‘Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs the World’: Meet the nine returning queens

Canada done already done had herses—and now the true North strong and fierce is back at it again with a crop of returning queens.

The full cast list for Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. the World was announced Monday, bringing nine international queens back to compete for the title of “Queen of the Mother-Pucking World.” The series follows RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs. the World, which aired earlier this year. That season saw a group of returning international and U.K. queens face off, with Northern Ireland’s Blu Hydrangea taking the crown in an upset over the likes of Jimbo, Bagga Chipz and Pangina Heals in a cutthroat season that Xtra’s Kevin O’Keeffe called “messy but interesting.” 

For Canada vs The World, four Canadian queens (including a former winner) will battle against five of their international counterparts from the U.K., United States and Australia. Canada’s Drag Race judges Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski and Traci Melchor will serve on the judging panel, but if UK vs the World is any indication, we can expect plenty of inter-queen politicking. 

Who is going to smack down for the maple syrup crown when the six-episode series premiere on Nov. 18? Here’s what you need to know about the nine competitors.

Name: Kendall Gender

Original season: Canada’s Drag Race Season 2 (runner-up)

One thing you should know: This will mark her first time competing without her “Brat Pack” sisters Synthia Kiss and Gia Metric. 

Name: Icesis Couture

Original season: Canada’s Drag Race Season 2 (winner)

One thing you should know: Icesis won the whole damn thing in CDR Season 2, and her drag daughter Kimmy Couture had an impressive run on Season 3. Talk about a drag dynasty!

Name: Stephanie Prince

Original season: Canada’s Drag Race Season 2 (10th place)

One thing you should know: Hailing from Calgary, Stephanie was the first CDR competitor from the prairies and the first to not come from Ontario, B.C. or Quebec. 

Name: Rita Baga

Original season: Canada’s Drag Race Season 1 (runner-up)

One thing you should know: Rita has gone on to have an impressive hosting career in her post-Drag Race life, including taking the reins of the upcoming first season of Drag Race Belgique. 

Name: Anita Wigl’it

Original season: RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Season 1 (eighth place)

One thing you should know: Originally from New Zealand, Anita hosts the New Zealand drag reality competition show House of Drag alongside her Down Under sister Kita Mean. 

Name: Ra’Jah O’Hara

Original season: RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 (ninth place) and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6 (runner-up)

One thing you should know: Ra’Jah is a seamstress, memorably making a dress in a minute during All Stars 6 and sewing almost every garment she wore herself that season. 

Name: Silky Nutmeg Ganache

Original season: RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 (final four) and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6 (11th place)

One thing you should know: While she had many memorable moments in her original run, Silky’s crowning achievement will always be her near perfect showing in the lip sync tournament of All Stars 6 (seriously, go watch the “Barbie Girl” performance again!). 

Name: Victoria Scone

Original season: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 3 (10th place, injury)

One thing you should know: Victoria was the first cis woman to compete on any Drag Race franchise, but saw her original run derailed by a knee injury. 

Name: Vanity Milan

Original season: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 3 (fourth place)

One thing you should know: While she didn’t win Snatch Game, her turn as Jocelyn Jee Esien in the perennial challenge spawned an iconic catchphrase that followed Vanity throughout her season— “dirty rice!” 

Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs the World will premiere on Nov. 18 on Crave in Canada, BBC in the UK and World of Wonder everywhere else.