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Intersex musician Ryanne van Dorst, gay actor Rick Paul van Mulligen, veteran queen Diva Mayday, and Eurovision contestants Ruth Jacott and Edsilia Rombley are some of the people who join the party this season. She’s joined by Dutch model Loiza Lamers, who is the first trans person to win a Next Top Model series anywhere in the world. YouTube makeup guru NikkieTutorials is one of the most recognizable guest judges to audiences around the world. Stars like Nicki Minaj, Jeff Goldblum, Whoopi Goldberg, and even Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were guest judges on the most recent season, and the show has won 20 Primetime Emmy Awards to date.ĭrag Race Holland, like other international versions of Drag Race (and early seasons of its US counterpart), still has a more insular feel with more judges who are closely associated with the LGBTQ community. In the States, RuPaul’s Drag Race has crossed over into the mainstream. ‘Drag Race Holland’ has some of the Netherlands’ biggest LGBTQ stars Like Drag Race Thailand, much of the show is in their native language, but the level of drag (and drama) crosses languages and borders. The show is hosted by Fred van Leer, a retired drag queen from Rotterdam and a former host and stylist for shows such as Holland’s Next Top Model and the Dutch version of The X-Factor.įrom the minute the queens walk under the giant windmill and into the werkroom, it’s clear that the show is everything fans love about RuPaul’s Drag Race with a unique Dutch twist. Hot on the heels of Canada’s Drag Race, Drag Race Holland made its world premiere in September 2020. Drag Race Holland | World of Wonder ‘Drag Race Holland’ is the latest international ‘Drag Race’ After the American version took off over a decade ago and created a generation of fans around the globe, RuPaul has taken his reality competition show format to every corner of the globe, including Thailand, Canada, the UK, and most recently, the Netherlands. In the span of just a few years, RuPaul’s Drag Race has become a worldwide phenomenon.
