HERSTORY MADE: ​
​GLOBAL ICON MICHELLE VISAGE RETURNS TO HOST THE STAN ORIGINAL ​
​DRAG RACE DOWN UNDER VS THE WORLD, ALONGSIDE RHYS NICHOLSON AND LAZY SUSAN

For the first time in Drag Race history, queens from across the globe will battle it out with Down Under’s fiercest alumni for international drag supremacy.

August 27, 2025 – Bring back my girls! Stan today announced the Stan Original Drag Race Down Under vs The World, with global icon Michelle Visage returning to host the runway with fan favourite Rhys Nicholson on the judging panel, ready to spill the tea and deliver the verdict alongside season four winner Lazy Susan.

In a franchise first and hot off the heels of smash-hit global spin-offs like UK vs The World and Canada vs The World, Drag Race Down Under vs The World will see fan-favourites from four seasons of Drag Race Down Under go head-to-head with sickening queens from around the world — all vying for the ultimate crown. 

The series will deliver a fresh global twist on the classic Drag Race format and a star studded guest judge line up. Get ready for new looks, louder drama, and legendary lip-syncs as the battle for global drag dominance begins.

Nine Entertainment’s Executive Director, Entertainment Content Commissioning, Michael Healy said: “After four incredible seasons of Drag Race Down Under, we’re delighted to bring back our Down Under drag fan-favourites and unleash them onto the world stage. With a formidable and familiar panel, and the reigning queen Lazy Susan joining the esteemed judges’ desk, Drag Race Down Under vs The World will showcase the extraordinary talent we have Down Under and give local audiences a front-row seat to watch our queens shine globally."

World of Wonder co-founders, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, said: ​ “We couldn’t be more excited to expand the Drag Race legacy. We are going totally Glocal as local legends face off against global icons. Down Under vs The World promises a season packed with unfiltered moments, fashion, and lip syncs that will leave no lash unglued.”

The Stan Original Drag Race Down Under vs The World is an 8x60’ World of Wonder production in collaboration with Stan in Australia and WOW Presents Plus. Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, and RuPaul Charles serve as Executive Producers for World of Wonder. Alicia Brown serves as Executive Producer for Stan.

The Stan Original Drag Race Down Under vs The World is coming soon, only on Stan.

For more information, contact Stan Publicity: stan.publicity@stan.com.au

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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 Stan:

Stan is Australia’s leading local streaming service and unrivalled home of original productions.

Stan’s original production slate includes hit series, Black Snow, starring Travis Fimmel; Rhian Johnson’s Poker Face season 2; Thou Shalt Not Steal, starring Noah Taylor, Miranda Otto, Will McDonald and Sherry-Lee Watson; groundbreaking LGBTQIA+ series, Invisible Boys; Ten Pound Poms, inspired by true Australian events and starring Michelle Keegan; the Stan Original Dating series, Love Triangle, a modern take on the ​ struggle for love; Bump, a modern parenthood drama starring Claudia Karvan; Scrublands, based on the best-selling novel by Chris Hammer, starring Luke Arnold and Bella Heathcote; and countless other acclaimed original series and films. Stan’s studio partnerships include Sony, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Paramount, AMC, Warner Bros Discovery, Disney, AmazonMGM, All3Media, BBC and more. Through these partnerships, Stan offers Australians unlimited access to thousands of hours of premium entertainment with an outstanding lineup of exclusive premieres and blockbuster movies.