The bespectacled half of Pointless and The Rest is Entertainment returns to put celebrities through their paces in the latest series of the game show.
RuPaul’s Drag Race celebrates its 15th birthday in the US and 5th in the UK this year. Worldwide, it is approaching 1,000 episodes. That’s a lot of glitter, glam and glad rags.
Drag Race vs The World switches between the host countries of Canada and the UK, giving queens from the global franchise the chance to compete again – this time for $100,000 and the title of ‘Queen of the Mothertucking World.’
Although, this year, it’s ‘Queen of the Motherpucking World’, as Canada is taking back the hosting duties, meaning RuPaul will be judging alongside resident judges Brooke Lynn Hytes (Drag Race US series 11), Brad Goreski (Fashion Police) and Traci Melchor (etalk).
Katherine Ryan has a 14-year-old, a two-year-old, a seven-month-old, and a career as a stand-up comedian.
Hosting duties moved to Canada for 2022’s series, where the main distinction seemed to be that the winner was crowned “Queen of the Motherpucking World.”
Unlike the regular series of Drag Race, the power to make someone ‘sashay away’ is not in RuPaul’s hands. At the end of each challenge, the top two contestants lip-sync for the chance to not only win the episode, but to choose which of the worst performing queens to expel. In previous series, this has knocked out some top performing fan favourites early in the competition.
With the UK as the host nation, the series will see queens from different Drag Race franchises compete in an international arena, showcasing their country’s finest drag with the hopes of becoming Queen of the World. The queens will need to impress RuPaul and the judges, Michelle Visage, Alan Carr, Graham Norton and a host of celebrity guest judges, including Clara Amfo, Daisy May Cooper and Jade Thirlwall.
In two months’ time, almost six years to the day that BBC Three became a solely internet network in order to save money, the service is returning as a linear channel. Arguably, it’s not a moment too soon. For, along with every other traditional broadcaster, the BBC is grappling with how to attract younger audiences and compete effectively with the streamers.
Rick and Morty returns for another series of multiversal escapades.
Creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland have confirmed there will be more continuity this series, and that series four’s Space Beth is set to play a major part.
RuPaul’s Drag Race airs from Australia and New Zealand for the first time to find the queen of the Land Down Under.
RuPaul’s Drag Race enjoyed a triumphant transatlantic transplant to BBC Three in the autumn. “Drag queens and TV are like peanut butter and jelly – the perfect combination,” argued the show’s creator, Fenton Bailey, to a full house at a lively RTS Futures event in November.
