| Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World | |
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| Season 2 | |
 Promotional poster for season two | |
| Hosted by | Brooke Lynn Hytes |
| Judges |
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| No. of contestants | 9 |
| Winner | Lemon |
| Runner-up | Alexis Mateo |
| Miss Congeniality | Eureka! |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Crave (Canada) BBC Three (United Kingdom) WOW Presents Plus (International) |
| Original release | July 19 (2024-07-19) – August 23, 2024 (2024-08-23) |
| Season chronology | |
← Previous Season 1 | |
The second season ofCanada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World premiered on July 19, 2024, onCrave in Canada andWOW Presents Plus internationally.Brooke Lynn Hytes acts as the host and main judge, withBrad Goreski andTraci Melchor as supporting judges.
The contestants for the season were announced on June 26, 2024 and feature queens who previously competed on theCanadian,American,British, andFrench versions of the franchise as well as the related spin-offRuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World. Nine queens competed for the title of "Queen of the Mother-Pucking World" and a cash prize of $100,000.
The winner of the second season ofCanada's Drag Race: Canada vs. The World wasLemon, withAlexis Mateo as the runner-up. As the winner of the season, Lemon won a cash prize of $100,000 and earned the title "Queen of the Motherpucking World".
Eureka! earned the title of ‘Miss Congeniality’ and took home a cash prize of $10,000.
The season was announced on June 6, 2023 and was announced in December 2023 that it would air in 2024 along withCanada's Drag Race season 5.[1][2]Brooke Lynn Hytes,Brad Goreski, andTraci Melchor would reprise their roles from the first season. The cast was teased on June 24, 2024 and announced on June 26.[3]
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Ages, names, and cities stated are attime of filming.[3]
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Original season(s) | Original placement(s) | Outcome |
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| Lemon | 28 | Toronto, Canada | Canada season 1 | 5th place | Winner |
| UK vs. the World series 1 | 9th place | ||||
| Alexis Mateo | 44 | Las Vegas, United States | US season 3 | 3rd place | Runner-up |
| All Stars 1 | 5th place | ||||
| All Stars 5 | 5th place | ||||
| Cheryl[a] | 30 | Chelmsford, United Kingdom | UK series 1 | 4th place | 3rd place |
| UK vs. the World series 1 | 8th place | ||||
| Kennedy Davenport | 43 | Dallas, United States | US season 7 | 4th place | |
| All Stars 3 | Runner-up | ||||
| Miss Fiercalicious | 27 | Toronto, Canada | Canada season 3 | 4th place | 5th place |
| Eureka![b] | 33 | Los Angeles, United States | US season 9 | 11th place[c] | 6th place[d] |
| US season 10 | Runner-up | ||||
| All Stars 6 | Runner-up | ||||
| Tynomi Banks | 42 | Toronto, Canada | Canada season 1 | 9th place | 7th place |
| Le Fil | 38 | Brighouse, United Kingdom | UK series 4 | 7th place | 8th place |
| La Kahena | 31 | Paris, France | France season 1 | 10th place | 9th place |
Legend:
| Contestant | Episode | |||||
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| 1[4] | 2[5] | 3[6] | 4[7] | 5[8] | 6[9] | |
| Lemon | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | Winner |
| Alexis Mateo | BVR | SAFE | WIN | BVR | BTM | Runner-up |
| Cheryl | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | Eliminated |
| Kennedy Davenport | SAFE | WIN | BVR | WIN | BVR | Eliminated |
| Miss Fiercalicious | SAFE | BVR | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest |
| Eureka! | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Miss C | |
| Tynomi Banks | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest | ||
| Le Fil | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||
| La Kahena | ELIM | Guest | ||||
Legend:
| Episode | Bottom contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
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| 1[4] | Eureka! | vs. | La Kahena | "Meaningless" (Charlotte Cardin) | La Kahena |
| 2[5] | Le Fil | vs. | Tynomi Banks | "Let Me Think About It" (Ida Corr,Fedde Le Grand) | Le Fil |
| 3[6] | Cheryl | vs. | Tynomi Banks | "What the Hell" (Avril Lavigne) | Tynomi Banks |
| 4[7] | Eureka! | vs. | Miss Fiercalicious | "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" (The Pussycat Dolls) | Eureka! |
| 5[8] | Alexis Mateo | vs. | Miss Fiercalicious | “How Far I'll Go" (Alessia Cara) | Miss Fiercalicious |
| Episode | Finalists | Song | Winner | ||
| 6[9] | Kennedy Davenport | vs. | Lemon | "Hideaway" (Kiesza) | Lemon |
| Alexis Mateo | vs. | Cheryl | "So Many Men, So Little Time" (Miquel Brown) | Alexis Mateo | |
| Alexis Mateo | vs. | Lemon | "Love Can Move Mountains" (Celine Dion) | Lemon | |
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | |
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| 7 | 1 | "Drag Pop" | July 19, 2024 (2024-07-19) | |
Nine queens from across theDrag Race franchise enter the competition. Brooke Lynn Hytes informs them that, for the first main challenge, the queens must write, record and perform verses for one of three original songs. The queens are ordered randomly in order to select their song, which they will perform in groups of three. Brooke also announces the return of the Golden Beaver twist first used inCanada's Drag Race season 4, where the challenge winner can save one of the bottom three from lip-syncing for their life. The queens' songs and groups are as follows:
On the runway, category is Wonders of the World. Cheryl, Kennedy Davenport and Lemon receive positive critiques with Lemon winning the challenge. Alexis Mateo, Eureka! and La Kahena receive negative critiques and are the bottom three. Lemon uses the Golden Beaver to save Alexis Mateo from the bottom two. Eureka! and La Kahena lip-sync to "Meaningless" byCharlotte Cardin. Eureka! wins the lip-sync and La Kahena sashays away.
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| 8 | 2 | "The Hole" | July 26, 2024 (2024-07-26) | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens must improvise in the reality TV spoofThe Hole, inspired byThe Mole andThe Traitors. The queens each choose a reality TV archetype to portray:
On the runway, category is Mother Nature. Cheryl, Kennedy Davenport and Lemon receive positive critiques with Kennedy Davenport winning the challenge. Le Fil, Miss Fiercalicious, and Tynomi Banks receive negative critiques and are the bottom three. Kennedy Davenport uses the Golden Beaver to save Miss Fiercalicious from the bottom two. Le Fil and Tynomi Banks lip-sync to "Let Me Think About It" byIda Corr andFedde Le Grand. Tynomi Banks wins the lip-sync and Le Fil sashays away.
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| 9 | 3 | "Glamorous Drag Queen Ball Challenge" | August 2, 2024 (2024-08-02) | |
For this week's mini challenge, the queens participate in amotion capture audition for a fictional film. Alexis Mateo wins the mini challenge. For this week's main challenge the queens must showcase three looks for the Glamorous Drag Queen Ball Challenge. The three themes are:AI Generated Queen, The Robots Have Taken Over, and Supermodel of the New World. The latter look must be constructed in the Workroom. After the runway, Alexis Mateo, Lemon, and Miss Fiercalicious receive positive critiques with Alexis Mateo winning the challenge. Cheryl, Kennedy Davenport, and Tynomi Banks receive negative critiques and are the bottom three. Alexis Mateo uses the Golden Beaver to save Kennedy Davenport from the bottom two. Cheryl and Tynomi Banks lip-sync to "What the Hell" byAvril Lavigne. Cheryl wins the lip-sync and Tynomi Banks sashays away.
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| 10 | 4 | "Reading Battles" | August 9, 2024 (2024-08-09) | |
For this week's mini challenge, the queens each lip-sync to "Just What They Want" byRuPaul while being blasted by a high powered fan. Miss Fiercalicious wins the mini challenge. For this week's main challenge, the queens must perform astand-up routine in front of the judges and the audience by telling jokes about each others in pairs. The judges select a winner and a loser from each pair; the winner placed on top, whereas the loser was up for elimination.
Lemon, Cheryl and Kennedy Davenport were the winners of the battles, with Kennedy Davenport selected this week's maxi challenge winner. Alexis Mateo, Eureka!, and Miss Fiercalicious were the bottom three queens; Kennedy Davenport uses the Golden Beaver to save Alexis Mateo from the bottom two. Eureka! and Miss Fiercalicious lip-sync to "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" byThe Pussycat Dolls. Miss Fiercalicious wins the lip-sync and Eureka! sashays away.
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| 11 | 5 | "Snatch Game: The Rusical" | August 16, 2024 (2024-08-16) | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens performed inSnatch Game:The Rusical, inspired by the classicDrag Race challenge. The queens' impersonations were as follows:
On the runway, category is Summer of '69. Cheryl and Lemon receive positive critiques with Lemon winning the challenge. Alexis Mateo, Kennedy Davenport, and Miss Fiercalicious receive negative critiques and are the bottom three. Lemon uses the Golden Beaver to save Kennedy Davenport from the bottom two. Alexis Mateo and Miss Fiercalicious lip-sync to "How Far I'll Go (Alessia Cara Version)" byAlessia Cara. Alexis Mateo wins the lip-sync and Miss Fiercalicious sashays away.
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| 12 | 6 | "Grand Finale" | August 23, 2024 (2024-08-23) | |
All queens return for the finale, and the top four queens battle for the crown in a Lip-sync Extravaganza. Eureka! was voted as this season's Miss Congeniality. On the runway, category is Crown Me. After the judges' final critiques and appearances by the eliminated queens the lip-sync smackdown begins. The first lip-sync is between Kennedy Davenport and Lemon. They lip-sync to "Hideaway" byKiesza. Lemon wins the lip-sync and Kennedy Davenport is eliminated. The second lip-sync is between Alexis Mateo and Cheryl. They lip-sync to "So Many Men, So Little Time" byMiquel Brown. Alexis Mateo wins the lip-sync and Cheryl is eliminated. The final lip-sync is between Alexis Mateo and Lemon. They lip-sync to "Love Can Move Mountains" byCéline Dion. Following the lip-sync it is announced that Lemon is the winner, leaving Alexis Mateo as the runner-up.
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