Drag Race Sverige (internationally called Drag Race Sweden) is a Swedish reality competition television series based on the American series RuPaul's Drag Race. It is broadcast by SVT1 and SVT Play in Sweden and airs on WOW Presents Plus elsewhere.
Drag Race Sverige is the twelfth international adaptation of the American reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race, following Chilean, Thai, British, Canadian, Dutch, Australian and New Zealand, Spanish, Italian, French, Filipino, and Belgian versions. It has been followed by Mexican, Brazilian, and German iterations.
The adaptation was announced in April 2022 and casting began in May. Mastiff AB produces the show. Executive producers are RuPaul and Tom Campbell, as well as World of Wonder founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. The show is presented by Robert Fux with singer and actress Kayo and radio and television host making up the judging panel. The first season premiered March 4, 2023 and was won by Admira Thunderpussy, with Fontana as the runner-up.
Contestants
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
+Contestants of Drag Race Sverige and their backgrounds Contestant Age Hometown Outcome Admira Thunderpussy 29 Stockholm, Stockholm County Fontana 30 São Leopoldo, Brazil Vanity Vain 31 Linköping, Östergötland County 3rd place Elecktra 36 Helsingborg, Skåne County 4th place Antonina Nutshell 29 Liverpool, United Kingdom 5th place Santana Sexmachine 30 Berlin, Germany 6th place Imaa Queen 30 Värnamo, Jönköping County 7th place Endigo 30 Tokyo, Japan 8th place Almighty Aphroditey 21 Mora, Dalarna County 9th place
Contestants progress
Lip syncs Legend:
Episode Contestants Song Eliminated 1 Almighty Aphroditey vs. Endigo "Puss & Kram"(Daniela Rathana) Almighty Aphroditey 2 Antonina Nutshell vs. Vanity Vain ""(Siw Malmkvist) Antonina Nutshell 3 Elecktra vs. Endigo "Sexual Revolution"(Army of Lovers) Endigo 4 Antonina Nutshell vs. Imaa Queen "Kitty Girl"(RuPaul) Imaa Queen 5 Fontana vs. Santana Sexmachine "Euphoria"(Loreen) Santana Sexmachine 6 Antonina Nutshell vs. Elecktra "Emergency"(Icona Pop) Antonina Nutshell 7 Elecktra vs. Vanity Vain "Kisses of Fire"(ABBA) Elecktra
Guest judges Listed in chronological order:
Daniela Rathana, singer Siw Malmkvist, singer Tone Sekelius, singer Christer Lindarw, drag performer Fredrik Robertsson, fashion designer Arantxa Alvarez, television presenter and singer Omar Rudberg, singer and actor Loreen, singer and two-time Eurovision Song Contest winner Caroline Hjelt, singer and member of musical duo Icona Pop Shima Niavarani, singer and actress
Special guests Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 1 Peter Knutson, photographer
Episode 5 Herman Gardarfve, songwriter and record producer Melanie Wehbe, singer Patrik Jean, singer
Episode 6 Anthony Yigit, professional boxer Robert Eirfjell, chief technology officer Robin Bengtsson, singer , comedian , professional mixed martial artist
Episode 8 Benjamin Johnsson, choreographer Herman Gardarfve, songwriter and record producer Melanie Wehbe, singer Patrik Jean, singer
Episodes
Drag Race Sverige: Untucked! On 19 October 2022, it was confirmed that the main season will have its own companion series called Drag Race Sverige: Untucked. This the second international iteration of the Untucked series, after Drag Race Philippines: Untucked!.
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