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Drag Race Down Under

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covetingthepreciousthings · 03/05/2021 21:25

Has anyone watched yet?

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Watchingthetelly · 03/05/2021 21:27

Yes. I thought it was a good episode with entertaining queens but it’s just becoming a conveyor belt blur of drag race to me. I am a HUGE fan but even I’m getting bored.😬

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covetingthepreciousthings · 03/05/2021 21:29

@Watchingthetelly I'll admit I stopped watching the US series as I felt a bit like that, but fell back in love again after the U.K. series so giving this ago.

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FelicityPike · 03/05/2021 21:30

Me. Loved it. But they were a bit mean to Scarlett.
I love Karen though.

Watchingthetelly · 03/05/2021 21:34

@covetingthepreciousthings if you are coming into it fresh, I think you will love it. It looked to have the makings of a great series. More funny and edgy than the US version, like what you get with Canada and UK. Have got watched yet?

Watchingthetelly · 03/05/2021 21:35

*you watched yet

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covetingthepreciousthings · 04/05/2021 10:40

@Watchingthetelly watched episode 1 last night and really enjoyed it. No idea whose who yet or what they're all called mind Grin

Am I right in thinking that Ru handpicked them all? So does that mean they didn't even have to audition or anything they just got straight on?

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zeromango · 04/05/2021 13:23

Same - can't remember any of them at the moment (except Electra Shock!) I always find it a little harder to get into the first episode of Drag Race in another country because I don't understand a lot of the hometown or cultural references, but I'll stick with it. It will fill the DRUK hole in my heart! Grin

iklboo · 04/05/2021 13:28

It looks quite promising, I think. The drag scene has always been huge in Oz.

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covetingthepreciousthings · 04/05/2021 13:29

So am I right in thinking Kita Mean (?) owns a nightclub and does a double act alongside one of the other queens Anita (?) and then Electra also works there?!

That's going to get interesting..

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LongLiveGoblingKing · 04/05/2021 13:32

Did anyone else notice that the queen's entered the work room and went to sit at the table to the left? Then when JoJo Zaho exited the stage she went off to the right, both opposite to normal.

Because Australia is the other side of the world, or something.

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 04/05/2021 13:41

Looks promising, I enjoyed it, but might give it a break for a few weeks. Like a few other PP's, its been a long stint of US drag race and I'll enjoy it more if I'm not fed up and bored. I liked Karen from finance though!

iklboo · 04/05/2021 15:21

Anita Wig'lit looks like he's auditioning for The Wiggles / kids' TV when he's out of drag.

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 04/05/2021 16:21

Anita Wig'lit looks like he's auditioning for The Wiggles / kids' TV when he's out of drag

Yes we thought that too! And yes, I think those 3 queens do work in the same place, with 2 being co-owners I thought!

iklboo · 04/05/2021 16:40

Kita & Anita co-own the bar & Electra works for them. Interesting...

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covetingthepreciousthings · 04/05/2021 17:26

@iklboo

Anita Wig'lit looks like he's auditioning for The Wiggles / kids' TV when he's out of drag.
Grin yes!
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TabooNCoke · 06/05/2021 11:44

I didn't get why, during judging, Ru was in drag via VT but out of drag live.

iklboo · 06/05/2021 12:26

He said earlier they'd lost all his makeup in transit so they filmed in the in / out of drag separately and edited them together.

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 06/05/2021 12:54

My money is on Raven not being available or unable to travel to Australia, Ru is well known for relying on Raven to do her hair/makeup these days!

RocioMartinez · 09/05/2021 08:08

Wondered if anyone had started a thread on this. I'm new to Drag Race but the first thing I said to DC when they introduced me to the US version was "why isn't there an Aussie version?". I remember visiting drag clubs in Sydney in the 1990s when it was already huge over there. I love both of the Melbourne girls. I'm not sure Ru or Michelle really "got" some of the hometown references but I thought they were brilliant. I was really sorry to see JoJo eliminated as I think her message is so important (and I appreciate that isn't necessarily a reason to keep someone in but I would have liked to see/hear more from her).

iklboo · 10/05/2021 16:50

Is anyone else really disappointed so far? This week's episode was PANTS!

Watchingthetelly · 12/05/2021 19:03

@iklboo I enjoyed it! It wasn’t a good snatch game but I loved how clueless the queens were about that. I can’t believe etc etc impersonating that woman who lost her baby, too much 😬. Shame to see you know who go after such a stellar runway but her lip sync was shite.

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iklboo · 12/05/2021 20:23

Whatever love.

Yes @Watchingthetelly they were a bit delusional. Bit shocked that person went but maybe something happened we didn't see because Ru seemed to turn on them a bit from werk room to runway.

Watchingthetelly · 12/05/2021 20:36

Delusional is the word. I’m enjoying the personalities and the shade of them all more entertaining than the snatch game itself

FelicityPike · 13/05/2021 07:17

Person who went was so far up her own arse! She was raging.
Oh and no way should Etcetera Etcetera have been allowed to portray Lindy, that should’ve been stopped by the production team.
Good to see Ru’s luggage (and Raven?) finally arrived!