The first season of Drag Race Italia premiered on November 18, 2021. The cast was announced on October 28, 2021. The winner of the first season of Drag Race Italia was Elecktra Bionic, becoming the first ever winner in the Drag Race franchise without any maxi-challenge wins, and the first contestant to never lip sync or win a maxi-challenge in the same season, with Farida Kant and Le Riche as runners-up.
Casting occurred in early 2021 with production starting in summer 2021. On June 30, 2021, it was announced that the judges panel will include Italian drag performer Priscilla, actress Chiara Francini and television personality Tommaso Zorzi.
The season consisted of six episodes.
Contestants
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
+ Contestants of Drag Race Italia season 1 and their backgrounds Contestant Age Hometown Outcome Elecktra Bionic 27 Turin, Piedmont Farida Kant 33 Lecce, Apulia Le Riche 35 Palermo, Sicily Luquisha Lubamba 33 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna 4th place Ava Hangar 36 Carbonia, Sardinia 5th place Divinity 27 Naples, Campania 6th place Enorma Jean 46 Milan, Lombardy Disqualified Ivana Vamp 32 Arezzo, Tuscany 8th place
Contestant progress
Lip syncs Legend:
Episode Contestants Song Eliminated 1 Divinity vs. Luquisha Lubamba ""(Cristina D'Avena) None 2 Ivana Vamp vs. Le Riche ""(Viola Valentino) Ivana Vamp 3 Ava Hangar vs. Le Riche " (Spanish version)"(Raffaella Carrà) None 4 Ava Hangar vs. Enorma Jean "Champion"(RuPaul) Ava Hangar vs. Divinity ""(Donatella Rettore) Divinity 5 Ava Hangar vs. Luquisha Lubamba ""(Heather Parisi) Ava Hangar Episode Final contestants Song Winner 6 Elecktra Bionic vs. Farida Kant vs. Le Riche "Non sono una signora"(Loredana Bertè) Elecktra Bionic
Guest judges Listed in chronological order:
Cristina D'Avena, singer and actress Fabio Mollo, film director , actor Vladimir Luxuria, activist, television personality and actress Nick Cerioni, stylist Donatella Rettore, singer Giancarlo Commare, actor Enzo Miccio, stylist and wedding planner Coco Rebecca Edogamhe, actress Ambra Angiolini, singer and actress
Special guests Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 3 Tiziano Ferro, singer and songwriter Andrea Attila Felice, choreographer Stefano Magnanelli, songwriter
Episode 4 Michele Magani, MAC Cosmetics' global senior artist Vincenzo De Lucia, comedian and impersonator
Episode 6 Andrea Attila Felice, choreographer Tommaso Stanzani, dancer RuPaul, American drag queen and RuPaul's Drag Race host Michelle Visage, American singer, television personality and RuPaul's Drag Race judge
Episodes
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