Canada vs the world Drag Race spoilers

Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World is an international season of Drag Race that premiered via Crave and WOW Presents Plus on November 18, 2022. The series, a spinoff of Canada's Drag Race, is the second edition of the Drag Race franchise to feature queens from numerous international versions of the competition: competitors this season debuted on the American, British, Canadian, and Australian and New Zealand installments, including two contestants who also previously appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.

Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World follows RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World, which brought together past competitors from the American, British, Canadian, and Dutch versions of the show as well as a host of the Thai spinoff. Also, it is the fourth season in the Drag Race franchise, following The Switch 2, All Stars 3, and All Stars 7, to feature a previous Drag Race winner returning to compete again.

On June 9, 2022, Crave released short clips of judges: Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, and Traci Melchor, announcing the upcoming series with a 2022 premiere date. On October 17, 2022, it was revealed that nine queens will compete from the American, British, Canadian and Australian-New Zealand versions of the show.

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: All Stars 1 | All Stars 2 | All Stars 3 | All Stars 4 | All Stars 5 | All Stars 6 | All Stars 7

Drag Race Thailand: Season 1 | Season 2

RuPaul's Drag Race UK: Series 1 | Series 2 | Series 3 | Versus The World 1 | Series 4

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Canada's Drag Race: Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Versus The World 1

Drag Race Holland: Season 1 | Season 2

RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under: Series 1 | Series 2

Drag Race España: Season 1 | Season 2

Drag Race Italia: Season 1 | Season 2

Drag Race France: Season 1

Drag Race Philippines: Season 1

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From: Vancouver, Canada

Original Appearance: Canada's Drag Race Season 2 (runner-up)

• How the Mighty Have Fallen: From a dark horse in the final three of her original season, to being sent home first.
• Person as Verb: Deliberations in episode 1 see Kendall fight for her place in the competition by claiming that she doesn't want to be "Pangina'd," which is certainly an interesting way of putting it.

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From: Calgary, Canada

Original Appearance: Canada's Drag Race Season 2 (10th)

• Bad Impressionists: Stephanie indisputably bombs the Snatch Summit, thanks to a Cardi B impression that's largely dumbed down into a bunch of... noises and incomprehensible answers that no one can make any sense of. It gets her sent home by Icesis.
• Innocently Insensitive: With no adverse intention, Stephanie describes herself as "fishy" (a term in drag culture applied to or used by queens who embrace very feminine-form drag) for her solo verse in the premiere. In the Werk Room afterwards, Victoria — a cis-woman drag queen — questions whether she was aware of the negative implications of using a term that potentially disparages the vagina. Stephanie explains that she always considered the word a positive affirmation, though she also agrees, with a new perspective on it, that she understands Victoria's viewpoint.

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• Mythical Motifs: She presents a beautiful dragged up take on Bathala, the creator deity in Tagalog mythology, for her Celestial Bodies runway.
• Not Helping Your Case: After an embarrassing Snatch Summit performance puts her in the bottom two, Stephanie still has the gall to say this to Icesis during deliberations before the lip-sync:

  Icesis: So what do you think you have over Anita?
  Stephanie: [firmly] Comedy.
  Icesis: You can't do comedy. [laughs]

• Refuge in Audacity: Calls Canadian Prime Minister and special guest Justin Trudeau "daddy" — to his face!
• Token Minority: Stephanie is very aware that she's the only Asian queen this season, and feels the weight of it, as she describes during deliberations in episode 1. To that end, her runway that episode is an elaborate bodysuit reflecting her Filipino heritage.

From: Auckland, New Zealand

Original Appearance: RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Series 1 (8th)

• Bad Impressionists: Anita's Snatch Summit performance of Adele is an oddly one-note mess for such an established comedy queen (and former Snatch Game winner), and her reliance on leaning into Adele's divorce as a comedy-crutch never brings the laughs, ultimately landing her in the bottom with Stephanie.
• Can't Catch Up: Compared to her comparatively better run on Down Under, which included a big Snatch Game win, Anita just can't get any momentum going this season whatsoever, and struggles to stand out among the other big names. She just escapes the bottom in episode 1, but is then in the bottom twice in episodes 2 and 3 before being eliminated.
• Genki Girl: Anita is every bit the excitable, impish little cutie pie she was on her original season, and she charms everyone in the room.
• Nice Girl: She reads Silky mere moments after meeting her, and the infamously thin-skinned Silky immediately understands that it came from a playful, sisterly place.
• Stepford Smiler: Being in the bottom two in episode 3 alongside Rita, Anita obviously has the worse track record of the two, and is an easy choice to eliminate. Anita tries very hard to keep herself composed during deliberations despite knowing her time is likely up, but the Broken Tears come out while she's talking with Victoria.

From: Ottawa, Canada

Original Appearance: Canada's Drag Race Season 2 (winner)

• Affectionate Parody: She nails the Snatch Summit with her languid, too-cool-to-be-there take on Donatella Versace, and as she already possesses Versace's prerequisite Dreary Half-Lidded Eyes, her look is spot-on too.
• The Dreaded: Downplayed, but it's obviously a little unnerving for everyone, especially her Canadian sisters, to have to compete against someone who's already a season winner.
• Living Legend: Icesis returning is an oddity in that she had very recently won her original season and is the only queen amongst those assembled to have actually been crowned a winner. The only other incident to compare this to is Bebe Zahara Benet returning for All Stars 3, and even then, Ru reasoned that the franchise had evolved and changed since Season 1, nine years prior. In this case, Icesis' win aired just a year before this season did.
• Perpetual Frowner: Much like on her original season, Icesis loves heavy eye makeup that enhances her Dreary Half-Lidded Eyes, combined with a downturned lip line, which lends her a sullen, sultry look. Of course, Icesis only gives this look as part of her drag, as she obviously gives off a cheerier, more positive attitude otherwise.
• The Quincy Punk: The look she adopts for her episode 2 lip-sync against Ra'Jah, to Avril Lavigne's "Sk8ter Boi." Combined with her natural energy, it's not a huge surprise when she embodies the song more and wins the episode.
• Refuge in Audacity: Not to be outdone by Stephanie Prince, Icesis catcalls Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, as he leaves the Werk Room. And Trudeau likes it!
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Icesis feels the stress of being a winner and going right back into the competition. Despite a stellar track record, she decides to go home.

From: London, England, United Kingdom

Original Appearance: RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 3 (4th)

• Can't Catch Up: Vanity murders the first week, but her insecurities plateau her in the challenges. After several bottom placements, she’s sent home.
• Commonality Connection: Vanity was infamously the Token Minority Black queen on her original season, and was worried about being the sole representation this time around as well. To her delight, she gets to work with Silky and Ra'Jah, two Black queens she makes no secret of looking up to. It inspires a Werk Room chat in episode 1 about representation in drag shows all over the world.
• Dance Battler: The lip-sync assassin of UK Series 3 proves in the season's first lip-sync that if anything, she's only serving it more, with high kicks and splits aplenty, and complete command of the stage, which is not an easy thing to have against Rita Baga.
• History Repeats: She certainly puts her best foot forward in the comedy challenge, but comedy just isn't Vanity's strong suit — it got her put in the bottom and sent home on her original season, and a shaky performance puts her in the bottom again this season. Thankfully, this one doesn't send her home.
• Whole Costume Reference: For the Plaid Girls Club runway in episode 4, Vanity wears a near-exact replica of Dionne Davenport's famous black-and-white plaid skirt suit from Clueless.

From: Dallas, United States

Original Appearances: RuPaul's Drag Race Season 11 (9th), RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6 (runner-up)

• A Date with Rosie Palms: Mimes masturbation during her lip-sync in episode 2. Guest judge Priyanka jokingly recoils like she was hit in the eye.
• Fat and Skinny: The Skinny to Silky's Fat, being the two American queens this season.
• Graceful Ladies Like Purple: After purple was established as her signature color on All Stars 6, it isn't long before she has another purple runway look in the premiere. Hell, a purple suit and matching beret is her confessional look!
• Meet the New Boss: Like Silky, Ra'Jah is in the unusual position of being judged on this season not by RuPaul, but by someone she competed against on her original season, Brooke Lynn Hytes. In fact, Ra'Jah had fairly recently had a double-shantay lipsync with Brooke Lynn on All Stars 6.

From: Montréal, Canada

Original Appearance: Canada's Drag Race Season 1 (runner-up)

• Absurdly High-Stakes Game: Prior to being announced as a competitor this season, Rita was given a Rank Up and granted the role of host and main judge on the upcoming Drag Race Belgique, based in Belgium (where her native French comes in handy). Doing poorly doesn't just risk elimination for Rita, but could affect her credibility as a judge on her new gig.
• History Repeats: As with her original season, Rita fumbles the ball challenge and winds up in the bottom two. This time, it's up to lip-sync winner Silky to save her.
• Funny Background Event: During deliberations in episode 4 Rita is the only one safe, so while her sisters are having serious emotional conversations, Rita is just sitting on the couch making her own fun. There are cuts to her sipping her drink, quipping about sitting alone in the VIP, and playing hand games with the air before deciding to just take a nap upright.
• Fun Personified: Invoked. Rita met a mixed reception on her original season, partly due to being somewhat aloof and very poised for a camp/comedy queen. In this season, she makes a point to "take the stick out" as she puts it in the premiere, and has a lot more joie de vivre. Driving this home is her episode 1 lipsync with Vanity Milan, where she counters Vanity's dancing showcase by making a complete fool of herself with a staggering drunk-aunt routine.

From: Los Angeles, United States

Original Appearances: RuPaul's Drag Race Season 11 (3rd=), RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6 (11th)

• Actually Pretty Funny: Compared to the thin-skinned Silky we saw on season 11 and the deeply conflicted Silky we saw on All Stars 6, she has a better sense of humor about herself this season, best demonstrated when Anita reads her in episode 1 moments after meeting her, and Silky takes it in good humor.
• Fat and Skinny: The Fat to Ra'Jah's Skinny, being the two American queens this season.
• Incoming Ham: In episode 3's lip-sync against Victoria Scone, Silky struts on stage holding up a single finger, to Victoria's confusion. That finger, as Silky explains in confessional, means "one moment," as in, "I'm taking this moment for myself." And the resulting lip-sync (to a remix of Deborah Cox's "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here") really is a moment, with Silky serving tons of passion and steamrolling over Victoria.
• Meet the New Boss: Like Ra'Jah, Silky is in the unusual position of being judged on this season not by RuPaul, but by someone she competed against on her original season, Brooke Lynn Hytes. In fact, Brooke Lynn is the one who finally eliminated Silky in the season 11 finale.
• Motor Mouth: Silky's Snatch Summit performance sees her struggle to find the funny with Lizzo, instead just babbling on endlessly trying to find a joke somewhere. The judges clock her for it on the main stage, but she narrowly escapes the bottom two.
• Took a Level in Badass: Season 11's ball challenge was not a good night for Silky, where she was in the bottom three and just missed having to lip-sync. This time, Silky's runway looks prove that she's stepped up her game since then, and she's in the top two for the week.
• White Dude, Black Dude: Silky's stand-up routine in episode 4 is a drag variant on this trope, as she roasts Brooke Lynn for not seasoning her food.

From: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Original Appearance: RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 3 (10th / departed)

• Big Beautiful Man: Victoria is normally a Big Beautiful Woman both in and out of drag, but for the Air, Body, Lace runway category in episode 3, she decides to go against the judges' traditionally feminine expectations and dresses as a muscular man inspired by the covers of romance novels. The judges and her fellow contestants love it.

  Victoria: I don't perform as a drag king in the outside world. But I appreciate the art form so much. It's really a love letter to drag kings.

  Why did Icesis quit Canada vs the World?

  "It's just too much for me. I'm just so tired. There's just so much going on with me, personally. I'm trying to keep up, but I don't want to anymore," Icesis said through tears adding that she "can't keep up" physically and mentally.

  Is RuPaul judging Canada vs the world?

  Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World is an international season of Drag Race that premiered via Crave and WOW Presents Plus on November 18, 2022. ... .