The cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race Live! is like a spice rack with new flavors being rotating into use for seasonal menus. This summer, new cast members bring more international zest to the mix as the show marches toward its 500th performance of sashaying, turns to the left and fashionable flamboyance. RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season two winner Lawrence Chaney joined in May and Drag Race France host Nicky Doll entered the picture last month, while Drag Race Thailand host Pangina Heals arrives for the first time on July 17.
Heals will be followed July 29 by RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14 finalist Bosco, who refers to herself as “the demon queen of Seattle.” The four new dragsters join a rotating cast that currently includes RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14’s Daya Betty and Jorgeous, Derrick Barry from season 8 and Kennedy Davenport from season 7. The latter two went on to star in RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.
RuPaul’s drag franchise has turned into a career ladder for participants, with Las Vegas being one of the higher rungs. It’s one that season 12 winner Jaida Essence Hall has climbed to All-Stars and now Live!, where she takes over as host July 15. Overseeing the pageantry of competitive lip-syncing, runway strutting and looking fabulous has to be one of the toughest jobs on the Strip, but it’s the toughest one Hall will ever love.
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