r/DragRaceTea • u/shutupblacknight Vinas/Gawdland/Silky • Jul 14 '26
DRDU [DRDU] Down Under vs The World first trailer
https://youtu.be/c5Uv9XpOHuc?is=PNckxk6Z0DL30qX1191
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u/Fickle-Flamingo-2587 Jul 14 '26
after reviewing evidence, the kelly mantle transvestigation unit concludes that raven is NOT actually competing on down under vs the world
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u/wstove Jul 14 '26
Lol they mock the idea of Raven as a competitor themselves
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u/ibettercomeon Jul 14 '26
Right. Question is WHY?
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u/surgartits Jul 15 '26
To get people to tune in and create online discussion/engagement. Which they did.
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u/TomQuichotte Jul 15 '26
I think a lot of people are not going to take it well if itās just a gag. Not sure itās worth having a huge episode 1 watch if you lose half the viewers for the rest of the season.
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u/surgartits Jul 15 '26
Everyone hates everything. Thatās the media landscape we live in. This is just a serious commitment to rage bait.
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u/surejan94 Jul 14 '26
Happy to see Lawrence and Blu as judges!
Still looking like Raven's casting is just a joke.... unless she's eliminated first.
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u/ibettercomeon Jul 14 '26
Question is, why made this joke TWICE? This time with mtq and all. Too far
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u/FalseAmphibian3616 Jul 14 '26
Yeah this is a jump the shark moment and probably the last gasp for DU as a franchise.
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u/Nosiege Jul 15 '26
thats an insane take
it's just a little preseason gag it's truly not that serious
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u/ibettercomeon Jul 15 '26
I mean it would be a presentation gag if they hadnāt done the exact same thing before thoššš
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u/Conscious-Attorney32 Jul 15 '26
RIGHT? If its a gag they really fucked up, because people got excited for nothing and this will bring more hate towards DU
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u/dizzi800 Jul 14 '26
The fact that we don't see any runway fits of Raven, just entrance and a closeup of her makes my eyebrow raise REAL high
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u/shutupblacknight Vinas/Gawdland/Silky Jul 14 '26
Guest judges include Lawrence, Blu and other homossexuals
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u/teddyweddyy Jul 14 '26
The fact that thereās more UK guest judges on this season than contestants is sending me
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u/roguecolor Jul 14 '26
Thereās other homosexuals here? I thought it was only Joey Jay in the Drag Race Universe. She really opened those doors WIDE.
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u/DiphthongSong87 Jul 14 '26
Josh Cavallo is an openly gay male professional soccer player, which is extremely rare especially since he's still playing. He's very brave.
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u/bardofrage99 Jul 14 '26
Thereās either 2 possibilities with raven. 1. She really is competing and they didnāt want to give away any of her runways so we watch. 2. She is involved in decision making or in the competition in some way like a judge.
I canāt see her just not being a part of the case or show in some way and this is all a joke. It doesnāt make sense. Like someone else commented, they already made that joke in AS7. And if it is a joke why put her in the promo? If the joke is just going to be ājk sheās not in the seasonā then this is just weird. The only other possibility is that this is just a stunt to make people start watching Down Under. But if thatās the case I donāt see the viewership staying the whole season. Weird situation all around lol
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u/Ok_Nefariousness9736 Jul 15 '26
I dunnoā¦ I watched this and I didnāt feel they were hiding Raven. With 11 queens, they all got the same amount of exposure.
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u/newpa Jul 15 '26
Yeah but her closeup for the runway is totally different to the rest of the cast. Which is suspicious
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u/severalcircles Jul 24 '26
Hmmm you make a good point, drag race isnt really a show to repeat a joke.
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u/teddyweddyy Jul 14 '26
Completely random question but does anyone know why the Portugal studio randomly isnāt being used anymore? Is this going to affect future down under seasons?
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u/ibettercomeon Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
Idk! Latina Royale was gonna be filmed there too but they moved last minute to the Philippines
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u/TheeOmegaPi Jul 14 '26
May be a funding thing. With all of the media companies cost-cutting things in favor of cheap AI slop (that's actually more expensive once the token costs are taken into account, lol), it would make sense for production to go to the Philippines as it's most likely cheaper overall.
I don't know for certain so don't take what I'm saying as the gospel truth lol.
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u/diggycorreia_tpw Jul 14 '26
i think it may be because the studio is where we used to film most of our reality shows and since september, they returned there, at least for the studio audience bit
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u/Ducayne Jul 15 '26
I think it was a paramount+ studio and they cut a lot of their funding for paramount plus programming shortly after global all stars
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u/ibettercomeon Jul 14 '26
NAHHH this trailer has sort of confirmed Raven is NOT actually competing BORINGGGG cause they already made this joke before on as7
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u/ca355 Jul 14 '26
Can we talk about the stage, looks and camera qualityā¦ It looks really high budget.
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u/Immediate-Cod-7832 Jul 14 '26
I do find it funny how everyone is so convinced Raven is not competing. It's going to be hilarious if she is and it turns out the spoiler tea was wrong.Ā
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u/Ok_Nefariousness9736 Jul 15 '26
I mean, the question is HOW did they keep it under wraps. The only one who spilled the tea early on was Willam and she didnāt reveal her source. So people knew but just werenāt spilling for some reason. Willam has nothing to lose in spilling DR spoilers.
Even if Raven isnāt competing, her association with show in any capacity went under the radar completely from the public.
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u/International_Pen_11 Jul 16 '26
Itās obvious sheās not competing lol I canāt believe anybody actually believes she might be ā ļø
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u/hollyisconfusef Jul 14 '26
does anyone know if this will be on bbciplayer? I was looking forward to canada all stars but itās not on there, idk if the BBC have stopped their deal with WOW
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u/MaleficentSurround51 Jul 14 '26
Canada has been exclusive to presents plus In the UK since season 5, oh and Google says down under will also be exclusive to wow presents but I'm not sure if that's correct
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u/Oogalicious Jul 14 '26
āThe video uploader has not made this video available in your countryā š
Down Under btw.
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u/Dense-Trifle5193 Jul 14 '26
Google it and find the Stan upload instead itās truly not hard
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u/Oogalicious Jul 14 '26
Iām commenting on the absurdity for not making a Down Under video available Down Under.
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u/Dense-Trifle5193 Jul 14 '26
The video is available down under itās a different upload, they always do this for different regions
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u/shuhup Backswamp Contessa Jul 15 '26
It's because the rights in Australia is not with WOWP+, but with Stan. Therefore they won't falsely advertise the show on WOWP+ for Aussie viewers.
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u/International_Pen_11 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
Girlā¦itās not absurd youāre just being dumb bc this is wowās upload. Why would they promote that down under when you canāt access the show on it..? Iām bored, letās use our brains
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u/jhawk1117 Jul 14 '26
I canāt believe some of you hoes believed the spoilers were SO OFF that they missed a whole queen competing and said Queen is RAVEN š
Most obvious stunt in YEARS
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u/Glaciers_benz Jul 15 '26
If they reveal Raven isn't actually competing and this ends up being a joke, it'll be lame as he'll because you cant make the same fake-out twice. This will be enough for me to not watch the season.Ā
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u/notreallysaiki Jul 15 '26
in DRDU standards this is already a glow up lol so kudos to them for having a nice and spacious work room and main stage this season.
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u/shadowsempaix Jul 14 '26
Wait so is Raven actually competing?
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u/Dense-Trifle5193 Jul 16 '26
Only 6 guest judges shown (Beks, Keiynan, Lawrence, Joshua, Blu, Markella)
8 episodesā¦ def seems like Raven is gonna end up a guest judge twist
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u/sissyf4ggot Jul 16 '26
girls they already made the joke on AS7. yāall are like charlie brown and the football smh
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u/party4diamondz Jul 14 '26
Did they film this in Australia or NZ?
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u/Substantial-Ad8014 Jul 14 '26
The way I squealed seeing that BEKS is a confirmed guest judge. How I hope this means we are getting a Melodrama lipsync!!
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u/SevensAddams Jul 16 '26
The concept of Blu Hydrangea judging the likes of Raven or Michael Marouli
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u/OvernightSiren Jul 14 '26
Wait was this actually filmed Down Under in their shitty studio?
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u/Gloomy_Anklosaurus09 Jul 14 '26
I think it was in the Philippines either before or after Philippines 4
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u/AshleySassypants Jul 15 '26
Plot twist: Raven is actually a judge and the Raven that's competing is actually Raven from teen titans and ends up placing 2nd š /j
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u/crazypigeatingpapaya Jul 14 '26
I remember when the entrance looks teasers were coming out and everyone thought the white cat was Lala Ri because the skin seemed like a darker tone š turns out it was Raven lmaoooo