The second season of Canada's Drag Race premiered on October 14, and concluded on December 16, 2021. The season aired on Crave in Canada and WOW Presents Plus internationally.
Casting for the second season started early 2021 and the twelve contestants were announced on September 14, 2021. This season, Brad Goreski replaced Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman as a judge, while Amanda Brugel and Traci Melchor replaced Stacey McKenzie.
The winner of the second season of Canada's Drag Race was Icesis Couture, with Kendall Gender and Pythia as runners-up.Russ Martin, "Shantay she slayed! Icesis Couture is the winner of ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2". Xtra!, December 17, 2021.
Contestants
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
+ Contestant Age Hometown Outcome Icesis Couture 34 Ottawa, Ontario Kendall Gender 30 Vancouver, British Columbia Pythia 26 Montreal, Quebec Gia Metric 29 Vancouver, British Columbia 4th place Adriana 29 Quebec City, Quebec 5th place Kimora Amour 34 Scarborough, Ontario 6th place Synthia Kiss 29 Vancouver, British Columbia 7th place Eve 6000 29 Toronto, Ontario 8th place Suki Doll 27 Montreal, Quebec 9th place Stephanie Prince 23 Calgary, Alberta 10th place Océane Aqua-Black 35 Quebec City, Quebec 11th place Beth 24 Vancouver, British Columbia 12th place
Notes
Contestant progress
Lip syncs Legend:
Episode Contestants Song Eliminated 1 Beth vs. Gia Metric "Maneater"(Nelly Furtado) Beth 2 Icesis Couture vs. Océane Aqua-Black "Stupid Shit"(Girlicious) Océane Aqua-Black 3 Stephanie Prince vs. Synthia Kiss "Ghost"(Fefe Dobson) Stephanie Prince 4 Eve 6000 vs. Suki Doll "Happiness"(KAPRI) Suki Doll 5 Eve 6000 vs. Synthia Kiss "I Love Myself Today"(Bif Naked) Eve 6000 6 Kendall Gender vs. Synthia Kiss "Heaven"(DJ Sammy, Yanou ft. Do) Synthia Kiss 7 Gia Metric vs. Kimora Amour "Get Down" (B4-4) Kimora Amour 8 Adriana vs. Icesis Couture "Everybody Say Love"(Mitsou) Adriana Episode Contestants Song Winner 9 Gia Metric vs. Kendall Gender "Main Event"(RuPaul) Kendall Gender Icesis Couture vs. Pythia "Born Naked"(RuPaul ft. Clairy Browne) Icesis Couture Contestants Song Eliminated Gia Metric vs. Pythia "Call Me Mother"(RuPaul) Gia Metric Episode Final contestants Song Winner 10 Icesis Couture vs. Kendall Gender vs. Pythia "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"(Céline Dion) Icesis Couture
Guest judges In June 2021, new judges for the second season were announced. Brad Goreski, Amanda Brugel, and Traci Melchor replace Stacey McKenzie and Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman behind the judging table. The season also included several guest judges. Listed in chronological order: Caitlin Cronenberg, photographer Hollywood Jade, dancer and choreographer Fefe Dobson, singer Connor Jessup, actor Bif Naked, singer Gigi Gorgeous, YouTuber and model Emma Hunter, actress and comedian Mitsou, singer and actress
Special guests Episode 2 Thom Allison, actor
Episode 3 Jimbo, contestant from Canada's Drag Race Season 1
Episode 4 Boman "Bomanizer" Martinez-Reid, TikToker and influencer
Episode 10 Priyanka, winner of Canada's Drag Race Season 1 Irvin Washington, assistant choreographer
Episodes
Awards +AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryNomineesResultCanadian Screen AwardsApril 10, 2022 Best Reality/Competition Program or Series Pam McNair, Betty Orr, Trevor Boris, Laura Michalshyshyn, Michael Kot, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, RuPaul Charles, Justin Stockman, Jen Markowitz, Spencer Fritz Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022. Best Direction, Reality/Competition Shelagh O'Brien — "Under the Big Top" Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition Brandon Ash-Mohammed — "Screech" Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition Lindsay Ragone — "Screech" Baun Mah — "The Snatch Game" Peter Topalovic — "Under the Big Top" Best Sound, Non-Fiction John Diemer, Rob Taylor, Phil Nagy, Eric Leigh, Dane Kelly, Sarah Labadie — "Under the Big Top" Best Casting, Non-Fiction Heather Muir Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition Brooke Lynn Hytes, Traci Melchor, Amanda Brugel, Brad Goreski
References