Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World season 2
The second season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World premiered on July 19, 2024, on Crave in Canada and WOW Presents Plus internationally. Brooke Lynn Hytes acts as the host and main judge, with Brad Goreski and Traci Melchor as supporting judges.
| Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World | |
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| Season 2 | |
 Promotional poster for season two | |
| Hosted by | Brooke Lynn Hytes |
| Judges |
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| No. of contestants | 9 |
| Winner | Lemon |
| Runner-up | Alexis Mateo |
| Miss Congeniality | Eureka! |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Crave (Canada) BBC Three (United Kingdom) WOW Presents Plus (International) |
| Original release | July 19 – August 23, 2024 |
| Season chronology | |
The contestants for the season were announced on June 26, 2024 and feature queens who previously competed on the Canadian, American, British, and French versions of the franchise as well as the related spin-off RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World. Nine queens competed for the title of "Queen of the Mother-Pucking World" and a cash prize of $100,000.
The winner of the second season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. The World was Lemon, with Alexis Mateo as the runner-up. As the winner of the season, Lemon won a cash prize of $100,000 and earned the title "Queen of the Motherpucking World".
Eureka! earned the title of ‘Miss Congeniality’ and took home a cash prize of $10,000.
Production
editThe season was announced on June 6, 2023 and was announced in December 2023 that it would air in 2024 along with Canada's Drag Race season 5.[1][2] Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, and Traci Melchor would reprise their roles from the first season. The cast was teased on June 24, 2024 and announced on June 26.[3]
Contestants
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Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.[3]
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Original season(s) | Original placement(s) | Outcome |
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| Lemon | 28 | Toronto, Canada | Canada season 1 | 5th place | Winner |
| UK vs. the World series 1 | 9th place | ||||
| Alexis Mateo | 44 | Las Vegas, United States | US season 3 | 3rd place | Runner-up |
| All Stars 1 | 5th place | ||||
| All Stars 5 | 5th place | ||||
| Cheryl[a] | 30 | Chelmsford, United Kingdom | UK series 1 | 4th place | 3rd place |
| UK vs. the World series 1 | 8th place | ||||
| Kennedy Davenport | 43 | Dallas, United States | US season 7 | 4th place | |
| All Stars 3 | Runner-up | ||||
| Miss Fiercalicious | 27 | Toronto, Canada | Canada season 3 | 3rd place | 5th place |
| Eureka![b] | 33 | Los Angeles, United States | US season 9 | 11th place[c] | 6th place[d] |
| US season 10 | Runner-up | ||||
| All Stars 6 | Runner-up | ||||
| Tynomi Banks | 42 | Toronto, Canada | Canada season 1 | 9th place | 7th place |
| Le Fil | 38 | Brighouse, United Kingdom | UK series 4 | 7th place | 8th place |
| La Kahena | 31 | Paris, France | France season 1 | 10th place | 9th place |
- Notes
- ^ Cheryl is referred to as Cheryl Hole on UK series 1 and UK vs. the World series 1.
- ^ Eureka O'Hara is referred to as Eureka on US seasons 9 and 10, and as Eureka! on All Stars 6 and this one.
- ^ The contestant was removed from the competition due to medical reasons.
- ^ Eureka! was voted Miss Congeniality.
Contestant progress
editLegend:
| Contestant | Episode | |||||
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| 1[4] | 2[5] | 3[6] | 4[7] | 5[8] | 6[9] | |
| Lemon | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | Winner |
| Alexis Mateo | BVR | SAFE | WIN | BVR | BTM | Runner-up |
| Cheryl | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | Eliminated |
| Kennedy Davenport | SAFE | WIN | BVR | WIN | BVR | Eliminated |
| Miss Fiercalicious | SAFE | BVR | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest |
| Eureka! | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Miss C | |
| Tynomi Banks | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest | ||
| Le Fil | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||
| La Kahena | ELIM | Guest | ||||
Lip syncs
editLegend:
| Episode | Bottom contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[4] | Eureka! | vs. | La Kahena | "Meaningless" (Charlotte Cardin) |
La Kahena |
| 2[5] | Le Fil | vs. | Tynomi Banks | "Let Me Think About It" (Ida Corr, Fedde Le Grand) |
Le Fil |
| 3[6] | Cheryl | vs. | Tynomi Banks | "What the Hell" (Avril Lavigne) |
Tynomi Banks |
| 4[7] | Eureka! | vs. | Miss Fiercalicious | "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" (The Pussycat Dolls) |
Eureka! |
| 5[8] | Alexis Mateo | vs. | Miss Fiercalicious | “How Far I'll Go" (Alessia Cara) |
Miss Fiercalicious |
| Episode | Finalists | Song | Winner | ||
| 6[9] | Kennedy Davenport | vs. | Lemon | "Hideaway" (Kiesza) |
Lemon |
| Alexis Mateo | vs. | Cheryl | "So Many Men, So Little Time" (Miquel Brown) |
Alexis Mateo | |
| Alexis Mateo | vs. | Lemon | "Love Can Move Mountains" (Celine Dion) |
Lemon | |
Guest judges
edit- Charlotte Cardin, singer[4]
- Lisa Rinna, actress and television personality[5]
- Kirk Pickersgill, fashion designer[6]
- Samantha Bee, comedian and writer[7]
- Sarain Fox, activist[7][8][9]
- Alessia Cara, singer-songwriter[8]
- Ra'Jah O'Hara, winner of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World season 1[9]
Special guests
editGuests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 5
edit- Hollywood Jade, dancer and choreographer[8]
Episodes
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 7 | 1 | "Drag Pop" | July 19, 2024 | |
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Nine queens from across the Drag Race franchise enter the competition. Brooke Lynn Hytes informs them that, for the first main challenge, the queens must write, record and perform verses for one of three original songs. The queens are ordered randomly in order to select their song, which they will perform in groups of three. Brooke also announces the return of the Golden Beaver twist first used in Canada's Drag Race season 4, where the challenge winner can save one of the bottom three from lip-syncing for their life. The queens' songs and groups are as follows:
On the runway, category is Wonders of the World. Cheryl, Kennedy Davenport and Lemon receive positive critiques with Lemon winning the challenge. Alexis Mateo, Eureka! and La Kahena receive negative critiques and are the bottom three. Lemon uses the Golden Beaver to save Alexis Mateo from the bottom two. Eureka! and La Kahena lip-sync to "Meaningless" by Charlotte Cardin. Eureka! wins the lip-sync and La Kahena sashays away.
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| 8 | 2 | "The Hole" | July 26, 2024 | |
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For this week's main challenge, the queens must improvise in the reality TV spoof The Hole, inspired by The Mole and The Traitors. The queens each choose a reality TV archetype to portray:
On the runway, category is Mother Nature. Cheryl, Kennedy Davenport and Lemon receive positive critiques with Kennedy Davenport winning the challenge. Le Fil, Miss Fiercalicious, and Tynomi Banks receive negative critiques and are the bottom three. Kennedy Davenport uses the Golden Beaver to save Miss Fiercalicious from the bottom two. Le Fil and Tynomi Banks lip-sync to "Let Me Think About It" by Ida Corr and Fedde Le Grand. Tynomi Banks wins the lip-sync and Le Fil sashays away.
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| 9 | 3 | "Glamorous Drag Queen Ball Challenge" | August 2, 2024 | |
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For this week's mini challenge, the queens participate in a motion capture audition for a fictional film. Alexis Mateo wins the mini challenge. For this week's main challenge the queens must showcase three looks for the Glamorous Drag Queen Ball Challenge. The three themes are: AI Generated Queen, The Robots Have Taken Over, and Supermodel of the New World. The latter look must be constructed in the Workroom. After the runway, Alexis Mateo, Lemon, and Miss Fiercalicious receive positive critiques with Alexis Mateo winning the challenge. Cheryl, Kennedy Davenport, and Tynomi Banks receive negative critiques and are the bottom three. Alexis Mateo uses the Golden Beaver to save Kennedy Davenport from the bottom two. Cheryl and Tynomi Banks lip-sync to "What the Hell" by Avril Lavigne. Cheryl wins the lip-sync and Tynomi Banks sashays away.
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| 10 | 4 | "Reading Battles" | August 9, 2024 | |
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For this week's mini challenge, the queens each lip-sync to "Just What They Want" by RuPaul while being blasted by a high powered fan. Miss Fiercalicious wins the mini challenge. For this week's main challenge, the queens must perform a stand-up routine in front of the judges and the audience by telling jokes about each others in pairs. The judges select a winner and a loser from each pair; the winner placed on top, whereas the loser was up for elimination.
Lemon, Cheryl and Kennedy Davenport were the winners of the battles, with Kennedy Davenport selected this week's maxi challenge winner. Alexis Mateo, Eureka!, and Miss Fiercalicious were the bottom three queens; Kennedy Davenport uses the Golden Beaver to save Alexis Mateo from the bottom two. Eureka! and Miss Fiercalicious lip-sync to "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" by The Pussycat Dolls. Miss Fiercalicious wins the lip-sync and Eureka! sashays away.
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| 11 | 5 | "Snatch Game: The Rusical" | August 16, 2024 | |
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For this week's main challenge, the queens performed in Snatch Game: The Rusical, inspired by the classic Drag Race challenge. The queens' impersonations were as follows:
On the runway, category is Summer of '69. Cheryl and Lemon receive positive critiques with Lemon winning the challenge. Alexis Mateo, Kennedy Davenport, and Miss Fiercalicious receive negative critiques and are the bottom three. Lemon uses the Golden Beaver to save Kennedy Davenport from the bottom two. Alexis Mateo and Miss Fiercalicious lip-sync to "How Far I'll Go (Alessia Cara Version)" by Alessia Cara. Alexis Mateo wins the lip-sync and Miss Fiercalicious sashays away.
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| 12 | 6 | "Grand Finale" | August 23, 2024 | |
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All queens return for the finale, and the top four queens battle for the crown in a Lip-sync Extravaganza. Eureka! was voted as this season's Miss Congeniality. On the runway, category is Crown Me. After the judges' final critiques and appearances by the eliminated queens the lip-sync smackdown begins. The first lip-sync is between Kennedy Davenport and Lemon. They lip-sync to "Hideaway" by Kiesza. Lemon wins the lip-sync and Kennedy Davenport is eliminated. The second lip-sync is between Alexis Mateo and Cheryl. They lip-sync to "So Many Men, So Little Time" by Miquel Brown. Alexis Mateo wins the lip-sync and Cheryl is eliminated. The final lip-sync is between Alexis Mateo and Lemon. They lip-sync to "Love Can Move Mountains" by Céline Dion. Following the lip-sync it is announced that Lemon is the winner, leaving Alexis Mateo as the runner-up.
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References
edit- ^ WOW Presents Plus (8 June 2023). "The battle returns to the North! 🇨🇦🌎 #CanadasDragRace: Canada vs The World Season 2 and #CanadasDragRace Season 4 are coming to @wowpresentsplus and @cravecanada! ✨ @Bhytes1 @mrbradgoreski @stayfabulous". Twitter. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Crave Orders a Fifth Season of its Hit Original Series, CANADA'S DRAG RACE - Bell Media". Crave Orders a Fifth Season of its Hit Original Series, CANADA’S DRAG RACE - Bell Media. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ a b "Bam! Alexis Mateo is back on 'Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World' season 2 cast". EW.com. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ a b c "Drag Pop". Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Season 2. Episode 1. July 19, 2024. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c "The Hole". Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Season 2. Episode 2. July 26, 2024. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c "The Glamorous Drag Queen Ball". Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Season 2. Episode 3. August 2, 2024. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c d "Reading Battles". Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Season 2. Episode 4. August 9, 2024. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c d e "Snatch Game: The Rusical". Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Season 2. Episode 5. August 16, 2024. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c d "Grand Finale". Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World. Season 2. Episode 6. August 23, 2024. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.