Here’s how fans reacted to the Drag Race Down Under premiere
The first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under has finally arrived and the fans are absolutely gagging.
The Australasian spin-off, which premiered today on BBC iPlayer, has introduced ten fierce Australian and Kiwi contestants to the ever-expanding franchise.
For the first iteration of the series, we see the return of both Mother Ru and Michelle Visage to the judges’ panel alongside Rhys Nicholson.
This season is also set to be jam-packed with incredible guest judges and sickening challenges.
Last month, pop icon Kylie Minogue was confirmed as a guest judge on the series.
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From big prawns to fluffy sheep, the queens took the idea of representing their home towns to interesting places.
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Drag Race Down Under contestant made a powerful runway debut by making a politically resonant statement for aboriginal Australians.
Who was it? Jojo Zaho, an indigenous drag queen from Newcastle, who displayed a banner on the back of her runway look – the theme of which was “no place like home” – that read: “Always was, always will be,” in reference to Australia being aboriginal land which never ceded sovereignty to colonisers.
Amazing. Right? This is what had excited me so much about the idea of
G’Day mate! Throw another shrimp on the barbie and get ready for the
constant barrage of Australian puns coming your way in RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under – the latest international spin-off to come from the hit reality franchise.
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With RuPaul’s (or rather KangaRuPaul as he’s referred to in episode one) plan for world drag domination going accordingly, it was only a matter of time until the Glamazon made her way the Eastern Hemisphere and she couldn’t have picked a more perfect moment. With the latest series of Drag Race UK and Drag Race US having recently ended, our Australasian cousins are picking up the tongue-popping baton and ensuring we don’t go a single weekend without Mama Ru strutting onto our screens.
Published May 1, 2021
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It is Saturday, my friends, which for the next ten weeks will mean only
one thing: Stan Original’s
RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under (a real tongue twister) will be airing at 7pm. Buckle up, because for the next couple of weeks we’re going to be Ru-capping absolutely everything, from all the drama and shade, to all of the positively outrageous lewks.
RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under S01E01 Discussion Post
Taika Waititi.
We meet the Australian and New Zealand drag queens competing to become down under’s first Drag Race superstar. It’s a hometown homage this week, as the queens showcase their personalities at the ‘get to know you’ Ball. G’day G’day G’day
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ontd, what did you think of the premiere episode? who are your favs?
May 1st, 2021, 12:41 pm
Love everyone but Scarlet who as a perth lesbian reminds me of every extremely nasty gay man that I have ever crossed paths with at The Court. I am so annoyed that they re our rep this year.