It's official! Paolo Ballesteros hosts Drag Race Philippines

The Philippine franchise of RuPaul's Drag Race names Paolo Ballesteros as host for the first season.

In the official video and photo announcement, Paolo Ballesteros dons his drag make up matched wearing an orchid-like purple gown featuring the country's famous landmark, the Rizal Park.

Paolo Ballesteros gained worldwide attention especially in drag fandom when he did amazing #makeuptransformation of different local and international celebrities.

Drag Race Philippines also announces its airing date, starting August 17 in WOW Presents Plus all over the world except in Canada and Crave Canada.

Drag Race makes its route to the Philippines

Media company World of Wonder announces the next international iteration of the Emmy award-winning reality show franchise Drag Race Philippines. The series will premiere exclusively on WOW Presents Plus globally. The Filipino version of the worldwide franchise joins existing formats across Thailand, Chile, Canada, Holland, the UK, Spain, Australia and New Zealand, and Italy.

RuPaul, the mother of all drag queens sends an invitation to all aspiring drag queens in the Philippines in this exclusive video from World of Wonder. Applications are now open via www.dragraceph.com

 

A cultural staple produced by World of Wonder since 2009, the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise is available in 193 countries through network partners and the WOW Presents Plus SVOD. The series has a total of 19 Emmy wins, making it the Television Academy’s most-awarded reality competition show in history. In 2018,Drag Race became the first series to win Best Reality-Competition Program and Host in the same year, a feat it repeated the following year. The Drag Race universe created by World of Wonder now encompasses numerous spin-off series on both linear and streaming; the world’s largest drag culture convention, RuPaul’s DragCon; merchandise lines; albums; and a Las Vegas Revue. 

Drag Race Philippines is produced in the Philippines by Fullhouse Asia Production Studios, Inc in conjunction with World of Wonder Productions, Inc. Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey, Tom Campbell and RuPaul serve as executive producers on the series.