Canada's Drag Race (season 2)
Canada's Drag Race | |
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Season 2 | |
![]() Promotional poster for season two | |
Hosted by | Brooke Lynn Hytes |
Judges |
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No. of contestants | 12 |
Winner | Icesis Couture |
Runner-up | |
Miss Congeniality | Suki Doll |
Country of origin | Canada |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Release | |
Original network | Crave |
Original release | October 14 December 16, 2021 | –
Season chronology | |
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]
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[]
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
Contestant[5] | 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 |
Stephanie Prince | 24 | Calgary, Alberta | 10th Place |
Océane Aqua-Black | 35 | Quebec City, Quebec | 11th Place |
Beth | 24 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 12th Place |
- ^ Adriana Schatzi is referred to as Adriana on the show.
Contestant progress[]
Legend:
Contestant | Episode | |||||||||
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1[6] | 2[7] | 3[8] | 4[9] | 5[10] | 6[11] | 7[12] | 8[13] | 9[14] | 10[15] | |
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[]
Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
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1 | Beth | vs. | Gia Metric | "Maneater" (Nelly Furtado) |
Beth |
2 | Icesis Couture | vs. | Océane Aqua-Black | "Stupid Shit" (Girlicious) |
Océane Aqua-Black |
3 | Stephanie Prince | vs. | Synthia Kiss | "Ghost" (Fefe Dobson) |
Stephanie Prince |
4 | Eve 6000 | vs. | Suki Doll | "Happiness" (KAPRI) |
Suki Doll |
5 | Eve 6000 | vs. | Synthia Kiss | "I Love Myself Today" (Bif Naked) |
Eve 6000 |
6 | Kendall Gender | vs. | Synthia Kiss | "Heaven" (DJ Sammy and Yanou ft. Do) |
Synthia Kiss |
7 | Gia Metric | vs. | Kimora Amour | "Get Down" (B4-4) |
Kimora Amour |
8 | Adriana | vs. | Icesis Couture | "Everybody Say Love" (Mitsou) |
Adriana |
Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner | ||
9 | Gia Metric | vs. | Kendall Gender | "Main Event" (RuPaul) |
Kendal Gender |
Icesis Couture | vs. | Pythia | "Born Naked" (RuPaul ft. Clairy Browne) |
Icesis Couture | |
Gia Metric | vs. | Pythia | "Call Me Mother" (RuPaul) |
Pythia | |
Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
10 | Icesis Couture vs. Kendall Gender vs. Pythia | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (Céline Dion) |
Kendall Gender | ||
Pythia |
- The contestant won lip-sync for a place in the finale.
- The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two.
- The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two.
- The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two.
- The contestant was eliminated after the final lip-sync of the season.
Guest judges[]
In 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.[16] The season also included several guest judges. Listed in chronological order:
- Caitlin Cronenberg, photographer
- Hollywood Jade, choreographer
- Fefe Dobson, singer-songwriter
- Connor Jessup, actor
- Bif Naked, singer-songwriter
- Gigi Gorgeous, YouTuber and model
- Emma Hunter, actress and comedian
- Mitsou, singer and actress
Special guests[]
Episode 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
- Hollywood Jade, choreographer
- Irvin Washington, assistant choreographer
Episodes[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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11 | 1 | "Lost and Fierce" | 14 October 2021 | |
Twelve new queens enter the Canadian werkroom. For the first mini-challenge, the queens must pose for a photoshoot shot by guest judge Caitlin Cronenberg while jumping into a foam pit reaching for the crown. Suki Doll wins this mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens must create a haute-check couture look that screams premiere party eleganza using left-behind materials from the coat check. On the runway, returning judge Brooke Lynn Hytes is joined by Brad Goreski, Amanda Brugel and Cronenberg. Icesis Couture, Stephanie Prince and Suki Doll receive positive critiques for their performance in the challenge. Ultimately, Icesis Couture wins the challenge. Beth, Eve 6000 and Gia Metric receive negative critiques, with Eve 6000 being saved from the bottom two. Beth and Gia Metric lip-sync to "Maneater" by Nelly Furtado. Gia Metric wins the lip-sync, and Beth is the first eliminated queen of the season.
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12 | 2 | "Under the Big Top" | 21 October 2021 | |
For this weeks mini-challenge, the queens must compete in the Queen of my Neighbourhood Pageant. Océane Aqua-Black wins the mini-challenge. For this week's main challenge, the queens must perform in Under the Big Top Rusical. Adriana plays Bang, Gia Metric plays Himbo, Icesis Couture plays Lace, Kendall Gender plays Ring Mistress, Kimora Amour plays Bianca, Océane Aqua-Black plays Bong, Pythia plays Hennywise, Stephanie Prince plays Leather, Suki Doll plays Bing, and Synthia Kiss plays Corsette. On the runway, category is Circus Berserkus. Gia Metric, Kendall Gender and Pythia are commended for both their performance and runway looks, but ultimately Pythia wins the challenge. Eve 6000, Icesis Couture and Océane Aqua-Black receive negative critiques, with Eve 6000 being saved again from the bottom two due to her amazing runway look. Icesis Couture and Océane Aqua-Black lip-sync to "Stupid Shit" by Girlicious. Icesis Couture wins the lip-sync, with Océane Aqua-Black sashaying away.
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13 | 3 | "Screech" | 28 October 2021 | |
The queens are told that for this weeks main challenge, they must overact in the new slasher film parody Screech. Adriana plays Blood 'N' Goreski, Eve 6000 plays Nara Hater, Gia Metric plays Blue Scarymore, Icesis Couture plays Jocklyn Straps, Kendall Gender plays Hookin' Hytes, Kimora Amour plays Frontelle Lobe, Pythia plays Fairuzah Chalk, Stephanie Prince plays Clitney Lezcoff, Suki Doll plays Emmy Dumpah, and Synthia Kiss plays A-Martha. 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 all receive negative critiques, with Kendall Gender being saved from the bottom two. 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" | 4 November 2021 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens must read each other for the reading challenge. Icesis Couture wins. It is then announced that the queens will play the Snatch Game with the panel consisting of Brad Goreski and Boman "Bomanizer" Martinez-Reid. The cast consisted of:
On the runway, Brooke, Brad and Traci are joined by guest judge Connor Jessup with the runway category being Made in Canada. Kimora Amour, Pythia and Synthia Kiss receive positive critiques for their performances, with Synthia Kiss winning the challenge. Adriana, Eve 6000 and Suki Doll are the bottom three, with Adriana being saved. Eve 6000 and Suki Doll then 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" | 11 November 2021 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens had to pair up and give a lesson on safe sex. Gia Metric and Synthia Kiss won the mini-challenge and became team captains for the main challenge. For the main challenge, the queens had to create a country pop girl group and perform to the song "Bye Flop". Gia Metric chose Adriana, Icesis Couture and Pythia for her team and formed The Giddy Girls. Synthia Kiss chose Eve 6000, Kendall Gender and Kimora Amour for her team and formed The Dosey Hoes. On the runway, category is Monochromatica: Drag Pop Princess. The Giddy Girls team is declared the winning team, with Gia Metric winning the overall challenge. The Dosey Hoes are the losing team, with Eve 6000, Kendall Gender and Synthia Kiss receiving negative critiques. Kendall Gender is declared safe, with Eve 6000 and Synthia Kiss in the bottom two. They 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" | 19 November 2021 | |
The remaining queens must create a "twerk of art" resembling their inner saboteur for this weeks mini-challenge. Icesis Couture wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens have to make three looks for the Sinner's Ball: Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll, Ugly as Sin and Seven Deadly Sins. As the winner of the mini-challenge, Icesis got to assign each sin to the queens.
On the runway, Gia Metric, Icesis Couture, Kimora Amour and Pythia all receive positive critiques, with Icesis Couture winning the challenge. Adriana, Kendall Gender and Synthia Kiss receive negative critiques, with Adriana being saved from the bottom two. Kendall Gender and Synthia Kiss then lip-sync to "Heaven" by DJ Sammy. Kendall Gender wins the lip-sync and Synthia Kiss sashays away.
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17 | 7 | "The Roast of Brooke Lynn Hytes" | 26 November 2021 | |
For the mini-challenge, the queens will partake in Brad's new show "Fashion Puh-Leeze" where they will discuss the highs and lows of this season's fashion. Kendall Gender wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens must roast 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. The rest of the queens all receive negative critiques, with Gia Metric and Kimora Amour being the bottom two queens of the week. They 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" | 3 December 2021 | |
The queens enter the workroom and get a surprise live video call from their family members. For the main challenge, the queens will have to makeover a LGBTQ+ Teenager. Kendall Gender gets to assign all the pairings, after winning the challenge last week. 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 saved. 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" | 9 December 2021 | |
The top 4 queens reunite with the eight previously eliminated queens. Brad reveals a last-minute lip sync twist that will cut the top 4 into a top 3. The top 4 choose lip sticks with song titles to decide who they will lip sync against, and the ultimate loser of the tournament will be eliminated. Suki Doll is crowned Season 2's Miss Congeniality at the reunion, and Brad reveals that the top 4 will compete in a 2-round lip sync battle royal to determine who will make it into the top 3. Kendall Gender and Gia Metric lip sync to RuPaul's "Main Event." Kendall Gender wins and becomes the first member of the top 3. Icesis Couture and Pythia lip sync to RuPaul's "Born Naked" and Icesis Couture wins the lip-sync, becoming the second member of the top 3. Gia Metric and Pythia, as the losers of the previous lip syncs, lip sync in the final round to RuPaul's "Call Me Mother." Pythia wins and advances to the finale and Gia Metric sashays away.
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20 | 10 | "Queen of the North" | 16 December 2021 | |
For the final challenge of the season, the queens must write and record their own verses for and perform to Brooke Lynn Hytes' "Queen of the North". The queens walk the runway one last time in their Coronation Eleganza. The eliminated queens return and walk the runway one last time as well. The final three queens then lip-sync to "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" by Céline Dion. Season 1's winner Priyanka returns to the main stage to crown the new queen. It is announced that Icesis Couture is the winner, leaving Kendall Gender and Pythia as the runners-up.
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Awards[]
Award | 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 | Pending | [17] |
Best Direction, Reality/Competition | Shelagh O'Brien — "Under the Big Top" | Pending | |||
Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition | Brandon Ash-Mohammed — "Screech" | Pending | |||
Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition | Lindsay Ragone — "Screech" | Pending | |||
Baun Mah — "The Snatch Game" | Pending | ||||
Peter Topalovic — "Under the Big Top" | Pending | ||||
Best Sound, Non-Fiction | John Diemer, Rob Taylor, Phil Nagy, Eric Leigh, Dane Kelly, Sarah Labadie — "Under the Big Top" | Pending | |||
Best Casting, Non-Fiction | Heather Muir | Pending | |||
Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition | Brooke Lynn Hytes, Traci Melchor, Amanda Brugel, Brad Goreski | Pending |
References[]
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- ^ "Lost and Fierce". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 1. October 14, 2021.
- ^ "Under the Big Top". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 2. October 21, 2021.
- ^ "Screech". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 3. October 28, 2021.
- ^ "Snatch Game". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 4. November 4, 2021.
- ^ "Bye Flop". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 5. November 11, 2021.
- ^ "The Sinner's Ball". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 6. November 19, 2021.
- ^ "The Roast of Brooke Lynn Hytes". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 7. November 26, 2021.
- ^ "Prom". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 8. December 3, 2021.
- ^ "The Reunion". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 9. December 9, 2021.
- ^ "Queen of the North". Canada's Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 10. December 16, 2021.
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