Drag Race Thailand (season 1)

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Drag Race Thailand
Season 1
Judges


No. of contestants10
WinnerNatalia Pliacam
Runner-up
  • Année Maywong
  • Dearis Doll
Miss CongenialityB Ella
Country of originThailand
No. of episodes9
Release
Original networkKantana Group
Original release15 February (2018-02-15) –
5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2
List of episodes

The first season of Drag Race Thailand is a Thai reality competition show based on the American version with RuPaul. Art Arya and Pangina Heals are the judges of the show. The season premiered on 15 February 2018 and ended on 5 April 2018. The winner of this season was Natalia Pliacam, with Année Maywong and Dearis Doll as the runners-up. B Ella, who finished fourth, was voted Miss Congeniality.

Contestants[]

Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.

Contestant[1] Age Hometown Outcome
Natalia Pliacam 37 Bangkok Winner
Année Maywong 30 Bangkok Runners-up
Dearis Doll 30 Nakhon Pathom
B Ella 30 Nakhon Ratchasima 4th Place[a]
Amadiva 24 Bangkok 5th Place[b]
JAJA 34 Philippines
Petchra 30 Rayong 7th Place
Morrigan 18 Bangkok 8th Place
Bunny Be Fly 25 Nakhon Ratchasima 9th Place
Meannie Minaj 26 Phrae 10th Place
  1. ^ B Ella was voted Miss Congeniality
  2. ^ In episode 6 both queens were eliminated from the competition.

Contestant progress[]

Legend:

  Natalia Pliacam won Drag Race Thailand.
  Année Maywong and Dearis Doll were the runners-up.
  B Ella was voted Miss Congeniality (Miss C) by her fellow contestants.
  WIN indicates that the contestant won the main challenge in that episode.
  RWIN (Runway challenge win) indicates that the contestant won the runway challenge in that episode.
  TOP indicates that the contestant won both the main challenge and runway challenge in that episode.
  SAFE indicates that the contestant was declared safe by the judges in that episode.
  BTM (Bottom) indicates that the contestant had to lip-sync in that episode.
  ELIM (Eliminated) indicates that the contestant was eliminated in that episode.
  Guest indicates that the contestant returned as a guest in that episode.
Progress of contestants including rank/position in each episode
Contestant Episode
1[2] 2[3] 3[4] 4[5][a] 5[6] 6[7] 7[8] 8[9]
Natalia Pliacam SAFE WIN SAFE BTM TOP SAFE SAFE Winner
Année Maywong WIN SAFE WIN SAFE BTM SAFE TOP Runner-up
Dearis Doll SAFE SAFE BTM RWIN SAFE TOP BTM Runner-up
B Ella SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN ELIM Miss C
Amadiva SAFE RWIN SAFE BTM SAFE ELIM Guest Guest
JAJA SAFE SAFE SAFE RWIN BTM ELIM Guest Guest
Petchra SAFE BTM SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest Guest
Morrigan BTM SAFE ELIM Guest Guest
Bunny Be Fly SAFE ELIM Guest Guest
Meannie Minaj ELIM Guest Guest
  1. ^ Natalia Pliacam won the maxi challenge, but was the worst in the runway challenge, and was in the bottom two.

Lip syncs[]

Episode Contestants Song Eliminated
1 Meannie Minaj vs. Morrigan "Born This Way"
(Lady Gaga) 		Meannie Minaj
2 Bunny Be Fly vs. Petchra "รักยังไม่ต้องการ" ("I Don't Want Love Yet")
(Marsha Vadhanapanich) 		Bunny Be Fly
3 Dearis Doll vs. Morrigan "O.K.นะคะ" ("O.K. Yes")
(Katreeya English) 		Morrigan
4 Amadiva vs. Natalia Pliacam "Dhoom Dhoom"
(Tata Young) 		None
5 Année Maywong vs. JAJA vs. Petchra "Toxic"
(Britney Spears) 		Petchra
6 Amadiva vs. JAJA "เพลงสุดท้าย" ("Last Song")
(Suda Chuenban) 		Amadiva
JAJA
7 B Ella vs. Dearis Doll "Crazy in Love"
(Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z) 		B Ella
  The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom.

Episodes[]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date
11"Contestant's Story[10]"15 February 2018 (2018-02-15)[10]

  • Mini-Challenge: Photoshoot while being doused with buckets of water
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Morrigan
  • Mini-Challenge Prize: Assign materials for the main challenge
  • Main Challenge: Design a three-in-one runway look which incorporates specific materials that tell a story about the contestant's life
  • Guest Judges: Madame Mod, Madeaw & Pa-Tue
  • Challenge Winner: Année Maywong
  • Main Challenge Prize: 50,000฿ gift voucher from Apex Medical Center
  • Bottom Two: Meannie Minaj and Morrigan
  • Lip Sync Song: "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga
  • Eliminated: Meannie Minaj
  • Farewell Message: "ขอบคุณทุกคนมาก ๆ นะ วันนี้อาจจะยังไม่วันของเรา สู้ๆนะคะ Meannie Minaj"' (Thank you so much, everyone. Today probably isn’t my day. Keep fighting. Meannie Minaj)
22"The Power of Love[10]"22 February 2018 (2018-02-22)[10]

  • Mini-Challenge: Photoshoot with Blacklight
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Natalia Pliacam
  • Mini-Challenge Prize: 30 minutes for the maxi-challenge instead of 15
  • Main Challenge: Dress up as the bride and groom in a photo shoot
  • Main Challenge Winner: Natalia Pliacam
  • Main Challenge Prize: Custom pair of men's and women's shoes from Tango worth 30,000฿
  • Guest Judges: Marsha Vadhanapanich, Jai Sira
  • Runway Theme: Power of Love
  • Runway Winner: Amadiva
  • 'Runway Prize: 50,000฿ gift voucher from Kharities Medical Aesthetic Clinic
  • Bottom Two: Petchra and Bunny Be Fly
  • Lip Sync Song: "รักยังไม่ต้องการ" ("I Don't Want Love Yet") by Marsha Vadhanapanich
  • Eliminated: Bunny Be Fly
  • Farewell Message: "ฉันยังไม่ตาย สู้ๆ นะจ๊ะ แล้วเจอกันที่สุดขอบโลก ขอบคุณสำหรับความรัก" (I’m still alive. Keep fighting. See you at the end of the world. Thank you for your love)
33"Curtain to Couture[10]"1 March 2018 (2018-03-01)[10]

  • Mini-Challenge: Fairy tale puppet show
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Dearis Doll
  • Mini-Challenge Prize: First to choose which curtains they would use for the main challenge and selected who got to pick second
  • Main Challenge: Create a couture evening gown out of window curtains
  • Guest Judges: Mae Baan Mee Nuad, Prapakas, Cris Horwang
  • Challenge Winner: Année Maywong
  • Main Challenge Prize: 20,000฿ gift voucher from KarmaKamet
  • Bottom Two: Dearis Doll and Morrigan
  • Lip Sync Song: "O.K.นะคะ" ("Okay Yes") by Katreeya English
  • Eliminated: Morrigan
  • Farewell Message: "หนูขอบคุณมากนะที่สอนหนู รักมากนะ ♡ บายพี่จ้า จุ๊บๆ" (Thanks for teaching me. Love you so much.♡ Bye you all. XX)
44"Drag Race Thailand Debut Season Award[10]"8 March 2018 (2018-03-08)[10]

  • Mini-Challenge: "Pink carpet" photoshoot
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: JAJA
  • Guests: Ajirapha "Sabina" Meisinger and Natthaya "Grace" Boonchompaisarn
  • Main Challenge: Presenting and accepting "Drag Race Thailand Debut Season Awards"
  • Main Challenge Winner: Natalia Pliacam
  • Main Challenge Prize: One-year supply of Biore products
  • Guest Judges: Ananda Everingham, Sinjai Plengpanich, Pattriya Na Nakorn
  • Runway Theme: Beloved Thai movies
  • Runway Winner: JAJA & Dearis Doll
  • Runway Prize: One-year supply of Vampye eyelashes
  • Bottom Two: Amadiva & Natalia Pliacam
  • Lip Sync Song: "Dhoom Dhoom" by Tata Young
  • Eliminated: None
55"Snatch Game[10]"15 March 2018 (2018-03-15)[10]

  • Mini-Challenge: Reading challenge
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Amadiva
  • Mini-Challenge Prize: First to choose silk for runway challenge and choose who gets second pick
  • Main Challenge: Snatch Game
  • Guest Judges: Metinee Kingpayom, Polpat Asavaprapha
  • Runway Theme: Design an outfit made from dyed Thai silk
  • Main Challenge + Runway Winner: Natalia Pliacam
  • Main Challenge + Runway Prize: 3 day/2 night stay at the AVANI Garden Room in Pattaya, worth 20,000฿
  • Bottom Three: Année Maywong, JAJA, Petchra
  • Lip Sync Song: "Toxic" by Britney Spears
  • Eliminated: Petchra
  • Farewell Message: "พี่นาตาเลีย, แอนเน่, บีเอลล่า, เดียร์ริสดอล (คิดถึงทุกคนนะ) See you, Petchra" (Natalia, Année, B Ella, Dearis Doll (Miss you guys) See you, Petchra)
66"Commercial, Commercial[10]"22 March 2018 (2018-03-22)[10]

  • Mini-Challenge: Line Mobile presentation clip
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: B Ella
  • Mini-Challenge Prize: Free for use of "Line Mobile by DTAC" for 2-years with unlimited package, and privileges for select the partners of main challenge.
  • Main Challenge: Line Mobile parody clip
  • Mini and Main Challenge Guest Judge: Pavarisa Chumvigrant, VP of Marketing "Line Mobile", DTAC TriNet Co., Ltd.
  • Main Challenge Winner: B Ella & Dearis Doll
  • Main Challenge Prize: Free for use of "Line Mobile by DTAC" for 3-years with unlimited package for winners, and free 1 year for other compettitors and presenters.
  • Runway Theme: Parody of Araya A. Hargate dressing, and "guest judges" welcoming show.
  • Runway Guest Judges: Araya A. Hargate,  [th]
  • Runway Winner: Dearis Doll
  • Runway Prize: Gift Voucher of Tichin Nintha Krungthep, worth 20,000฿
  • Bottom Two: Amadiva & JAJA
  • Lip Sync Song: "เพลงสุดท้าย" ("Last Song") by Suda Chuenban
  • Eliminated: Amadiva & JAJA
  • Amadiva’s Farewell Message: "พวกพี่คือยอดมนุษย์ ♡ รักมากนะคะ, Amadiva" (You're Heroes. Love you so much ♡, Amadiva)
  • JAJA’s Farewell Message: "DRTH keep showing the world! Khob Khun Krub! Susu na Kha! Gicci Gicci yaya JAJA!"
    (Khob Khun Krub! Susu na Kha! is a Thai reading word "ขอบคุณครับ! สู้ๆ นะคะ" to transliterated in English, meaning = Thank you! Keep fighting!)
77"Twins[10]"29 March 2018 (2018-03-29)[10]

  • Mini-Challenge: "Twin" photoshoot
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Année Maywong + Dearis Doll
  • Mini-Challenge Prize: Assign pairs for first main challenge
  • Main Challenge 1: Design conjoined twins outfit out of Eighteen boxes
  • Main Challenge 1 Guests:  [th], previously eliminated contestants
  • Main Challenge 1 Winner: Année Maywong (+ Meannie Minaj)
  • Main Challenge 1 Prize: 40,000฿
  • Main Challenge 2: Act out a scene inspired by Plerng Phra Nang
  • Main Challenge 2 Guests: Teerasak Promngoen, previously eliminated contestants
  • Runway Theme: Water Festival (Songkran)
  • Runway Guest Judges: Ploy Chermarn, Utt Uttsada, Chom
  • Main Challenge 2 + Runway Winner: Année Maywong
  • Main Challenge 2 + Runway Prize: 30,000฿ gift voucher for ERB spa
  • Bottom Two: Dearis Doll & B Ella
  • Lip Sync Song: "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé
  • Eliminated: B Ella
  • Farewell Message: "ดีใจที่ได้อยู่ครอบครัวนี้ รักทุกคนนะ ♡ ช้างแห่ง DRTH, B Ella" (I'm glad to live in this family. Love you all ♡ elephant of DRTH, B Ella)
88"Final Runway[10]"5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)[10]

  • Miss Congeniality: B Ella
  • Runners-up: Année Maywong & Dearis Doll
  • Winner of Drag Race Thailand season one: Natalia Pliacam

Reception[]

The season 1 of Drag Race Thailand was met with a successful rating in Thai television. It was later announced that the first season will premiere in the United States in May 2018. The first season also made stirs in the Asian LGBT community, the most prominent of which is a campaign to establish a RuPaul's Drag Race version as well in the Philippines and Taiwan, two of the most LGBT-accepting nations in all of Asia. [11][12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Meet the 12 Queens 'Starting Their Engines' on the Very First 'RuPaul's Drag Race Thailand'". Hornet Stories. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Contestant's Story". Drag Race Thailand. Season 1. Episode 1. 15 February 2018.
  3. ^ "The Power of Love". Drag Race Thailand. Season 1. Episode 2. 22 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Curtain to Couture". Drag Race Thailand. Season 1. Episode 3. 1 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Drag Race Thailand Debut Season Award". Drag Race Thailand. Season 1. Episode 4. 8 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Snatch Game". Drag Race Thailand. Season 1. Episode 4. 15 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Commercial, Commercial". Drag Race Thailand. Season 1. Episode 6. 22 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Twins". Drag Race Thailand. Season 1. Episode 7. 29 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Final Runway". Drag Race Thailand. Season 1. Episode 8. 5 April 2018.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "'Drag Race Thailand - Season 1 Episodes List - Next Episode'". Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  11. ^ Cruz, Chino L. "Why 'RuPaul's Drag Race' is essential viewing in a post-Duterte/Trump world". Rappler.
  12. ^ "Philippines Was Well Represented At RuPaul's Drag Race Season 9 Finale - bluebay700". bluebay700.com.
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