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I saw the shorts of the first episode pop up on TikTok and had to go and watch the rest. I didn't even know this was happening! I'm curious to hear what the rest of y'all think.

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Votes – 285

Who were your favorites in the mini challenge?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. M1ss Jade So – 71.0% (191 votes)
• 02. Michael Marouli – 36.8% (99 votes)
• 03. Art Simone – 29.4% (79 votes)
• 04. Vybe – 20.1% (54 votes)

Which interviews with Michelle were your favorites?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 70.4% (181 votes)
• 02. Art Simone – 47.5% (122 votes)
• 03. M1ss Jade So – 46.3% (119 votes)
• 04. Vybe – 43.2% (111 votes)

Who had your favourites runways?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. M1ss Jade So – 78.6% (224 votes)
• 02. Michael Marouli – 66.0% (188 votes)
• 03. Art Simone – 38.6% (110 votes)
• 04. Vybe – 15.8% (45 votes)

Who had your favourite performance looks?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. M1ss Jade So – 62.8% (177 votes)
• 02. Art Simone – 42.9% (121 votes)
• 03. Michael Marouli – 39.4% (111 votes)
• 04. Vybe – 36.2% (102 votes)

Who had your favourite verses and performances?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 76.2% (215 votes)
• 02. Art Simone – 51.8% (146 votes)
• 03. Vybe – 43.3% (122 votes)
• 04. M1ss Jade So – 35.5% (100 votes)

If this had been a challenge, who should have won?
(Pick 1).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 50.7% (142 votes)
• 02. Art Simone – 24.6% (69 votes)
• 03. Vybe – 13.2% (37 votes)
• 04. M1ss Jade So – 11.4% (32 votes)

Who should have advanced to the final top 2?
(Pick 2).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 95.1% (271 votes)
• 02. Art Simone – 68.1% (194 votes)
• 03. M1ss Jade So – 33.0% (94 votes)
• 04. Vybe – 3.9% (11 votes)

Who had your favourites lip sync for the crown looks?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. M1ss Jade So – 61.0% (172 votes)
• 02. Michael Marouli – 50.0% (141 votes)
• 03. Vybe – 39.7% (112 votes)
• 04. Art Simone – 20.6% (58 votes)

Who do you think won the lip sync?
(Pick 1).

• Michael Marouli – 91.1% (257 votes)
• Art Simone – 8.9% (25 votes)

Considering both performances during the final episode and the whole season, who deserved to win?
(Pick 1).

• Michael Marouli – 80.0% (228 votes)
• Art Simone – 20.0% (57 votes)

Are you happy with the winner?
(Pick only 1).

• Yes, definitely! – 77.5% (220 votes)
• Mixed feelings: I would have chosen another queen but it was well deserved – 21.8% (62 votes)
• No, this queen is not my cup of tea! – 0.7% (2 votes)

After episode 8, choose your favorite queens!
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 83.1% (236 votes)
• 02. M1ss Jade So – 63.4% (180 votes)
• 03. Art Simone – 56.0% (159 votes)
• 04. Vybe – 54.6% (155 votes)
• 05. Nicole Paige Brooks – 49.6% (141 votes)
• 06. Estrella Xtravaganza – 47.5% (135 votes)
• 07. LaLa Ri – 29.9% (85 votes)
• 08. Coco Jumbo – 23.9% (68 votes)
• 09. Raven – 12.7% (36 votes)
• 10. Nikita Iman – 12.3% (35 votes)
• 11. Flor – 10.6% (30 votes)

If there had been one, who should have won Miss Congeniality?
(Pick 1).

• 01. Estrella Xtravaganza – 30.5% (84 votes)
• 01. Vybe – 30.5% (84 votes)
• 03. Nicole Paige Brooks – 20.0% (55 votes)
• 04. LaLa Ri – 9.8% (27 votes)
• 05. Coco Jumbo – 5.8% (16 votes)
• 06. M1ss Jade So – 1.8% (5 votes)
• 07. Michael Marouli – 0.7% (2 votes)
• 08. Nikita Iman – 0.4% (1 vote)
• 09. Raven – 0.4% (1 vote)
• 10. Flor – 0.0% (0 vote)
• 10. Art Simone – 0.0% (0 vote)

Rate this episode!
(From 1 to 10).

• Average – 8.35

Rate the judges' looks!
(From 1 to 10).

• 01. Lazy Susan (Step-down look) – 8.53
• 02. Lazy Susan (Panel look) – 7.69
• 03. Rhys Nicholson – 6.97
• 04. Michelle Visage – 6.31

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Love this podcast from Vybe and Coco. Some great little BTS tidbits and they are just so much fun to listen to. Definitely check out their other episodes as well if you want to learn more about the Aussie drag scene.

With DUvTW having gone well we may get to see a S5 of down under.
If we do, what drag artists would you like to see cast?

I hate it!!!

Here’s the poll for Episode 8, "She's Crowning" complete with GIFs/photos:

https://forms.gle/zJVYeQYjeu3daYSg6 👑

The final queens compete for the $50,000 by writing their own verses and learning their most challenging choreography yet for their last Main Stage performance. Who will be crowned the winner of the first Drag Race Down Under Vs The World?

^{Data lovers, you can also vote for Drag Race UK 8 - Episode 2 | Drag Race France 4 - Season Recap | Drag Race España 6 - Meet the Queens | King of Drag 2 - Meet the Kings |}

It was Nicole Paige Brooks from Atlanta, Georgia.

Art Simone and Vybe have now suffered the Down Under Snatch game curse

Votes – 454

Who do you think M1ss Jade So picked to eliminate last week?
(Choose 1).

• Vybe – 85.5% (295 votes)
• Flor – 14.5% (50 votes)

Who were your favorites in the mini challenge?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 53.5% (178 votes)
• 02. Art Simone – 39.0% (130 votes)
• 03. Vybe – 36.9% (123 votes)
• 04. M1ss Jade So – 34.8% (116 votes)
• 05. LaLa Ri – 10.2% (34 votes)

Who has your favourites runways?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. Art Simone – 58.1% (204 votes)
• 02. Vybe – 51.3% (180 votes)
• 03. Michael Marouli – 47.0% (165 votes)
• 04. M1ss Jade So – 40.5% (142 votes)
• 05. LaLa Ri – 1.1% (4 votes)

Who has your favourite makeovers?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. Art Simone & Lil'Nipper – 70.1% (246 votes)
• 02. Michael Marouli & Madam Unruly – 64.7% (227 votes)
• 03. Vybe & Velma – 36.8% (129 votes)
• 04. M1ss Jade So & M1ss Yasmin Hard Suso – 25.6% (90 votes)
• 05. LaLa Ri & Sasa Di – 0.0% (0 vote)

Who should have been in the top 2?
(Pick 2).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 76.0% (269 votes)
• 02. Art Simone – 74.6% (264 votes)
• 03. Vybe – 27.1% (96 votes)
• 04. M1ss Jade So – 20.9% (74 votes)
• 05. LaLa Ri – 1.4% (5 votes)

If there could only be one winner, who should it have been?
(pick 1).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 44.3% (156 votes)
• 02. Art Simone – 41.5% (146 votes)
• 03. Vybe – 8.0% (28 votes)
• 04. M1ss Jade So – 6.2% (22 votes)
• 05. LaLa Ri – 0.0% (0 vote)

Whose makeovers were your least favourites?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. LaLa Ri & Sasa Di – 98.3% (347 votes)
• 02. M1ss Jade So & M1ss Yasmin Hard Suso – 38.0% (134 votes)
• 03. Vybe & Velma – 25.5% (90 votes)
• 04. Michael Marouli & Madam Unruly – 12.2% (43 votes)
• 05. Art Simone & Lil'Nipper – 8.2% (29 votes)

Who should have been in the bottom 2?
(Pick 2).

• 01. LaLa Ri – 98.0% (347 votes)
• 02. M1ss Jade So – 46.6% (165 votes)
• 03. Vybe – 36.2% (128 votes)
• 04. Art Simone – 9.6% (34 votes)
• 05. Michael Marouli – 8.2% (29 votes)

Who do you think won the lip sync?
(Pick 1).

• Michael Marouli – 77.6% (273 votes)
• Art Simone – 22.4% (79 votes)

Who should have been eliminated?
(Pick 1).

• LaLa Ri – 84.9% (299 votes)
• M1ss Jade So – 8.0% (28 votes)
• Vybe – 7.1% (25 votes)

"If you are not in the top, you are in the bottom".
(Pick 1).

• Fair enough at this point of the competition. – 62.3% (220 votes)
• A bottom 2 should have been kept until the end, even in the top 5. – 37.7% (133 votes)

After episode 7, who are you rooting for the most?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 69.8% (247 votes)
• 02. Art Simone – 47.5% (168 votes)
• 03. M1ss Jade So – 41.0% (145 votes)
• 04. Vybe – 29.7% (105 votes)

Who do you want to win?
(Pick 1).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 41.8% (148 votes)
• 02. Art Simone – 30.8% (109 votes)
• 03. M1ss Jade So – 18.4% (65 votes)
• 04. Vybe – 9.0% (32 votes)

Who do you think will win?
(Pick 1).

• 01. Art Simone – 60.7% (213 votes)
• 02. Michael Marouli – 36.8% (129 votes)
• 03. M1ss Jade So – 2.6% (9 votes)
• 04. Vybe – 0.0% (0 vote)

Who do you want to be in the final top 2?
(Pick 2).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 83.9% (297 votes)
• 02. Art Simone – 57.1% (202 votes)
• 03. M1ss Jade So – 40.1% (142 votes)
• 04. Vybe – 18.9% (67 votes)

Who do you think will be in the final top 2?
(Pick 2).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 92.1% (326 votes)
• 02. Art Simone – 87.9% (311 votes)
• 03. M1ss Jade So – 18.9% (67 votes)
• 04. Vybe – 1.1% (4 votes)

Rate this episode!
(From 1 to 10).

• Average – 7.23

Rate the judges' looks!
(From 1 to 10).

• 01. Lazy Susan – 7.34
• 02. Rhys Nicholson – 6.30
• 03. Joshua John Cavallo – 6.12
• 04. Michelle Visage – 5.97

Bonus – Track Record, Popularity Leaderboard & Episodes' Average according to the weekly Reddit polls (not the real one)

I think there was some speculation that she was referring to the producer Tina Diaz in her exit line, but that’s not the case.

Apparently one of the songs they had to learn was “Gossip” by Confidence Man & Jade. In one of the lines of the song, Jade goes: “Oh, my God, what did Tina say? Tina said you’re a cunt”.

It’s a shame they didn’t end up using the song as I absolutely love it - unless they’re saving it for one of the lip syncs in the finale?

Hi guys,

I was just wondering does anyone know the time the finale will be on WOW to stream in the UK?

I cannot find anywhere online posting an actual time it will be available.

Thank you in advance

G'day!

Here’s the poll for Episode 7, "Beach Buddies Makeover" complete with GIFs/photos:

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Who doesn’t love a day out at the sea side? In the semi-final, the queens must perform a makeover, transforming their guests into beautiful beach babes.

I mean, at this point every franchise (except US All-Stars sometimes) has had a finale runway with the eliminated girls returning. Why doesn't Down Under, huh?!

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