Vendujo's Drag Race

Vendujo's Drag Race is an Vendese reality competition television series produced by Global Glamour for TEV and TEV+1. The show documents Unique, Kiwi, Christine Sydelko and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo in the search for "Zendari's Next Drag Superstar." Sydelko and Mateo are the workroom and runway hosts, and also alternate on the judging panel. Unique and Kiwi are the main judges and mentors for the queens for this series, as contestants are given different challenges each week.

Although Vendujo's Drag Race is a Vendese reality competition, there is no boundaries as to who can apply to compete, and the show is aired all around the Zendari world. The show has aired two seasons and has found two new winners. Contestants who have competed on the show are often referred to as "U-Girls", which is a spin on main judge Unique's name.

Format
Casting calls are announced online, where prospective contestants submit audition tapes in hopes of being cast. All contestants selected must be 21 years of age or older at the time of taping. Applications of any sexual orientation or gender identity are accepted, although most contestants to date have been gay men. Transgender women are also eligible to compete and have become more common as seasons have progressed. Klarita, a season two contestant, became the first openly transgender contestant, when she came out on the sixth episode. She was commended on social media for having such bravery and courage to let the world know her.

Vendujo's Drag Race uses progressive elimination to reduce the number of drag queens in the competition from the initial field of fourteen contestants (the maximum a season has started with) down to the final three, who will compete in the final challenge. In the first two seasons, the top three lipsynced for the crown, where one queen was eliminated in third place and then Unique and Kiwi would choose the winner. Each episode follows a format consisting of a mini challenge, a main challenge, a runway theme, the judging panel, a lipsync battle, and the elimination of a contestant. There have been some exceptions to episodes, including double-elimination episodes and no-elimination episodes.

Mini Challenges
In the mini challenge, each contestant is asked to perform a different task with varying requirements and time limitations. Certain mini challenges are repeated from season to season. Usually on the first episode, the mini challenge is a campy or glamorous photo shoot. Another recurring mini challenge is dedicated to "reading," a drag term for making insulting observations about one's peers for comedic effect. Another recurring mini challenge is the puppet challenge, where queens drag up a puppet to resemble a fellow queen in the competition and to make fun of them. The winner of a mini challenge is sometimes rewarded with some kind of advantage in the main challenge, often to be the captain of a team in the main challenge, or to appoint roles and items to each queen for the runway challenge. Though most episodes have a mini challenge, select episodes do not and progress straight to the main challenge.

Maxi Challenges
The requirements of the maxi challenge vary across each episode, and can be individual or group challenges. The winner of the maxi challenge also receives a "special" prize for their win. In the past, challenge winners have been rewarded with prizes including custom designer clothing, vacations, cruises, and quality cosmetic items. The final maxi challenge of every season is to record a verse of a popular song with original lyrics and perform choreography to it

The goal of each maxi challenge involves a new theme and outcome. Contestants are often asked to design and construct a custom outfit, sometimes incorporating unconventional materials. Other challenges focus on the contestants' ability to present themselves on camera, perform with music, or perform humorously. Some challenges become a tradition across seasons, such as the Snatch Game, The Ball Challenge, and the Makeover Challenge.

Judging
The judges each provide their opinion on the contestants' performances in the main challenge and on the runway before Unique announces which queen is the episode's winner and which two had the weakest performances. The day before judging, the contestants are all provided with a song to which they must learn the lyrics. The contestants deemed as being the bottom two must "lip sync for their lives" to the song in a final attempt to impress Unique. After the lip sync, Unique alone decides who stays and who leaves. Unique describes the qualities the contestants must have to be crowned the winner of the show as "Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent... These are people who have taken adversity and turned it into something that is beautiful and something powerful." The phrase "charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent" is used repeatedly on the show, the acronym of which is CUNT.

Season 1
The first season of Vendujo's Drag Race, premiered in the regions of Meridis and Orienda on March 1st 2014, on TEV. Twelve contestants were selected to compete in the running of becoming "Zendari's Next Drag Superstar." The winner of the first season won a years supply of MAC Cosmetics, a cruise through the coast line of Orienda and Meridis, featured section in Vogue magazine, a crown and scepter from Fierce Drag Jewels, and won a cash prize of $100,000. One of the twelve contestants to compete on Vendujo's Drag Race was determined by an audience vote via the show's official website. The results were announced in early January 2014. The contestant to win this honor was Wintergreen from Qölia, Vendujo. The theme song playing during the runway every episode was "Snapshot" by RuPaul. The winner of the first season of Vendujo's Drag Race was Moonia, with Wintergreen winning Miss Congeniality.

Season 2
The second season of Vendujo's Drag Race, premiered in the regions of Meridis and Orienda on August 1st 2014, on TEV. The number of contestants selected to compete in the running of becoming "Zendari's Next Drag Superstar" elevated from twelve to fourteen. The prizes stayed the same as the first season, with the winner receiving a years supply of MAC Cosmetics, a cruise through the coast line of Orienda and Meridis, featured section in Vogue magazine, a crown and scepter from Fierce Drag Jewels, and won a cash prize of $100,000. One of the fourteen contestants to compete on Vendujo's Drag Race was determined by an audience vote via the show's official website. The results were announced in early July 2014. The contestant to win this honor was Cheddar Gorgeous from Cilmurph, Vendujo. The theme song playing during the runway every episode was "Snapshot" by RuPaul. The winner of the second season of Vendujo's Drag Race was Hinkypunk, with Astala Vista winning Miss Congeniality.