Meet the Queens Hustling into Canadian Hearts in the All-New Crave Original Series, CANADA’S DRAG RACE: CANADA VS. THE WORLD, Premiering November 18

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– Also announced today, Drag Race alumni Anita Wigl’it, Icesis Couture, Kendall Gender, Ra’Jah O’Hara, Rita Baga, Silky Nutmeg Ganache, Stephanie Prince, Vanity Milan, and Victoria Scone compete to become Queen of the Mother-Pucking World –
– Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, and Traci Melchor return to the Drag Race bench as resident judges in the six-part new series –

Tags: @CanadasDragRace, #CanadasDragRace, @CraveCanada, @Crave_PR TORONTO (October 17, 2022) – After three wildly successful seasons of CANADA’S DRAG RACE, the queens of the North have proven they can “sleigh” in every way. Now, it’s time to give the world another Drag Race part-eh when nine, world-renowned drag artists, including four from CANADA’S DRAG RACE, compete in the all-new Crave Original series, CANADA’S DRAG RACE: CANADA VS. THE WORLD, premiering Friday, Nov. 18 at 9 p.m. ET. The six-part series is available to Canadian audiences in English and French, with new episodes dropping Fridays at 9 p.m. ET.

On CANADA’S DRAG RACE: CANADA VS. THE WORLD, queens from the international Drag Race family compete to become the Queen of the Mother-Pucking World. With Canada acting as host nation, this six-episode battle brings back fan favourites and top talent from around the world with a thirst for victory, for an elite competition. Resident CANADA’S DRAG RACE judges Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, and Traci Melchor bring their judging expertise to CANADA’S DRAG RACE: CANADA VS. THE WORLD, and are joined by guest judges and special guests soon to be announced throughout the season.

While Canada hosts the competition, in every episode of CANADA’S DRAG RACE: CANADA VS. THE WORLD, it’s each queen for herself. Queens’ talents are tested in maxi and mini challenges, and lip-sync battles, where one queen wins the chance to eliminate a fellow competitor, until a winner is crowned. Throughout this journey, the queens have the opportunity to share their personal struggles and successes, and showcase the importance of celebrating everyone’s Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent. **Media Note: assets for CANADA’S DRAG RACE: CANADA VS. THE WORLD, including gallery images of each queen and judge, are available on The Lede HERE** The queens of CANADA’S DRAG RACE: CANADA VS. THE WORLD are: Anita Wigl’it Age: 32 Hometown: Auckland, N.Z. RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE DOWN UNDER Season 1 “I can’t wait to “Wigl’it” into the hearts and trousers of Canada!” Ic esis Couture Age: 35 Hometown: Ottawa, Ont. CANADA’S DRAG RACE Season 2 Winner “Just when you thought you’ve seen it all, wait until you see me balancing two crowns on my wig!”

Kendall Gender Age: 31 Hometown: Victoria, B.C. CANADA’S DRAG RACE Season 2 “I was so close to snatching the crown on my season and now I’m here to reign. That Kendall reign won’t let up!”

Ra’Jah O’Hara Age: 37 Hometown: Dallas, Texas RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE Season 11 RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS Season 6 “When in doubt, I always groove it out!”

Rita Baga Age: 34 Hometown: Montreal, Que. CANADA’S DRAG RACE Season 1 DRAG RACE BELGIQUE Season 1 Host “Rita Baga is the 5 F’s – fierce, French, famous, fun and fungus!”

Silky Nutmeg Ganache Age: 32 Hometown: Moss Point, Miss. RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE Season 11 RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS Season 6 “Drag Queens have bridged that gap historically by being the worlds’ sister, auntie, cousin, mother, friend, therapist, fashion eye, confident, fundraiser, voice, reason, mediator, entertainer, and inspiration. Throughout history and still to this very day, the job has not gotten easier; however, I do feel that I can continue this legacy with the crown.”

Stephanie Prince Age: 25 Hometown: Calgary, Alta. CANADA’S DRAG RACE Season 2 “In Season 2, they were jealous of my beauty. This season, they will be jealous of my beauty and looks, because she’s what?…Cor-rect!”

Vanity Milan Age: 30 Hometown: London, U.K. RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE UK Season 3 “Black, proud and stunning! My drag journey has always been about inclusivity and empowerment for our communities. And that’s on what? Period!”

Victoria Scone Age: 29 Hometown: Cardiff, Wales RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE UK Season 3 “In my original season, you only got the crumbs, but now you’ll get the whole buffet.”

About Bell Media Original Programming

Bell Media has commissioned some of Canada’s most-watched and most-acclaimed original programming, working with the best Canadian independent producers in the country. Hit series commissioned by CTV include #1 Canadian drama TRANSPLANT; record-breaking Canadian format THE AMAZING RACE CANADA; and comedy CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING from the producers of LETTERKENNY. Among the original series on Bell Media specialty and streaming platforms are CTV Life Channel’s culinary series MARY MAKES IT EASY with Mary Berg; CTV Comedy Channel’s ROAST BATTLE CANADA and the upcoming ACTING GOOD. Crave Originals include hit series LETTERKENNY, CANADA’S DRAG RACE, and WAY OVER ME (SORTEZ-MOI DE MOI); docuseries DARK SIDE OF THE RING; and acclaimed documentaries FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK and A.RTIFICIAL I.MMORTALITY. Discovery is home to Bell Media’s hit factual series and franchises HIGHWAY THRU HELL, HEAVY RESCUE: 401, and MUD MOUNTAIN HAULERS, and others. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. Learn more at www.BellMedia.ca.

About Crave

Crave is Canada’s prestige entertainment offering, delivering more Oscar^®-nominated and Emmy^®Award-winning programming than any other service, with HBO, HBO Max Originals, SHOWTIME^®, STARZ, Hollywood-hit movies, and boasts a robust slate of English and French original series. It is a bilingual TV and streaming service, with thousands of hours of exclusive French-language content. Crave is available directly to all Canadians with access to the Internet at Crave.ca, via iOS and Android, and other platforms such as Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, select LG Smart TVs, PlayStation, Roku, select Samsung Smart TVs, and Xbox One, and through participating service providers across ten, 24-hour High Definition linear and on demand channels. Learn more at Crave.ca.

Blue Ant Studios

Blue Ant Studios is a leading studio and award-winning production business with offices in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto. The company’s premium slate of programming spans documentaries and docuseries, scripted, unscripted, and reality competition, with recent hits including the Hollywood Critics Association TV Award-nominated docuseries Banished: Prince Andrew (Peacock), The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (Prime Video); breakout investigative docuseries Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell (Peacock and SKY) and Evil by Design: Exposing Peter Nygård (Starz and CBC); the multi-award-winning Canada’s Drag Race seasons 1-3 (Crave for Bell Media); the Daytime Emmy Award-winning scripted series The Healing Powers of Dude (Netflix); and the upcoming Canada Vs. the World (Crave for Bell Media) and Prince Andrew: Banished (Peacock). Blue Ant Studios is a subsidiary of Blue Ant Media.

About World of Wonder

World of Wonder (WOW) has reshaped international pop culture, earning 30 Emmys, inspiring two Oscars, creating global network WOW Presents Plus across 190 territories, and bringing drag culture to the world stage via RuPaul’s Drag Race and DragCon. WOW’s pioneering television portfolio includes other smash-hit franchises like Million Dollar Listing. Their film division WOW Docs produces groundbreaking documentaries including Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, Party Monster, and The Eyes of Tammy Faye. WOW also operates YouTube channel WOWPresents, music label World of Wonder Records, the WOW Podcast Network, and year-round international live events. Co-founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato have been profiled in Variety’s Reality TV Impact Report. Honors for their trailblazing work include the IDA Pioneer Award, Realscreen’s Global 100 list, and the OUT 100. In 2022, World of Wonder was ranked #2 among film and TV powerhouses in Fast Company’s World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies.

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