Canada's Drag Race season 4
Canada's Drag Race | |
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Season 4 | |
![]() Promotional poster for season four | |
Hosted by | Brooke Lynn Hytes |
Judges |
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No. of contestants | 11 |
Winner | Venus |
Runner-up | Aurora Matrix |
Miss Congeniality | Kitten Kaboodle |
No. of episodes | 9 |
Release | |
Original network | Crave (Canada) BBC Three (United Kingdom) WOW Presents Plus (International) |
Original release | November 16, 2023 January 11, 2024 | –
Season chronology | |
The fourth season of Canada's Drag Race premiered on November 16, 2023 and concluded on January 11, 2024. The season aired on Crave in Canada, BBC Three in the United Kingdom, and on WOW Presents Plus internationally.
Production
[edit]Crave announced that the series was renewed for a fourth season in November 2022,[1] with a casting call taking place from November 1 to 22.[2] Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, and Traci Melchor returned as judges for the season.
Eleven contestants were announced on October 18, 2023, with a premiere for the season slated for November 16.[3][4] Crave teased the season's guest judges through an Instagram post on November 1, 2023.[5]
The winner of the fourth season of Canada’s Drag Race was Venus, with Aurora Matrix as runner-up.
Contestants
[edit]Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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Venus | 27 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Winner |
Aurora Matrix | 22 | Toronto, Ontario | Runner-up |
Denim | 24 | Montreal, Quebec | 3rd place |
Nearah Nuff | 22 | Calgary, Alberta | |
Melinda Verga | 44 | Edmonton, Alberta | 5th place |
Kiki Coe | 35 | Ottawa, Ontario | 6th place |
Aimee Yonce Shennel | 31 | Ottawa, Ontario | 7th place[a] |
Kitten Kaboodle | 57 | Toronto, Ontario | |
Luna DuBois | 24 | Toronto, Ontario | 9th place |
The Girlfriend Experience | 31 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 10th place |
Sisi Superstar | 31 | Montreal, Quebec | 11th place |
- Notes
- ^ Kitten Kaboodle was voted Miss Congeniality on the official Canada's Drag Race Instagram page after the finale aired.
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] | 9[14] | |
Venus | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Winner |
Aurora Matrix | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | BTM | TOP2 | WIN | SAFE | Runner-up |
Denim | TOP2 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BVR | BTM | WIN | Eliminated |
Nearah Nuff | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | BTM | Eliminated |
Melinda Verga | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BVR | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest |
Kiki Coe | SAFE | SAFE | BVR | WIN | BVR | BTM | ELIM | Guest | |
Aimee Yonce Shennel | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||
Kitten Kaboodle | SAFE | WIN | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Miss C | ||
Luna DuBois | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||
The Girlfriend Experience | SAFE | BVR | ELIM | Guest | |||||
Sisi Superstar | SAFE | ELIM | Guest |
Lip syncs
[edit]Legend:
Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner | ||
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1[6] | Denim | vs. | Venus | "Feel It in My Bones" (Tiësto ft. Tegan and Sara) |
Venus |
Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
2[7] | Luna DuBois | vs. | Sisi Superstar | "I'm with You" (Avril Lavigne) |
Sisi Superstar |
3[8] | Kitten Kaboodle | vs. | The Girlfriend Experience | "Tongue" (Rêve) |
The Girlfriend Experience |
4[9] | Aimee Yonce Shennel | vs. | Nearah Nuff | "Come Through" (Priyanka ft. Lemon) |
None |
5[10] | Aurora Matrix | vs. | Luna DuBois | "She's All I Wanna Be" (Tate McRae) |
Luna DuBois |
Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner | ||
6[11] | Kitten Kaboodle | vs. | Melinda Verga | "That Don't Impress Me Much (Dance Mix)" (Shania Twain) |
Melinda Verga |
Aurora Matrix | vs. | Denim | "I'm Not Here to Make Friends" (Sam Smith, Calvin Harris, Jessie Reyez) |
Aurora Matrix | |
Aimee Yonce Shennel | vs. | Nearah Nuff | "Fever Dreamer" (SG Lewis ft. Charlotte Day Wilson, Channel Tres) |
Nearah Nuff | |
Kiki Coe | vs. | Venus | "Uninvited" (Alanis Morissette) |
Venus | |
Aurora Matrix | vs. | Melinda Verga | "Boys Wanna Be Her" (Peaches) |
Aurora Matrix | |
Nearah Nuff | vs. | Venus | "Pull Up" (Keys N Krates ft. Haviah Mighty) |
Nearah Nuff | |
Aurora Matrix | vs. | Nearah Nuff | "Black Velvet" (Alannah Myles) |
Nearah Nuff | |
Contestants | Song | Eliminated | |||
Aimee Yonce Shennel vs. Kiki Coe vs. Kitten Kaboodle | "I Will Love Again" (Lara Fabian) |
Aimee Yonce Shennel | |||
Kitten Kaboodle | |||||
7[12] | Denim | vs. | Kiki Coe | "Seven Day Fool" (Jully Black) |
Kiki Coe |
8[13] | Melinda Verga | vs. | Nearah Nuff | "I Didn't Just Come Here to Dance" (Carly Rae Jepsen) |
Melinda Verga |
Episode | Final contestants | Song | Winner | ||
9[14] | Aurora Matrix | vs. | Venus | "Try" (Nelly Furtado) |
Venus |
Guest judges
[edit]On November 1, 2022, the judges for the fourth season were announced. Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, and Traci Melchor remain behind the judging table. The season also includes several guest judges:[5][15]
- Tegan and Sara, indie rock/indie pop duo[6]
- Ra'Jah O'Hara, winner of the first season of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World and contestant on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars[7]
- Rêve, singer-songwriter[8]
- Christian Allaire, Ojibwe writer and fashion journalist[9]
- Jaida Essence Hall, winner of the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and contestant on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars[10]
- Winnie Harlow, model[11]
- Luann de Lesseps, model and television personality[12]
- Sarain Fox, activist[13]
- Nelly Furtado, singer[14]
Special guests
[edit]Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 3
- John Diemer, recording engineer
Episode 4
- Aleksandar Antonijevic, photographer
Episode 7
- Hollywood Jade, dancer and choreographer
Episode 9
- Gisèle Lullaby, winner of the third season of Canada's Drag Race
- Aleksandar Antonijevic, photographer
- Hollywood Jade, dancer and choreographer
Episodes
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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30 | 1 | "Premiere Ball" | November 16, 2023 | |
Eleven new queens enter the workroom. For the first main challenge, the queens present three looks: First Impressions, Shimmering Showgirls and Me Myself and I. On the runway, category is Me Myself and I. Denim, Kiki Coe and Venus receive positive critiques. Melinda Verga, Nearah Nuff and Sisi Superstar receive negative critiques. It is then announced that Denim and Venus are the top two queens of the week and will lip-sync for the win. They lip-sync to "Feel It in My Bones" by Tiësto ft. Tegan and Sara. After the lip-sync, Venus is announced as the winner of the challenge. Brooke Lynn Hytes then announces that no one is going home.
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31 | 2 | "QV-She" | November 23, 2023 | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens team up to advertise a drag look product as a host on the shopping channel parody "QV-She".
On the runway, category is Gemstones. Kitten Kaboodle, Melinda Verga and Venus receive positive critiques, with Kitten Kaboodle winning the challenge. Luna DuBois, Sisi Superstar and The Girlfriend Experience receive negative critiques. Brooke Lynn Hytes then announces that the winner of each challenge moving forward, will win the Golden Beaver. The recipient will get the power to save one of the bottom three queens from lip-syncing. Kitten Kaboodle saved The Girlfriend Experience from the bottom two. Luna DuBois and Sisi Superstar lip-sync to "I'm with You" by Avril Lavigne. Luna DuBois wins the lip-sync and Sisi Superstar is the first queen to sashay away.
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32 | 3 | "OH-SHE-GAGGIN" | November 30, 2023 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens get into quick drag and interview as an actress for a parody film. Melinda Verga wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens write, record, and perform verses for the OH-SHE-GAGGIN music festival.
On the runway, category is Sunglasses at Night. Aimee Yonce Shennel, Aurora Matrix and Denim receive positive critiques, with Aurora Matrix winning the challenge. Kiki Coe, Kitten Kaboodle and The Girlfriend Experience receive negative critiques. Aurora Matrix uses the Golden Beaver to save Kiki Coe from the bottom two. Kitten Kaboodle and The Girlfriend Experience lip-sync to "Tongue" by Rêve. Kitten Kaboodle wins the lip-sync and The Girlfriend Experience sashays away.
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33 | 4 | "Out of the Closet" | December 7, 2023 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens do a metallic photoshoot. Nearah Nuff wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens create a look using Brad Goreski's hand-me-downs. On the runway, category is Out of the Closet. Denim, Kiki Coe and Kitten Kaboodle receive positive critiques, with Kiki Coe winning the challenge. Aimee Yonce Shennel, Melinda Verga and Nearah Nuff receive negative critiques. Kiki Coe uses the Golden Beaver to save Melinda Verga from the bottom two. Aimee Yonce Shennel and Nearah Nuff lip-sync to "Come Through" by Priyanka ft. Lemon. Both queens win the lip-sync and no one goes home.
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34 | 5 | "Snatch Game - Canada Season 4" | December 14, 2023 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens read each other to filth. Denim wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens play the Snatch Game. Brad Goreski and Traci Melchor star as the celebrity contestants. The cast consisted of:
On the runway, category is Steampunk. Kitten Kaboodle, Melinda Verga and Venus receive positive critiques, with Melinda Verga winning the challenge. Aurora Matrix, Kiki Coe and Luna DuBois receive negative critiques. Melinda Verga uses the Golden Beaver to save Kiki Coe from the bottom two. Aurora Matrix and Luna DuBois lip-sync to "She's All I Wanna Be" by Tate McRae. Aurora Matrix wins the lip-sync and Luna DuBois sashays away.
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35 | 6 | "Lip Sync Slay Offs" | December 21, 2023 | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens participate in a lip-sync slay off extravaganza. The winner of each lip-sync will continue on, and the loser will be put in the bottom. This continues on until one queen is announced the winner of the challenge. The winner will then choose one of the bottom four queens to save with the golden beaver. The bottom three queens will then lip-sync one last time to determine which two queens will be eliminated. In the first round, Kitten Kaboodle and Melinda Verga lip-sync to "That Don't Impress Me Much (Dance Mix)" by Shania Twain. Melinda Verga wins the lip-sync and Kitten Kaboodle loses. Aurora Matrix and Denim then lip-sync to "I'm Not Here to Make Friends" by Sam Smith, Calvin Harris and Jessie Reyez. Aurora Matrix wins the lip-sync and Denim loses. Aimee Yonce Shennel and Nearah Nuff then lip-sync to "Fever Dreamer" by SG Lewis ft. Charlotte Day Wilson and Channel Tres. Nearah Nuff wins the lip-sync and Aimee Yonce Shennel loses. Kiki Coe and Venus then lip-sync to "Uninvited" by Alanis Morissette. Venus wins the lip-sync and Kiki Coe loses. In the second round, Aurora Matrix and Melinda Verga lip-sync to "Boys Wanna Be Her" by Peaches. Aurora Matrix wins the lip-sync and Melinda Verga loses. Nearah Nuff and Venus then lip-sync to "Pull Up" by Keys N Krates ft. Haviah Mighty. Nearah Nuff wins the lip-sync and Venus loses. In the final round, Aurora Matrix and Nearah Nuff lip-sync to "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles. After the lip-sync, it is announced that Nearah Nuff is the winner of the challenge. Nearah Nuff uses the Golden Beaver to save Denim from the bottom three. Aimee Yonce Shennel, Kiki Coe and Kitten Kaboodle lip-sync to "I Will Love Again" by Lara Fabian. Kiki Coe wins the lip-sync and Aimee Yonce Shennel and Kitten Kaboodle both sashay away.
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36 | 7 | "From Drags to Riches: The Rusical" | December 28, 2023 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens get into quick drag and host a parody late night call-in show called "Just A Tip". Venus wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens perform in From Drags to Riches: The Rusical.
On the runway, category is Always a Bridesmaid. Aurora Matrix, Nearah Nuff and Venus receive positive critiques, with Aurora Matrix winning the challenge. Denim and Kiki Coe receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom two. They lip-sync to "Seven Day Fool" by Jully Black. Denim wins the lip-sync and Kiki Coe sashays away.
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37 | 8 | "A Star Is Born" | January 4, 2024 | |
A partner, family member, or friend of each of the five remaining contestants are brought into the workroom. For this week's mini-challenge, the queens must get into quick drag with makeup applied by their loved one and model for a photoshoot. Melinda and her partner Scott win the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens give their loved one a drag makeover. On the runway, category is A Star Is Born. Denim and Venus receive positive critiques, with Denim winning the challenge. Aurora Matrix, Melinda Verga, and Nearah Nuff receive negative critiques, with Aurora Matrix declared safe. Melinda Verga and Nearah Nuff lip-sync to "I Didn't Just Come Here to Dance" by Carly Rae Jepsen. Nearah Nuff wins the lip-sync and Melinda Verga sashays away.
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38 | 9 | "Grand Finale" | January 11, 2024 | |
For the final challenge of the season, the queens write, record, and perform their own debut single:
The contestants also do a photoshoot with Season 3's winner Gisèle Lullaby. The queens walk the runway one last time in their Coronation Eleganza and the eliminated queens return and walk the runway one last time as well. After the runway, it is announced that Denim and Nearah Nuff are eliminated, leaving Aurora Matrix and Venus as the final two. They lip-sync to "Try" by Nelly Furtado. It is announced that Venus is the winner, leaving Aurora Matrix as the runner-up.
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References
[edit]- ^ Babiera, Angelica (November 2, 2022). "Crave renews Canada's Drag Race for a fourth season". Archived from the original on November 2, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- ^ "'Canada's Drag Race' Season 4 Confirmed, Casting Now Open". www.out.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- ^ "Meet 'Canada's Drag Race' season 4 cast of queens". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- ^ "Meet the Queens of 'Canada's Drag Race' Season 4". Out. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- ^ a b "Let the games begin🏁 Here's the official trailer for #CanadasDragRace Season 4. See you November 16!". Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ a b c "The Premiere Ball". Canada's Drag Race. Season 4. Episode 1. November 16, 2023. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c "Qv-She". Canada's Drag Race. Season 4. Episode 2. November 23, 2023. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c "Oh-She-Gaggin". Canada's Drag Race. Season 4. Episode 3. November 30, 2023. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c "Out of the Closet". Canada's Drag Race. Season 4. Episode 4. December 7, 2023. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c "Snatch Game". Canada's Drag Race. Season 4. Episode 5. December 14, 2023. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c "Lip Sync Slay Offs". Canada's Drag Race. Season 4. Episode 6. December 21, 2023. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c "From Drags to Riches: The Rusical". Canada's Drag Race. Season 4. Episode 7. December 28, 2023. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c "A Star Is Born". Canada's Drag Race. Season 4. Episode 8. January 4, 2024. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ a b c "Grand Finale". Canada's Drag Race. Season 4. Episode 9. January 11, 2024. Crave / WOW Presents Plus.
- ^ "Nelly Furtado, Luann de Lesseps among 'Canada's Drag Race' S4 guest judges". UPI. Retrieved November 1, 2023.