In the brand new issue of GAY TIMES, the World of Wonder co-founders teased the future of the Emmy Award-winning franchise, which includes the American original and various (we repeat, various) international spin-offs such as Drag Race Thailand and Drag Race UK.
Although they remained tight-lipped on the nature of future Drag Race-related projects – with Fenton joking/threatening our livelihoods, “If we told you, we’d have to kill you!” – Randy revealed that a “live finale is a very real possibility”, citing Drag Race Live in Las Vegas as an example. “Everything has been discussed,” said Randy. “Drag Race on a desert island?
Drag queens in outer space? Drag queens selling real estate? For real though, every year we workshop drag queens selling real estate… Maybe soon!” Since its vaseline-filtered launch back in 2009, Drag Race has become one of the most popular competition series of all time.
According to stats from WOW, RuPaul’s empire has given a platform to 335 drag entertainers, resulting in 111 million Instagram followers, 28 million Twitter followers, 22 million Facebook followers, and 1.1 billion YouTube views.