Drag Race UK spoilers follow
Drag Race Italia is returning for a second season on Thursday, October 20, and now we finally have a lineup of the drag queens who will sashay away on the runway – including a former Big Brother contestant!
World of Wonder and Discovery+ announced the lineup, which saw drag queen Obama, who participated in Big Brother in 2018, confirmed as one of the contestants.
Obama is a 32 year old drag queen from Rome, whose stage name is an ode to the former President of the United States, Barack Obama. Her drag is inspired by beauty icons Grace Jones and Naomi Campbell.
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The other drag queens that are joining the lineup are Aura Eternal, La Diamond, Gioffrè, Narciso, Nehellenia, Panthera Virus, La Petite Noire, Skandalove and Tanissa Yoncè.
Judging them as they put their best heel forward will be acclaimed drag queen Priscilla, who was also a judge on the first season. Alongside Priscilla on the judging panel will be actress Chiara Francini and influencer Tommaso Zorzi.
The first season of the show was won by Elecktra Bionic.
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Elsewhere, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is in full swing and has already said goodbye to two of its queens, with the second elimination happening on Thursday (September 29).
During the famous girl group challenge, in which the queens are split into groups and are asked to deliver music festival inspired performances, Starlet’s group The Triple Threat were placed in danger.
Out of the three in the group, it was Starlet herself who had to say goodbye to the show.
Drag Race Italia Season 2 will air weekly from Thursday, October 20, exclusively on WOW Presents Plus.
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