Sweden has become the latest territory to order a local version of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the first from Scandinavia, as the hit format’s producer World of Wonder pushes it at this week’s Mip TV.
Swedish pubcaster Svt commissioned the show and it will premiere in the U.S., UK and other territories on Wow Presents Plus, World of Wonder’s SVoD. Local indie Mastiff Ab will produce.
Judged by host and co-creator RuPaul Charles, Drag Race is a competition format that sees one Queen eliminated per week after competing in challenges.
The show launched in the U.S. in 2009 but has only attracted international interest in the past few years and a wealth of local versions are now being made in Thailand, Chile, Canada, Holland, the UK, Spain, Australia and New Zealand, France, the Philippines, and Italy.
The latest spin-off, UK vs the World, finished on the...
Swedish pubcaster Svt commissioned the show and it will premiere in the U.S., UK and other territories on Wow Presents Plus, World of Wonder’s SVoD. Local indie Mastiff Ab will produce.
Judged by host and co-creator RuPaul Charles, Drag Race is a competition format that sees one Queen eliminated per week after competing in challenges.
The show launched in the U.S. in 2009 but has only attracted international interest in the past few years and a wealth of local versions are now being made in Thailand, Chile, Canada, Holland, the UK, Spain, Australia and New Zealand, France, the Philippines, and Italy.
The latest spin-off, UK vs the World, finished on the...
- 4/5/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Music
Singer-songwriter Sam Ryder will represent the U.K. at the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Turin, Italy in May 2022 with the song “Space Man.” With over 12 million followers and 100 million likes on TikTok, Ryder is currently the most followed U.K. music artist on the platform. The search for the U.K. representative was led by 2022 partners, the global music management and publishing company TaP Music.
As the world went into lockdown in March 2020, Ryder uploaded the first of his now famous covers onto TikTok and his vocals quickly caught the attention of celebrity fans including Justin Bieber, Sia and Alicia Keys. Ryder is signed up with Parlophone.
Ryder co-wrote “Space Man” with Grammy-winning songwriter Amy Wadge and Max Wolfgang.
Ryder said: “Having been a fan of Eurovision since I was a kid I am so honored to have been presented with the opportunity to sing...
Singer-songwriter Sam Ryder will represent the U.K. at the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Turin, Italy in May 2022 with the song “Space Man.” With over 12 million followers and 100 million likes on TikTok, Ryder is currently the most followed U.K. music artist on the platform. The search for the U.K. representative was led by 2022 partners, the global music management and publishing company TaP Music.
As the world went into lockdown in March 2020, Ryder uploaded the first of his now famous covers onto TikTok and his vocals quickly caught the attention of celebrity fans including Justin Bieber, Sia and Alicia Keys. Ryder is signed up with Parlophone.
Ryder co-wrote “Space Man” with Grammy-winning songwriter Amy Wadge and Max Wolfgang.
Ryder said: “Having been a fan of Eurovision since I was a kid I am so honored to have been presented with the opportunity to sing...
- 3/10/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Tinopolis has completed a major financial restructuring and recapitalization after being badly hit by the coronavirus crisis — but the move has reportedly angered producers who will stand to lose money after selling their business to the Hell’s Kitchen production group.
UK-headquartered Tinopolis announced the refinancing on Monday afternoon, which will involve a “significant” injection of cash from banks, institutional funders, and management. As part of the changes, a majority shareholding in Tinopolis will be sold to a new company, which will be owned by the investors.
Tinopolis added that a non-trading subsidiary, in which loan notes (a type of I Owe You) owned by current and former management are held, will be closed. This will wipe out tens of millions of pounds owed to the founders of companies who sold their production companies to Tinopolis.
Soon after Tinopolis announced the financial restructuring, the Financial Times published a deeply reported piece on the matter,...
UK-headquartered Tinopolis announced the refinancing on Monday afternoon, which will involve a “significant” injection of cash from banks, institutional funders, and management. As part of the changes, a majority shareholding in Tinopolis will be sold to a new company, which will be owned by the investors.
Tinopolis added that a non-trading subsidiary, in which loan notes (a type of I Owe You) owned by current and former management are held, will be closed. This will wipe out tens of millions of pounds owed to the founders of companies who sold their production companies to Tinopolis.
Soon after Tinopolis announced the financial restructuring, the Financial Times published a deeply reported piece on the matter,...
- 4/12/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
RuPaul’s award-winning show “Drag Race” is set for a Dutch makeover by World of Wonder, broadcaster Rtl and Vincent TV.
“Drag Race Holland” is being produced by Netherlands-based production company Vincent TV Production and executive Produced by World of Wonder, the format’s owners.
Set to bow later this year, the series will feature ten Dutch drag queens who take part in weekly challenges where the bottom two face-off against each other in a lip-synch battle for a chance to remain in the competition. The Judges and guest judge line-up will be announced soon.
Ellen van den Berghe, the head of programming of Rtl’s Videoland which commissioned the show, said this “outstanding, urgent and groundbreaking Emmy Award-winning program fits seamlessly into the values and ambition of Videoland.”
“We are very proud we have achieved to commission a Dutch version of Drag Race as we know there are a...
“Drag Race Holland” is being produced by Netherlands-based production company Vincent TV Production and executive Produced by World of Wonder, the format’s owners.
Set to bow later this year, the series will feature ten Dutch drag queens who take part in weekly challenges where the bottom two face-off against each other in a lip-synch battle for a chance to remain in the competition. The Judges and guest judge line-up will be announced soon.
Ellen van den Berghe, the head of programming of Rtl’s Videoland which commissioned the show, said this “outstanding, urgent and groundbreaking Emmy Award-winning program fits seamlessly into the values and ambition of Videoland.”
“We are very proud we have achieved to commission a Dutch version of Drag Race as we know there are a...
- 7/27/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: RuPaul’s trusted sidekick Michelle Visage has landed her own BBC show, in which she will be joined by celebrity friends to dish out candid advice to dilemma-stricken fans.
Following a successful pilot last month (first revealed by Deadline), youth channel BBC Three — which is home to RuPaul’s Drag Race UK — has commissioned World Of Wonder to make eight-part series, Michelle Visage: Get Off Your Ass.
Visage will call on her New Jersey sass and wisdom to provide life guidance to her audience from her self-styled Club Visage. She will also be joined by a celebrity guest each episode for a conversation about their own life experiences. Casting is currently underway for the show.
The Vivienne, winner of the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, will also come along for the ride, providing an immersive challenge for one of Visage’s subjects. The pair built a rapport while filming Drag Race,...
Following a successful pilot last month (first revealed by Deadline), youth channel BBC Three — which is home to RuPaul’s Drag Race UK — has commissioned World Of Wonder to make eight-part series, Michelle Visage: Get Off Your Ass.
Visage will call on her New Jersey sass and wisdom to provide life guidance to her audience from her self-styled Club Visage. She will also be joined by a celebrity guest each episode for a conversation about their own life experiences. Casting is currently underway for the show.
The Vivienne, winner of the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, will also come along for the ride, providing an immersive challenge for one of Visage’s subjects. The pair built a rapport while filming Drag Race,...
- 2/28/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC’s online youth channel BBC Three has commissioned a second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK before the first has finished airing.
The drag queen battle will sashay its way back to Britain next year after whipping up more than 6.5M views for its first season on BBC streaming service iPlayer.
The first season has seen the queens face challenges designed to test their drag ability. Along the way, they’ve showed off their runway skills, formed two girl bands and performed “Downton Draggy.”
“I want to thank the BBC and all our fans for their overwhelming support of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK,” RuPaul said. “This season’s queens proved that Britain’s Got Charisma Uniqueness Nerve and Talent, and I want to see more. Here’s to another season of love, laughter and light.”
The new eight-part season was commissioned by BBC Three controller Fiona Campbell and Kate Phillips,...
The drag queen battle will sashay its way back to Britain next year after whipping up more than 6.5M views for its first season on BBC streaming service iPlayer.
The first season has seen the queens face challenges designed to test their drag ability. Along the way, they’ve showed off their runway skills, formed two girl bands and performed “Downton Draggy.”
“I want to thank the BBC and all our fans for their overwhelming support of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK,” RuPaul said. “This season’s queens proved that Britain’s Got Charisma Uniqueness Nerve and Talent, and I want to see more. Here’s to another season of love, laughter and light.”
The new eight-part season was commissioned by BBC Three controller Fiona Campbell and Kate Phillips,...
- 11/7/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The guest list for the BBC’s remake of RuPaul’s Drag Race keeps growing, with legendary supermodel Twiggy and ex-Girls Aloud pop star Cheryl joining the competition format.
The pair have been added as celebrity guest judges for RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, which will launch on BBC Three later this year. Twiggy was the face of the Swinging Sixties, while Cheryl has appeared as a judge on The X Factor and a dance captain on the BBC’s The Greatest Dancer.
The pair join Game of Thrones’ Masie Williams, Spider Man’s Andrew Garfield, Chewing Gum’s Michaela Coel and pop stars Geri Horner, Jade Thirlwall in the guest judge chair. They will work alongside Michelle Visage, Graham Norton and Alan Carr in the eight-part series.
Produced by World of Wonder, Drag Race UK was commissioned by Fiona Campbell, Controller BBC Three and Kate Phillips, Controller, BBC Entertainment.
The pair have been added as celebrity guest judges for RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, which will launch on BBC Three later this year. Twiggy was the face of the Swinging Sixties, while Cheryl has appeared as a judge on The X Factor and a dance captain on the BBC’s The Greatest Dancer.
The pair join Game of Thrones’ Masie Williams, Spider Man’s Andrew Garfield, Chewing Gum’s Michaela Coel and pop stars Geri Horner, Jade Thirlwall in the guest judge chair. They will work alongside Michelle Visage, Graham Norton and Alan Carr in the eight-part series.
Produced by World of Wonder, Drag Race UK was commissioned by Fiona Campbell, Controller BBC Three and Kate Phillips, Controller, BBC Entertainment.
- 7/17/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield and Chewing Gum star and creator Michaela Coel are to set to sashay away on the BBC’s remake of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
The pair are the latest A-list stars to join the show. They will feature alongside Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams, Spice Girls’ Geri Horner and Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall.
The eight-part show, which will air on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer, will also feature British presenters Graham Norton and Alan Carr and Michelle Visage, who has judged eight seasons of the U.S. format and four seasons of the All-Stars spinoff.
The adaptation, which is being produced by World of Wonder for the youth-skewing network this year, will look to crown one of the UK’s top drag artists the “Queen of Great Britain.”
Contestants will compete in individual or team challenges that test a specific drag queen skill before taking on the Maxi Challenge,...
The pair are the latest A-list stars to join the show. They will feature alongside Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams, Spice Girls’ Geri Horner and Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall.
The eight-part show, which will air on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer, will also feature British presenters Graham Norton and Alan Carr and Michelle Visage, who has judged eight seasons of the U.S. format and four seasons of the All-Stars spinoff.
The adaptation, which is being produced by World of Wonder for the youth-skewing network this year, will look to crown one of the UK’s top drag artists the “Queen of Great Britain.”
Contestants will compete in individual or team challenges that test a specific drag queen skill before taking on the Maxi Challenge,...
- 7/10/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Arya Stark of Winterfell is entering RuPaul’s Drag Race arena after Maisie Williams was unveiled as a celebrity guest judge of the UK adaptation of the reality series.
The actress, who has starred in HBO’s Game of Thrones since she was 13, will feature on the BBC Three adaptation of the U.S. competition format, which will air later this year.
She will be joined by Michelle Visage, who has judged eight seasons of the U.S. format and four seasons of the All-Stars spin-off, and British presenters Graham Norton and Alan Carr on the eight-part series.
The adaptation, which is being produced by World of Wonder for the youth-skewing network this year, will look to crown one of the UK’s top drag artists the ‘Queen of Great Britain’.
Contestants will compete in individual or team challenges that test a specific drag queen skill before taking on the Maxi Challenge,...
The actress, who has starred in HBO’s Game of Thrones since she was 13, will feature on the BBC Three adaptation of the U.S. competition format, which will air later this year.
She will be joined by Michelle Visage, who has judged eight seasons of the U.S. format and four seasons of the All-Stars spin-off, and British presenters Graham Norton and Alan Carr on the eight-part series.
The adaptation, which is being produced by World of Wonder for the youth-skewing network this year, will look to crown one of the UK’s top drag artists the ‘Queen of Great Britain’.
Contestants will compete in individual or team challenges that test a specific drag queen skill before taking on the Maxi Challenge,...
- 5/20/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Michelle Visage is joining Rupaul in the UK version of Drag Race.
The BBC has confirmed Visage, who has judged eight seasons of the U.S. format and four seasons of the All-Stars spin-off, will appear as a judge on the BBC Three show.
The eight-episode adaptation, which is being produced by World of Wonder for the youth-skewing network this year, will look to crown one of the UK’s top drag artists the ‘Queen of Great Britain’.
Contestants will compete in individual or team challenges that test a specific drag queen skill before taking on the Maxi Challenge, where they may be required to perform, model in a photo shoot, prepare a runway look for a themed challenge before having to face the judges, with one contestant each week eliminated and asked to “sashay away”.
The reality series was originally commissioned by Viacom’s Logo TV before moving to VH1 for its ninth season.
The BBC has confirmed Visage, who has judged eight seasons of the U.S. format and four seasons of the All-Stars spin-off, will appear as a judge on the BBC Three show.
The eight-episode adaptation, which is being produced by World of Wonder for the youth-skewing network this year, will look to crown one of the UK’s top drag artists the ‘Queen of Great Britain’.
Contestants will compete in individual or team challenges that test a specific drag queen skill before taking on the Maxi Challenge, where they may be required to perform, model in a photo shoot, prepare a runway look for a themed challenge before having to face the judges, with one contestant each week eliminated and asked to “sashay away”.
The reality series was originally commissioned by Viacom’s Logo TV before moving to VH1 for its ninth season.
- 2/5/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
RuPaul’s Drag Race is being remade in the UK after the BBC ordered a local version from World of Wonder. The competition format is coming to youth-skewing BBC Three in 2019.
RuPaul will be on the lookout to crown one of the UK’s top drag artists the ‘Queen of Great Britain’ in the eight-part series.
Contestants will compete in individual or team challenges that test a specific drag queen skill before taking on the Maxi Challenge, where they may be required to perform, model in a photo shoot, prepare a runway look for a themed challenge before having to face the judges, with one contestant each week eliminated and asked to “sashay away”.
The reality series was originally commissioned by Viacom’s Logo TV before moving to VH1 for its ninth season.
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK was commissioned by Damian Kavanagh, outgoing controller BBC Three and Kate Phillips,...
RuPaul will be on the lookout to crown one of the UK’s top drag artists the ‘Queen of Great Britain’ in the eight-part series.
Contestants will compete in individual or team challenges that test a specific drag queen skill before taking on the Maxi Challenge, where they may be required to perform, model in a photo shoot, prepare a runway look for a themed challenge before having to face the judges, with one contestant each week eliminated and asked to “sashay away”.
The reality series was originally commissioned by Viacom’s Logo TV before moving to VH1 for its ninth season.
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK was commissioned by Damian Kavanagh, outgoing controller BBC Three and Kate Phillips,...
- 12/5/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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