Start your engines — one of the world's best-loved reality TV shows is getting a local edition.
Australian streaming service Stan has announced RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, a spin-off of the Emmy-winning drag queen competition series, will air this year.
An Australian version was supposed to happen in 2020 but, like many productions, it was postponed due to the pandemic.
Stan said filming was now underway in New Zealand, with contestants hailing from Australia and New Zealand.
Both RuPaul, who was recently reported to be in hotel quarantine in New Zealand, and fellow judge Michelle Visage will appear in this new version from Stan.
That is somewhat of a coup for Australian fans, given most international spin-offs feature local hosts.
Stan said fans could expect all the usual challenges in the eight-part series, including the lip-sync-for-your-life battle between each episode's two lowest-ranked contestants.
"I cannot wait for everyone to see that Down Under queens have some of the biggest charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talents in the world," Ru Paul said in a media announcement.
Stan said more information on competing queens and guest judges would be announced later this year.
For now, we can only speculate on what local flavour the world's most famous drag queen — whose husband is Australian — might give the show.
RuPaul's Drag Race is currently in its 13th season.
It has won the Emmy for Outstanding Reality Competition Program each of the past three years, while RuPaul himself is a five-time winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program.
