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RuPaul’s Drag Race Icon and RuPaul’s makeup artist Raven returns to compete in the franchise’s new spin-off Drag race down against the world.
Raven was announced as part of the cast of the spinoff series on Tuesday, marking her long-awaited return to the world of films Drag racing The universe, in front of the camera, that is. The drag artist, whose real name is David Petrushin, first appeared in the second season of The Dragon Ball RuPaul’s Drag Race In 2010, it won second place; Raven competed again in the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars In 2012, it came in second place again.
Petrushin joined the team in RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2017 while filming Season 9, where she remained until Season 18 and received one Emmy Award and two additional nods. As Raven, she also co-hosted the popular show Drag racing Rafiqa fashion series on YouTube Fashion Photo RuView.
Pour Raven on Drag race down against the worldhosted by RuPaul’s right-hand man Michelle Visage, was a shocker on Tuesday. She has previously been teased as part of All stars Season 7, first winners Drag racing Season, in a shocking moment where she entered the Werk room but didn’t end up competing for the batch.
While some users online speculated that Raven’s casting might be another hoax, Hollywood Reporter She confirmed that she will be the official contender for Drag race down against the world.
Along with Raven, 10 additional queens are joining the first season of Drag race down against the world. The cast includes Art Simon (Down Under); Coco Jumbo (Down Under); Estrella Extravaganza (Spain); fluor(bottom); Lala Re (USA); Miss Jade Su (Philippines); Michael Maroli (United Kingdom); Nikita Iman (under); Nicole Paige Brooks (USA); The vibe (down under).
Drag race down against the world It will premiere on WOW Presents Plus on July 24, where Visage will host alongside judges Rhys Nicholson and Drag Race Down Season 4 winner Lazy Susan.
Down Under Against the World He is the third versus the world A spin-off of the franchise, following in the footsteps of the British and Canadian group versus the world Shows that bring queens from all over the world to compete against each other. It is an extension of Drag Race Downwhich was his original name RuPaul’s Drag Race Down It debuted in 2021. In March 2024, the series was renamed simply Drag Race Down When RuPaul stepped down as host and Visage took his place for the fourth season.
From the hosting request Drag Race DownVisage previously said Hollywood Reporter She had no hesitation when she was asked to take on this role. “Also, what a strange honor. Joining me and some amazing queens from Down Under? It’s amazing,” she added.
Drag race down against the world is a WOW production in association with Stan in Australia and WOW Presents Plus. Fenton Bailey, Barbato, Tom Campbell and RuPaul Charles serve as executive producers for WOW; Adrian Swift and Tina Diaz serve as executive producers for Stan.
