– Bif Naked, Caitlin Cronenberg, Connor Jessup, Emma Hunter, Fefe Dobson, Gigi Gorgeous, Hollywood Jade, and Mitsou join the judges table this season –
– The jaw-dropping trailer for Season 2 also revealed today –
– The sophomore season of CANADA’S DRAG RACE premieres Thursday, Oct. 14 at 9 p.m. ET, only on Crave–
TORONTO (September 29, 2021) – Crave announced today the lineup of celebrity guests joining CANADA’S DRAG RACE resident judges Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, Amanda Brugel, and Traci Melchor each week, to help determine who will stay, or sashay away.
Also revealed today is the much-anticipated full-length Season 2 trailer, serving fans with an exciting first look at the new season of CANADA’S DRAG RACE, including the runway and werkroom, plus a sneak peek of the challenges, artistry, surprise appearances, and the drama that audiences can expect when Season 2 debuts on Thursday, Oct.14 at 9 p.m. ET, only on Crave.
Watch the CANADA’S DRAG RACE Season 2 trailer.
Featuring Canadian talent from the world of television, music, film, comedy, YouTube, and dance, the full lineup of extra special guest judges that will help critique runway looks, and more, includes:
Special guests also making an appearance on this season of CANADA’S DRAG RACE include: Canada’s First Drag Superstar Priyanka, TikTok star Boman Martinez-Reid, actor Thom Allison (KILLYJOYS), and more.
As was recently announced, the queens competing on Season 2 of CANADA’S DRAG RACE are:
In association with Crave, CANADA’S DRAG RACE is produced by Blue Ant Studios. Executive Producers for World of Wonder are Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, and Tom Campbell. RuPaul serves as Executive Producer. Executive Producers for Blue Ant Studios are Michael Kot, Laura Michalchyshyn, Betty Orr, and Pam McNair. Showrunner is Trevor Boris. For Bell Media, Production Executive is Danielle Pearson; Sarah Fowlie is Head of Production, Original Programming; Carlyn Klebuc is General Manager, Original Programming; Justin Stockman is Vice President, Content Development & Programming; and Karine Moses is Senior Vice President, Content Development & News.
About Crave
Delivering more Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning programming than any other service, Crave is Canada’s prestige entertainment offering, with HBO, HBO Max Originals, SHOWTIME®, STARZ, Hollywood-hit movies, and more. Crave is the exclusive Canadian streaming home of FRIENDS, and also boasts a robust slate of original programs including CANADA’S DRAG RACE, LETTERKENNY, POUR TOUJOURS, PLUS UN JOUR, WAY OVER ME (SORTEZ-MOI DE MOI), and NEW EDEN, docuseries DARK SIDE OF THE RING, the upcoming WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE, and original documentaries ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND and THE NEW CORPORATION: THE UNFORTUNATELY NECESSARY SEQUEL. Crave is also a major supporter of Canada’s production industry, helping to fund numerous film projects including THE SONG OF NAMES, WHITE LIE, and MONKEY BEACH. Crave also includes acclaimed selections from some of Canada’s prestigious film festivals including Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, HOT DOCS, ImagineNATIVE, and Inside Out LGBT Film Festival.
Crave is a bilingual TV and streaming service with thousands of hours of exclusive French-language content included with the Super Écran add-on. Crave is available directly to all Canadians with access to the Internet at Crave.ca, via iOS and Android, and other platforms such as Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, PlayStation, Roku, select Samsung Smart TVs, select LG Smart TVs, and Xbox One. It’s also available in English through participating television providers across six 24-hour High Definition linear and on demand channels. Crave is from Bell Media, Canada’s leading content company, providing Canada’s most-watched and most-acclaimed television programming on network, specialty, pay and digital platforms. Visit our website at Crave.ca.
Blue Ant Studios
Blue Ant Studios is a leading international studio and production business, based in Toronto and Los Angeles with offices in New York. Blue Ant Studios includes production companies in Canada, US, Singapore and Tokyo, producing content in multiple genres including Scripted, Documentary, Kids, Adult Animation, Factual Entertainment and Natural History. Current series and documentaries include CANADA’S DRAG RACE (Crave for Bell Media), EPSTEIN’S SHADOW: GHISLAINE MAXWELL (Peacock, Sky), DAYLIGHT (FOX), the daytime Emmy award-winning series, THE HEALING POWERS OF DUDE (Netflix), OTTER DYNASTY (Animal Planet, Love Nature), and HOTEL PARANORMAL (Travel Channel and T+E). Blue Ant Studios works with all major international streaming,
cable and broadcasting companies as well as regional players in the markets it operates in. Blue Ant Studios is a subsidiary of Blue Ant Media.
About World of Wonder
For nearly three decades, award-winning media company World of Wonder has introduced audiences to new worlds, talent and ideas that have shaped culture. A pioneer in both scripted and documentary formats across television, film and digital platforms, WOW’s prolific portfolio includes the global phenomenon, Emmy-award winning “RuPaul’s Drag Race” franchise (VH1/Logo/WOW Presents Plus), “Million Dollar Listing” LA & NY (Bravo), and “Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce” (Fuse.) WOW’s rich documentary filmmaking pedigree includes premiering seven projects at Sundance Film festival and numerous productions for networks including HBO, E!, BBC, and theatrical release through WOW Docs. Notable film projects include “Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures,” “Party Monster,” and “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.” World of Wonder has also created a substantial digital footprint with its owned-and-operated streaming service WOW Presents Plus and YouTube channel WOWPresents. The extended World of Wonder-verse includes music label World of Wonder Records, WOW Podcast Network, and the world’s largest drag culture convention RuPaul’s DragCon. Co-founders Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey have been named to Variety’s Reality TV Impact Report, honored with the IDA Pioneer Award, named to Realscreen’s Global 100 list, and selected for the OUT100 list for their trailblazing work. World of Wonder creates out of a historic building/gallery space in the heart of Hollywood.
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