It is refreshing to see a broad range of age in this cast. It feels like many of the new queens especially in America are younger, so I kind of missed having this range.
True but most are bought and paid for. I personally believe those shows with range are just good tv and not about the money cause drag queens spend alot and get in debt with people for this show.
Diversity of age and experience really adds to the dynamic of the whole season. Hats off to DRDU for selecting a whole bunch of different types of queens to participate in this second season. I enjoyed the intro interviews and expect that the queens are going to bring a lot of fun and fierceness to what you know is going to be a highly competitive season (with so many previous award winners).
drag race spain being praised as a spaniard feels so refreshing , and it makes me feel proud of spain’s drag scene because at first we were really scared since lgbt representation here used to be extremely problematic ( except of the javis who are just hated because they appear everywhere and they seem the only gay people of spain , of course they would be on drag race spain )
That's so true! The drag scene is no better or worse in Spain than it is down under, but the production of DRDU interferes so unnecessarily compared to some other international seasons that it makes it that much less enjoyable. What I enjoyed so much about DRES s1, DRUK s2 as well as some of the earlier US seasons is that production interfered much less and the queens were able to shine more realistically and I loved it.
I truly think they should just replace Ru with a local legend. Let's face it, Ru isn't getting any younger. Trying to juggle SOME international franchises while leaving others to prosper on their own is so unnecessary. She has enough on her plate with US drag. She should do this with the UK as well
@@amymarks6615 Its also just pissing me off watching the show, as an American, that the American judges just do australian tropes or dont explain any of the australian references/jokes. Im sitting there watching certain parts confused and Ru and Michelle are just as confused as me and helping not at all.
Honestly I was hurt by season one as an Aussie, aussies and kiwis are so much more than bad production and judges who don’t understand what the hell is happening.
I respect Hannah Conda’s apology. Usually people skirt around what they are actually apologizing for so for them to outright say what they’ve done wrong and the changes are prevalent then people should move on.
A genuine apology is followed by action and change which she has demonstrated. She's learned, and grown, and is better for having had the experience which speaks volumes about her as a person. Admirable when you really think about it.
Props to Hannah Conda for actually taking actions to show that she's changing because so many will say they're not the same person but don't show that through their actions.
rewatching it, Art returning was literally just like 'she is here to compete and have fun she can't win anything' but that still doesn't sit great cause it wasn't given a purpose or a reason. She didn't have to fight to get back in, it was like the producers realized they 'made a mistake' cutting her and thought they would lose ratings without her which I don't think they would have. I think Art is so talented but if UK 2 can cut Joe Black for no reason the first episode just to prove a point, then this makes no sense.
Not the first Queen to be Brough back “just because” without having to earn it (Carmen, Kandy Muse). The problem was that it was tone-deaf to the two Queens of Colour being booted and not given a second chance. Not Art’s fault, who wouldn’t take it if it was offered to them.
@@Razorgirl and they waited until the episode where coco was kicked off. So it just feels weird. I don't think it was meant to be racist at all but it does look weird asf
@@PaigeIrene15… It’s Stan (Foxtel & Sky News). Racist is their default state. 😞💔 It was not only tone deaf, it missed an opportunity for Drag Race to introduce the audience into indigenous issues in both Australia and Nee Zealand, and to highlight the differences each country has taken. They could’ve had Maxi, Karren, and Scarlet’s scandals revealed while the two Queens of Colour were there to discuss it too. Instead the Queen that championed indigenous land rights was booted. And the Queen that called bullshit on Queens profiting on racism got booted. Sending the signal to the other queens what would happen if they did the same. They can argue those eliminations were deserved, but nothing happens without the producers making it happen. They made the choice they wanted to make and made sure they had the footage to justify it in editing. I was so angry when it happened, and I really hope next season is better, but I fear it won’t be. 😞🤞
I think Molly's look is actually based on Starfire (from Teen Titans). Maybe she just didn’t use a red wig to not give off too much of a cosplay vibe, but it already shows she's a geek queen so I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SHE BRINGS
I’m really glad you did touch on the whole Jade situation, she’s a dear friend of mine and as part of the “paper drag community “ we get designs stolen ALL THE TIME. It’s nice to see bigger platforms at least highlight this issue and showcase a bit of the original artwork. **Hire** paper drag girls to design your looks, I promise it’ll be awesome!
That look was AMAZING. Hopefully one of the byproducts of the situation is that more folks become aware of her and her designs and seek to work with her (and other paper drag queens) on future projects.
God I really hope that the POC queens don't go home first this time. Also can we PLEASE see Australian culture represented this time? Not "what an American thinks Australia is like" but what Australia is ACTUALLY like?
Drag race Uk felt like that too. Lawrence is a caricature of Scotland. Baga England. Divina wearing a Uk flag gown. Queen Elizabeth references constantly.
@@msvenuscrane yeah I wish that Ru wouldn't host UK or Down Under. Get people who actually are part of the culture to host. I bet if Ru didn't host UK Joe Black wouldn't have gone home first, and Charity Kase would have been better appreciated. If you want to see a good show representing NZ drag, watch House of Drag. It is hosted by Anita Wiglit and Kita Mean, and Electra Shock actually won a season I think. And they had drag kings and bioqueens on it! Long before DRDU.
They really just need to have a more natural feeling season. Everything felt so fake, forced and cheap the first time, and with this promo, I’m not feeling hopeful. 😭
some extra tea I found out in season 1 episode 1 had a whole portion cut out where the queens called out Scarlett so they knew from week 1, tried to hide it away just to ignore it again later in the season smh. idk I enjoyed a lot of the queens but finding that out helped solidify season 1 as being one of the worst of the franchise
Don't think you meant anything by it, but strange that you didn't mention Pomara Fifth being Maori too. First Maori queen on the show and one of the very few polynesian reps in both seasons. At least it was on screen in the subtitles I suppose. Since she is aboriginal as well as Maori on top of being an aussie queen, I hope they give equal spotlight to her aboriginal and Maori sides. I have a feeling they might lean in on her aussie side more, but we will have to wait and see.
Someone else mentioned they thought not mentioning the Māori rep on this cast might be Bussy avoiding trying to pronounce the word. But Bussy, and lovely American viewers, in my experience as a Kiwi who is lucky to be studying Māori culture and language, if you try and fail, as long as you're doing your best to learn and respect pronunciation, and your mispronounciations aren't coming from a place of laziness or disrespect, then it's okay to make mistakes with it as part of the learning process, if you keep trying. So do try! Google can help you with it or hell, just look for Taika Waititi talking about that aspect of his heritage :). I hope it comes up in the show that there's no measure of ~percentage~ when it comes to being Māori too. I think it's so beautiful that the Māori worldview doesn't divide anyone's cultural identity into parts... like there is no such thing as being only "half" or 1/8th Māori, or what have you, and being Māori doesn't expunge any other cultural heritage and identity you have either, if anything there is an underlying lesson to embrace all aspects of your ancestry and what makes you who you are. I just think that's really cool.
I met Michelle when she was in New Zealand filming, she came into my family’s shop! So kind and beautiful irl. Definitely excited to have Polynesian queen representation this time round! Wish there were some more POC queens but hopefully this season is better then the last xxx
i like that in hannah's apology she says outright i did this and this and this instead of the typical vague "things i did in the past" that doesn't show accountability at all
See this is why I don't get the whole cultural appropriation thing anymore. I can't speak for African American culture since I am Asian so I won't go there, but I can definitely speak for Asian and Asian American culture. As a Taiwanese American who was born in the US, went back to Taiwan till 6th grade, went to high school and college in the US, and now back living in Taiwan again for about 7 years, I never found the "inappropriateness" of people from other race wearing traditional clothing from my culture. As long as they come from a place of appreciation, such as wearing the garment or hairstyle because people think it's pretty and beautiful, or even making a bit of a joke about the culture is completely fine with me. There are lines you cannot cross yes, but 90% of it I don't think it's that serious. This just reminds me of the whole thing about how in the anime community many racist fans would bash on black cosplayers because "it's a Japanese thing", which doesn't make sense at all. But I've never seen what Hannah Conda actually did, so maybe she did cross the line. But in a general sense, most cases I've seen that people say "IT'S INAPPROPRIATE TO ASIANS!", I just never really thought of it that way. Honestly a lot of the time the ones who is making the accusation aren't even Asian to begin with!
Australia has a long and dicey history with a lot of countries in Asia. We’re close now and have very large immigrant populations that are from Asia, but it hasn’t always been that way. It’s hard to explain in one comment but, i do understand where she’s coming from. Don’t forget Australia and America are extremely different places. We don’t have the same history, nor the same understanding of cultural sensitivities.
@@naruli True, two different places can deal with minority cultures differently. I didn't think of that so thank you for enlightening me. But at the same time, if this were in America, it would have ended up the same as well I believe.
It’s definitely more of an American thing. For example a lot of Black Africans don’t mind non-Black people wearing braids compared to Black Americans. and same with Asians and non-Asians trying their culture. The occasions it would be inappropriate are when they’re wearing it as mockery or wearing something that’s sacred or for traditions and special occasions as a costume without knowing the meaning. This is coming from someone who’s African and Asian. But you also can’t invalidate how BIPOC Americans view culture appropriation because some Black Americans can’t wear braids and locs to work or have their natural hair without being asked to straighten it so it’s understandable for them to get frustrated when white people adopt Black hairstyles and it’s seen as cool and stylish.
@@LionStaringAuraKingdom It was only 25 years ago that a new Australian far-right party was founded on an initial platform that was very candidly all about stopping "the Asian invasion", by which they just meant Asian people existing here in any capacity. That policy won them enough votes to make them the most successful third party in the nation's history. That party still holds a bunch of seats today, and while their public policies have shifted focus to islamophobia, I doubt the views of their voter base have changed all that much. I've heard enough stories from Asian friends and personally seen enough people who still feel very comfortable being casually racist, so I can certainly understand people living within that context not being okay with others treating their culture like a costume, regardless of intent.
Aussie here, and Drag Race podcast host so YIKES that makes the clouds of the DU series a lot more complicated for me - BUT I just wanted to say Bussy phrased the whole Hannah Conda thing very well. I agreed with the sentiment and concluding statement. It’s a shame far too many loud righteous stans will still spend the rest of Hannah’s drag career calling her a racist because it’ll make them look like better people because they are anti-racist. When the Scarlett thing happened I hoped she would try harder to make reperations for her horrific mistakes. It’s clear she didn’t. And kinda quit drag over it. And drag is something Scarlett was - whether you like it or not - very good at (when she wasn’t committing racist behaviour 😡) so I can’t imagine it would have been easy for her to go through, but the problem is… she can’t cry foul or “cancellation” when she didn’t explore more avenues to make reperations and instead she just gave up. Was it cause she couldn’t be bothered? Was it cause the fandom made it clear there was nothing she could do to change their perception of her? Who knows. What we do know is Hannah is her own person with her own mistakes and her own journey to do better is probabaly still ongoing. And above all else… as an Aussie who not just loves a TV show about drag but loves drag in life, in art and entertainment and the importance of queer culture that has had the greatest influence on my life as a sheltered kid who thought being queer meant I was screwed up my whole life - I vehemently refuse to let a TV show fandom paint a damaging brush across Australian drag because this TV show has been produced horribly. Periodt. Do your research. Know your history. Drag in Australian culture has its dark moments like all drag cultures have had but I refuse to let people imply it is lesser than other countries simply because World of Wonder can’t manage to produce a show that represents Down Under drag with the equal amount of energy it gives the US & even the UK. Damn I’m tired of typing. Xx
Scarlet did apologise and did make up for it. She spoke to POC and learnt from their experiences, attended rallies, used performance to raise awareness, raised money for Black Lives Matter, made donations to B.L.M and makes monthly donations to "Pay The Rent" . She also acknowledges the traditional owners before her performances, donated the income she made from her racist performances, promotes POC performers and insures other performers don't do anything racist. What else can she possibly do? People should try to forgive her, let it go and move on. For their own sakes, as well as hers. Peace out xox lol
Hey Bussy ! I enjoy that you review almost every drag Race franchise, but you've yet to review Drag race France 🥺 Will you talk about it later ? They are actually really turning IT !! Love you, from France !
I'm not Bussy but I think she will stick to English spoken seasons only since she started Espanã but stopped at some point. I think it's complicated for you to judge something that you don't have a fully understand on what is happening and people may get a criticism as a offense. Also, I saw that French rules about copyright are far more strict, some drag race channels even got Strikes. So, even if she was willing to do it, I think it's not possible
@@kellygreengables3936 Yes I have ! They are incredible, I was afraid at first bc France ha a way of destroying great tv shows lol, but DRF as been so amazing
@@vitortone5977 I get that, but I personally would love to hear another point of view on the runways at least ! I know it maybe doesn't translate for everyone, but I'm just curious on how we're being perceived
Tip for Bussy! Melbourne and Brisbane aren’t phonetic. They’re said a lot softer on the end sounds. Melbuhn and brisbuhn No idea why, but you’ll sound like you know what you’re talking about more pronouncing them right than phonetically American.
@@BooksRebound respectfully you’re incorrect that’s how they’re pronounced the first examples you mentioned are different because they’re languages other than English. Regarding you’re 2nd example (New Orleans) theres many Americans that pronounce it differently so the correct way to pronounce it becomes debatable - Melbourne and Brisbane aren’t pronounced differently by anyone in Australia we all pronounce them the way the op has said so it’s not like New Orleans where different Americans say it differently. It’s honestly only Americans that I hear pronounce our states wrong haha
@@lukev7 I'm Brazilian and I think also like him, our culture and language is way different, I can't force foreign people to pronounce Bahia, São Paulo, Brasil, Rio de Janeiro like we do in our native language, and you can't force or dictate people on how to pronounce other countries and cities around the world, some countries even have different names for each language. And as English is my second language, you can't force me the "right way" to speak because my accent is latin 😂 I already lived in the US for some years and it's a big country with different accents across the country.
I'm against them hosting international seasons. You don't get the same feel and it seems a lot of the time they don't care anything about the drag culture, references, or just basic knowledge. They just apply the "American" way which is a real loss.
I think you need to Ru Paul or it will feel second rate. Having someone as lit as Courtney Act (such a legend) as a cohost to give it its own flavor would be amazing tho.
@@elizabeth3280 I encourage you to watch España. It's a fantastic example of how great drag race can be when the panel actually judges and comments on how things tie into their culture. The judges are also all professionals and have constructive criticism. Or you can have Ru and Michelle cackling and ignorant, making insulting jokes. It makes me cringe.
They should remove RU from the down under judging and replace it with Kita Mean tbh (or like any other non-problematic contestant/new winner from this season hopefully she’s not…controversial) Since she’s not Aussie it’s like awkward to watch cause she doesn’t know the references etc :/
Kita and Anita literally hosted their own show so they'd be great, throw in, idk, Art Symone cause shes a famous aussie figure and you have a pretty decent judging panel, the only problem is they'll know most, if not all, of the contestants.
From memory: Minnie Cooper, aside from Etcetera was one of three Sydney queens I wished got on Drag Race. She’s Sydney drag royalty and I’m so glad she has the platform. Hannah Conda: Professional queen, hardworking, reliable, consistent, talented but don’t remember much specifically. I’m not sure if they’re on good terms but I’m pretty sure she worked a lot with Coco Jumbo, or at least at the same club. I’m pretty sure they did a lot of shows together but that’s just from my vague and failing memory lmao Faux Fur: Really didn’t expect her to be cast especially because the Asian representation is so limited. Back in the day she was kinda ratchet drag, unpolished. But I remember her being very nice and entertaining, just not drag race level. But this was years ago so she might be way more polished and experienced now. I hope she breaks the ‘Asian queens always go home early’ curse. Good luck to all the queens and it must be nice having no pressure to do a better job than the previous season ☠️☠️
These queens look like a great group. I was inspired to pick up drag again myself recently, and having two of my inspirations (Minnie and Molly) in one season makes me super happy.
Okay I just watched the entire Down Under season and honestly it was way over produced! I don’t think they ever told us that the girls all knew each other and were friends. Also I felt like they tried to push too much “American Drag” rather than just let it be down under like it was supposed to be….does that make sense??
Exactly. As an Australian it didn't feel like it represented Australian culture at all. Rather what an American (Ru) thinks Australia is which is full of cliches from the 80s that nobody actually does (nobody says "put a shrimp on the barbie" in real life) and surface level references to the 1 gay movie from Australia that Ru knows (Priscilla). Smh.
@@ladyreverie7027 Don't forget Kath and Kim, and at least you guys got references, as a New Zealander the only thing we got was RuPaul mispronouncing 'Kia Ora' for an ENTIRE season.
@@ladyreverie7027 I agree with you! I was so excited when they announced down under and the queens got royally screwed! Also why only $30K for the winner when the USA queens are getting $100k minimum??
As an Aussie, I was so disappointed with the first season and really hope they have Australians and New Zealanders as part of production this time around. A lot of the jokes, runway themes and challenges just didn't land because they were more like a mash-up of outdated stereotypes by someone completely unfamiliar with Australia/NZ culture, and this just ended up confusing and cringy.
No. Australia didn’t have TMNT. Because of its geographical location, it isn’t able to receive international media of any kind. They won’t even get to see this video.
Ru needs to be the judge of the American series and the American series only. Every other franchise she misses so many references and makes jokes that don’t hit
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This franchise needs to do so much to redeem itself already, plus now we have this shit? The production team for this show needs more than a miracle for this thing to work
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Thank you for another amazing video Bussy ❤ Have you been considering creating some content on Drag Race France? I'm absolutely gobsmacked about the level of dedication, professionalism and care behind the whole production, Nicky Doll is amaaaaaazing host, first episode probably the best talet show that have every been done on the Drag Race, queens are so likable and talented. ❤
As an Australian can I just give you a bit of advice on place names. Melbourne & Brisbane are essentially pronounced the same Melbn & Brisbn There is no vowel sound after the b It’s just BN
I'm glad Hannah has been open and not trying to hide from her past, instead showing growth. It's not my place to accept an apology, but she's definitely done more than last season's racist queens, and that's definitely a huge start. Also the way Bussy pronounces Australian cities is so funny 🤣
@@zoeisonline You're clearly wearing your rose coloured glasses sis and unwilling to recognise how she's tried to change. It wasn't just an apology. Actively being involved in educating herself and others on cultural appropriation is more than the other racist queens. Plus all of this was before season 1 was announced so it's obvious that it wasn't just for fame. Don't be an ignoranus
I understand apologizing for slurs and disrespecting people. I have dealt with a lot being a very petite gay and being half asian. And I appreciate when people are honest and say sorry for cruelty... but to say that any one culture owns braids or dreads is where it gets silly. Braid your hair girl it's fashion. The world has gotten so sensitive that we don't know where to draw the line anymore. Everyone is scared to say anything because we are now a cancel culture. Breathe in front of the wrong person and you get 10 dislikes on instawhatever. Have fun. Don't take life too seriously and die happy.. Hopefully at an old age.
Aussies and Kiwis did deserve sooo much better. They're fun people, literally so much talent. Hopefully the show will get references and looks more as well since the culture is definitely very different to the US. The drag culture here is so amazing. I went to drag bingo in Sydney and local Queens here put on such a great show. It's so disappointing to see the show not getting real references and only using overused tropes, manufactured twists and fake storyline.
I got immediatly Starfire vibes of Molly Poppinz look. 🥰 Hopefully the 2nd season of down under will be better. Thank you bussy for your great content. I love your videos and you are so entertaining. 🥰😘💕
I know I’m in the minority but I really liked Down Under season 1, it had an early season of Drag Race, summer camp vibe to it that I found refreshing.
Season One felt very produced. Art's return did not make sense, the eliminations were questionable. It just felt like they wanted certain queens in the top for no specific reason other than I guess notoriety?
I love punny names and I sometimes choose the queen to root for based on their names so this will be tough. Can't wait for this season to start. You look so cute in this outfit!
Pardon my french but I do not understand the issue with Hannah Conda. When she wore those affros and outfits was it in a mockery way or she just wore them ? Because the first one surely deserves an apology, the second doesn't need it ? If you think she still needs to apologise about it then I think Bebe Zahara Bennett needs to make an apology too because she also has been wearing outfits related to asian cultures. This kinda reminds me of Utica Queen affraid of wearing an affro for her Snatch Game because of cultural appropriation, but the character she wanted to portray (Bob Ross) had one. So overall I am just confused from start to finish. :(
I LOVE SPANKIE! I've done tech grunt work for a few shows she's been in, and she has always remembered me and come over to say hi and give me a hug. She's a genuinely good person on top of everything else, and I think that's super important. Can't wait for the world to fall in love with her just like I have 💜
When I worked in a bar in Sydney Minnie Cooper had a gig every Friday and was always so warm, kind and professional.. I don’t know the other queens but I wouldn’t be surprised if Minnie takes the fan fave title
It seems a fair amount of overproduced drama is on the franchises that Ru hosts... 🤔🤔🤔 I would love to see a local talent host each international franchise, and maybe just have Ru make an appearance at the finale.
Hahahaha you say we are punny, that's Aussie drag to a tee, I'm an AFAB queen in Australia and my drag name is Inya Endo, we love a good pun down here 🤣🤣👏🏻 the island of dad jokes 🤣
Every apology video is the same word salad, platitudes and jargon. People blew the situation so out of proportion. Cultural appropriation is honestly such a regressive point to argue. Every culture takes something from every other culture. Thats one of the social contracts of living in a globalised world. Unless you are being outright racist, apologising for minute things is pointless and all it does is try to segregate cultures as if we haven't moved past that.
I think what would make Downunder thrive is not having Ru and Michelle. Like every other drag race except UK. Nothing frustrates me more than not getting references. And the Kweens deserve more and so do we as the audience. That's Mai Two Scents.
Make Courtney the host, and get Kita and Anita to co-host. They already ran their own drag TV show (house of drag) which was awesome and way better than DRDU S1.
As an Aussie I’m so disappointed in the Down Under franchise. I think the fact that we are a little messy at heart we can come off as unpolished compared to other countries.. Also the exaggerated Aussie/NZ accent queens here in general have give, “throw a snag on the barbie and chuck us a VB mate” while gay kind of vibe.. which if you’re not Aussie/NZ can be kind of cringy just like the drag names that are always just two words to make a pun… it’s all just a bit much (because we just don’t talk like that). The US just do this show best, also I don’t get into Holland much because I just don’t get their jokes or pop culture so it’s not as entertaining. Uk does it best outside US because they’re relatable, when tv isn’t relatable, it just doesn’t work… i know this is a harsh review it’s just my opinion, nothing deep…
Thanx for being so hopeful for this season of Down Under Bussy. So am I and surely it'll be better than season 1, won't it? Of-course it will.....I hope. Yeah... it will.🤞
With this coming out at the start im scared and hoping this season is good as im really rooting for Aubrey which i hope isnt problematic fingerscrossed as shes so pretty and im really hoping for her to go far.
Are you excited to go down under again?
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No
her OF is 10000000% worth
Wary might be a better word - I think it will be obvi if they figured things out pretty quickly
Excited? No.
Naïvely optimistic tinged with concerned.
It is refreshing to see a broad range of age in this cast. It feels like many of the new queens especially in America are younger, so I kind of missed having this range.
in australia, when you think of the drag scene, its basically all campy fat 50 year olds, and i love it
True but most are bought and paid for. I personally believe those shows with range are just good tv and not about the money cause drag queens spend alot and get in debt with people for this show.
Yes, am freakin tired of all the 20 year old queens lol.
Yay! That’s why I’ve been loving Raja on All Stars. Finally someone who isn’t 19
Diversity of age and experience really adds to the dynamic of the whole season. Hats off to DRDU for selecting a whole bunch of different types of queens to participate in this second season. I enjoyed the intro interviews and expect that the queens are going to bring a lot of fun and fierceness to what you know is going to be a highly competitive season (with so many previous award winners).
as an Australian, you officially take the ticket for the worst Australian accent ever
Finally - I won something! :)
I also heard Mel-bORN instead of Melb-in or Melb-uhn xD
You haven't heard mine yet mia xD
@@shayni99 omg thank you for clearing that up for me lol Ive been saying both of them wrong, I feel so stupid! 🥺
@@krissykriss328 as a melburniain, i will throw an overpriced artisinal flat-white in someones face if i hear mel-bin
I honestly think down under would be more successful if Ru and Michelle weren't there. Let it go to some Australian icon like Spain and Thailand did
YES
Courtney Act would be a FABULOUS host. Though I know she's not on the greatest terms with WOW anymore
Why couldn’t they give it to Courtney Act who was a literal runner up yet gave Nicky Doll the French franchise even though she placed like 11th lol
The real winner of season 1 was exposure for Rhys
@@user-kx6fw8ub9g To be fair Nicky Doll is doing a really good work ^^. Howevrr I do agree that Courtney would have been a much better host...
drag race spain being praised as a spaniard feels so refreshing , and it makes me feel proud of spain’s drag scene because at first we were really scared since lgbt representation here used to be extremely problematic ( except of the javis who are just hated because they appear everywhere and they seem the only gay people of spain , of course they would be on drag race spain )
I loved Dragrace Espana! It was such a beautiful invite in to your rich culture, at least that's what it felt like to me 😊 love from the Netherlands
That's so true! The drag scene is no better or worse in Spain than it is down under, but the production of DRDU interferes so unnecessarily compared to some other international seasons that it makes it that much less enjoyable. What I enjoyed so much about DRES s1, DRUK s2 as well as some of the earlier US seasons is that production interfered much less and the queens were able to shine more realistically and I loved it.
Argh, estoy de acuerdo, los Javis están hasta en la sopa... Cómo no iban a estar en Drag Race 🤣
@@kseni_vely Literalmente jjajaa
Literal, los javis estan en todos lados 😂😂 los amo
Honestly they need to add an additional local judge who is indigenous and/or Māori I think that would help a lot
I truly think they should just replace Ru with a local legend. Let's face it, Ru isn't getting any younger. Trying to juggle SOME international franchises while leaving others to prosper on their own is so unnecessary. She has enough on her plate with US drag. She should do this with the UK as well
@@tigerlove525 Agree Courtney would be the logical choice but they hate each other.
Agreed! It would be really great to see Indigenous representation on the judges panel.
@@amymarks6615 Its also just pissing me off watching the show, as an American, that the American judges just do australian tropes or dont explain any of the australian references/jokes. Im sitting there watching certain parts confused and Ru and Michelle are just as confused as me and helping not at all.
@@amymarks6615 it doesn't even have to be a RuGirl though! Just like with españa - just choose someone well known in that specific community!!
Honestly I was hurt by season one as an Aussie, aussies and kiwis are so much more than bad production and judges who don’t understand what the hell is happening.
I respect Hannah Conda’s apology. Usually people skirt around what they are actually apologizing for so for them to outright say what they’ve done wrong and the changes are prevalent then people should move on.
at the end of the day we are talking about men in wigs
Me too. It felt genuine, not overly emotional, and she didn't try to hide anything.
also she’s actually trying to make changes now, working with a company that supports bipoc community’s, which i feel like we rarely see
A genuine apology is followed by action and change which she has demonstrated. She's learned, and grown, and is better for having had the experience which speaks volumes about her as a person. Admirable when you really think about it.
she has done work shops put the effort,,,, she is kind and honest
Props to Hannah Conda for actually taking actions to show that she's changing because so many will say they're not the same person but don't show that through their actions.
rewatching it, Art returning was literally just like 'she is here to compete and have fun she can't win anything' but that still doesn't sit great cause it wasn't given a purpose or a reason. She didn't have to fight to get back in, it was like the producers realized they 'made a mistake' cutting her and thought they would lose ratings without her which I don't think they would have. I think Art is so talented but if UK 2 can cut Joe Black for no reason the first episode just to prove a point, then this makes no sense.
Right. Art. Joe Black. Jimbo.
The Real Fan Faves 🤘💃 🇨🇦
Not the first Queen to be Brough back “just because” without having to earn it (Carmen, Kandy Muse). The problem was that it was tone-deaf to the two Queens of Colour being booted and not given a second chance.
Not Art’s fault, who wouldn’t take it if it was offered to them.
@@Razorgirl and they waited until the episode where coco was kicked off. So it just feels weird. I don't think it was meant to be racist at all but it does look weird asf
@@PaigeIrene15… It’s Stan (Foxtel & Sky News). Racist is their default state. 😞💔
It was not only tone deaf, it missed an opportunity for Drag Race to introduce the audience into indigenous issues in both Australia and Nee Zealand, and to highlight the differences each country has taken.
They could’ve had Maxi, Karren, and Scarlet’s scandals revealed while the two Queens of Colour were there to discuss it too.
Instead the Queen that championed indigenous land rights was booted.
And the Queen that called bullshit on Queens profiting on racism got booted.
Sending the signal to the other queens what would happen if they did the same.
They can argue those eliminations were deserved, but nothing happens without the producers making it happen. They made the choice they wanted to make and made sure they had the footage to justify it in editing.
I was so angry when it happened, and I really hope next season is better, but I fear it won’t be. 😞🤞
I think Molly's look is actually based on Starfire (from Teen Titans). Maybe she just didn’t use a red wig to not give off too much of a cosplay vibe, but it already shows she's a geek queen so I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SHE BRINGS
The queens are beautiful, I can't get over the names in this cast. The play on words? Aubrey Haive?? Yuri Guaii?? COME ON. love it.
I’m really glad you did touch on the whole Jade situation, she’s a dear friend of mine and as part of the “paper drag community “ we get designs stolen ALL THE TIME. It’s nice to see bigger platforms at least highlight this issue and showcase a bit of the original artwork. **Hire** paper drag girls to design your looks, I promise it’ll be awesome!
That look was AMAZING. Hopefully one of the byproducts of the situation is that more folks become aware of her and her designs and seek to work with her (and other paper drag queens) on future projects.
I feel like the entirety of the Down Under Drag Race budget goes to Ru's salary because...
God I really hope that the POC queens don't go home first this time.
Also can we PLEASE see Australian culture represented this time? Not "what an American thinks Australia is like" but what Australia is ACTUALLY like?
Fun fact: Season 1 of DU had no Maori queens but Season 2 I think has 3.
i think all the while ru is there and hosting you'll still get it i think :( i have the same annoyance with uk drag race as a brit
Drag race Uk felt like that too. Lawrence is a caricature of Scotland. Baga England. Divina wearing a Uk flag gown. Queen Elizabeth references constantly.
@@msvenuscrane yeah I wish that Ru wouldn't host UK or Down Under. Get people who actually are part of the culture to host.
I bet if Ru didn't host UK Joe Black wouldn't have gone home first, and Charity Kase would have been better appreciated.
If you want to see a good show representing NZ drag, watch House of Drag. It is hosted by Anita Wiglit and Kita Mean, and Electra Shock actually won a season I think. And they had drag kings and bioqueens on it! Long before DRDU.
The France production just recently had a French cliche category in its Ball episode so maybe Down Under can address the issue similarly.
They really just need to have a more natural feeling season. Everything felt so fake, forced and cheap the first time, and with this promo, I’m not feeling hopeful. 😭
Me too the promo is so cheap
The way that almost all of this cast had pun names.... Legendary
some extra tea I found out in season 1 episode 1 had a whole portion cut out where the queens called out Scarlett so they knew from week 1, tried to hide it away just to ignore it again later in the season smh. idk I enjoyed a lot of the queens but finding that out helped solidify season 1 as being one of the worst of the franchise
so glad that you’re covering this because I couldn’t find ALL the tea for some reason.
Don't think you meant anything by it, but strange that you didn't mention Pomara Fifth being Maori too. First Maori queen on the show and one of the very few polynesian reps in both seasons. At least it was on screen in the subtitles I suppose.
Since she is aboriginal as well as Maori on top of being an aussie queen, I hope they give equal spotlight to her aboriginal and Maori sides. I have a feeling they might lean in on her aussie side more, but we will have to wait and see.
Someone else mentioned they thought not mentioning the Māori rep on this cast might be Bussy avoiding trying to pronounce the word. But Bussy, and lovely American viewers, in my experience as a Kiwi who is lucky to be studying Māori culture and language, if you try and fail, as long as you're doing your best to learn and respect pronunciation, and your mispronounciations aren't coming from a place of laziness or disrespect, then it's okay to make mistakes with it as part of the learning process, if you keep trying. So do try! Google can help you with it or hell, just look for Taika Waititi talking about that aspect of his heritage :).
I hope it comes up in the show that there's no measure of ~percentage~ when it comes to being Māori too. I think it's so beautiful that the Māori worldview doesn't divide anyone's cultural identity into parts... like there is no such thing as being only "half" or 1/8th Māori, or what have you, and being Māori doesn't expunge any other cultural heritage and identity you have either, if anything there is an underlying lesson to embrace all aspects of your ancestry and what makes you who you are. I just think that's really cool.
I met Michelle when she was in New Zealand filming, she came into my family’s shop! So kind and beautiful irl. Definitely excited to have Polynesian queen representation this time round! Wish there were some more POC queens but hopefully this season is better then the last xxx
I'm not Maori but girl am I glad to FINALLY see that rep so they can tell Ru the way they say 'Kia Ora' is WRONG
i like that in hannah's apology she says outright i did this and this and this instead of the typical vague "things i did in the past" that doesn't show accountability at all
See this is why I don't get the whole cultural appropriation thing anymore. I can't speak for African American culture since I am Asian so I won't go there, but I can definitely speak for Asian and Asian American culture. As a Taiwanese American who was born in the US, went back to Taiwan till 6th grade, went to high school and college in the US, and now back living in Taiwan again for about 7 years, I never found the "inappropriateness" of people from other race wearing traditional clothing from my culture. As long as they come from a place of appreciation, such as wearing the garment or hairstyle because people think it's pretty and beautiful, or even making a bit of a joke about the culture is completely fine with me. There are lines you cannot cross yes, but 90% of it I don't think it's that serious. This just reminds me of the whole thing about how in the anime community many racist fans would bash on black cosplayers because "it's a Japanese thing", which doesn't make sense at all.
But I've never seen what Hannah Conda actually did, so maybe she did cross the line. But in a general sense, most cases I've seen that people say "IT'S INAPPROPRIATE TO ASIANS!", I just never really thought of it that way. Honestly a lot of the time the ones who is making the accusation aren't even Asian to begin with!
You seem like an incredible human being 💗💗
Australia has a long and dicey history with a lot of countries in Asia. We’re close now and have very large immigrant populations that are from Asia, but it hasn’t always been that way. It’s hard to explain in one comment but, i do understand where she’s coming from. Don’t forget Australia and America are extremely different places. We don’t have the same history, nor the same understanding of cultural sensitivities.
@@naruli True, two different places can deal with minority cultures differently. I didn't think of that so thank you for enlightening me. But at the same time, if this were in America, it would have ended up the same as well I believe.
It’s definitely more of an American thing. For example a lot of Black Africans don’t mind non-Black people wearing braids compared to Black Americans. and same with Asians and non-Asians trying their culture. The occasions it would be inappropriate are when they’re wearing it as mockery or wearing something that’s sacred or for traditions and special occasions as a costume without knowing the meaning. This is coming from someone who’s African and Asian. But you also can’t invalidate how BIPOC Americans view culture appropriation because some Black Americans can’t wear braids and locs to work or have their natural hair without being asked to straighten it so it’s understandable for them to get frustrated when white people adopt Black hairstyles and it’s seen as cool and stylish.
@@LionStaringAuraKingdom It was only 25 years ago that a new Australian far-right party was founded on an initial platform that was very candidly all about stopping "the Asian invasion", by which they just meant Asian people existing here in any capacity. That policy won them enough votes to make them the most successful third party in the nation's history. That party still holds a bunch of seats today, and while their public policies have shifted focus to islamophobia, I doubt the views of their voter base have changed all that much. I've heard enough stories from Asian friends and personally seen enough people who still feel very comfortable being casually racist, so I can certainly understand people living within that context not being okay with others treating their culture like a costume, regardless of intent.
Aussie here, and Drag Race podcast host so YIKES that makes the clouds of the DU series a lot more complicated for me - BUT I just wanted to say Bussy phrased the whole Hannah Conda thing very well. I agreed with the sentiment and concluding statement. It’s a shame far too many loud righteous stans will still spend the rest of Hannah’s drag career calling her a racist because it’ll make them look like better people because they are anti-racist. When the Scarlett thing happened I hoped she would try harder to make reperations for her horrific mistakes. It’s clear she didn’t. And kinda quit drag over it. And drag is something Scarlett was - whether you like it or not - very good at (when she wasn’t committing racist behaviour 😡) so I can’t imagine it would have been easy for her to go through, but the problem is… she can’t cry foul or “cancellation” when she didn’t explore more avenues to make reperations and instead she just gave up. Was it cause she couldn’t be bothered? Was it cause the fandom made it clear there was nothing she could do to change their perception of her? Who knows. What we do know is Hannah is her own person with her own mistakes and her own journey to do better is probabaly still ongoing.
And above all else… as an Aussie who not just loves a TV show about drag but loves drag in life, in art and entertainment and the importance of queer culture that has had the greatest influence on my life as a sheltered kid who thought being queer meant I was screwed up my whole life - I vehemently refuse to let a TV show fandom paint a damaging brush across Australian drag because this TV show has been produced horribly. Periodt. Do your research. Know your history. Drag in Australian culture has its dark moments like all drag cultures have had but I refuse to let people imply it is lesser than other countries simply because World of Wonder can’t manage to produce a show that represents Down Under drag with the equal amount of energy it gives the US & even the UK. Damn I’m tired of typing. Xx
Scarlet did apologise and did make up for it. She spoke to POC and learnt from their experiences, attended rallies, used performance to raise awareness, raised money for Black Lives Matter, made donations to B.L.M and makes monthly donations to "Pay The Rent" . She also acknowledges the traditional owners before her performances, donated the income she made from her racist performances, promotes POC performers and insures other performers don't do anything racist. What else can she possibly do?
People should try to forgive her, let it go and move on. For their own sakes, as well as hers. Peace out xox lol
@@TopHatNat Wow... I had no idea. Well, yeah, I think it's time to forgive, for sure.
Please drop your podcast name !! I’m always looking for more Aussie drag-centred content 😻
Girl shut up, Australian has one of the biggest racism problems right next to America. Quit acting like an apology is going to fix your entire past
@@TopHatNat She also defended Coco Jumbo after someone in her instagram comment called her a literal c--n
Hey Bussy ! I enjoy that you review almost every drag Race franchise, but you've yet to review Drag race France 🥺 Will you talk about it later ? They are actually really turning IT !! Love you, from France !
Totally!!! Im loving DRF sooo much!!
Have you seen the ball episode yet? The work room moments are so sweet and funny and the fashion for this runway is stunning!!
I'm not Bussy but I think she will stick to English spoken seasons only since she started Espanã but stopped at some point. I think it's complicated for you to judge something that you don't have a fully understand on what is happening and people may get a criticism as a offense.
Also, I saw that French rules about copyright are far more strict, some drag race channels even got Strikes. So, even if she was willing to do it, I think it's not possible
@@kellygreengables3936 Yes I have ! They are incredible, I was afraid at first bc France ha a way of destroying great tv shows lol, but DRF as been so amazing
@@vitortone5977 I get that, but I personally would love to hear another point of view on the runways at least ! I know it maybe doesn't translate for everyone, but I'm just curious on how we're being perceived
Tip for Bussy! Melbourne and Brisbane aren’t phonetic. They’re said a lot softer on the end sounds. Melbuhn and brisbuhn
No idea why, but you’ll sound like you know what you’re talking about more pronouncing them right than phonetically American.
"Almost all place names are just said as however a the speaker would pronounce it, not how an actual native does"
A very American thing to think xD
@@BooksRebound respectfully you’re incorrect that’s how they’re pronounced the first examples you mentioned are different because they’re languages other than English. Regarding you’re 2nd example (New Orleans) theres many Americans that pronounce it differently so the correct way to pronounce it becomes debatable - Melbourne and Brisbane aren’t pronounced differently by anyone in Australia we all pronounce them the way the op has said so it’s not like New Orleans where different Americans say it differently. It’s honestly only Americans that I hear pronounce our states wrong haha
Also called Meanjin and Naarm. Let's not forget Indigenous names and the affect it had on the 'Australian' accent
@@lukev7 I'm Brazilian and I think also like him, our culture and language is way different, I can't force foreign people to pronounce Bahia, São Paulo, Brasil, Rio de Janeiro like we do in our native language, and you can't force or dictate people on how to pronounce other countries and cities around the world, some countries even have different names for each language.
And as English is my second language, you can't force me the "right way" to speak because my accent is latin 😂 I already lived in the US for some years and it's a big country with different accents across the country.
Indigenous people are laughing
Bussy, we're on the same page, Kween Kong was my top pick for Hottest 🔥 Hot. Beverly Kills was a very, very close second.
100% agree!!!
I’m Australian and I wish they had an Australian or NZ Queen host instead of Ru and Michelle. The missed a lot of references on the first season…
I'm against them hosting international seasons. You don't get the same feel and it seems a lot of the time they don't care anything about the drag culture, references, or just basic knowledge. They just apply the "American" way which is a real loss.
I think you need to Ru Paul or it will feel second rate. Having someone as lit as Courtney Act (such a legend) as a cohost to give it its own flavor would be amazing tho.
@@elizabeth3280 I encourage you to watch España. It's a fantastic example of how great drag race can be when the panel actually judges and comments on how things tie into their culture. The judges are also all professionals and have constructive criticism. Or you can have Ru and Michelle cackling and ignorant, making insulting jokes. It makes me cringe.
Honestly the queens look really interesting and I'm looking hopeful for this season compared to the first one which was.... yeah..
They should remove RU from the down under judging and replace it with Kita Mean tbh (or like any other non-problematic contestant/new winner from this season hopefully she’s not…controversial)
Since she’s not Aussie it’s like awkward to watch cause she doesn’t know the references etc :/
Kita and Anita literally hosted their own show so they'd be great, throw in, idk, Art Symone cause shes a famous aussie figure and you have a pretty decent judging panel, the only problem is they'll know most, if not all, of the contestants.
From memory:
Minnie Cooper, aside from Etcetera was one of three Sydney queens I wished got on Drag Race. She’s Sydney drag royalty and I’m so glad she has the platform.
Hannah Conda: Professional queen, hardworking, reliable, consistent, talented but don’t remember much specifically. I’m not sure if they’re on good terms but I’m pretty sure she worked a lot with Coco Jumbo, or at least at the same club. I’m pretty sure they did a lot of shows together but that’s just from my vague and failing memory lmao
Faux Fur: Really didn’t expect her to be cast especially because the Asian representation is so limited. Back in the day she was kinda ratchet drag, unpolished. But I remember her being very nice and entertaining, just not drag race level. But this was years ago so she might be way more polished and experienced now. I hope she breaks the ‘Asian queens always go home early’ curse.
Good luck to all the queens and it must be nice having no pressure to do a better job than the previous season ☠️☠️
3:46 and Kween Kong’s entrance line should (hopefully) be: It’s on like Kween Kong! (Instead if it’s on like Donkey Kong)
Also 5:28 the green look on the left I actually used on a fan race on the drag race fandom!
HELL YES
Beverly Kills is giving me Fran Fine from The Nanny realness. The hair, the outfit, the makeup.. does anyone else see it? 👀
Now that you mention it, I do kind of see it. Kind of a humorous take on Fran rather than an all out imitation. Good eye.
Didn't wanna try pronouncing "Maori" when talking about Pomara Fifth huh 😅😅
Also loveddd Pomara's look. Been waiting so long to see panties cut in a flattering way like that lmfao
Omg I never knew my name could be a pun! I love this so much I'm very biasedly rooting for Aubrey Haive lmaooo
These queens look like a great group. I was inspired to pick up drag again myself recently, and having two of my inspirations (Minnie and Molly) in one season makes me super happy.
Okay I just watched the entire Down Under season and honestly it was way over produced! I don’t think they ever told us that the girls all knew each other and were friends. Also I felt like they tried to push too much “American Drag” rather than just let it be down under like it was supposed to be….does that make sense??
Exactly. As an Australian it didn't feel like it represented Australian culture at all. Rather what an American (Ru) thinks Australia is which is full of cliches from the 80s that nobody actually does (nobody says "put a shrimp on the barbie" in real life) and surface level references to the 1 gay movie from Australia that Ru knows (Priscilla). Smh.
They had a fucking runway that was called the prom runway and I know that over here we don't have proms, we have formals and discos.
@@ladyreverie7027 Don't forget Kath and Kim, and at least you guys got references, as a New Zealander the only thing we got was RuPaul mispronouncing 'Kia Ora' for an ENTIRE season.
Yes. Ru and michelle being there didn’t help at all.
@@ladyreverie7027 I agree with you! I was so excited when they announced down under and the queens got royally screwed! Also why only $30K for the winner when the USA queens are getting $100k minimum??
As an Aussie, I was so disappointed with the first season and really hope they have Australians and New Zealanders as part of production this time around. A lot of the jokes, runway themes and challenges just didn't land because they were more like a mash-up of outdated stereotypes by someone completely unfamiliar with Australia/NZ culture, and this just ended up confusing and cringy.
No. Australia didn’t have TMNT. Because of its geographical location, it isn’t able to receive international media of any kind. They won’t even get to see this video.
We’ve all been waiting for you Bussy 😂🙏😘
Ru needs to be the judge of the American series and the American series only. Every other franchise she misses so many references and makes jokes that don’t hit
Y'all cannot tell me Molly Poppinz outfit isn't supposed to be Blackfire/Starfire and I'm frankly disappointed that none of y'all clocked it
Just left a comment about that, then saw yours. Glad I'm not the only one!
Oh you're right! If she had orange hair instead of blonde, I would have recognized it instantly.
SPAAANNNKKIIIEEEE!!!!! I CANT BELIEVE SHE MADE IT TO RPDR!!!!! IF YALL DONT KNOW HER SHES THE WINNER OF HAUS OF DRAG AND HER PERSONALITY IS SO INFECTIOUS!!!!!🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡
This franchise needs to do so much to redeem itself already, plus now we have this shit? The production team for this show needs more than a miracle for this thing to work
Beverley’s style speaks to me SO MUCH I hope this season goes well
Glad to see a Maori queen on this season
Your tear screen moment was relatable and really funny! I love you showing us who you are beyond the person giving us all the rdpr drag info
Just wanna say I still get ASMR tingles with your "*Hi, ugly.* It's me! (*Bussy*)." Like, even though I know it's coming, it gets me every single time.
There's so many charismatic queens on this season. I am living for Hannah, Kween Kong, Yuri, and Beverly Kills
I haven't watched the season yet, just the first episode so this might change later
Did they somehow get a budget decrease??? These queens deserve so much better. But I have high hopes for a good season!
Thanks!
I love that you're here Bussy Queen. Every video you publish seriously hits me hard. Thank you for all your content and exceptional critiques. You mean soo much to all of us. 💗💗💗
wow omg! Matthew you just made my night. Thank you so much for your generosity and always enjoying my content. I hope you have a wonderful evening whether that is relaxing or hard at work. Sending you love!!!
@@BussyQueen Seriously! My generosity is the reflection of you. Your kindness to everyone and absolutely fantastic videos deeply inspires me to do so. Bussy Queen, you're absolutely gorgeous inside and out. ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for another amazing video Bussy ❤ Have you been considering creating some content on Drag Race France? I'm absolutely gobsmacked about the level of dedication, professionalism and care behind the whole production, Nicky Doll is amaaaaaazing host, first episode probably the best talet show that have every been done on the Drag Race, queens are so likable and talented. ❤
As an Australian can I just give you a bit of advice on place names.
Melbourne & Brisbane are essentially pronounced the same
Melbn & Brisbn
There is no vowel sound after the b
It’s just BN
I'm glad Hannah has been open and not trying to hide from her past, instead showing growth. It's not my place to accept an apology, but she's definitely done more than last season's racist queens, and that's definitely a huge start.
Also the way Bussy pronounces Australian cities is so funny 🤣
@@zoeisonline You're clearly wearing your rose coloured glasses sis and unwilling to recognise how she's tried to change. It wasn't just an apology. Actively being involved in educating herself and others on cultural appropriation is more than the other racist queens. Plus all of this was before season 1 was announced so it's obvious that it wasn't just for fame. Don't be an ignoranus
As someone who lives in Vancouver… she did not lie 😭😭
When I saw Mary Poppinz outfit, I thought she was referring the superhero Saturn Girl in her 'pink bikini' phase
that look of qween is nothing but Dot Matrix from Space balls
I understand apologizing for slurs and disrespecting people. I have dealt with a lot being a very petite gay and being half asian. And I appreciate when people are honest and say sorry for cruelty... but to say that any one culture owns braids or dreads is where it gets silly. Braid your hair girl it's fashion. The world has gotten so sensitive that we don't know where to draw the line anymore. Everyone is scared to say anything because we are now a cancel culture. Breathe in front of the wrong person and you get 10 dislikes on instawhatever. Have fun. Don't take life too seriously and die happy.. Hopefully at an old age.
I better get my “Torn” or “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” lip sync or I’m gonna be PISSED!
I mean even if this season does suck at least we have Bussy to review it hysterically
Kween Kong design actually looks like a anime Saint Seyia golden saints look also.
Remember when this (I mean finding out about problematic cast members BEFORE a season started) wasn’t a thing?
I love that there's a wide range of ages in this cast
Molly was giving me StarFires evil sister
Aussies and Kiwis did deserve sooo much better. They're fun people, literally so much talent. Hopefully the show will get references and looks more as well since the culture is definitely very different to the US. The drag culture here is so amazing. I went to drag bingo in Sydney and local Queens here put on such a great show. It's so disappointing to see the show not getting real references and only using overused tropes, manufactured twists and fake storyline.
I got immediatly Starfire vibes of Molly Poppinz look. 🥰
Hopefully the 2nd season of down under will be better.
Thank you bussy for your great content. I love your videos and you are so entertaining. 🥰😘💕
I saw Poppins' look and thought of Starfire (superhero).
I know I’m in the minority but I really liked Down Under season 1, it had an early season of Drag Race, summer camp vibe to it that I found refreshing.
You're a wonderfully beautiful human ❤️ I love you channel so much. Thanks for the hard work and dedication. Stay safe ICON!
Kween Kong is my former drag mother, Haus of Kong.
Imagine how surprised i was, godamn.
Will we get this season on BBC iplayer? Like we did with season 1 or will it just be paramount and WOW+?
(0:32) Holland season 2 sits at the bottom based on the graph.
Season One felt very produced. Art's return did not make sense, the eliminations were questionable. It just felt like they wanted certain queens in the top for no specific reason other than I guess notoriety?
I'd love to hear your thoughts on Drag Race France !
I love punny names and I sometimes choose the queen to root for based on their names so this will be tough. Can't wait for this season to start. You look so cute in this outfit!
Pardon my french but I do not understand the issue with Hannah Conda. When she wore those affros and outfits was it in a mockery way or she just wore them ?
Because the first one surely deserves an apology, the second doesn't need it ? If you think she still needs to apologise about it then I think Bebe Zahara Bennett needs to make an apology too because she also has been wearing outfits related to asian cultures.
This kinda reminds me of Utica Queen affraid of wearing an affro for her Snatch Game because of cultural appropriation, but the character she wanted to portray (Bob Ross) had one. So overall I am just confused from start to finish. :(
Aren't we all? So many solutions looking for a problem.
Molly’s look reminds me of Starfire from Teen Titans
I LOVE SPANKIE! I've done tech grunt work for a few shows she's been in, and she has always remembered me and come over to say hi and give me a hug. She's a genuinely good person on top of everything else, and I think that's super important. Can't wait for the world to fall in love with her just like I have 💜
why does every queen have to “stand out” on an international scale?
Was I the only one who got, Princess Morbucks from the Powerpuff Girls, vibe from Kween Kongs outfit?
When I worked in a bar in Sydney Minnie Cooper had a gig every Friday and was always so warm, kind and professional.. I don’t know the other queens but I wouldn’t be surprised if Minnie takes the fan fave title
One thing to add to DRDU, Queen who shall not be named from Finance had a very racist tattoo too.
From a good intention place, I see a lot of Americans pronounce Melbourne as melborn. That's so interesting XD
It seems a fair amount of overproduced drama is on the franchises that Ru hosts... 🤔🤔🤔
I would love to see a local talent host each international franchise, and maybe just have Ru make an appearance at the finale.
Hahahaha you say we are punny, that's Aussie drag to a tee, I'm an AFAB queen in Australia and my drag name is Inya Endo, we love a good pun down here 🤣🤣👏🏻 the island of dad jokes 🤣
Every apology video is the same word salad, platitudes and jargon. People blew the situation so out of proportion. Cultural appropriation is honestly such a regressive point to argue. Every culture takes something from every other culture. Thats one of the social contracts of living in a globalised world. Unless you are being outright racist, apologising for minute things is pointless and all it does is try to segregate cultures as if we haven't moved past that.
I think what would make Downunder thrive is not having Ru and Michelle. Like every other drag race except UK. Nothing frustrates me more than not getting references. And the Kweens deserve more and so do we as the audience. That's Mai Two Scents.
Make Courtney the host, and get Kita and Anita to co-host. They already ran their own drag TV show (house of drag) which was awesome and way better than DRDU S1.
We gonna have a lot of bussy
.. after so many seasons overlapping 😂 . Love that 🤌🏼
Lmao ELECTRIC SHOCK. LOL It's Electra shock right?
That AS 2 rating is well deserved. Hands down the best cast, best season ever.
They didn’t have to bring this franchise back at all … smh why is Australia and New Zealand so controversial
lots of countries outside looking in assume NZ is a really amazing place, but some of the most racist ppl reside here
all yt countries are problematic tbh ngl
Just Australia😂 the NZ queens haven’t been controversial
I loved Electra shock and Anita wiglet
Maybe it's not for you ? You're not forced to watch every international spin-off, it was made for the country they represent not you
As an Aussie I’m so disappointed in the Down Under franchise. I think the fact that we are a little messy at heart we can come off as unpolished compared to other countries..
Also the exaggerated Aussie/NZ accent queens here in general have give, “throw a snag on the barbie and chuck us a VB mate” while gay kind of vibe.. which if you’re not Aussie/NZ can be kind of cringy just like the drag names that are always just two words to make a pun… it’s all just a bit much (because we just don’t talk like that).
The US just do this show best, also I don’t get into Holland much because I just don’t get their jokes or pop culture so it’s not as entertaining. Uk does it best outside US because they’re relatable, when tv isn’t relatable, it just doesn’t work… i know this is a harsh review it’s just my opinion, nothing deep…
this is so relatable cause i'm eating microwaved leftovers and idk if they're rot or just hot
hey, Bussy! Please do a review on the Philippines Drag Race! 🇵🇭💙
You missed the opportunity to say Molly look like StarFire from teen titans lol
We certainly did have the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Australia much to the detriment of my homework! 🐢🐢🐢🐢
Thanx for being so hopeful for this season of Down Under Bussy. So am I and surely it'll be better than season 1, won't it? Of-course it will.....I hope. Yeah... it will.🤞
wait but Holland S2 is clearly lower in ratings at 0:38
Yes. I was just using "at the bottom" to refer generally to the bottom of the fan-ratings graph I made, not specifically to the lowest point. My bad!
With this coming out at the start im scared and hoping this season is good as im really rooting for Aubrey which i hope isnt problematic fingerscrossed as shes so pretty and im really hoping for her to go far.
I'm on Team New Zealand.