| Season Number: | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bgcolour: |
| ||||||||||||||
| Module1: |
| ||||||||||||||
| Num Episodes: | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Network: | France.tv Slash (France) WOW Presents Plus (International) |
The first season of Drag Race France premiered on June 25, 2022.[1] The cast was announced on June 2, 2022.[2] The winner of the first season of Drag Race France was Paloma, with La Grande Dame and Soa de Muse as runners-up.[3]
Casting occurred in end 2021 with production starting in early 2022.[4] On March 4, 2022, it was announced that the judges panel would include RuPaul's Drag Race season 12 contestant Nicky Doll, TV host and columnist Daphné Bürki and DJ and dancer Kiddy Smile.[5]
The season consisted of eight one-hour episodes. The season was broadcast on the digital channel France.tv Slash every Thursday, but also aired on France 2 every Saturday night. It was available simultaneously on Crave in Canada, and on WOW Presents Plus internationally.
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
| Age | Hometown | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paloma | 30 | nowrap | Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| La Grande Dame | 22 | Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | ||
| Soa de Muse | 33 | Saint-Denis, Île-de-France | ||
| Lolita Banana | 36 | Paris, Île-de-France | 4th place | |
| La Big Bertha | 36 | Paris, Île-de-France | 5th place | |
| Elips | 25 | Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 6th place | |
| Kam Hugh | 22 | Paris, Île-de-France | 7th place | |
| La Briochée | 31 | Palaiseau, Île-de-France | 8th place | |
| Lova Ladiva | 32 | Toulouse, Occitania | 9th place | |
| La Kahena | 29 | Paris, Île-de-France | 10th place | |
Legend:
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Kahena | vs. | Lova Ladiva | "Prière païenne" (Céline Dion) | La Kahena | |
| 2 | Lova Ladiva | vs. | Soa de Muse | nowrap | "Toutes les femmes de ta vie" (L5) | Lova Ladiva |
| 3 | La Briochée | vs. | Soa de Muse | "Pookie" (Aya Nakamura) | La Briochée | |
| 4 | La Big Bertha | vs. | Kam Hugh | "DJ" (Diam's) | Kam Hugh | |
| 5 | Elips | vs. | Paloma | "Libertine" (Mylène Farmer) | Elips | |
| 6 | La Big Bertha | vs. | nowrap | Lolita Banana | "Corps" (Yseult) | La Big Bertha |
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner | |||
| 7 | Lolita Banana | vs. | Soa de Muse | "Dieu m'a donné la foi" (Ophélie Winter) | Soa de Muse | |
| nowrap | La Grande Dame | vs. | Paloma | "Le Banana Split" (Lio) | Paloma | |
| Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||||
| La Grande Dame | vs. | Lolita Banana | "La grenade" (Clara Luciani) | Lolita Banana | ||
| Episode | Final contestants | Song | Winner | |||
| 8 | La Grande Dame vs. Paloma vs. Soa de Muse | "Mourir sur scène" (Dalida) | Paloma | |||
Listed in chronological order:[6]
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 4
Episode 5
See also: List of Drag Race France episodes.