RuPaul’s Drag Race empire grows as Sweden gets its own competition for lady lingonberries to battle it out for a crown.
The music ofRobynis no longer the gayest thing to come out of Scandinavia, asRuPaul’s global reign will extend further into Northern Europe later this year onDrag Race Sweden.
Details about the new spin-off are slim, though a host, judging panel, and cast of Swedish queens is expected to be announced soon.Drag RaceEPs Tom Campbell and RuPaul will also executive-produce the show alongside World of Wonder founders Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey.
RuPaul’s ‘Drag Race Sweden’ season 1 announced.Rosalind O’Connor/getty; Chris Jackson/Getty
“Drag Raceand the art of drag are worldwide phenomena that continue to attract global viewers, so we are thrilled to introduce a fierce new group of queens withDrag Race Sweden,” Barbato and Bailey said in a press statement.
“As our drag family continues to grow, we look forward to watching these new queens sashay onto our screens.”
Drag Race Swedenjoins a growing roster of worldwide installments of the reality competition series, which launched its flagship series currently cycling through its 14th season stateside in 2009.
Other international versions include Chile’sThe Switch Drag Race,Drag Race Thailand,RuPaul’sDrag Race UK,Canada’s Drag Race,Drag Race Holland,RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under,Drag Race Espana,Drag Race Italia, andRuPaul’s Drag Race UK Vs. the World, which pitted queens from multiple iterations against each other for the franchise’s first global title.
Other upcoming editions that have yet to air includeDrag Race PhilippinesandDrag Race France, the latter of which will behosted by season 12 alum Nicky Doll.
Drag Race Swedendebuts in the near future as a Mastiff AB[3] production on the Swedish STV platform, and will stream simultaneously on the WOW Presents Plus subscription streaming service at the same time.RuPaul’s Drag Raceseason 14 is currently airing Fridays at 8 p.m. on VH1, followed immediately by our new live interview seriesQuick Dragat 10:05 p.m. ET/7:05 p.m. PT on the@EWTwitter handle.
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