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Let the Battle Begin!

RuPaul’s Drag Race returns to OUTtv for a sixth season

TV Show Review by OUTtv (From GayCalgary® Magazine, February 2014, page 22)
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Let the Battle Begin!: RuPaul’s Drag Race returns to OUTtv for a sixth season
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Get ready squirrel friends! RuPaul is back with a new crop of celebrity guest judges to help transform "herstory" in the highly anticipated sixth season of the ground-breaking series, "RuPaul’s Drag Race."  On February 24th, OUTtv, Canada’s only LGBT network will reveal 14 of the fiercest drag queens with the biggest personalities the show has ever seen. Who will survive to the end and be the next drag superstar?

"Our sixth season is rated BBB.  Bitches Better Beware!" said Executive Producer, RuPaul.  "It’s our most outrageous and sickening cast to date. And quite frankly, I’m scared of these queens." The cast of the sixth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race range in age from 22 to 41. That’s a generation gap guaranteed to add tension and some shade-throwing into the mix!

So, who’s joining RuPaul for the season? Three NYC queens have made the cut: Milk (25), Bianca Del Rio (37) and one of the grand dames of the season, Vivacious (40). The grandest (well, the oldest) queen also comes from New York State. It’s the gorgeous Miss Darienne Lake who has the most candles on her cake at 41-years-old. Some queens were still in the cradle when Miss Lake was first shaking her tail-feathers.

Five of the queens hail from the West Coast; from California come three hot candidates, Adore Delano (23), Kelly Mantle (37) and Laganja Estranja (24). And what’s bigger than the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl win? BenDeLaCreme (31) and Magnolia Crawford (27) - that’s who! These two ‘wet’ coast queens will blossom in the sun of California. Then there’s the southern beauty/booty of Trinity K. Bonet (22) from Atlanta. Then add Gia Gunn (22) and Joslyn Fox (26) from Chicago, IL, and Worcester, MA.

But wait! RuPaul still has more, more, more planned for the season, so she added a little spice with April Carrion from Puerto Rico and the fishiest queen, a little Tasmanian devil of a singer from Down Under, Courtney Act. Courtney’s already wowed Australian Idol so let’s see how she holds up under the lights and lip-syncing in RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 6.

The panel of judges for the sixth season is the most star-studded ever.  To review every second of the face-primping, tucking and wig-straightening action are show regulars Michelle Visage and Santino Rice. The celeb guest judges include the amazing Neil Patrick Harris, American Idol alum Adam Lambert, tabloid staple Khloe Kardashian and Game of Thrones’s Lena Headey. They’ll be joined by Leah Remini of DTWS and King of Queens, Linda Blair of Exorcist fame, Photographer Mike Ruiz from The A-List New York, as well as actors Jaime Pressly, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Heather McDonald and David Burtka. Also joining the judging panel are singers Eve, Trina, and the superstar singer, choreographer, and ex-Idol judge Paula Abdul. Famed designer Bob Mackie, who has dressed entertainment icons including Cher, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Tina Turner and Joan Rivers, represents the world of fashion. This sickening group will decide who will stay, lip-sync for their life or "sashay away."  Additional guest appearances this season will be made by Lucian Piane, Gillian Jacobs, Lainie Kazan, Bruce Vilanch, Chaz Bono, and Georgia Holt.

Viewers will get a super-sized, 90-minute episode on OUTtv, February 24th at 9pm ET/PT to kick off the new season.  "This season of RuPaul’s Drag Race is perfect for viewers who want to butch it up after watching a month of Olympic figure skating!" says RuPaul.  So, gather round a screen and get to know the fiercest, most fantastic group of queens ever to compete for the crown and the coveted title of "American’s Next Drag Superstar." The grand prize package, including $100,000 in cash and a sickening supply of Colorevolution Cosmetics, is at the finish line – and these queens won’t hold back in their pursuit of their dream to win it all.

Plus, the wicked companion series "Untucked: RuPaul’s Drag Race" returns for an all-new season with the backstabbing, backbreaking and backstage drama that you didn’t see on the runway.  RuPaul narrates the explosive episodes of raw, behind-the-scenes moments from the new season.  And if the pressure of the main stage wasn’t enough, you never know who will stop by to keep the girls on their high-heeled toes.  New episodes of "Untucked: RuPaul’s Drag Race" air each week on OUTtv following each episode of season six of RuPaul’s Drag Race.

World of Wonder Productions produces "RuPaul’s Drag Race" with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Mandy Salangsang, Steven Corfe and RuPaul Charles serving as Executive Producers.  David Cortez from World of Wonder serves as Executive Producer for "Untucked: RuPaul’s Drag Race."  OUTtv is the Canadian home of RuPaul’s Drag Race. See more about Season 6 by visiting their website.

Be sure to check out RuPaul’s new album Born Naked available for iTunes download at midnight on Monday, February 24th.


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