Party continues for Drag Race France, Philippines and Thailand
October 17, 2023
The party continues for Drag Race France, Drag Race Philippines and Drag Race Thailand as the multi-Emmy award-winning company behind the successful Drag Race format, World of Wonder (WOW), announced from MIPCOM that these popular international editions will return with third series. The upcoming series of Drag Race Philippines and Drag Race Thailand will be available to stream on WOW Presents Plus globally and Drag Race France will be available on WOW Presents Plus in all territories outside of France.
Off the back of a successful series 2, which saw 11.2 million viewers tune in compared to 7 million for series 1 and average audience figures per episode of 810,000 in France alone on France 2 and France.tv, Drag Race France will be inviting a new set of queens to compete for the chance to snatch the crown in 2024.
Drag Race Philippines has also taken the fandom by storm and, with Captivating Katkat recently taking the series 2 crown in all her glory (series 1 and 2 box sets are available to stream on HBO GO and WOW Presents Plus worldwide now), plans have already been confirmed for the next series, with the announcement that series 3 has been commissioned. Stay tuned as the fiercest, most fabulous Filipino drag artists return to the stage to compete for the title of “Drag Race Superstar of the Philippines”.
And finally, one of the most popular international editions of the franchise, the fabled Drag Race Thailand is back with a bang after crowning their last Drag Superstar back in 2019. The fan-favourite edition of the series returns next year to search for the next Thai superstar.
Commenting on the newly announced re-commissions, Co-Founders of World of Wonder, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, said: “It’s such an honour to share that three countries with three unique takes on the art of drag will be producing their third seasons of Drag Race. We are so grateful to our producer partners, channels and, above all, the artists whose boundless charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent results in a show that is unique to every Nation and for the entire world to enjoy.”
Drag Race France is produced in France by Endemol France and Shake Shake Shake; Drag Race Philippines and Drag Race Thailand are produced in the Philippines by Fullhouse Asia Production Studios; All series are produced in conjunction with World of Wonder Productions with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell and RuPaul Charles serving as Executive Producers on all series.
WOW Presents Plus is the owned streaming platform of pioneering international entertainment company and creator of Emmy-award-winning feature and television programming, World of Wonder, which brings the underground to the mainstream. The platform is celebrating its most successful year since launch and is the only place to watch multiple versions of one of the biggest franchises in the world, RuPaul’s Drag Race, alongside over 1,500 hours of ambitious and diverse content – from Drag Races in 17 different countries and originals with Drag Race alumni, to award-winning documentary films World of Wonder have produced.