Drag Race Italia

*Drag Race Italia*
Drag Race Italia
Genre	Reality competition
Based on	RuPaul's Drag Race
Directed by	Marco Manes
Presented by	Priscilla
Judges	Priscilla; Tommaso Zorzi; Chiara Francini; Paola Iezzi; Paolo Camilli;
Opening theme	RuPaul's Drag Race theme
Ending theme	"U Wear It Well" (season 1); "Rock It (To the Moon)" (season 2);
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	Italian
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	RuPaul Charles; Fenton Bailey; Randy Barbato;
Producer	Dimitri Cocciuti
Running time	70–95 minutes
Production companies	Ballandi Arts; World of Wonder; Discovery Italia (2021–2022); Paramount Global Italy (2023);
Original release
Network	Discovery+ (2021–2022); MTV and Paramount+ (2023)
Release	18 November 2021 –; present
Related
	Drag Race franchise
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Drag Race Italia is an Italian reality competition television series based on the original American series RuPaul's Drag Race and part of the Drag Race franchise. The series is produced by World of Wonder for Discovery+ in Italy, and subsequently free-to-air on Real Time (season 1–2) and, beginning with the third season, Paramount+.^[1] The show is also available worldwide on WOW Presents Plus.^[2]

Drag Race Italia is the eighth international adaptation of the American reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race, following Chilean, Thai, British, Canadian, Dutch, Australian and New Zealand, and Spanish versions. It has been followed by French, Filipino, Belgian, Swedish, Mexican, Brazilian, and German iterations.

Drag Race Italia debuted on 19 November 2021 on Discovery+.^[3] Episodes premiere on a weekly basis every Thursday, and later aired on Real Time on primetime. Starting with the third season, the series premiere on streaming platform Paramount+, and later on MTV on primetime.

Elecktra Bionic, won the first season, with Farida Kant and Le Riche as runners-up, while Luquisha Lubamba was named Miss Congeniality.^[4] In March 2022, the series was renewed for a second season.^[5] La Diamond won the second season.^[6] In March 2023, the series was renewed for a third season.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Drag Race Italia sbarca su Paramount+ – Tv". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 22 March 2023. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
^ Nolfi, Joey (1 July 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race Italia is ready to spill the spaghet-tea". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
^ White, Brett (19 October 2021). "Is There Such a Thing as Too Much RuPaul's Drag Race?". Decider. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
^ "Elecktra Bionic vince Drag Race Italia, la sua reazione e gli ascolti della finale" [Elecktra Bionic wins Drag Race Italia, her reaction and the final's ratings]. Biccy.it (in Italian). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
^ Penzavalli, Alice (1 March 2022). "Drag Race Italia 2, casting aperti per la seconda stagione: come iscriversi" (in Italian). AP Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^ "Drag Race Italia 2, la finale: ecco chi ha vinto" [Drag Race Italia 2, Grand Finale: who won]. Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

[:1-1] "Drag Race Italia sbarca su Paramount+ – Tv". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 22 March 2023. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

[2] Nolfi, Joey (1 July 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race Italia is ready to spill the spaghet-tea". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[3] White, Brett (19 October 2021). "Is There Such a Thing as Too Much RuPaul's Drag Race?". Decider. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[:5-4] "Elecktra Bionic vince Drag Race Italia, la sua reazione e gli ascolti della finale" [Elecktra Bionic wins Drag Race Italia, her reaction and the final's ratings]. Biccy.it (in Italian). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

[renewal-5] Penzavalli, Alice (1 March 2022). "Drag Race Italia 2, casting aperti per la seconda stagione: come iscriversi" (in Italian). AP Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

[:6-6] "Drag Race Italia 2, la finale: ecco chi ha vinto" [Drag Race Italia 2, Grand Finale: who won]. Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

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