel was rather nondescript this season, featuring the trajineras in front of a completely black background with no decorations. The floor was pitch-black as well.
  • Drag Altar: The altar was completely revamped for the season, now consisting of a large cubby hole unit on top of a structure resembling an Aztec pyramid. The cubby hole included 10 individual spaces for the portraits of the eliminated contestants (although only nine were used in the end). The majority of the previous decorations returned as well, including the papel picado, the skeletons, the cempasúchil flowers and the Catrina in the center, as always.

Season 4[]

  • Runway: For the fourth season, the runway received its biggest upgrade yet, now featuring a sizeable three-pronged circular pink platform, along with its own small rotating platform in the center. Both spiked and rounded structures were placed in the background, similar to the eyelashes from the series' logo, as well as serpent heads on top of each nopal at the sides of the entrance, alluding to the Aztec deity, Quetzalcoatl. The upper part of each wall was filled with lights and intricate patterns.
  • Judges' Panel: The design of the trajineras was altered, with them now being monochromatic and more spacious while also less bulky in their overall structure. The floor remained black, but the backdrop was given its own design for the first time in the entire series: a silhouette of a purple mountain on a starry night.
  • Drag Altar: The altar returned to being composed of different shelves but instead implemented the tiered-structure of the more traditional altars commonly assembled in the Day of the Dead holiday. It was also given its own backdrop, featuring the Catrina, cempasúchil flowers and calaveras. An archway adorned with white LED lights was also added.

Season 5[]

  • Runway: Aside from another expansion and slight changes, the runway remained relatively the same as the previous season. The structures in the background were enlarged to cover the whole screen and some lights were added onto them. Additionally, some small kinetic LED sculptures were placed across the stage. The pattern from the walls was also implemented into the front of the runway platform.
  • Judges' Panel: The trajineras also remained mostly the same, just with more LED lights on them. However, the biggest change happened with the backdrop, now plastered with lights and featuring a more complex design with a volcano erupting rainbows, butterflies and flowers. Two large decorative cherry blossom trees were placed on each side of the panel and actual water was added into the bottom of the trajineras, creating a small pool.
  • Drag Altar: Similarly, the altar was not significantly modified either and was just given its own raised platform with stairs and a much simpler backdrop that consisted only of cempasúchil flowers and the Catrina. A wreath on a stand was also placed on the side with the phrase POR SIEMPRE RECORDADX.

Season 6[]

  • Runway: Contrary to previous seasons, the runway was considerably reduced, with the center part being removed alongside its rotating platform. The kinetic LED sculptures were placed in front of the stage rather than on top of it and several LED lights were implemented throughout. Aside from that, the rest of the runway remained relatively the same.
  • Judges' Panel: The trajineras themselves, as well as their backdrop, appear to be completely unchanged, although the cherry blossom trees are now closer to the judges than before. The main change occured with the floor, with the water being removed in favor of a fabric with a similar pattern. The walkway to the trajineras now also features several colors rather than being plain black.
  • Drag Altar: Once again, the Drag Altar received no noticeable alterations to it. The decorations, wreath and arch remained exactly as they were before, and the overall structure of the altar was left unchanged. On its right side, however, one of the kinetic LED sculptures from the runway was added.

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