MatPaul's Sims Drag Race (Season 1)

The first season of MatPaul's Sims Drag Race, premiered in the United States on May 16, 2021, on Logo. Eight contestants were selected to compete in the running of becoming "Sims's Next Drag Superstar."

The winner of the first season won a year supply of botox, was featured in an LA Eyeworks campaign, joined the Logo Drag Race tour, and won a cash prize of 25,000§. The theme song playing during the runway every episode was "Champion" from MatPaul's album Матвей является культовым.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the filmings were stopped and the show stopped airing mid-season with only results being announced due to poor viewership.

Format
Queens had to compete in diffrient challanges and diffrient categories in order to prove their drag abilities. The judges picked their favourite(s) queen(s) in each challenge. The queen(s) with the best average note, achieved the win in the challenge. The worst 2 queens placed in bottom 2 and lip-synced to a song picked by MatPaul in order to stay in the competition. The track records of each queen is important to win the "Sims's Next Drag Superstar".

Judges Panel
In the first edition, the panel had only 2 main judges, that were MatPaul - host and the creator of MatPaul's Sims Drag Race and Russia Ferrah - the most famous Russian drag queen, and rotating guest judges each episode (usually 2 for episode). The guest judges were famous stars and celebrities, like LGBTQ+ activists, singers or actresses.

Contestants
Out of over 150 auditions, 8 queens were selected to participate in the inaugural season of MatPaul's Sims Drag Race in order to win 25,000§ and a year supply of botox.


 * █ The contestant won RuPaul's Drag Race.
 * █ The contestant lost the third lip-sync round.
 * █ The contestant lost the first lip-sync round.
 * █ The contestant won the maxi challenge along with another contestant.
 * █ The contestant won the maxi challenge.
 * █ The contestant was one of the best but did not win the maxi challenge.
 * █ The contestant was one of the worst but did not place in the bottom two.
 * █ The contestant placed in the bottom but neither one was eliminated.
 * █ The contestant placed in the bottom and won the lip-sync for your life.
 * █ The contestant placed in the bottom, lost the lip-sync for your life and was eliminated.
 * █ The contestant was voted Ms. Congeniality by viewers and Fan Favorite by fellow contestants.
 * █ The contestant was voted Villain by fellow contestants.
 * █ The contestant was awarded Lip Sync Assasin.
 * █ The contestant appeared as a guest, but was out of the running.
 * █ The contestant did not participate in the episode.