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Here are the ten new queens who will try to win season 4 of “Drag Race France”.
• The jury is renewed with the departure of Kiddy Smile replaced by Anggun and a godmother of choice, Isabelle Adjani, will be juror in the first episode.
• The casting includes 10 queens, including known and new figures in the industry and promises new features like the golden wand
« The bakery is open“, proudly announced Nicky Doll. After a successful All Stars season, and while some would have liked to bury the France Télévisions talent show, Drag Race France finally marks its return for a fourth season, which promises to shake up the usual codes of the drag competition somewhat.
New recruit to the jury, prestigious godmother, broadcast date and eclectic casting… Drag Race France season 4Â presented the outlines of his 2026 vintage during a press conference at Crazy Horse in Paris. HuffPost was there and reveals what awaits you in July.
During this new season that Nicky Doll promises to be “lé-gen-circle“, a partly reshuffled jury will therefore have the heavy task of finding the one who will succeed Paloma, Keiona and especially Le Filip, winner of the last regular season.
· Air Date
After the famous « Meet the queen » which will serve as an introduction and presentation of the ten queens to the cast of season 4 from June 17 (on Youtube and France.tv), Drag Race France will sign his return to France Télévisons in July. Wednesday July 8, at 7 p.m., to be precise.
Then the competition will be broadcast weekly every Thursday at 7 p.m. on France.tv and in the second part of the evening on France 2 the same day. As for the final, it will be organized in public at the Grand Rex on a date which has not yet been communicated.
· A new face on the jury, but not only that…
Exit Kiddy Smile, judge of the first three editions and Shy’m during the All Stars edition. For his fourth batch, Drag Race France once again calls on Daphné Bürki, present since season 1, and Loïc Prigent, back after his arrival in season 3.
To accompany them, the production opted for Anggun. Franco-Indonesian singer and artist with a powerful voice and an international career, whose songs are among the rare French titles found in the drag repertoire, as highlighted by Nicky Doll.
Furthermore, it was made official during this press conference that Thomas Jolly will take on the role of artistic director for this season 4. He will also take care of the tour, which will begin in September in Paris. “It’s really very different from what we’ve done before“, added Nicky Doll regarding this 2026 tour designed by the director and artistic director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
· Isabelle Adjani new « marraine »
As for the guest jurors, the production of the show promised that “stars internationales » will be visiting the set this season, without saying more. On the other hand, it has already been announced that the French actress Isabelle Adjani will appear in the first episode as a juror, but also as “godmother of this season 4“. Knowing that the actress, visibly very involved in her role, “ follows each season of Drag Race France from the start ”.
· Baguette d’or
Under the sign of the bakery, as the official poster for this new edition suggested, season 4 of Drag Race France promises sequences as tasty as they are crispy with the introduction of the golden baguette. An object that promises an even more present strategy in the competition.
The principle is simple: once eliminated, each queen will have the mission of giving the golden wand to one of the participants still in the running. She will then be in possession of great power since she will have the opportunity to immunize one of the queens in the spotlight the following week. Note that the holder of the golden wand can use it to immunize herself if she finds herself in danger. The golden wand therefore promises its share of “strategies, alliances, tensions… and sororities
».
· Very diverse casting
The best for last? The casting of the 10 new queens who will ensure the
show in season 4 has been revealed. With new faces, drag queens already very identified in the industry and profiles still new in the competition.
Among them, we will find French drag veteran Holly White, but also Azemylia, Daisy Superbitch, Fluffy Bidule, La Harpie, Lana Cotta, Creatine Price (whom some viewers will recognize after her appearance in France has incredible talent in 2024), Margarette, Sublyme and finally Malawitte, cisgender woman, drag artist and designer that part of the public may already know for her collaborations with a certain Théodora.
