A vision born from a pink cloud: like this Elecktra Bionic, from the height of her 194 centimeters in height (excluding heels) has conquered the title of Italia’s first drag superstar. The catwalk of the 27-year-old competitor from Turin succeeded in the impossible mission of reaching an agreement between the judges of Drag Race Italia, […]
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Drag Race Italy, the final: that’s who won
Elecktra Bionic wins the crown and scepter of Italy’s first drag superstar. Luquisha Lubamba conquers the Wella sash of Miss Simpatia (the homegrown version of Miss Congeniality). This time, to tell the sixth and last episode of the first edition of Drag Race Italia (on Discovery +) we start from the end. How did these […]
Drag Race Italy, here’s what happened in the fourth episode
Priscilla has renamed it «the turning point… of an ostrich»: the fourth episode of Drag Race Italia (extraordinarily available on Discovery+ two days early) is a race towards the final on Christmas Eve. Small parenthesis: at midnight the site of the platform suffered a crash due to the really massive simultaneous accesses (demonstrating the success […]
Drag Race Italy, here’s what happened in the third episode
The engines are (surri) heated: the third episode of Drag Race Italia, available December 3 on Discovery +, has transformed the pebbles in the shoes of the queen into real boulders. In the episode dedicated to Raffaella Carrà, who on paper promised fireworks, no one (perhaps) predicted the fire that broke out. In spite of […]
Drag Race Italia, here’s what happened in the first episode
More tongue pops (tongue pop) for all *: this is what a Drag Race Italia, the first Italian edition of the talent show conceived by RuPaul and available on Discovery + (aired also free-to-air on Real Time from January). The debut episode on November 19 has all the original ingredients in the right place, but […]
Priscilla: “I’m the queen of reality TV”
This article is published in issue 46 of Vanity Fair on newsstands until November 16, 2021 The birth of Priscilla is thanks to a doll, a “pezzotta” Barbie. Mariano Gallo calls it with a term that in Neapolitan means counterfeit. He was five years old and grandmother Enza (known as Rossa for her “fiery” hair) […]
Drag Race Italia, that’s why it is the program that was missing
Let’s say it right away: the performance in drag is a real performance. And those who still have doubts can peek into the trophy room of RuPaul, the most powerful exponent of this world. Drag queen, TV host, singer, actor, is the creator of one of the most successful TV formats, with 13 editions in […]