The first season of Drag Race France premiered on June 25, 2022. The cast was announced on June 2, 2022. The winner of the first season of Drag Race France was Paloma, with La Grande Dame and Soa de Muse as runners-up.
Casting occurred in end 2021 with production starting in early 2022. On March 4, 2022, it was announced that the judges panel would include RuPaul's Drag Race season 12 contestant Nicky Doll, TV host and columnist Daphné Bürki and DJ and dancer Kiddy Smile.
The season consisted of eight one-hour episodes. The season was broadcast on the digital channel France.tv Slash every Thursday, but also aired on France 2 every Saturday night. It was available simultaneously on Crave in Canada, and on WOW Presents Plus internationally.
Contestants
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
+ Contestant Age Hometown Outcome Paloma 30 Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes La Grande Dame 22 Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Soa de Muse 33 Saint-Denis, Île-de-France Lolita Banana 36 Paris, Île-de-France 4th place La Big Bertha 36 Paris, Île-de-France 5th place Elips 25 Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 6th place Kam Hugh 22 Paris, Île-de-France 7th place La Briochée 31 Palaiseau, Île-de-France 8th place Lova Ladiva 32 Toulouse, Occitania 9th place La Kahena 29 Paris, Île-de-France 10th place
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Contestant progress
Lip syncs Legend:
Episode Contestants Song Eliminated 1 La Kahena vs. Lova Ladiva "Prière païenne"(Céline Dion) La Kahena 2 Lova Ladiva vs. Soa de Muse "Toutes les femmes de ta vie"(L5) Lova Ladiva 3 La Briochée vs. Soa de Muse "Pookie"(Aya Nakamura) La Briochée 4 La Big Bertha vs. Kam Hugh ""(Diam's) Kam Hugh 5 Elips vs. Paloma "Libertine"(Mylène Farmer) Elips 6 La Big Bertha vs. Lolita Banana ""(Yseult) La Big Bertha Episode Contestants Song Winner 7 Lolita Banana vs. Soa de Muse "Dieu m'a donné la foi"(Ophélie Winter) Soa de Muse La Grande Dame vs. Paloma "Le Banana Split"(Lio) Paloma Contestants Song Eliminated La Grande Dame vs. Lolita Banana "La grenade"(Clara Luciani) Lolita Banana Episode Final contestants Song Winner 8 La Grande Dame vs. Paloma vs. Soa de Muse "Mourir sur scène"(Dalida) Paloma
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Guest judges Listed in chronological order:
Jean Paul Gaultier, fashion designer Iris Mittenaere, Miss France 2016 and Miss Universe 2016 Marianne James, singer, actress and TV host , fashion designer , journalist and Elles managing editor Bilal Hassani, singer-songwriter and Eurovision 2019 French representative Shy'm, singer Yanis Marshall, dancer and choreographer Alexandre Mattiussi, fashion designer Yseult, singer-songwriter and model Raya Martigny, model Loïc Prigent, fashion journalist and documentary filmmaker Olivier Rousteing, fashion designer and creative director of Balmain Nicolas Huchard, choreographer
Special guests Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.Episode 1Jean Ranobrac, photographerEpisode 2Chico, drag king Jésus La Vidange, drag king Juda La Vidange, drag kingEpisode 4Bérengère Krief, actress and comedianEpisode 5' Anthonin Fabre, YouTuber Mark Weld, singer-songwriter and comedian Thoj, musician
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