"Drag Race France" will finally be broadcast in full on France 2

Saturday June 25, France 2 broadcast the first episode of

, in the second part of the evening, on an exceptional basis.

The idea was to support the launch of this drag-queens contest intended for the public service platform France TV Slash.

But, faced with the audience success – some 914,000 viewers attended – the channel decided to review its plans.

She announces, exclusively at

, that the entire season will finally be broadcast on the air, from this Saturday July 2, after

, around midnight.

The France.tv Slash site retains exclusivity for the first broadcast of each of the remaining seven episodes, which will be posted every Thursday at 8 p.m.

“It is important to be able today, in this world which is constantly changing, to be complementary on the platform and on the channel”, indicates to

Alexandra Redde-Amiel, the director of entertainment and games of France Télés .

The objective is to make

accessible to the widest possible audience.

And to continue: “It is a long-term commitment of France Télévisions in favor of diversity, inclusion, tolerance.

It is a great pride to offer this program and to promote it.

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“All the audiences gathered around the show”

The first episode, posted on France.

TV Slash on Saturday evening got off to a very satisfactory start.

“The figures are comparable to those of the big launch of a series like

[l’une des têtes de gondola de la platform], confides Alexandra Redde-Amiel.

We are more than enthusiastic.

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The patron saint of public service entertainment also points out that "all the public gathered around the show" during the broadcast of the episode on France 2 in the second part of the evening on Saturday.

“We scored extremely interesting and encouraging targets for the future: 11.5%, for women over 15 years old 12.9%, for men over 15 years old 10.2%, for working people 10.4%, CSP + 12.4%”, she specifies.

Drag Race France

is an adaptation of the American concept

, created in 2009 and whose cult aura, especially within the LGBTQ + community, has been consolidated over the years.

Ten drag-queens participate in this first tricolor season presented by Nicky Doll, surrounded by two permanent jurors, Daphné Bürki and Kiddy Smile.

In each episode, the candidates submit themselves to different challenges using their sense of humor, fashion, comedy and allowing them to reveal their different talents.

A queen is eliminated at the end of each episode.

During the final, only one will be crowned “superstar drag-queen”.

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