Start your engines, RuPaul’s Drag Race followers. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will seem on the upcoming Canada’s Drag Race spinoff collection Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World.
“We’re making herstory,” Canada’s Drag Race tweeted on Tuesday, noting that Trudeau would be the first world chief to look on the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise, a glitzy celebration of creativity and variety that began within the US and has spun off into the UK, Australia, Spain, Holland, Sweden and the Philippines, amongst different nations.
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World premieres Nov. 18 on Crave in Canada and on WOW Presents worldwide. It will see 9 queens from world wide competing throughout six episodes in challenges that take a look at their efficiency, costume-making and impersonation abilities, and normal charisma, uniqueness, nerve and expertise. Competing queens are Anita Wigl’it, Icesis Couture, Kendall Gender, Ra’Jah O’Hara, Rita Baga, Silky Nutmeg Ganache, Stephanie Prince, Vanity Milan and Victoria Scone.
To keep away from spoilers, manufacturing firm World of Wonder did not reveal which episode will characteristic Trudeau or his exact function within the collection. (Will he be a visitor decide? Get learn for filth?) A brand new trailer, nevertheless, reveals him wearing a go well with and tie — sadly, no glitter or feathers — and greeting delighted contestants backstage.
This is not the primary time a political determine has proven up on a model of the truth TV competitors present. Earlier this 12 months, throughout Pride Month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared on an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season 7, the place she expressed help for the drag group and urged Americans to vote. US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Drag Race superfan served as a visitor decide on season 12 in 2020, becoming a member of the queens backstage to inform them how a lot they impressed her simply by being themselves.
News of Trudeau’s look comes as Americans head to the polls to vote in midterm elections. He’d higher werk.
