The Switch Drag Race season 2

The Switch Drag Race
Season 2
Promotional poster for season two
Hosted byKarla Constant
Judges
No. of contestants15
WinnerMiss Leona
Runners-up
No. of episodes31
Release
Original networkMEGA (Chile)
WOW Presents Plus (International)
Original release25 March (2018-03-25) –
15 July 2018 (2018-07-15)
Season chronology
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Season 1
List of episodes

The second season of The Switch Drag Race began airing on 25 March 2018 on the MEGA and WOW Presents Plus's streaming service. It ran for thirty-one episodes.

The winner of second series of The Switch Drag Race was Miss Leona, with Gia Gunn, Pavel Arámbula and Sofía Camará as the runner-up.

Challenges

Each episode, with the guidance of the six celebrity coaches, the contestants compete in the following challenges;

  • Leaders Challenge: In this first test, each contestant from the Chilean group gets paired together with a contestant from the opposing group of "foreigners" to form duos. Together, they must impersonate a celebrity à la Season 1's Artistic Challenge. The duo that succeeds earned immunity and the power of leadership over both respective groups.
  • Artistic Challenge: In this second test, the remaining contestants compete within their respective teams (one team consisting of the Chileans and the other consisting of the "foreigners") in a performance-based Artistic Challenge, similar to that of Season 1. Both groups compete in one Imitation Challenge each. The lowest performing contestant gets nominated by the judges to be a duelist in the Extreme Imitation Duel.
  • Extreme Imitation Duel: The two lowest scoring performers in each of the teams' Artistic Challenges go up against each other in an extreme, rapid-paced Imitation challenge, in which they must transform into famous pop singers and perform a number within a given time frame, with the assistance of their respective team leaders. The loser of this duel effectively sends their entire team to the Elimination Gala.
  • Nomination Mirror: The safe team will each nominate someone from the losing team to go straight to the Elimination Duel. The contestant with the most votes will not be able to participate in the Elimination Gala.
  • Elimination Gala (Singing Challenge): The team whose member lost the previous duel must compete against each other in a singing gala à la Season 1, where their performances are scored from 1 to 7 by each judge, with the lowest scoring performer being sent to the Elimination Duel.
  • Elimination Duel: The lowest scored performer in the Elimination Gala is put up against the contestant nominated during the Nomination Mirror round. They both perform a live song of their choosing and the judges vote by majority who shall be eliminated.

Contestants

See also: List of Drag Race contestants § The Switch Drag Race

Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.

Contestants of The Switch Drag Race season 2 and their backgrounds[1][2]
Contestant Age Team Hometown Season 1 placement Outcome
Miss Leona[a] 21 Foreign Paris, France — Winner
Gia Gunn 26 Chicago, United States[b] Runners-up
Pavel Arámbula 32 Mexico City, Mexico
Sofía Camará 26 Chilean Entre Ríos, Argentina 4th place
Fernanda Brown 25 Santiago, Chile 9th place 5th place
Diva Houston 38 Foreign São Paulo, Brazil[c] — 6th place[d]
Rochelle Mon Chéri 25 San Juan, Puerto Rico 7th place[e]
Kandy Ho 30 New York City, United States[f] 8th place
Luz Violeta 29 Chilean Santiago, Chile Winner 9th place[g]
Arianda Sodi 29 Santiago, Chile 7th place 10th place[h]
Laura Bell 27 Santiago, Chile 8th place 11th place
Marie Laveau 25 Foreign San Juan, Puerto Rico — 12th place
Luna di Mauri 49 Chilean Santiago, Chile Runner-up 13th place
Francisca del Solar 28 Santiago, Chile — 14th place
Fransiska Tólika[i] 24 Foreign Sevilla, Spain 15th place

Notes:

  1. ^ Now Leona Winter, she is referred to as Miss Leona on the show.
  2. ^ Although living in Chicago at the time, Gia Gunn represented Japan on the show.
  3. ^ Although living in Spain at the time, Diva Houston represented Brazil on the show.
  4. ^ Diva Houston originally placed eleventh before re-entering the competition.
  5. ^ Rochelle Mon Chéri originally placed ninth before re-entering the competition.
  6. ^ Although living in New York at the time, Kandy Ho represented Puerto Rico on the show.
  7. ^ Luz Violeta quit the competition before the elimination duel.
  8. ^ Arianda Sodi originally placed thirteenth before re-entering the competition.
  9. ^ Now Pakita, she is referred to as Fransiska Tólika on the show.

Contestant progress

Legend:

  Miss Leona won The Switch Drag Race season 2.
  Gia Gunn, Pavel Arámbula and Sofía Camará were the runners-up.
  IMM (Immunity) indicates that the contestant won the immunity.
  WIN indicates that the contestant won the Extreme Imitation Duel and saved their team.
  ADV (Advanced) indicates that the contestant won the pass to the next semifinal or finale.
  SAFE indicates that the contestant was safe in that week.
  DUEL indicates that the contestant was up for elimination.
  ELIM (Eliminated) indicates that the contestant was eliminated.
  QUIT indicates that Luz Violeta quit the competition.
  Guest indicates that the contestant returned as a guest.
Contestants progress with placements in each episode
Contestant Week[a]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11[b] 12[b] 13[b] 14
Miss Leona SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE DUEL IMM SAFE SAFE SAFE ADV SAFE ADV Winner
Gia Gunn IMM IMM SAFE IMM SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE IMM DUEL ADV ADV ADV Runner-up
Pavel Arámbula SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE DUEL WIN SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE DUEL SAFE Runner-up
Sofía Camará SAFE IMM DUEL IMM SAFE IMM DUEL SAFE SAFE IMM DUEL SAFE SAFE Runner-up
Fernanda Brown IMM SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN DUEL SAFE IMM ADV SAFE SAFE Eliminated
Diva Houston SAFE SAFE WIN ELIM SAFE IMM SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest
Rochelle Mon Chéri IMM ELIM SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest
Kandy Ho SAFE WIN SAFE DUEL SAFE SAFE SAFE IMM WIN SAFE ELIM Guest
Luz Violeta WIN SAFE IMM WIN IMM SAFE IMM SAFE DUEL QUIT
Arianda Sodi SAFE ELIM IMM ELIM Guest
Laura Bell SAFE DUEL SAFE SAFE DUEL SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest
Marie Laveau DUEL SAFE IMM DUEL IMM ELIM
Luna di Mauri SAFE SAFE DUEL SAFE ELIM
Francisca del Solar SAFE ELIM Guest
Fransiska Tólika ELIM
Notes
  1. ^ Every week, up until week 10, was composed of three episodes.
  2. ^ a b c Weeks 11, 12 and 13 were part of the same episode, episode 30.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date
251"Episode 1"March 24, 2018 (2018-03-24)
262"Episode 2"April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01)
273"Episode 3"April 5, 2018 (2018-04-05)
284"Episode 4"April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08)
295"Episode 5"April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15)
306"Episode 6"April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)
317"Episode 7"April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)
328"Episode 8"April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)
339"Episode 9"May 13, 2018 (2018-05-13)
3410"Episode 10"May 16, 2018 (2018-05-16)
3511"Episode 11"May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)
3612"Episode 12"May 18, 2018 (2018-05-18)
3713"Episode 13"May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23)
3814"Episode 14"May 24, 2018 (2018-05-24)
3915"Episode 15"May 25, 2018 (2018-05-25)
4016"Episode 16"May 30, 2018 (2018-05-30)
4117"Episode 17"May 31, 2018 (2018-05-31)
4218"Episode 18"June 1, 2018 (2018-06-01)
4319"Episode 19"June 6, 2018 (2018-06-06)
4420"Episode 20"June 7, 2018 (2018-06-07)
4521"Episode 21"June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08)
4622"Episode 22"June 13, 2018 (2018-06-13)
4723"Episode 23"June 14, 2018 (2018-06-14)
4824"Episode 24"June 15, 2018 (2018-06-15)
4925"Episode 25"June 19, 2018 (2018-06-19)
5026"Episode 26"June 20, 2018 (2018-06-20)
5127"Episode 27"June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)
5228"Episode 28"June 24, 2018 (2018-06-24)
5329"Episode 29"July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)
5430"Episode 30"July 8, 2018 (2018-07-08)
5531"Episode 31"July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15)

References

  1. ^ "The Switch 2 Presents New Contestants", Mega.cl. (in Spanish), September 12, 2016, archived from the original on August 27, 2017, retrieved April 8, 2018
  2. ^ Daniela Chávez (September 14, 2016), "Estas son las 13 participantes que darán vida a "The Switch 2"" [Here Are the 13 Participants on "The Switch 2"], Fotech.cl (in Spanish)