Canada's Drag Race
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Canada's Drag Race is a Canadian reality competition television series based on the American series RuPaul's Drag Race and is the Canadian edition of the Drag Race franchise, produced by Blue Ant Studios.[1][2] In a similar format to the American version, the show features a crop of Canadian drag queens as they compete for a grand prize of $100,000 and the title of "Canada's Next Drag Superstar". The series airs on Crave in Canada, the United Kingdom's BBC Three, and worldwide on WOW Presents Plus.[3]
Canada's Drag Race | |
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Also known as | Drag Race Canada |
Genre | Reality competition |
Created by | RuPaul |
Based on | RuPaul's Drag Race |
Directed by | Shelagh O'Brien |
Judges | |
Theme music composer | RuPaul |
Opening theme | "RuPaul's Drag Race Theme" |
Ending theme | "U Wear It Well" |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 38 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 60 min. |
Production company | Blue Ant Studios |
Original release | |
Network | Crave |
Release | July 2, 2020 (2020-07-02) – present (present) |
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It was the fourth international version of the Drag Race franchise to be announced, following Drag Race Thailand, The Switch Drag Race (Chile) and RuPaul's Drag Race UK.[3] It has since been followed by Australian and New Zealand, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, French, Filipino, Belgian, Swedish, Mexican, Brazilian, and German iterations. Canada's Drag Race was the first English-language iteration of Drag Race not to be hosted by RuPaul, although RuPaul does appear in video messages to the contestants and narrates the title sequence.[4] The series is hosted by RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 runner-up Brooke Lynn Hytes, along with judges Brad Goreski and Traci Melchor.[5] Past judges include Amanda Brugel, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, and Stacey McKenzie.[6][7]
The first episode of the first season premiered on July 2, 2020.[8] The cast was announced on May 14, 2020.[8] A third season was announced on November 10, 2021 and premiered on July 14, 2022.[9] The series has been critically acclaimed and has won 18 Canadian Screen Awards.[10][11]