Drag Race España (season 3)
The third season of Drag Race España premiered on 16 April 2023. The season airs on ATRESplayer Premium in Spain and WOW Presents Plus internationally. The season was confirmed by Atresmedia on 20 September 2022, along with an All Stars version of the franchise.[1]
Drag Race España | |
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Season 3 | |
Hosted by | Supremme de Luxe |
Judges |
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No. of contestants | 13 |
Winner | Pitita |
Runner-up | Vania Vainilla |
Miss Congeniality | María Edilia |
Country of origin | Spain |
No. of episodes | 11 |
Release | |
Original network |
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Original release | 16 April – 25 June 2023 |
Season chronology | |
The winner of the season was Pitita, with Vania Vainilla as runner-up.
Production
Promotion
The production company, World of Wonder, released a 15-second teaser on social media. The clip showcases the host, Supremme de Luxe, traveling throughout the galaxy with the season three contestants (without showing their faces).[2]
Twelve contestants were announced on 19 March 2023.[3] Participants include The Switch Drag Race alumna Pakita as well as Clover Bish, the Drag Race franchise's second cisgender female contestant, following Victoria Scone from the British adaptation.
The third season of Drag Race España is the first in the franchise to introduce a previously eliminated contestant in to the series: The Macarena, featured on the first season, was introduced as a surprise thirteenth contestant in the season premiere.
Contestants
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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Pitita | 27 | Barcelona, Catalonia | Winner |
Vania Vainilla | 39 | Zaragoza, Aragon | Runner-up |
Hornella Góngora[lower-alpha 1] | 35 | Alicante, Valencian Community | 3rd place[lower-alpha 2] |
Kelly Roller | 30 | Torremolinos, Andalusia | |
Clover Bish | 24 | Barcelona, Catalonia | 5th place |
Bestiah | 30 | Leganés, Community of Madrid | 6th place |
Pakita[lower-alpha 3] | 28 | Seville, Andalusia | 7th place |
Pink Chadora | 38 | Málaga, Andalusia | |
Visa | 34 | Tampico, Mexico | 9th place |
The Macarena[lower-alpha 4] | 31 | Cádiz, Andalusia | 10th place |
Chanel Anorex | 31 | Salamanca, Castile and León | 11th place |
Drag Chuchi | 32 | Las Palmas, Canary Islands | 12th place |
María Edilia | 41 | Caracas, Venezuela | 13th place[lower-alpha 5] |
Notes:
- Hornella Maria Góngora Ciccone is referred to as Hornella Góngora on the show.
- Kelly Roller originally placed tenth before re-entering the competition.
- Now known as Pakita, she was referred to as Franciska Tólika on The Switch Drag Race season 2, where she placed fifteenth.
- The Macarena originally competed on season 1, placing tenth.
- Maria Edilia was voted Miss Congeniality by fellow contestants.
Contestants progress
Legend:
Contestant | Episode | |||||||||||||||
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1[4] | 2[5] | 3[6] | 4[7] | 5[8] | 6[9] | 7[10] | 8[11] | 9[12] | 10[13] | 11[14] | ||||||
Pitita | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | BTM | WIN | SAFE | Guest | Winner | |||||
Vania Vainilla | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | Guest | Runner-up | |||||
Hornella Góngora | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | Guest | Eliminated | |||||
Kelly Roller | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | IN | BTM | SAFE | Guest | Eliminated | |||||||
Clover Bish | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest | |||||
Bestiah | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest | ||||||
Pakita | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest | |||||||
Pink Chadora | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest | |||||||
Visa | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | OUT | MLL | Guest | |||||||
The Macarena | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | OUT | Guest | Guest | ||||||||
Chanel Anorex | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | OUT | Guest | Guest | ||||||||||
Drag Chuchi | BTM | ELIM | OUT | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Maria Edilia | ELIM | OUT | Miss C | Guest |
Lip syncs
Legend:
Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
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1[4] | Drag Chuchi | vs. | Maria Edilia | "Despechá" (Rosalía) |
Maria Edilia |
2[5] | Drag Chuchi | vs. | Vania Vainilla | "La noche es para mí" (Soraya) |
Drag Chuchi |
3[6] | Chanel Anorex | vs. | Kelly Roller | "Genio atrapado" (Christina Aguilera) |
Chanel Anorex |
4[7] | Clover Bish | vs. | Kelly Roller | "Ay mamá" (Rigoberta Bandini) |
Kelly Roller |
5[8] | Pakita | vs. | The Macarena | "Desátame" (Mónica Naranjo) |
The Macarena |
6[9] | Clover Bish | vs. | Visa | "Dime" (Beth) |
Visa |
7[10] | Pakita vs. Pink Chadora vs. Pitita | "No controles" (Olé Olé) |
Pakita | ||
Pink Chadora | |||||
8[11] | Bestiah | vs. | Kelly Roller | "La niña" (María Peláe) |
Bestiah |
9[12] | Clover Bish | vs. | Hornella Góngora | "Vas a volverme loca" (Natalia) |
Clover Bish |
Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner | ||
11[14] | Pitita | vs. | Vania Vainilla | "Punto de partida" (Rocío Jurado) |
Pitita |
Guest judges
Listed in chronological order:
- Paco León, actor and director[15]
- Soraya Arnelas, singer[16]
- Palomo Spain, fashion designer[17]
- Paco Plaza, filmmaker[18]
- La Terremoto de Alcorcón, singer and vedette[19]
- Mónica Cruz, actress and dancer[20]
- Eva Soriano, comedian and television presenter[21]
- María Peláe, singer and songwriter[22]
- Valentina, RuPaul's Drag Race Season 9 and All Stars 4 contestant and host of Drag Race México
Special guests
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 1
- Mista, photographer
Episode 2
- Chanel, singer and actress
- Carmelo Segura, choreographer
Episode 5
- Karina, singer
- Pupi Poisson, contestant and Miss Congeniality on the first season of Drag Race España
Episode 6
- Carlos Marco, singer and music producer
- Carmelo Segura, choreographer
- Ferrán González, author
Episode 8
- Álvaro Kruse, ambassador of Krash Kosmetics
- Fernanda Hurtado and Teresa Hurtado, comedians
Episode 10
- Alejandro Amenábar, film director, screenwriter and composer
- Ariel Rec, contestant on the second season of Drag Race España
- Diamante Merybrown, contestant on the second season of Drag Race España
- Drag Sethlas, contestant on the second season of Drag Race España
- Estrella Xtravaganza, runner-up on the second season of Drag Race España
- Jota Carajota, contestant on the second season of Drag Race España
- Juriji der Klee, contestant on the second season of Drag Race España
- Marina, contestant on the second season of Drag Race España
- Marisa Prisa, contestant on the second season of Drag Race España
- Onyx, contestant on the second season of Drag Race España
- Samantha Ballentines, contestant and Miss Congeniality on the second season of Drag Race España
- Sharonne, winner on the second season of Drag Race España
- Venedita Von Däsh, runner-up on the second season of Drag Race España
Episode 11
- Carmelo Segura, choreographer
- Sharonne, winner on the second season of Drag Race España
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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21 | 1 | "Spain is Different" "Supremme Eleganza Talent Extravaganza" | April 16, 2023 | |
Twelve new queens enter the workroom. The Macarena, who was first eliminated on Season 1, made a comeback to compete again. For the first mini-challenge, the queens will do a photoshoot posing as different farm animals. Hornella Góngora wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens perform in the Supremme Eleganza Talent Extravaganza.
On the runway, category is Spain is Different. Bestiah, Hornella Góngora and Pakita receive positive critiques, with Bestiah winning the challenge. Drag Chuchi, Kelly Roller, Mariah Edilia and The Macarena receive negative critiques, with Kelly Roller and The Macarena being safe. Drag Chuchi and Maria Edilia lip-sync to "Despechá" by Rosalía. Drag Chuchi wins the lip-sync and Maria Edilia is the first queen to sashay away.
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22 | 2 | "Drag Vision" "Dragvisión" | April 23, 2023 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens take a Eurovision Song Contest quiz, in which the queens must match a previous winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the country they represented. The Macarena wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will perform a choreographed dance number to Chanel's song "SloMo".
On the runway, category is España en Eurovisión (Spain in Eurovision). Team Glitterazo (The Glitterats) is the winning team, with Pink Chadora winning the challenge. Team Las Muerta Hari (The Deadly Haris) is the losing team. Drag Chuchi, Pakita and Vania Vainilla receive negative critiques, with Pakita being safe. Drag Chuchi and Vania Vainilla lip-sync to "La noche es para mí" by Soraya. Vania Vainilla wins the lip-sync and Drag Chuchi sashays away.
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23 | 3 | "The Great Ball of Regions" "El gran ball de las regiones" | April 30, 2023 | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens will create three looks for The Great Ball of Regions: Calores (Colors), Sabores (Flavors) and Regiones (Regions). On the runway, Bestiah, Pakita and Pitita receive positive critiques, with Pitita winning the challenge. Chanel Anorex, Clover Bish and Kelly Roller receive negative critiques, with Clover Bish being safe. Chanel Anorex and Kelly Roller lip-sync to "Genio Atrapado" by Christina Aguilera. Kelly Roller wins the lip-sync and Chanel Anorex sashays away.
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24 | 4 | "Drag Sequels" "Secuelas de terror drag" | May 7, 2023 | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens will team up and act in three different Spanish horror films.
On the runway, category is Mi Peor Yo (My Worst Me). Pakita, Pitita and The Macarena receive positive critiques, with Pitita winning the challenge. Clover Bish, Kelly Roller and Visa receive negative critiques, with Visa being safe. Clover Bish and Kelly Roller lip-sync to "Ay mamá" by Rigoberta Bandini. Clover Bish wins the lip-sync and Kelly Roller sashays away.
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25 | 5 | "Snatch Game - España Season 3" "Snatch Game" | May 14, 2023 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens will read each other to filth. Pakita wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will play the Snatch Game. Karina and Pupi Poisson (in character as her season one Snatch Game performance, Karina) star as the celebrity contestants. The cast consisted of:
On the runway, category is Arriba la pluma (Show Your Feathers). Hornella Góngora, Pink Chadora, Vania Vainilla and Visa receive positive critiques, with Pink Chadora winning the challenge. Bestiah, Pakita and The Macarena receive negative critiques, with Bestiah being safe. Pakita and The Macarena lip-sync to "Desátame" by Mónica Naranjo. Pakita wins the lip-sync and The Macarena sashays away.
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26 | 6 | "El Mago Precoz" | May 21, 2023 | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens will star in El Mago Precoz: The Musical (The Wizard of Oz: The Musical).
On the runway, category is Tres Looks en Uno (Tree Looks in One). Hornella Góngora, Pitita and Vania Vainilla receive positive critiques, with Pitita winning the challenge. Clover Bish, Pakita and Visa receive negative critiques, with Pakita being safe. Clover Bish and Visa lip-sync to "Dime" by Beth. Clover Bish wins the lip-sync and Visa sashays away.
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27 | 7 | "The Second Chance" "Segunda oportunidrag" | May 28, 2023 | |
At the beginning of the episode, the previously eliminated queens enter the workroom. Supremme de Luxe then says that they will have a chance to return to the competition, and that there will be a double elimination. For this week's main challenge, the eliminated queens will be paired up with a remaining queen and they will perform a live stand-up comedy act in front of the judges. Visa picks Pitita, The Macarena picks Pink Chadora, Kelly Roller picks Vania Vainilla, Chanel Anorex picks Hornella Góngora, Drag Chuchi picks Bestiah and Maria Edilia picks Pakita. Clover Bish is alone, and will be the narrator of the show. On the runway, category is Peluca Palooza (Wig Palooza). Clover Bish and Vania Vainilla receive positive critiques, with Vania Vainilla winning the challenge, meaning Kelly Roller has returned to the competition. Pakita, Pink Chadora and Pitita receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom three. They lip-sync to "No Controles" by Olé Olé. Pitita wins the lip-sync and Pakita and Pink Chadora both sashay away.
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28 | 8 | "One, Two, Drags!" "¡Un, dos, drags!" | June 4, 2023 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens will pair up and paint each others faces while blindfolded. Bestiah and Clover Bish win the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will pair up and improvise in the game show "Un, dos, drags... respondes o te vas" (One, two, three... answer or leave).
On the runway, category is Una ilusión (Illusion). Clover Bish, Hornella Góngora and Pitita receive positive critiques, with Pitita winning the challenge. Bestiah, Kelly Roller and Vainia Vainilla receive negative critiques, with Vainia Vainilla being safe. Bestiah and Kelly Roller lip-sync to "La Niña" by María Peláe. Kelly Roller wins the lip-sync and Bestiah sashays away.
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29 | 9 | "Makeover: Barricientas" "Make Over: Barriencientas" | June 11, 2023 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens will try not to laugh while another queen slaps you in the face with a pancake. Pitita wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will makeover a group of cleaners. On the runway, category is Barricientas (Sweeper-Ellas). Pitita and Vania Vainilla receive positive critiques, with Vania Vainilla winning the challenge. Clover Bish, Hornella Góngora and Kelly Roller receive negative critiques, with Kelly Roller being safe. Clover Bish and Hornella Góngora lip-sync to "Vas a Volverme Loca" by Natalia. Hornella Góngora wins the lip-sync and Clover Bish sashays away.
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30 | 10 | "The Reunion - España Season 3" "El reencuentro" | June 18, 2023 | |
The queens all return for the reunion. Discussions include, the judge's critiques, the perceived favoritism towards Pitita and the comeback challenge. It is then announced that Maria Edilia is awarded this season's Miss Congeniality and Visa is awarded Miss Look Perdido (Miss Lost Look).
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31 | 11 | "Grand Finale - España Season 3" "Fiebre - La final" | June 25, 2023 | |
for the final challenge of the season, the queens will write, record and perform their own verses to Supremme de Luxe's song "Fiebre". On the runway, category is Mi Mejor Look Drag (My Best Drag Look). The eliminated queens all return to the runway. Hornella Góngora and Kelly Roller are eliminated, leaving Pitita and Vania Vainilla as the top two queens of the season. They lip-sync to "Punto de partida" by Rocío Jurado. It is announced that Pitita is the winner, leaving Vania Vainilla as the runner-up.
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- | - | "The Coronation: España Season 3" "La coronación" | July 1, 2023 | |
The four finalists return to watch the premiere of the season finale in a special hosted by season 2 contestant Samantha Ballentines. |
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