Drag Race Thailand

Television series
Original title	Drag Race Thailand
Country of production	Thailand
year	2018
Production ; company	World of Wonder , Kantana Group
Episodes	21 in 2 seasons
genre	Reality show , talent show
Moderation	Art Arya , Pangina Heals
First broadcast	February 15, 2018 ( Thailand ) on LINE TV

Drag Race Thailand is since 2018 appearing Thai offshoot of the US reality show RuPaul's Drag Race by and starring RuPaul , in which Thai drag queens compete for victory, and by the Thai Drag Queens Art Arya and Pangina Heals moderated.

The first season of the show, which aired February 15 through April 5, 2018, was won by Natalia Pliacam .; the second season, which aired from January 11 to April 5, 2019, was won by Angele Anang as the first victorious trans person in a drag race show.

format

The two Thai drag queens Art Arya and Pangina Heals , who are known as "RuPaul of Thailand", will be the moderator and permanent jury . In addition, two or three prominent guests in Thailand sit on the jury in each episode, some of whom have already appeared in the Maxi Challenge of the respective episode and interact with the candidates.

Drag Race Thailand contains a Mini Challenge, a Maxi Challenge, in which a candidate is declared the winner, and a Runway Challenge in each episode. After this, the jury's points for the Maxi Challenge and the runway are added together. The participant with the most points overall will be declared the winner of the Runway Challenge. However, the two candidates who are sent into a lipsync duel because of poor performance will be determined by the Runway Challenge alone. In this way, it can also happen that the winner of a Maxi Challenge has to enter the lipsync duel and can even be thrown out.

Seasons

Season	premiere	final	winner	Second / third place	Other titles	Number of candidates	Number of episodes
1	15th February 2018	5th April 2018	Natalia Pliacam	Année Maywong Dearis Doll	B Ella (Miss Congeniality) ^{Note 1}	10	8th
2	January 11, 2019	5th April 2019	Angele Anang	Kana Warrior Kandy Cyanide	Kandy Zyanide (Drag Pop Star) ^Note2 Maya B'Haro (Miss Congeniality) ^Note1	14th	13

^{Note 1} The Miss Congeniality is chosen by her fellow campaigners.

^Note2 The drag pop star was chosen by the audience.

Participants

season 1

Participant	Age	Hometown	placement
Natalia Pliacam	37	Bangkok	winner
Année Maywong	30th	Bangkok	2nd / 3rd space
Dearis Doll	30th	Nakhon Pathom	2nd / 3rd space
B Ella	30th	Nakhon Ratchasima	4th place (Miss Congeniality)
Amadiva	24	Bangkok	5th / 6th Place ^note
YES / YES	34	Philippines	5th / 6th Place ^note
Petchra	30th	Rayong	7th place
Morrigan	18th	Bangkok	8th place
Bunny Be Fly	25th	Nakhon Ratchasima	9th place
Meannie Minaj	26th	Phrae	10th place

^Note Amadiva and JAJA divorced together after they both failed to convince in a Lipsnc duel.

season 2

Winner Angele Anang

In the second season, the casting was open to all nationalities and all genders. The first episode featured the casting appearance of an "Bio Queen" ( cis woman as drag queen). After Meannie Minaj in the first season, two trans women competed in the second with Kandy Zyanide and Angele Anang. The latter is the first trans person in a drag race show to win a season.

Participant	Age	Hometown	placement
Angele Anang	24	Nakhon Ratchasima	winner
Kana Warrior	29	Nakhon Sawan	2nd / 3rd Place ^{note 1}
Kandy cyanide	26th	Chiang Mai	2nd / 3rd Place ^Anm1 (Drag Pop Star)
bandit	34	Phrae	4th / 5th Place ^{note 2}
Vanda Miss Joaquim	29	Singapore	4th / 5th Place ^{note 2}
Srimala	29	Udon Thani	6th place
Tormai	28	Nakhon Si Thammarat	7th place
genius	30th	Hong Kong	8th place
Miss Gimhuay	24	Chonburi	9th place ^Note3
Mocha Diva	30th	Hong Kong	10th place
Maya B'Haro	33	Phuket	11th place (Miss Congeniality) ^{Note 4}
Katy Killer	24	Bangkok	12th place
Silver Sonic	22nd	Khon Kaen	13th place
M Stranger Fox	33	Bangkok	14th place

^{Note 1}Kandy Warrior originally retired in eleventh place; Kana Warrior together with Maya B'Haro after they did not convince in the lipsync duel. In the eighth episode, Art Arya finally brought Kandy and Kana back after the elimination of Tormai.

^Note2 Bandit and Vanda Miss Joaquim were eliminated together after a triple lipsync with Angele Anang.

^Note3 Miss Gimhuay was disqualified for using a prop she brought with her.

^{Note 4} The title of Miss Congeniality was not announced within the show.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Mikelle Street: 'Drag Race' Just Crowned Its First Trans Winner . In: Out . April 5, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
↑ Chloe Sargeant: Meet Art Arya & Pangina Heals, the fierce Queens Hosting 'Drag Race Thailand' . In: SBS . January 18, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
↑ dragracethailand: casting announcement of the second season . In: Instagram . September 14, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
^ Joe Morgan: Meet the first cisgender woman to compete as a queen on Drag Race . In: Gay Star News . January 11, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.

[trans-1] Mikelle Street: 'Drag Race' Just Crowned Its First Trans Winner . In: Out . April 5, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.

[2] Chloe Sargeant: Meet Art Arya & Pangina Heals, the fierce Queens Hosting 'Drag Race Thailand' . In: SBS . January 18, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2019.

[3] ragracethailand: casting announcement of the second season . In: Instagram . September 14, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2019.

[4] Joe Morgan: Meet the first cisgender woman to compete as a queen on Drag Race . In: Gay Star News . January 11, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.