| Drag Race Italia | |
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| Season 2 | |
 Promotional poster for season two | |
| Hosted by | Priscilla |
| Judges |
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| No. of contestants | 10 |
| Winner | La Diamond |
| Runners-up | |
| Miss Congeniality | Nehellenia |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Release | |
| Original network |
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| Original release | 20 October (2022-10-20) – 8 December 2022 (2022-12-08) |
| Season chronology | |
← Previous Season 1 Next → Season 3 | |
| List of episodes | |
The second season ofDrag Race Italia premiered on 20 October 2022. The ten contestants were announced on 30 September 2022.[1][2] The winner of the second season ofDrag Race Italia was La Diamond, withAura Eternal andNehellenia as runners-up.
Discovery+ confirmed that the reality show opened a casting call for season two.[3][4] On 29 September 2022, they showed a teaser confirming ten contestants with Italian drag performerPriscilla, actressChiara Francini and television personalityTommaso Zorzi reconfirmed as judges.[5]
The season consisted of eight episodes.
Ages, names, and cities stated areat time of filming.
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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| La Diamond | 35 | Riesi, Sicily | Winner |
| Aura Eternal[a] | 24 | Palermo, Sicily | Runners-up[b] |
| Nehellenia | 31 | Rome, Lazio | |
| La Petite Noire | 31 | Palermo, Sicily | 4th place |
| Skandalove | 33 | Corato, Apulia | 5th place |
| Gioffré | 25 | New York City, United States | 6th place |
| Panthera Virus | 29 | Florence, Tuscany | 7th place |
| Obama[c] | 34 | Rome, Lazio | 8th place |
| Tanissa Yoncè | 28 | Catania, Sicily | 9th place |
| Narciso | 29 | Frosinone, Lazio | 10th place |
Notes:
Legend:
| Contestant | Episode | ||||||||
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| 1[7] | 2[8] | 3[9] | 4[10] | 5[11] | 6[12] | 7[13] | 8[14] | ||
| La Diamond | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | Winner | |
| Aura Eternal | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Runner-up | |
| Nehellenia | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | TOP2 | WIN | SAFE | R-up | Miss C |
| La Petite Noire | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | BTM | Eliminated | |
| Skandalove | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest | |
| Gioffré | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||
| Panthera Virus | BTM | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest | ||||
| Obama | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest | |||||
| Tanissa Yoncè | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||||
| Narciso | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
Legend:
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
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| 1[7] | Narciso | vs. | Panthera Virus | "La bambola" (Patty Pravo) | Narciso |
| 2[8] | Obama | vs. | Tanissa Yoncè | "Bagno a mezzanotte" (Elodie) | Tanissa Yoncè |
| 3[9] | Obama | vs. | Panthera Virus | "Down Down Down" (Lollipop) | Obama |
| 4[10] | Gioffré | vs. | Panthera Virus | "Jem [it]" (Cristina D'Avena) | Panthera Virus |
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner | ||
| 5[11] | La Petite Noire | vs. | Nehellenia | "The Rhythm of the Night" (Corona) | La Petite Noire |
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
| 6[12] | Gioffré | vs. | Skandalove | "Pem Pem [it]" (Elettra Lamborghini) | Gioffré |
| 7[13] | La Petite Noire | vs. | Skandalove | "Far l'amore" (Bob Sinclar,Raffaella Carrà) | Skandalove |
| Episode | Final contestants | Song | Winner | ||
| 8[14] | Aura Eternal vs. La Diamond vs. Nehellenia | "Festival [it]" (Paola & Chiara) | La Diamond | ||
Listed in chronological order:
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 7
Episode 8
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | |
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| 7 | 1 | "Little Italy" | 20 October 2022 (2022-10-20) | |
Ten new queens enter the workroom. For the first mini-challenge, the queens do a car wash photoshoot. Nehellenia wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens create anItalian art inspired look made from unconventional materials. On the runway, category is Arte Italiana (Italian Art). La Diamond and Obama receive positive critiques, with La Diamond winning the challenge. Aura Eternal, Narciso and Panthera Virus receive negative critiques, with Aura Eternal being safe. Narciso and Panthera Virus lip-sync to "La bambola" byPatty Pravo. Panthera Virus wins the lip-sync and Narciso is the first queen to sashay away.
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| 8 | 2 | "Colorful Drag, Lucky Drag" "Drag colorata - Drag fortunata" | 27 October 2022 (2022-10-27) | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens play a game calledDrag Comanda Color, in which each round, Tomasso says a color. The queens will then fish out a ball of that color from a ballpit. The last queen standing will win. Nehellenia wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will team up and act in the soap opera "Il segreto... mica poi tanto!!".
On the runway, category is Prato Fiorito (Flowery Meadow). Aura Eternal and La Petite Noire receive positive critiques, with Aura Eternal winning the challenge. Gioffré, Obama and Tanissa Yoncè receive negative critiques, with Gioffré being safe. Obama and Tanissa Yoncè lip-sync to "Bagno a mezzanotte" byElodie. Obama wins the lip-sync and Tanissa Yoncè sashays away.
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| 9 | 3 | "Snatch Game" "Snatch Game! Tutto può succedere" | 3 November 2022 (2022-11-03) | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens read each other to filth. Nehellenia wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens play theSnatch Game. The cast consisted of:
On the runway, category is Colpo di Sce...ma (Silly, Strike, Twist!). La Diamond wins the challenge. Aura Eternal, La Petite Noire, Obama and Panthera Virus receive negative critiques, with Aura Eternal and La Petite Noire being safe. Obama and Panthera Virus lip-sync to "Down Down Down" byLollipop. Panthera Virus wins the lip-sync and Obama sashays away.
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| 10 | 4 | "Daughters of the Stars" "Figlie delle stelle" | 10 November 2022 (2022-11-10) | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens are quizzed on horoscopes. Aura Eternal wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens improvise as fortune tellers reading tarots to the queens from Season 1.
On the runway, category is Drag Oroscopo (Drag Horoscope). La Diamond and Nehellenia receive positive critiques, with La Diamond winning the challenge. Gioffré and Panthera Virus receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom two. They lip-sync to "Jem" byCristina D'Avena. Gioffré wins the lip-sync and Panthera Virus sashays away.
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| 11 | 5 | "Festival Drag" | 17 November 2022 (2022-11-17) | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens play a game called Tuckis Roulant, where they have to run on a treadmill in heels while playing ring toss trying to score the most points. La Diamond wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens perform in arusical dedicated toLady Gaga. On the runway, category is Dancing Queen. Aura Eternal, La Petite Noire and Nehellenia receive positive critiques. Gioffré receives negatives critiques. It is announced that La Petite Noire and Nehellenia are the top 2 queens of the week, and will lip-sync for the win. They lip-sync to "The Rhythm of the Night" byCorona. La Petite Noire is declared the winner.
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| 12 | 6 | "Sporty Queens" "Una Drag nel pallone" | 24 November 2022 (2022-11-24) | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens have to guess the largest number of foods placed on a Pit Crewer's body by tasting them, while blindfolded. Aura Eternal wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens give makeovers to football players from the LGBTI+ inclusive clubLupi Roma [it]. On the runway, category is Drag nello Sport (Drag in Sport). La Petite Noire and Nehellenia receive positive critiques, with Nehellenia winning the challenge. Gioffré and Skandalove receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom two. They lip-sync to "Pem Pem [it]" byElettra Lamborghini. Skandalove wins the lip-sync and Gioffré sashays away.
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| 13 | 7 | "A Walk in Time" "A spasso nel tempo" | 1 December 2022 (2022-12-01) | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens paint a full face of make-up while twirling a hula hoop. Aura Eternal wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens perform a roast of the judges and an audience of Italiansciure. On the runway, category is A Spasso nel Tempo (A Walk in Time). Aura Eternal and La Diamond receive positive critiques, with La Diamond winning the challenge. La Petite Noire and Skandalove receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom two. They lip-sync to "Far l'amore" byBob Sinclar andRaffaella Carrà. La Petite Noire wins the lip-sync and Skandalove sashays away.
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| 14 | 8 | "Grand Finale" "Gran Finale" | 8 December 2022 (2022-12-08) | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens play a game ofDrag Race Italia inspiredtwister. La Petite Noire wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens write, record and perform their own verses to the song "Portento (Na Na Na Na)" On the runway, the eliminated queens and the finalists present their Eleganza Extravaganza. La Petite Noire is eliminated, leaving Aura Eternal, La Diamond and Nehellenia as the top three queens of the week. It is revealed that Nehellenia is this season's Miss Congeniality. Aura Eternal, La Diamond and Nehellenia lip-sync to "Festival" byPaola & Chiara. It is announced that La Diamond is the winner, leaving Aura Eternal and Nehellenia as the runners-up.
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