Underplayed Gems

Call Me Mother (2021)

Call Me Mother poster
Country
Canada
Length
2 seasons, 17 episodes
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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Up-and-coming drag performers compete by joining one of three drag houses led by established queens. Each week they face group challenges and one artist is eliminated until a winner is crowned as the First Child of Drag.

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What happens

Call Me Mother is a Canadian reality television series, which premiered on OutTV in 2021. Hosted by Entertainment Tonight Canada reporter Dallas Dixon, the series is a drag competition which will see up-and-coming drag performers join one of three drag houses to compete in group challenges, with one drag artist eliminated each week until the winner of the competition is crowned the "First Child of Drag". The series is distinct from the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise in adding a drag mother mentoring and coaching team aspect similar to The Voice or The X Factor, and is also a fully inclusive competition featuring drag queens, drag kings, transgender and non-binary drag artists. The houses are led by established drag queens Peppermint (House of Dulcet), Crystal (House of Glass) and Barbada de Barbades (House of Harmonie). Ontario drag queen Farra N. Hyte, the drag mother of RuPaul's Drag Race competitor and Canada's Drag Race judge Brooke Lynn Hytes, and Québec drag queen Miss Butterfly serve as "aunties", who provide additional support and feedback but do not directly "mother" their own teams. Hyte and Dixon were also the co-hosts of a weekly companion podcast which included post-elimination interviews with the competing artists. Miss Butterfly did not return as an "auntie" for the second season, and was replaced by past Dragula winner Landon Cider. Call Me Mother was created by RedFlame TV, and produced in Canada by Go Button Media and RedFlame TV. It was shot in North Bay, Ontario in early 2021. The series premiered with its first season on October 25, 2021. The first season was won by Toddy, a non-binary drag performer from Vancouver, British Columbia. A second season, announced on December 15 and released in 2022, was won by drag performer Weebee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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