Chile’s Mega starts Drag Race

Chilean broadcaster Mega is working on a local version of drag queen competition series Drag Race, having picked up the format from the UK’s Passion Distribution.

The Tinopolis-owned sales house has been shopping the World of Wonder format globally and Mega will be the first company to produce a local version.

The show airs as RuPaul’s Drag Race on Logo in the US, where it has completed seven seasons with an eighth in production.

The elimination competition gives drag queens the chance to win a title and a cash prize by completing a series of challenges in front of a panel of judges.

Mega will air its version in the fourth quarter of this year.