Stan, the home of RuPaul in Australia, has released the trailer for the new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, premiering Saturday, July 30.
This season, RuPaul makes her return to see more of what Australasian drag has to offer. Ten contestants partake in an elimination-style contest as they compete in a variety of challenges and strut their stuff on the main stage of RuPaul’s Drag Race, all to prove that they’ve got what it takes to be the next Down Under Superstar.
Watch the trailer here:
The recently announced queens of the new season who are ready to battle it out on the runway are: Aubrey Haive (NZ/MEL), Beverly Kills (QLD), Faux Fur (SYD), Hannah Conda (SYD/PER), Kween Kong (SA/NZ), Minnie Cooper (SYD), Molly Poppinz (NTL), Pomara Fifth (SYD), Spankie Jackzon (NZ/MEL) and Yuri Guaii (NZ).
They’ll be joined by judges RuPaul, Michelle Visage and Australia’s own Rhys Nicholson who will all be returning to the main stage, with extra special celebrity guest stars to be announced soon.
When asked what makes Drag Race such a hit, RuPaul said: “At its core, our show is about the tenacity of the human spirit. It’s the common thread that we all want to be recognized for who we are, we all want to be loved, and we all want to be accepted.
“Even the toughest, most courageous queen who’s fought the biggest battles, in their own family, in the neighbourhood, with mother and father, to get on that show and say to the world, ‘Here I am. And I’m gonna be proud of who I am, I’m not gonna apologize for who I am.’ That’s why our show is so much more than men in pussycat wigs and cha-cha heels. That’s what people connect with.”
The Stan original series RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under is a World of Wonder production in collaboration with Warner Bros. International Production New Zealand for Stan and TVNZ.
The brand new season of the Stan Original Series RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under will premiere Saturday, 30 July, only on Stan.