Drag Race Thailand is a Thai reality competition television series based on the American reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race. Art Arya and Pangina Heals are the judges of the show. The first season premiered on 15 February 2018 and ended on 5 April 2018.
The winner of this season was Natalia Pliacam, and Année Maywong and Dearis Doll were the runners-up. B Ella was voted Miss Congeniality.
Contestants
(Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.) + Contestant Age Hometown Outcome Natalia Pliacam 37 Bangkok Année Maywong 30 Bangkok Runners-up Dearis Doll 30 Nakhon Pathom B Ella 30 Nakhon Ratchasima 4th place Amadiva 24 Bangkok 5th place JAJA 34 Imus, 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
Contestant progress
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)"() 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.
Guest judges
Madame Mod, Thai drag queen Madeaw, stylist Pa-Tue, fashion designer Marsha Vadhanapanich, actress, model and singer Jai Sira, Thai drag queen Mae Baan Mee Nuad, Thai drag queen Prapakas Angsulin, fashion designer Cris Horwang, actress and model Ananda Everingham, actor Sinjai Plengpanich, actress, model and singer Pattriya Na Nakorn, author, socialite and Director at Gucci Metinee Kingpayom, actress, model, producer and Miss Thailand World 1992 Polpat Asavaprapha, fashion designer Araya A. Hargate, actress, model and TV host , actress Pavarisa Chumvigrant, VP of Marketing "Line Mobile", DTAC TriNet Co., Ltd. Chom, Thai drag queen Ploy Chermarn, actress and model Utt Uttsada, actor and model
Special guests Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 4 Ajirapha "Sabina" Meisinger, actress and model Natthaya "Grace" Boonchompaisarn, model RuPaul, American drag queen and RuPaul's Drag Race host
Episode 7 , DJ Teerasak Promngoen, actor
Episode 7 Amadiva, contestant on season one Dearis Doll, contestant on season one JAJA, contestant on season one Meannie Minaj, contestant on season one Morrigan, contestant on season one Petchra, contestant on season one
Episodes
Reception 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 LGBTQ 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 LGBTQ-accepting nations in all of Asia.
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