Academia de Drags (season 1)

The first season of Academia de Drags debuted on YouTube at 8 p.m. every Monday between October 13, 2014 and December 8, 2014.[1] The judges include famous Brazilian drag queen Silvetty Montilla, designer Alexandre Herchcovitch and the makeup artist Elisha Cabral.[2]

Academia de Drags
Season 1
StarringSilvetty Montillae
Country of originBrazil
No. of episodes7
Release
Original releaseOctober 13 (2014-10-13) 
December 8, 2014 (2014-12-08)

The season had seven episodes and featured eight participants who showed their dance skills, characterization, talent, humor and drag personality. Gysella Popovick was the winner of the season and was awarded with an international trip for two, a real wig "Lully Hair" and a show produced by a club in São Paulo, besides being declared Brazil's most complete drag queen.[3] Yasmin Carraroh was the runner-up, and Rita Von Hunty was elected by the public the "Miss Arrasa Bixa," a Brazilian variation of Miss Congeniality.

The public reception was very positive, in late 2014 the show was renewed for a second season.[4]

Classes

Episode Debut date Class Professor
1 October 13, 2014 (2014-10-13) Fashion and Runway Alexandre Herchcovitch
2 October 20, 2014 (2014-10-20) Makeup and Characterization Eliseu Cabral
3 October 27, 2014 (2014-10-27) Humor Grace Gianoukas
4 November 3, 2014 (2014-11-03) Interpretation Titi Muller e Luis Vaz
5 November 10, 2014 (2014-11-10) Dance Jairo Azevedo e Alexia Twyster
6 November 17, 2014 (2014-11-17) none
7 December 8, 2014 (2014-12-08) none

Contestants

(Ages at the time of contest)

Contestant Real name Age Hometown Episode
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Gysella Popovick Genival Alexandre 23 Recife - PE APVWINAPVAPVAPVAPVWINNER
Yasmin Carraroh Paulo Sergio Viana 23 Dourados – MS APVAPVWINWINBTM2APVRUNNER-UP
Lavynia Storm Ramon de Mattos 25 Cascavel - PR APVAPVAPVBTM2APVFAILED
Xantara Thompson Breno Tavares 25 Brasília – DF WINAPVAPVAPVWINFAILED
Rita Von Hunty Guilherme Terreri 22 São Paulo - SP BTM2APVAPVAPVFAILEDMiss Arrasa Bixa
Musa Flávio Ramos 23 São Paulo - SP APVBTM2BTM2FAILED
Laurie Blue Natan 22 Brasília – DF BTM2APVFAILED
Hidra Von Carter Artur Viana 23 São Paulo - SP APVFAILED
  The participant was the winner of the Academia de Drags.
  The participant was the runner-up.
  The participant was placed third.
  A participant was considered the best in the final test and was the winner of the week.
  The participant had to retake the test (was in the bottom two), being up for elimination.
  The participant was one of the worst and failed / was eliminated.
  The participant was voted Miss Arrasa Bixa (Miss Congeniality) by the audience.
  The participant was approved, advanced to the final, but all had to lipsync.

Notes

  • Episode 04 - Yasmin Carraroh became the first participant in the show's history to win two consecutive challenges.
  • Episode 04 - Musa became the only participant in the show's history to retake the test three times.
  • Episode 07 - Gysella Popovick became the first participant in the show's history to reach the final without having to retake the test.

Lipsync Battles

Episode Contestants Song Eliminated
1 Rita Von Hunty vs. Laurie Blue Brand New Day
(Lorena Simpson)
None
2 Musa vs. Hidra Von Carter Brand New Day
(Lorena Simpson)
Hidra Von Carter
3 Musa vs. Laurie Blue Acabou
(Nicky Valentine)
Laurie Blue
4 Musa vs. Lavynia Storm Cha Cha Boom
(Breno Barrteo com Nicky Valentine)
Musa
5 Yasmin Carraroh vs. Rita Von Hunty Kiss Kiss Goodbye
(Nicky Valentine com Tommy Love)
Can't Stop Loving You
(Lorena Simpson)
Rita Von Hunty
6 All the remaining contestants:
Gysella Popovick vs. Xantara Thompson
Yasmin Carraroh vs. Lavynia Storm
My Samba
(Nicky Valentine com Breno Barrteo)
Pisces
(Tommy Love com Natalia Damini)
Xantara Thompson
Lavynia Storm
  The participant was eliminated after his first time in the bottom two.
  The participant was eliminated after his second time in the bottom two.
  The participant was eliminated after his third time in the bottom two.
  The participant was eliminated after the final lipsync.

References

  1. Barg, Danielle (3 October 2014). "Novo programa de drag queens traz Herchcovitch no júri" (in Portuguese). temporadaemserie.com.br. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  2. Penteado, Nathália (7 October 2014). "ACADEMIA DE DRAGS" ESTREIA NO YOUTUBE" (in Portuguese). revista lofficiel. Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  3. "Campeã da 'Academia das Drags', Gysella Popovick dá suas dicas para um Dubsmash perfeito" (in Portuguese). TV Globo. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  4. Calvacante, Artur (17 November 2014). "Academia de Drags Reality aos moldes de 'Rupaul's Drag Race' garante 2ª temporada" (in Portuguese). temporadaemserie.com.br. Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
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