The second season of Canada's Drag Race premiered on October 14, and concluded on December 16, 2021.[1] The season aired on Crave in Canada and WOW Presents Plus internationally.[2]
Canada's Drag Race | |
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Season 2 | |
Hosted by | Brooke Lynn Hytes |
Judges |
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No. of contestants | 12 |
Winner | Icesis Couture |
Runners-up | |
Miss Congeniality | Suki Doll |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Release | |
Original network | Crave |
Original release | October 14 December 16, 2021 | –
Season chronology | |
Casting for the second season started early 2021[3] and the twelve contestants were announced on September 14, 2021.
The winner of the second season of Canada’s Drag Race was Icesis Couture, with Kendall Gender and Pythia as runners-up.[4]
Contestants
editAges, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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Icesis Couture | 34 | Ottawa, Ontario | Winner |
Kendall Gender | 30 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Runners-up |
Pythia | 26 | Montreal, Quebec | |
Gia Metric | 29 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 4th place |
Adriana[a] | 29 | Quebec City, Quebec | 5th place |
Kimora Amour | 34 | Scarborough, Ontario | 6th place |
Synthia Kiss | 29 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 7th place |
Eve 6000 | 29 | Toronto, Ontario | 8th place |
Suki Doll | 27 | Montreal, Quebec | 9th place[b] |
Stephanie Prince | 23 | Calgary, Alberta | 10th place |
Océane Aqua-Black | 35 | Quebec City, Quebec | 11th place |
Beth | 24 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 12th place |
- Notes
Contestant progress
editLegend:
Contestant | Episode | |||||||||
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1[5] | 2[6] | 3[7] | 4[8] | 5[9] | 6[10] | 7[11] | 8[12] | 9[13] | 10[14] | |
Icesis Couture | WIN | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | BTM | STAY | Winner |
Kendall Gender | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | WIN | SAFE | STAY | Runner-up |
Pythia | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | STAY | Runner-up |
Gia Metric | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | ELIM | Guest |
Adriana | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest |
Kimora Amour | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest | |
Synthia Kiss | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | WIN | BTM | ELIM | Guest | Guest | ||
Eve 6000 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest | Guest | |||
Suki Doll | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Miss C | Guest | ||||
Stephanie Prince | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest | |||||
Océane Aqua-Black | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest | ||||||
Beth | ELIM | Guest | Guest |
Lip syncs
editLegend:
Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
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1[5] | Beth | vs. | Gia Metric | "Maneater" (Nelly Furtado) |
Beth |
2[6] | Icesis Couture | vs. | Océane Aqua-Black | "Stupid Shit" (Girlicious) |
Océane Aqua-Black |
3[7] | Stephanie Prince | vs. | Synthia Kiss | "Ghost" (Fefe Dobson) |
Stephanie Prince |
4[8] | Eve 6000 | vs. | Suki Doll | "Happiness" (KAPRI) |
Suki Doll |
5[9] | Eve 6000 | vs. | Synthia Kiss | "I Love Myself Today" (Bif Naked) |
Eve 6000 |
6[10] | Kendall Gender | vs. | Synthia Kiss | "Heaven" (DJ Sammy, Yanou ft. Do) |
Synthia Kiss |
7[11] | Gia Metric | vs. | Kimora Amour | "Get Down" (B4-4) |
Kimora Amour |
8[12] | Adriana | vs. | Icesis Couture | "Everybody Say Love" (Mitsou) |
Adriana |
Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner | ||
9[13] | Gia Metric | vs. | Kendall Gender | "Main Event" (RuPaul) |
Kendall Gender |
Icesis Couture | vs. | Pythia | "Born Naked" (RuPaul ft. Clairy Browne) |
Icesis Couture | |
Contestants | Song | Eliminated | |||
Gia Metric | vs. | Pythia | "Call Me Mother" (RuPaul) |
Gia Metric | |
Episode | Final contestants | Song | Winner | ||
10[14] | Icesis Couture vs. Kendall Gender vs. Pythia | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (Celine Dion) |
Icesis Couture |
Guest judges
editIn June 2021, new judges for the second season were announced. Brad Goreski, Amanda Brugel, and Traci Melchor replace Stacey McKenzie and Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman behind the judging table.[15] The season also included several guest judges. Listed in chronological order:
- Caitlin Cronenberg, photographer
- Hollywood Jade, dancer and choreographer
- Fefe Dobson, singer
- Connor Jessup, actor
- Bif Naked, singer
- Gigi Gorgeous, YouTuber and model
- Emma Hunter, actress and comedian
- Mitsou, singer and actress
Special guests
editEpisode 2
- Thom Allison, actor
Episode 3
- Jimbo, contestant on the first season of Canada's Drag Race
Episode 4
- Boman "Bomanizer" Martinez-Reid, TikToker and influencer
Episode 10
- Priyanka, winner of the first season of Canada's Drag Race
- Irvin Washington, assistant choreographer
Episodes
editNo. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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11 | 1 | "Lost and Fierce" | October 14, 2021 | |
Twelve new queens enter the workroom. For the first mini-challenge, the queens do a photoshoot while jumping off a platform. Suki Doll wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens create a look made from coat check items. On the runway, Icesis Couture, Stephanie Prince and Suki Doll receive positive critiques, with Icesis Couture winning the challenge. Beth, Eve 6000 and Gia Metric receive negative critiques, with Eve 6000 being safe. Beth and Gia Metric lip-sync to "Maneater" by Nelly Furtado. Gia Metric wins the lip-sync, and Beth is the first queen to sashay away.
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12 | 2 | "Under the Big Top" | October 21, 2021 | |
For this weeks mini-challenge, the queens compete in the Queen of My Neighborhood Pageant. Océane Aqua-Black wins the mini-challenge. For this week's main challenge, the queens perform in Under the Big Top, Live.
On the runway, category is Circus Bezerkus. Gia Metric, Kendall Gender and Pythia receive positive critiques, with Pythia winning the challenge. Eve 6000, Icesis Couture, Océane Aqua-Black and Suki Doll receive negative critiques, with Eve 6000 and Suki Doll being safe. Icesis Couture and Océane Aqua-Black lip-sync to "Stupid Shit" by Girlicious. Icesis Couture wins the lip-sync, and Océane Aqua-Black sashays away.
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13 | 3 | "Screech" | October 28, 2021 | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens overact in the slasher film parody "Screech".
On the runway, category is Good Girl Gone Bad. Adriana, Eve 6000 and Gia Metric receive positive critiques, with Adriana winning the challenge. Kendall Gender, Stephanie Prince and Synthia Kiss receive negative critiques, with Kendall Gender being safe. Stephanie Prince and Synthia Kiss lip-sync to "Ghost" by Fefe Dobson. Synthia Kiss wins the lip-sync, and Stephanie Prince sashays away.
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14 | 4 | "Snatch Game" | November 4, 2021 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens read each other to filth. Icesis Couture wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens play the Snatch Game. Brad Goreski and Boman "Bomanizer" Martinez-Reid star as the celebrity contestants. The cast consisted of:
On the runway, category is Made in Canada. Kimora Amour, Pythia and Synthia Kiss receive positive critiques, with Synthia Kiss winning the challenge. Adriana, Eve 6000 and Suki Doll receive negative critiques, with Adriana being safe. Eve 6000 and Suki Doll lip-sync to "Happiness" by KAPRI. Eve 6000 wins the lip-sync, and Suki Doll sashays away.
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15 | 5 | "Bye Flop" | November 11, 2021 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens pair up to give a lesson on safe sex. Gia Metric and Synthia Kiss win the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens write, record, and perform verses to "Bye Flop".
On the runway, category is Monochromatica: Drag Pop Princess. Team "The Giddy Girls" is the winning team, with Gia Metric winning the challenge. Team "The Dosey Hoes" is the losing team. Eve 6000, Kendall Gender and Synthia Kiss receive negative critiques, with Kendall Gender being safe. Eve 6000 and Synthia Kiss lip-sync to "I Love Myself Today" by Bif Naked. Synthia Kiss wins the lip-sync and Eve 6000 sashays away.
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16 | 6 | "The Sinner's Ball" | November 19, 2021 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens get into quick drag to paint an evocative "twerk of art" resembling their inner saboteur. Icesis Couture wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens create three looks for The Sinner's Ball: Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll, Ugly as Sin and Seven Deadly Sins
On the runway, Gia Metric, Icesis Couture, Kimora Amour and Pythia receive positive critiques, with Icesis Couture winning the challenge. Adriana, Kendall Gender and Synthia Kiss receive negative critiques, with Adriana being safe. Kendall Gender and Synthia Kiss lip-sync to "Heaven" by DJ Sammy, Yanou ft. Do. Kendall Gender wins the lip-sync, and Synthia Kiss sashays away.
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17 | 7 | "The Roast of Brooke Lynn Hytes" | November 26, 2021 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens sound off on the highs and lows of this season's fashion on Brad Goreski's new show "Fashion Puh-Leeze". Kendall Gender wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens perform a roast of Brooke Lynn Hytes. On the runway, category is Dungeons and Drag Queens. Icesis Couture and Kendall Gender receive positive critiques, with Kendall Gender winning the challenge. Adriana, Gia Metric, Kimora Amour and Pythia receive negative critiques, with Adriana and Pythia being safe. Gia Metric and Kimora Amour lip-sync to "Get Down” by B4-4. Gia Metric wins the lip-sync, and Kimora Amour sashays away.
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18 | 8 | "Prom" | December 3, 2021 | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens makeover LGBTQ teenagers. On the runway, category is Cool Mom and Prom Queen. Gia Metric and Pythia receive positive critiques, with Pythia winning the challenge. Adriana, Icesis Couture and Kendall Gender receive negative critiques, with Kendall Gender being safe. Adriana and Icesis Couture lip-sync to "Everybody Say Love” by Mitsou. Icesis Couture wins the lip-sync, and Adriana sashays away.
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19 | 9 | "The Reunion" | December 9, 2021 | |
The queens all return for the reunion. Suki Doll is announced as this season's Miss Congeniality. Brad Goreski then reveals that the top 4 queens will participate in a lip-sync smackdown to guarantee a spot in the top 3. In the first round, Kendall Gender and Gia Metric lip-sync to "Main Event" by RuPaul. Kendall Gender wins the lip-sync. In the second round, Icesis Couture and Pythia lip-sync to "Born Naked" by RuPaul. Icesis Couture wins the lip-sync. In the final round, Gia Metric and Pythia lip-sync to "Call Me Mother" by RuPaul. Pythia wins the lip-sync, and Synthia Kiss sashays away.
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20 | 10 | "Queen of the North" | December 16, 2021 | |
For the final challenge of the season, the queens write, record, and perform their own verses to Brooke Lynn Hytes' song "Queen of the North". On the runway, category is Coronation Eleganza. The eliminated queens all return to the runway. The three finalists are told that they will be lip-syncing to "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" by Céline Dion. It is announced that Icesis Couture is the winner, leaving Kendall Gender and Pythia as the runners-up.
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Awards
editAward | Date of Ceremony | Category | Nominees | Result | Ref. |
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Canadian Screen Awards | April 10, 2022 | Best Reality/Competition Program or Series | Pam McNair, Betty Orr, Trevor Boris, Laura Michalshyshyn, Michael Kot, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, RuPaul Charles, Justin Stockman, Jen Markowitz, Spencer Fritz | Won | [16] |
Best Direction, Reality/Competition | Shelagh O'Brien — "Under the Big Top" | Won | |||
Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition | Brandon Ash-Mohammed — "Screech" | Won | |||
Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition | Lindsay Ragone — "Screech" | Nominated | |||
Baun Mah — "The Snatch Game" | Won | ||||
Peter Topalovic — "Under the Big Top" | Nominated | ||||
Best Sound, Non-Fiction | John Diemer, Rob Taylor, Phil Nagy, Eric Leigh, Dane Kelly, Sarah Labadie — "Under the Big Top" | Nominated | |||
Best Casting, Non-Fiction | Heather Muir | Won | |||
Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition | Brooke Lynn Hytes, Traci Melchor, Amanda Brugel, Brad Goreski | Won |
References
edit- ^ Christine Estima (September 14, 2021). "Meet the fabulous cast of 'Canada's Drag Race' Season 2". eTalk. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
- ^ Nolfi, Joey (January 2021). "'Canada's Drag Race' renewed for season 2". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 7, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ "She done already done had herses and now it's your turn. Apply for #CanadasDragRace Season 2 here". Twitter. January 18, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- ^ Russ Martin, "Shantay she slayed! Icesis Couture is the winner of ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2". Xtra!, December 17, 2021.
- ^ a b "Lost and Fierce". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 1. October 14, 2021. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b "Under the Big Top". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 2. October 21, 2021. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b "Screech". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 3. October 28, 2021. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b "Snatch Game". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 4. November 4, 2021. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b "Bye, Flop!". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 5. November 11, 2021. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b "The Sinner's Ball". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 6. November 19, 2021. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b "The Brooke Lynn Hytes Roast". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 7. November 26, 2021. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b "Prom". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 8. December 3, 2021. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b "The Reunion". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 9. December 9, 2021. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b "Queen of the North". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 10. December 16, 2021. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ Nolfi, Joey (June 29, 2021). "Canada's Drag Race season 2 adds new head judges amid panel shake-up". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.