Drag Race Thailand season 1

Drag Race Thailand
Season 1
Promotional poster for season one
Judges	Art Arya Pangina Heals
No. of contestants	10
Winner	Natalia Pliacam
Runners-up	Année Maywong Dearis Doll
Miss Congeniality	B Ella
No. of episodes	8
Release
Original network	Kantana Group
Original release	15 February (2018-02-15) – 5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)
Season chronology

The first season of Drag Race Thailand is a Thai reality competition show based on the American version with RuPaul. Art Arya and Pangina Heals are the judges of the show. The season premiered on 15 February 2018 and ended on 5 April 2018. The winner of this season was Natalia Pliacam, with Année Maywong and Dearis Doll as the runners-up. B Ella, who finished fourth, was voted Miss Congeniality.

Contestants

See also: List of Drag Race contestants

(Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.)

Contestants of Drag Race Thailand season 1 and their backgrounds

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Outcome
Natalia Pliacam	37	Bangkok	Winner
Année Maywong	30	Bangkok	Runners-up
Dearis Doll	30	Nakhon Pathom
B Ella	30	Nakhon Ratchasima	4th place
Amadiva	24	Bangkok	5th place
JAJA	34	Philippines
Petchra	30	Rayong	7th place
Morrigan	18	Bangkok	8th place
Bunny Be Fly	25	Nakhon Ratchasima	9th place
Meannie Minaj	26	Phrae	10th place

Contestant progress

Legend:

  Natalia Pliacam won Drag Race Thailand season 1.

  Année Maywong and Dearis Doll were the runners-up.

  B Ella was voted Miss Congeniality (Miss C) by fellow contestants.

  WIN indicates that the contestant won both the maxi and runway challenges.

  TOP indicates that the contestant won the maxi challenge.

  RW (Runway win) indicates that the contestant won the runway challenge.

  SAFE indicates that the contestant was declared safe by the judges.

  BTM (Bottom) indicates that the contestant was up for elimination.

  WBT (Winner in the bottom) indicates that although the contestant won the maxi challenge, they were the worst in the runway challenge and were subsequently put up for elimination.

  ELIM (Eliminated) indicates that the contestant was eliminated.

  Guest indicates that the contestant returned as a guest.

Contestants progress with placements in each episode

Contestant	Episode
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Natalia Pliacam	SAFE	TOP	SAFE	WBM	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	Winner
Année Maywong	TOP	SAFE	TOP	SAFE	BTM	SAFE	WIN	Runner-up
Dearis Doll	SAFE	SAFE	BTM	RW	SAFE	WIN	BTM	Runner-up
B Ella	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	TOP	ELIM	Miss C
Amadiva	SAFE	RW	SAFE	BTM	SAFE	ELIM	Guest	Guest
JAJA	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	RW	BTM	ELIM	Guest	Guest
Petchra	SAFE	BTM	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM		Guest	Guest
Morrigan	BTM	SAFE	ELIM				Guest	Guest
Bunny Be Fly	SAFE	ELIM					Guest	Guest
Meannie Minaj	ELIM						Guest	Guest

Lip syncs

Episode	Contestants			Song	Eliminated
1	Meannie Minaj	vs.	Morrigan	"Born This Way" (Lady Gaga)	Meannie Minaj
2	Bunny Be Fly	vs.	Petchra	"รักยังไม่ต้องการ (I Don't Want Love Yet)" (Marsha Vadhanapanich)	Bunny Be Fly
3	Dearis Doll	vs.	Morrigan	"O.K.นะคะ (O.K. Yes)" (Katreeya English)	Morrigan
4	Amadiva	vs.	Natalia Pliacam	"Dhoom Dhoom" (Tata Young)	None
5	Année Maywong vs. JAJA vs. Petchra			"Toxic" (Britney Spears)	Petchra
6	Amadiva	vs.	JAJA	"เพลงสุดท้าย (Last Song)" (Suda Chuenban)	Amadiva
					JAJA
7	B Ella	vs.	Dearis Doll	"Crazy in Love" (Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z)	B Ella

  The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom.

  The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom.

Guest judges

• Madame Mod, Thai drag queen
• Madeaw, stylist
• Pa-Tue, fashion designer
• Marsha Vadhanapanich, actress, model and singer
• Jai Sira, Thai drag queen
• Mae Baan Mee Nuad, Thai drag queen
• Prapakas Angsulin, fashion designer
• Cris Horwang, actress and model
• Ananda Everingham, actor
• Sinjai Plengpanich, actress, model and singer
• Pattriya Na Nakorn, author, socialite and Director at Gucci
• Metinee Kingpayom, actress, model and producer
• Polpat Asavaprapha, fashion designer
• Araya A. Hargate, actress, model and TV host
• Ornapa Krisadee, actress
• Pavarisa Chumvigrant, VP of Marketing "Line Mobile", DTAC TriNet Co., Ltd.
• Chom, Thai drag queen
• Ploy Chermarn, actress and model
• Utt Uttsada, actor and model

Special guests

Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.

Episode 4

• Ajirapha "Sabina" Meisinger, actress and model
• Natthaya "Grace" Boonchompaisarn, model
• RuPaul, American drag queen and RuPaul's Drag Race host

Episode 7

• DJ Matoom, DJ
• Teerasak Promngoen, actor

Episode 7

• Amadiva, contestant on season one
• Dearis Doll, contestant on season one
• JAJA, contestant on season one
• Meannie Minaj, contestant on season one
• Morrigan, contestant on season one
• Petchra, contestant on season one

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
1	1	"Contestant's Story"	15 February 2018 (2018-02-15)
2	2	"The Power of Love"	22 February 2018 (2018-02-22)
3	3	"Curtain to Couture"	1 March 2018 (2018-03-01)
4	4	"Drag Race Thailand Debut Season Award"	8 March 2018 (2018-03-08)
5	5	"Snatch Game"	15 March 2018 (2018-03-15)
6	6	"Commercial, Commercial"	22 March 2018 (2018-03-22)
7	7	"Twins"	29 March 2018 (2018-03-29)
8	8	"Final Runway"	5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)

Reception

The season 1 of Drag Race Thailand was met with a successful rating in Thai television. It was later announced that the first season will premiere in the United States in May 2018. The first season also made stirs in the Asian LGBT community, the most prominent of which is a campaign to establish a RuPaul's Drag Race version as well in the Philippines and Taiwan, two of the most LGBT-accepting nations in all of Asia.