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EAT, SLAY, LOVE! NEW DRAG RACE UNIVERSE SERIES, SLAYCATION, UNVEILS THE SIX INTERNATIONAL DRAG QUEENS HEADING TO THE CANADIAN WILDERNESS IN AN ALL-NEW UNSCRIPTED PROJECT FROM THE PRODUCERS OF CANADA'S DRAG RACE
Premiering This Year, “Slaycation” Will Feature BOA, Jada Shada Hudson,
Kandy Muse, Kerri Colby, Lawrence Chaney, and Luxx Noir London
Slaycation is produced Blue Ant Studios, in association with World of Wonder and Crave
[LOS ANGELES, CA - June 6, 2024] Revealed today at Bell Media’s Upfront presentation are the six queens starring in Slaycation, an all-new unscripted series which follows queens from across the international “Drag Race” franchise as they vacation together at a Canadian winter retreat. The six-part series will premiere globally on WOW Presents Plus later this year, day and date with its local airing on Crave in Canada.
A brand-new format produced by Blue Ant Studios, in association with World of Wonder and Crave, “Slaycation” will follow the cast of queens through fun activities, frivolity, drama, and fish-out-of-water escapades which culminate in a dragtastic performance for the local community.
The six fabulous queens set to star in “Slaycation” are:
BOA, 29 - Windsor, Ontario
Canada’s Drag Race Season 1
BOA is a queen who has been on a journey! Now five years sober, after her season of Canada’s Drag Race, BOA became very committed to her recovery and overall health. She is a newly certified yoga instructor, has launched her wellness brand BOGA (yoga for every body), as well as a podcast, BOGA: Wellness with BOA, where she discusses the importance of prioritizing mental health and wellness. BOA wants to be an example to others and leave a positive mark, “people won’t always remember the things you say, but they will always remember how you made them feel.”
Jada Shada Hudson, 39 - Toronto, Ontario
Canada’s Drag Race Season 3
Jada Shada Hudson, known as Toronto’s Turnup Queen, has been entertaining for 14 years. Her electric and hype performance skills and her one of a kind superstar personality has made the world fall in love with her. Runner up in Season 3 of Canada’s Drag Race, Guest Correspondent on Crave series 1 Queen 5 Queers and CBC Gem’s Queens, Jada has taken flight, from brand deals, paid partnerships and billboards across Toronto. She has even performed at the Lizzo pre-show in 2019.
Kandy Muse, 29 - The Bronx, New York
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 8
Kandy Muse is a triple threat drag superstar from The Bronx, or as she likes to put it, from the hood to Hollywood! A major threat on her seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, Kandy is known for her feisty personality, street style steeze and dominating stage presence. Her talent for telling it like it is landed her own series on WOW Presents Plus, Inside the Producer’s Studio with Kandy Muse, where she spills the tea on the spiciest Drag Race drama with her Drag Race sisters.
Kerri Colby, 27 - Los Angeles, California
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14
Kerri Colby is a queen known for serving face, hair and body-ody-ody! Self-described as southern-raised and LA-glazed, Kerri is a proud multi-cultural transgender woman who constantly breaks down barriers. Hailing from the Legendary House of Colby, with her flawless aesthetic, this queen will always tell it like it is, showing the world she came to play and she’s here to slay.
Lawrence Chaney, 27 - Glasgow, Scotland
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 2
Lawrence Chaney was crowned winner of Season 2 of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. Largely known for her comedy and stand up shows, they host the World of Wonder show House of Laughs, showcasing the funniest and fiercest LGBTQ+ up-and-coming comedians and drag queens. Additionally Lawrence has travelled the world and has hosted “RuPaul’s Drag Race Live,” the live version of the Emmy winning show on the Las Vegas Strip.
Luxx Noir London, 24 - East Orange, New Jersey
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15
Luxx Noir London made their mark on Season 15 of RuPaul’s Drag Race as one of the fiercest fashion queens in recent herstory. Luxx also has a burgeoning music career, with current single, “Let It All Hang Out” and an upcoming album in the works. Always on the go, Luxx has walked the Primetime Emmy Awards Red Carpet, spoken at the famous New School about the impact of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and continues to push the fashion envelope forward.
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About World of Wonder:
World of Wonder (WOW) has reshaped international pop culture, earning 33 Emmys, inspiring two Oscars, creating global network WOW Presents Plus across 190 territories, and bringing drag culture to the world stage via RuPaul’s Drag Race and DragCon. SVOD WOW Presents Plus, the exclusive home to the global Drag Race franchise and hundreds of WOW Original series, saw 35M hours of content watched in 2023 with 77% subscriber growth in the same year. WOW’s pioneering television portfolio includes other smash-hit franchises like Million Dollar Listing. Their film division WOW Docs produces groundbreaking documentaries including Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, Party Monster, and The Eyes of Tammy Faye. WOW also operates YouTube channel WOWPresents, music label World of Wonder Records, the WOW Podcast Network, and year-round international live events. Co-founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato have been profiled in Variety’s Reality TV Impact Report and Hollywood Reporter’s Most Powerful Producers in Unscripted. Honors for their trailblazing work include the IDA Pioneer Award, Realscreen’s Global 100 list, Banff’s Impact Award, and the OUT 100. In 2022, World of Wonder was ranked #2 among film and TV powerhouses in Fast Company’s World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies.
About Bell Media Original Programming
Bell Media has commissioned some of Canada’s most-watched and most-acclaimed original programming, working with the best Canadian independent producers in the country. Hit series commissioned by CTV include the most-watched Canadian dramas TRANSPLANT and SULLIVAN’S CROSSING; record-breaking Canadian format THE AMAZING RACE CANADA; comedy CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING; unscripted series THE TRAITORS CANADA and FARMING FOR LOVE; and quiz series BATTLE OF THE GENERATIONS. Among the original series on Bell Media specialty and streaming platforms are CTV Life Channel’s culinary series MARY MAKES IT EASY with Mary Berg, and food, travel, and adventure series EVOLVING VEGAN; CTV Comedy Channel’s ROAST BATTLE CANADA and the scripted series ACTING GOOD. Crave Originals include hit series LETTERKENNY and its official spinoff series SHORESY, CANADA’S DRAG RACE, WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE (EVEN JAY BARUCHEL), and LITTLE BIRD; docuseries DARK SIDE OF THE RING; and acclaimed documentaries including KINGS OF COKE. Discovery is home to Bell Media’s hit factual series and franchises HIGHWAY THRU HELL, EAST HARBOUR HEROES, and Animal Planet’s PETS & PICKERS. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. Learn more at www.BellMedia.ca.
About Crave
Crave is Canada’s prestige entertainment offering, delivering more Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning programming than any other service, with HBO, HBO Max Originals, SHOWTIME®, STARZ, Hollywood-hit movies, and boasts a robust slate of English and French original series. It is a bilingual TV and streaming service, with thousands of hours of exclusive French-language content. Crave is available directly to all Canadians with access to the Internet at Crave.ca, via iOS and Android, and other platforms such as Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, select LG Smart TVs, PlayStation, Roku, select Samsung Smart TVs, and Xbox One, and through participating service providers across ten, 24-hour High Definition linear and on demand channels.
Blue Ant Studios
Blue Ant Studios is a leading studio and award-winning production business with offices in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto. The company’s premium slate of programming spans documentaries and docuseries, scripted, unscripted, and reality competition, with recent hits including the award-winning competition series Blown Away (Netflix); original mixology cocktail competition, Drink Masters (Netflix), original competition series Race Against the Tide (CBC); the newly released, hilarious Carolyn Taylor docu comedy, I Have Nothing (Crave); award-winning docuseries The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (Amazon); investigative docuseries Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell (Peacock and SKY): and groundbreaking documentary series Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies (Peacock). Blue Ant produces the multi-award-winning Canada’s Drag Race (seasons 1-4) and Canada vs. The World (Crave for Bell Media) with new seasons of each in production. Blue Ant Studios is a subsidiary of global media company, Blue Ant Media.