The second season of Drag Race Italia premiered on 20 October 2022. The ten contestants were announced on 30 September 2022.[1][2] The winner of the second season of Drag Race Italia was La Diamond, with Aura Eternal and Nehellenia as runners-up.
| Drag Race Italia | |
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| Season 2 | |
 Promotional poster for season two | |
| Hosted by | Priscilla |
| Judges |
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| No. of contestants | 10 |
| Winner | La Diamond |
| Runners-up | |
| Miss Congeniality | Nehellenia |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Release | |
| Original network |
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| Original release | 20 October – 8 December 2022 |
| Season chronology | |
Discovery+ confirmed that the reality show opened a casting call for season two.[3][4] On 29 September 2022, they showed a teaser confirming ten contestants with Italian drag performer Priscilla, actress Chiara Francini and television personality Tommaso Zorzi reconfirmed as judges.[5]
The season consisted of eight episodes.
Contestants edit
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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| La Diamond | 35 | Riesi, Sicily | Winner |
| Aura Eternal[a] | 24 | Palermo, Sicily | Runners-up[b] |
| Nehellenia | 31 | Rome, Lazio | |
| La Petite Noire | 31 | Palermo, Sicily | 4th place |
| Skandalove | 33 | Corato, Apulia | 5th place |
| Gioffré | 25 | New York City, United States | 6th place |
| Panthera Virus | 29 | Florence, Tuscany | 7th place |
| Obama[c] | 34 | Rome, Lazio | 8th place |
| Tanissa Yoncè | 28 | Catania, Sicily | 9th place |
| Narciso | 29 | Frosinone, Lazio | 10th place |
Notes:
Contestant progress edit
Legend:
| Contestant | Episode | ||||||||
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| 1[6] | 2[7] | 3[8] | 4[9] | 5[10] | 6[11] | 7[12] | 8[13] | ||
| La Diamond | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | Winner | |
| Aura Eternal | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Runner-up | |
| Nehellenia | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | TOP2 | WIN | SAFE | R-up | Miss C |
| La Petite Noire | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | BTM | Eliminated | |
| Skandalove | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest | |
| Gioffré | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||
| Panthera Virus | BTM | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest | ||||
| Obama | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest | |||||
| Tanissa Yoncè | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||||
| Narciso | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
Lip syncs edit
Legend:
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
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| 1[6] | Narciso | vs. | Panthera Virus | "La bambola" (Patty Pravo) |
Narciso |
| 2[7] | Obama | vs. | Tanissa Yoncè | "Bagno a mezzanotte" (Elodie) |
Tanissa Yoncè |
| 3[8] | Obama | vs. | Panthera Virus | "Down Down Down" (Lollipop) |
Obama |
| 4[9] | Gioffré | vs. | Panthera Virus | "Jem" (Cristina D'Avena) |
Panthera Virus |
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner | ||
| 5[10] | La Petite Noire | vs. | Nehellenia | "The Rhythm of the Night" (Corona) |
La Petite Noire |
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
| 6[11] | Gioffré | vs. | Skandalove | "Pem Pem" (Elettra Lamborghini) |
Gioffré |
| 7[12] | La Petite Noire | vs. | Skandalove | "Far l'amore" (Bob Sinclar, Raffaella Carrà) |
Skandalove |
| Episode | Final contestants | Song | Winner | ||
| 8[13] | Aura Eternal vs. La Diamond vs. Nehellenia | "Festival" (Paola & Chiara) |
La Diamond | ||
Guest judges edit
Listed in chronological order:
- Patty Pravo, singer[6]
- Ludovico Tersigni, actor and television host[7]
- Nancy Brilli, actress[7]
- Sandra Milo, actress and television personality[8]
- Alessandra Celentano, choreographer, former dancer and television personality[9]
- Nick Cerioni, stylist[10]
- Vito Coppola, dancer and television personality[10]
- Claudia Gerini, actress[11]
- Supremme de Luxe, Spanish drag queen and singer, host of Drag Race España[12]
- Michela Giraud, actress and comedian[12]
- Paola Iezzi, singer, DJ, record producer and member of musical duo Paola e Chiara[13]
- Luca Tommasini, actor and choreographer[13]
Special guests edit
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 4
- Ava Hangar, contestant on the first season of Drag Race Italia
- Divinity, contestant on the first season of Drag Race Italia
- Elecktra Bionic, winner of the first season of Drag Race Italia
- Farida Kant, runner-up on the first season of Drag Race Italia
- Ivana Vamp, contestant on the first season of Drag Race Italia
- Le Riche, runner-up on the first season of Drag Race Italia
- Luquisha Lubamba, contestant and Miss Congeniality on the first season of Drag Race Italia
Episode 5
- Andrea Attila Felice, choreographer
Episode 7
- Michele Magani, MAC Cosmetics' global senior artist
Episode 8
- Andrea Attila Felice, choreographer
- Elecktra Bionic, winner of the first season of Drag Race Italia
- Luquisha Lubamba, contestant and Miss Congeniality on the first season of Drag Race Italia
Episodes edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 7 | 1 | "Little Italy" | 20 October 2022 | |
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Ten new queens enter the workroom. For the first mini-challenge, the queens do a car wash photoshoot. Nehellenia wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens create an Italian art inspired look made from unconventional materials. On the runway, category is Arte Italiana (Italian Art). La Diamond and Obama receive positive critiques, with La Diamond winning the challenge. Aura Eternal, Narciso and Panthera Virus receive negative critiques, with Aura Eternal being safe. Narciso and Panthera Virus lip-sync to "La bambola" by Patty Pravo. Panthera Virus wins the lip-sync and Narciso is the first queen to sashay away.
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| 8 | 2 | "Colorful Drag, Lucky Drag" "Drag colorata - Drag fortunata" | 27 October 2022 | |
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For this week's mini-challenge, the queens play a game called Drag Comanda Color, in which each round, Tomasso says a color. The queens will then fish out a ball of that color from a ballpit. The last queen standing will win. Nehellenia wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will team up and act in the soap opera "Il segreto... mica poi tanto!!".
On the runway, category is Prato Fiorito (Flowery Meadow). Aura Eternal and La Petite Noire receive positive critiques, with Aura Eternal winning the challenge. Gioffré, Obama and Tanissa Yoncè receive negative critiques, with Gioffré being safe. Obama and Tanissa Yoncè lip-sync to "Bagno a mezzanotte" by Elodie. Obama wins the lip-sync and Tanissa Yoncè sashays away.
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| 9 | 3 | "Snatch Game" "Snatch Game! Tutto può succedere" | 3 November 2022 | |
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For this week's mini-challenge, the queens read each other to filth. Nehellenia wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens play the Snatch Game. The cast consisted of:
On the runway, category is Colpo di Sce...ma (Silly, Strike, Twist!). La Diamond wins the challenge. Aura Eternal, La Petite Noire, Obama and Panthera Virus receive negative critiques, with Aura Eternal and La Petite Noire being safe. Obama and Panthera Virus lip-sync to "Down Down Down" by Lollipop. Panthera Virus wins the lip-sync and Obama sashays away.
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| 10 | 4 | "Daughters of the Stars" "Figlie delle stelle" | 10 November 2022 | |
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For this week's mini-challenge, the queens are quizzed on horoscopes. Aura Eternal wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens improvise as fortune tellers reading tarots to the queens from Season 1.
On the runway, category is Drag Oroscopo (Drag Horoscope). La Diamond and Nehellenia receive positive critiques, with La Diamond winning the challenge. Gioffré and Panthera Virus receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom two. They lip-sync to "Jem" by Cristina D'Avena. Gioffré wins the lip-sync and Panthera Virus sashays away.
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| 11 | 5 | "Festival Drag" | 17 November 2022 | |
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For this week's mini-challenge, the queens play a game called Tuckis Roulant, where they have to run on a treadmill in heels while playing ring toss trying to score the most points. La Diamond wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens perform in a rusical dedicated to Lady Gaga. On the runway, category is Dancing Queen. Aura Eternal, La Petite Noire and Nehellenia receive positive critiques. Gioffré receives negatives critiques. It is announced that La Petite Noire and Nehellenia are the top 2 queens of the week, and will lip-sync for the win. They lip-sync to "The Rhythm of the Night" by Corona. La Petite Noire is declared the winner.
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| 12 | 6 | "Sporty Queens" "Una Drag nel pallone" | 24 November 2022 | |
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For this week's mini-challenge, the queens have to guess the largest number of foods placed on a Pit Crewer's body by tasting them, while blindfolded. Aura Eternal wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens give makeovers to football players from the LGBTI+ inclusive club Lupi Roma. On the runway, category is Drag nello Sport (Drag in Sport). La Petite Noire and Nehellenia receive positive critiques, with Nehellenia winning the challenge. Gioffré and Skandalove receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom two. They lip-sync to "Pem Pem" by Elettra Lamborghini. Skandalove wins the lip-sync and Gioffré sashays away.
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| 13 | 7 | "A Walk in Time" "A spasso nel tempo" | 1 December 2022 | |
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For this week's mini-challenge, the queens paint a full face of make-up while twirling a hula hoop. Aura Eternal wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens perform a roast of the judges and an audience of Italian sciure. On the runway, category is A Spasso nel Tempo (A Walk in Time). Aura Eternal and La Diamond receive positive critiques, with La Diamond winning the challenge. La Petite Noire and Skandalove receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom two. They lip-sync to "Far l'amore" by Bob Sinclar and Raffaella Carrà. La Petite Noire wins the lip-sync and Skandalove sashays away.
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| 14 | 8 | "Grand Finale" "Gran Finale" | 8 December 2022 | |
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For this week's mini-challenge, the queens play a game of Drag Race Italia inspired twister. La Petite Noire wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens write, record and perform their own verses to the song "Portento (Na Na Na Na)" On the runway, the eliminated queens and the finalists present their Eleganza Extravaganza. La Petite Noire is eliminated, leaving Aura Eternal, La Diamond and Nehellenia as the top three queens of the week. It is revealed that Nehellenia is this season's Miss Congeniality. Aura Eternal, La Diamond and Nehellenia lip-sync to "Festival" by Paola & Chiara. It is announced that La Diamond is the winner, leaving Aura Eternal and Nehellenia as the runners-up.
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References edit
- ^ "Ciao Giorgia, vieni a giocare con noi?". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ Adelino, Saulo (30 September 2022). "Elenco oficial de Drag Race Italia 2". Draglicious (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Penzavalli, Alice (1 March 2022). "Drag Race Italia 2, casting aperti per la seconda stagione: come iscriversi". AP Magazine (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Adelino, Saulo (8 September 2022). "Drag Race Italia é renovado para segunda temporada | Draglicious". Draglicious (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Minacci, Fabiano (29 September 2022). "Drag Race Italia, il nuovo video promo svela l'identità delle 10 protagoniste". Biccy (in Italian). Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Little Italy". Drag Race Italia. Season 2. Episode 1. October 20, 2022. Discovery+ / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c d "Colorful Drag, Lucky Drag". Drag Race Italia. Season 2. Episode 2. October 27, 2022. Discovery+ / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c "Snatch Game". Drag Race Italia. Season 2. Episode 3. November 3, 2022. Discovery+ / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c "Daughters of the Stars". Drag Race Italia. Season 2. Episode 4. November 10, 2022. Discovery+ / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c d "Lady Gaga: The Unauthorized Rusical". Drag Race Italia. Season 2. Episode 5. November 17, 2022. Discovery+ / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c "Sporty Queens". Drag Race Italia. Season 2. Episode 6. November 24, 2022. Discovery+ / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c d "A Walk in Time". Drag Race Italia. Season 2. Episode 7. December 1, 2022. Discovery+ / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c d "Grand Finale". Drag Race Italia. Season 2. Episode 8. December 8, 2022. Discovery+ / WOW Presents Plus.
