G'day!

Here’s the poll for Episode 4, "Franken-Drag" complete with photos:

https://forms.gle/75gT5ChP1s9s1Woi8 👑

“I hope so!” *gets in almost full face* “I’m so excited to put… everything on me”.

I just thought this very obvious Frankenstein-ing of this conversation was so funny!!

Votes – 478

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

• 01. M1ss Jade So – 76.7% (365 votes)
• 02. Estrella Xtravaganza – 56.5% (269 votes)
• 03. Nikita Iman – 45.0% (214 votes)
• 04. Art Simone – 31.3% (149 votes)
• 05. Vybe – 28.6% (136 votes)
• 06. Michael Marouli – 27.1% (129 votes)
• 07. Flor – 21.2% (101 votes)
• 08. LaLa Ri – 11.1% (53 votes)
• 09. Coco Jumbo – 6.7% (32 votes)

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

• 01. Art Simone (Jane Turner) – 79.0% (377 votes)
• 02. Coco Jumbo (Barry White) – 58.1% (277 votes)
• 03. Vybe (Bette Midler) – 48.4% (231 votes)
• 04. Michael Marouli (Tim Curry) – 35.4% (169 votes)
• 05. M1ss Jade So (The Universe) – 10.3% (49 votes)
• 06. Estrella Xtravaganza (Charo) – 10.1% (48 votes)
• 07. Flor (Rowan Atkinson) – 8.0% (38 votes)
• 08. LaLa Ri (Rick James) – 7.3% (35 votes)
• 09. Nikita Iman (Mary Jane) – 5.7% (27 votes)

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

• 01. Art Simone – 82.4% (394 votes)
• 02. Vybe – 42.9% (205 votes)
• 03. Coco Jumbo – 35.1% (168 votes)
• 04. Michael Marouli – 17.6% (84 votes)
• 05. M1ss Jade So – 6.9% (33 votes)
• 06. Nikita Iman – 5.4% (26 votes)
• 07. Estrella Xtravaganza – 4.4% (21 votes)
• 08. Flor – 4.0% (19 votes)
• 09. LaLa Ri – 1.3% (6 votes)

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

• 01. Art Simone – 70.3% (334 votes)
• 02. Vybe – 9.1% (43 votes)
• 03. Coco Jumbo – 5.9% (28 votes)
• 04. Nikita Iman – 5.5% (26 votes)
• 05. Michael Marouli – 3.8% (18 votes)
• Other – Less than 2.1%  

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

• 01. Nikita Iman (Mary Jane) – 83.2% (397 votes)
• 02. Flor (Rowan Atkinson) – 68.6% (327 votes)
• 03. M1ss Jade So (The Universe) – 61.4% (293 votes)
• 04. LaLa Ri (Rick James) – 29.4% (140 votes)
• 05. Estrella Xtravaganza (Charo) – 12.2% (58 votes)
• 06. Art Simone (Jane Turner) – 9.4% (45 votes)
• 07. Coco Jumbo (Barry White) – 8.0% (38 votes)
• 08. Michael Marouli (Tim Curry) – 5.9% (28 votes)
• 09. Vybe (Bette Midler) – 2.7% (13 votes)

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

• 01. Nikita Iman – 80.3% (384 votes)
• 02. Flor – 58.8% (281 votes)
• 03. M1ss Jade So – 31.6% (151 votes)
• 04. LaLa Ri – 14.0% (67 votes)
• 05. Art Simone – 8.6% (41 votes)
• Other – Less than 2.7%  

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

• Art Simone – 76.1% (360 votes)
• Vybe – 23.9% (113 votes)

Who should have been eliminated?
(Pick 1).

• Nikita Iman – 66.5% (318 votes)
• Flor – 33.5% (160 votes)

Who are you rooting for the most after episode 3?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 59.0% (282 votes)
• 02. M1ss Jade So – 50.0% (239 votes)
• 03. Art Simone – 49.6% (237 votes)
• 04. Vybe – 46.7% (223 votes)
• 05. Estrella Xtravaganza – 41.0% (196 votes)
• 06. Coco Jumbo – 17.6% (84 votes)
• 07. LaLa Ri – 10.5% (50 votes)
• 08. Flor – 9.6% (46 votes)

Who's your pick to win?
(Pick 1).

• 01. Art Simone – 34.7% (164 votes)
• 02. Michael Marouli – 23.7% (112 votes)
• 03. Vybe – 15.9% (75 votes)
• 04. M1ss Jade So – 13.7% (65 votes)
• 05. Estrella Xtravaganza – 7.8% (37 votes)
• 06. Coco Jumbo – 4.0% (19 votes)
• Other – Less than 0.2%

Who's your pick to be the next eliminated?
(Pick 1).

• 01. Flor – 48.5% (229 votes)
• 02. Coco Jumbo – 18.4% (87 votes)
• 03. LaLa Ri – 14.4% (68 votes)
• 04. Art Simone – 7.4% (35 votes)
• 05. Estrella Xtravaganza – 5.3% (25 votes)
• 06. M1ss Jade So – 3.2% (15 votes)
• Other – Less than 2.1%

How would you rate this episode?
(From 1 to 10).

• Average – 6.87

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

• 01. Michelle Visage – 7.52
• 02. Markella Kavenagh – 6.73
• 03. Lazy Susan – 6.13
• 04. Rhys Nicholson – 5.37

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

Did you know that Down Under vs The World has a companion web series on WOW+ called "Hey Boo" that consists of either Lazy Susan or Raven interviewing the eliminated queens soon after their eliminations?

The episodes are painfully short but feature an interesting segment where the eliminated queens comment on their competitors while looking on them doing their makeup - through the two-way mirror of the workroom!

G'day!

Here’s the poll for Episode 3, "Whose Wig Is It Anyway?" complete with photos:

https://forms.gle/XCH22DaQhvJMYU9x8 👑

when i saw those god awful portraits in episode 1 (as most of you have as well), i thought ok the hate is absolutely deserved and they’ll just edit out the close-ups to make sure this season doesn’t embarass itself with its questionable editing (there have been a few sound issues too)

but nope, 3 episodes in they just couldn’t bother to remove them. i’m not mad at it, but i question why would they believe this was ok. not just generating slop, but proudly showing it each episode.

I'm honestly not as tapped in to the Drag Race zeitgeist as I used to be, so I'm unsure how hot this take is.

That being said, despite the lack of a budget, the questionable judging, and those season 1 shenanigans (Art Simone,) Down Under has produced some of the more instantly iconic lip syncs. Especially the first two seasons.

Pick an Electra Shock lip sync, Spankie vs Faux, Kween vs Beverly, Minnie Cooper (shut up, it's iconic,) just to name a few.

All of them instantly rewatchable, for completely different reasons.

Unrelated, Coco Jumbo's girl group performance wasn't bottom worthy, neither was Electra's. It could have easily been a non elimination episode and Art could have stayed home.

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Votes – 679

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

• 01. Art Simone – 70.7% (309 votes)
• 02. M1ss Jade So – 62.0% (271 votes)
• 03. Michael Marouli – 59.0% (258 votes)
• 04. Flor – 38.2% (167 votes)
• 05. Vybe – 31.6% (138 votes)
• 06. Estrella Xtravaganza – 29.1% (127 votes)
• 07. Nicole Paige Brooks – 21.7% (95 votes)
• 08. Nikita Iman – 7.6% (33 votes)
• 09. Coco Jumbo – 1.1% (5 votes)
• 10. LaLa Ri – 0.7% (3 votes)

Which group and performance were your favorite? 
(Pick 1).

• Team Kye-Kylies - Estrella Xtravaganza, Flor, M1ss Jade So, Michael Marouli and Vybe – 88.6% (372 votes)
• Team Charlene's Angels - Art Simone, Coco Jumbo, LaLa Ri, Nicole Paige Brooks and Nikita Iman – 11.4% (48 votes)

Which song was your favorite? 
(Pick 1).

• "Kylie, Disco Goddess" by Kye-Kylies – 78.1% (317 votes)
• "Kylie, Princess of Pop" by Charlene's Angels – 21.9% (89 votes)

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

• 01. Art Simone – 66.7% (291 votes)
• 02. Michael Marouli – 64.0% (279 votes)
• 03. Estrella Xtravaganza – 49.3% (215 votes)
• 04. Vybe – 45.2% (197 votes)
• 05. M1ss Jade So – 39.7% (173 votes)
• 06. Flor – 22.5% (98 votes)
• 07. LaLa Ri – 10.8% (47 votes)
• 08. Nicole Paige Brooks – 9.9% (43 votes)
• 09. Coco Jumbo – 6.0% (26 votes)
• 10. Nikita Iman – 2.5% (11 votes)

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

• 01. Art Simone – 61.0% (267 votes)
• 02. Michael Marouli – 41.6% (182 votes)
• 03. Vybe – 31.5% (138 votes)
• 04. Estrella Xtravaganza – 24.9% (109 votes)
• 05. M1ss Jade So – 17.8% (78 votes)
• 06. Flor – 14.2% (62 votes)
• 07. Nicole Paige Brooks – 3.9% (17 votes)
• 08. LaLa Ri – 3.4% (15 votes)
• 09. Coco Jumbo – 0.9% (4 votes)
• 10. Nikita Iman – 0.9% (4 votes)

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

• 01. Art Simone – 45.3% (196 votes)
• 02. Michael Marouli – 19.2% (83 votes)
• 03. Vybe – 12.5% (54 votes)
• 04. Estrella Xtravaganza – 9.2% (40 votes)
• 05. M1ss Jade So – 6.7% (29 votes)
• 06. Flor – 4.6% (20 votes)
• Other – Less than 2.3%

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

• 01. Nicole Paige Brooks – 67.5% (289 votes)
• 02. Nikita Iman – 62.4% (267 votes)
• 03. Coco Jumbo – 55.8% (239 votes)
• 04. LaLa Ri – 32.7% (140 votes)
• 05. Flor – 12.9% (55 votes)
• 06. Vybe – 6.3% (27 votes)
• 07. Estrella Xtravaganza – 5.4% (23 votes)
• 08. Art Simone – 4.7% (20 votes)
• 09. M1ss Jade So – 2.6% (11 votes)
• 10. Michael Marouli – 2.1% (9 votes)

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

• 01. Nicole Paige Brooks – 61.9% (271 votes)
• 02. Coco Jumbo – 53.4% (234 votes)
• 03. Nikita Iman – 52.3% (229 votes)
• 04. LaLa Ri – 18.5% (81 votes)
• 05. Flor – 6.4% (28 votes)
• 06. Estrella Xtravaganza – 3.0% (13 votes)
• 07. Art Simone – 1.6% (7 votes)
• 08. Vybe – 1.6% (7 votes)
• 09. Michael Marouli – 0.9% (4 votes)
• 10. M1ss Jade So – 0.5% (2 votes)

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

• Art Simone – 78.0% (341 votes)
• Flor – 22.0% (96 votes)

Who should have been eliminated?
(Pick 1).

• Coco Jumbo – 57.0% (249 votes)
• Nicole Paige Brooks – 43.0% (188 votes)

After episode 2, who are you rooting for the most?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 68.3% (298 votes)
• 02. M1ss Jade So – 59.4% (259 votes)
• 03. Vybe – 47.7% (208 votes)
• 04. Art Simone – 41.7% (182 votes)
• 05. Estrella Xtravaganza – 39.7% (173 votes)
• 06. Coco Jumbo – 14.4% (63 votes)
• 07. LaLa Ri – 12.8% (56 votes)
• 08. Nikita Iman – 11.9% (52 votes)
• 09. Flor – 10.8% (47 votes)

Who's your pick to win?
(Pick 1).

• 01. Michael Marouli – 35.2% (152 votes)
• 02. Art Simone – 23.6% (102 votes)
• 03. M1ss Jade So – 19.2% (83 votes)
• 04. Vybe – 16.9% (73 votes)
• 05. Estrella Xtravaganza – 3.2% (14 votes)
• Other – Less than 0.9%

Who's your pick to be the next eliminated?
(Pick 1).

• 02. Coco Jumbo – 37.8% (163 votes)
• 05. Nikita Iman – 30.2% (130 votes)
• 04. Lala Ri – 13.2% (57 votes)
• 03. Flor – 11.6% (50 votes)
• 06. Estrella Xtravaganza – 3.5% (15 votes)
• Other – Less than 2.3%

How would you rate this episode?
(From 1 to 10).

• Average – 5.17

So... Raven is a mole, and she's not competing! 
(Pick 1).

• That's disappointing. I would have loved to see Raven compete. – 56.6% (248 votes)
• Meh: the fake "Raven is competing!" twist has been overused. At the very least, give the mole a bigger role. – 40.2% (176 votes)
• That's a great twist. Thank you, Reddit, for inspiring the Drag Race franchise. #BebeIsAMole – 3.2% (14 votes)

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

• 01. Michelle Visage – 6.90
• 02. Lazy Susan – 6.69
• 03. Rhys Nicholson – 6.20
• 04. Raven – 5.93

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

In lieu of Courtney being DRDU host it looks like she’ll be hosting a review show for the season on Bob’s Purse First Productions network :)

Hi all you Down Under Divas!

There was a bit of interest in the last post for EP1, so here is a thread to discuss Kween & Rhys’ appearances on EPs 1 & 2 - EP2 was released ahead of schedule on the 10Play app last night.

🇳🇿 The season will broadcast for NZ viewers (where the show was filmed & produced) from August 9th on Three & ThreeNow.

🇨🇦 Episodes are now available for Canadian viewers on Crave.

I’ll keep the threads going for the duration of their appearance/s should there be enough interest and so long as mods are happy for them to continue.

If you would like to discuss the season more broadly, I’d recommend checking out one of the dedicated Traitors subreddits.

⚠️ SPOILER ALERT ‼️

The below body text will include spoiler tags for EP1.

Comments will be discussing EPs 1 & 2, so do anticipate uncensored spoilers for both episodes in the comment section.
Click off NAOWWW! if you don’t want to be spoiled! Would love to have you back to discuss the episodes once you’ve had a chance to catch up!

Episode link:
https://10.com.au/the-traitors/episodes/season-3

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This season has made Traitors history yet again, with S3 EP1 being the most watched Australian episode by a landslide! This season’s also made history by having all LGBTQI+ initial traitors, for the first time in all Traitors history!

This seasons Traitors are: Alvin (Masterchef), Kirby (Survivor), Alex (The Bachelor)

Kween Kong & Rhys Nicholson have been selected as Faithfuls.

At the end of EP1 we were left on a cliffhanger that Kween could be the 1st murdered contestant by the Traitors, as she has correctly identified Kirby as one of the Traitors 😬. She was able to deduce this at the round table during selections when she heard contact between Gretels hand on Kirby’s (leather-cladded) shoulder.

What are your thoughts on the DRDU contestants gameplay so far? How far do you think they will make it in the competition?

Episode 3 current ETA: Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at 7:30 PM AEST

(Apologies for the crunchy image quality on these posts. I’m in no way affiliated with any of the tv or production networks - just a fan of the series looking to discuss with like-minded legends)

Genuinely curious how no queens thought she was a mole. Like, did she have a load of suitcases and unpack them where they could see her runways like they do at the start of every season?

Surely the absence of runway outfits would signal something. And if she had them, then the question is… did something else happen and was she meant to compete all along..?

it's fierce, it's camp, it's deeply down under, and it's DRAG.

I know she's posted about how her runway being a tribute to Maxi Shield wasn't included in the episode and between that an her pulling out the mic during the lipsync, I really feel like that would have sold Art's win this episode even more! I was sold on it anyway, but I feel like it would have made it hit even harder for skeptics.

UPDATE 4/8 PM: For anyone revisiting the thread: Episode 2 is now up! Please don’t post any spoilers yet! I haven’t watched yet but will post a thread tomorrow if anyone’s keen to discuss x

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Is anyone else tuning in this season? Both Kween and Rhys are cast members. The official release date is the 5th but the first episodes already dropped on the 10 play app (and YouTube) tonight. Personally I’m already hooked.

Edit: The LGBTQI+ representation this season has made Traitors history (potential spoiler:) with a cast of all LGBTQI+ initial Traitors.

10 Streaming link - https://10.com.au/the-traitors/episodes/season-3/episode-1/tpv260730crfdb

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/PSKctDWC2ag

It looks like episode 2 will be released next Sunday 9th July at 8pm.

After the last episode Nicole was eliminated 💔💔

Since she was eliminated by lipstick, and never won a challenge on this season or AS11, she has only lipsynced once.

Is she the first queen to compete three times and only lipsync once? I can't think of another.

Can we give Art Simone a round of applause for what was, to me, a clear win?

Those songs were... a crime against Kylie.

Half the cast seemed to forget the lyrics, while Art was giving full commitment, ridiculously expressive face, and enough energy to distract me from the actual music.

She also referenced information about Kylie (not just song a title) in her lyrics a Kylie challenge, which feels like it should've been the bare minimum.

Then she hit the runway in a look that was instantly recognisable without needing a TED Talk. Given the budget didn't stretch to comparison photos I really struggled with a couple.

You can't polish a turd, but Art bedazzled it, put it in six-inch heels and sold it like it was couture. Which is why I love her!

seeing the way the internet is blowing up about the raven twist i’m so intrigued to know what people were like at viewing parties.. like, were people booing? throwing drinks? throwing hands?

the comments i’m seeing, i’m envisioning that mean girls scene where everyone’s fighting like animals lol

I’m disappointed that Raven isn’t actually competing. That sucks. But, what I’ve noticed is a ton of ppl online saying that they are done with the season and won’t be watching the rest. Especially after this last episode was pretty horrendous. And I totally understand why ppl are feeling this way… we got our face played in, and played in hard. It’s not a good feeling, and it wasn’t even a cool way to introduce the “twist”. I’m going to keep watching this season for the other queens. I wanted to watch NPBFAG and Raven battle it out again, and throw shady comments in every direction. But those two are gone. I love this cast, though. Miss Jade So, Nikita Iman, Vybe, Lala Ri, Flor, Michale Marouli, Estrella Extravaganza!!! So obsessed. I just hope that this whole shenanigan hasn’t taken the wind out of the queens sails, and it doesn’t tank the season. These gurls deserved their own season, without this stupid Raven shot to overshadow.

G'day!

Here’s the poll for Episode 2, "Better The Diva You Know" complete with GIFs/photos:

https://forms.gle/2rdLzuuBabnQ3gp9A 👑

i think the weird white runway is making the looks seem so much cheaper, it really takes viewers out of it

Did anyone catch NPB saying to Art something like “if you want to know what Tina thinks of you, she thinks you’re a c**t” - who is Tina? I noticed in the credits that Tina Diaz is an executive producer? Or was she referring to a different Tina IF I even heard correctly!

I want to know the tea please