The Switch Drag Race – The Art of Transformism
The Switch Drag Race: El Arte del Transformismo is the first season of The Switch Drag Race, the Chilean version of RuPaul's Drag Race. The season aired every Thursday and Sunday on Mega. It's hosted by Karla Constant and judged by Íngrid Cruz, Juan Pablo González, Sebastián Errázuriz and Nicole Gaultier. The winner of The Switch Drag Race will receive a cash prize of CLP$10,000,000 (≈ $14,000 USD) and a one-year supply of products and accessories from AnyHair. The first season of The Switch aired on October 8, 2015 and ended on January 17, 2016 having Luz Violeta as the winner of the season.
Episodes
Episode 1
The first seven participants arrived at the Switch Academy to begin the adventure. They were divided into two groups to face an important challenge, to imitate perfectly two great artists of Latin music, but before, the girls had to make a difficult decision, choosing the first nominee.
Episode 2
It was time to meet the other seven participants. What a thrill! Like their peers, these new contestants will be tested through two challenges, one of characterization and another of imitation, to determine who will go to a duel with Sofía Camará.
Episode 3
Karla Constant comes to the academy for a very special activity. The contestants travel to the past to remember their childhood and share with their fellow competitors some emotional moments. In addition, the queens face each other in a new gala and the worst as evaluated by the judges becomes the new nominee.
Episode 4
Karla surprises the contestants again with photographs of their childhood. In addition, judge Ingrid Cruz subjected the contestants a Lipsync challenge. In the end, the queens fight it out at the Grand Gala to demonstrate their talent and only one failed to convince the judges.
Episode 5
Everyone is surprised with the characterization and imitation challenge of this episode of The Switch because some of the queens had to dress as men! That's right, the girls had to imitate two great musical duets. In addition, the jury deliberated and chose one of the queens as the new nominee.
Episode 6
First the girls had to perform a very special test guided by coach Nicanor Bravo. To be part of the Broadway musical "Chicago", they had to make their costumes and give their best on stage.
Episode 7
Being part of The Switch is not an easy task and that is well known by the participants of the program who were faced with a difficult mission, perfectly represent scenes from different films.
Episode 8
This episode of The Switch was a heart attack! Since the participants had to compete again for immunity in an imitation challenge, who would have this benefit? On the other hand, a new singing confrontation determined which queen is eliminated next.
Episode 9
The girls were very surprised since in the middle of an act of magic they saw how three new members appeared to participate! In addition, an old acquaintance returned to The Switch. Sofia Camara reappeared with all the energy to amke the most of this new opportunity. Finally a dance in the style of Thriller and the performances marked the program!
Episode 10
Today in The Switch we saw how the participants presented the jury with a humorous play, causing the laughter of those who observed them. In addition, a new eliminination marked the day.
Episode 11
The Switch surprises us more and more. In today's chapter, we could see the participants demonstrating the great talent they have on the catwalk, there they looked like models in front of a different audience. We could also see a nostalgic Rubi who has not had a great time since she arrived.
Episode 12
As the chapters progress, the tests that the participants must overcome are increasingly difficult, reason enough for more than one to have less patience than at the beginning and want to demonstrate all their qualities when it comes to going on stage. The queens had to laugh through a complicated comic sketch where 2 contestants obtain immunity.
Episode 13
A sad farewell marks the beginning of this episode and the other contestants mourn the departure. But it wasn't all crying and sadness, a new surpise took the contestants when Fernando Godoy broke into the academy. The actor put everything on his part to help the queens in a challenge.
Episode 14
It must have been an entertaining day full of good moments as the girls are used to, but no, Luz Violeta made the atmosphere tense as a result of a decision she made without measuring the consequences. The contestant marginalized herself from one of the challenges, provoking the anger of the other queens and even the jury!
Episode 15
Two queens leave the academy at the same time. But not everything will be tears and goodbyes. The contestants who are still in the competition will live out their first dance challenge. Who receives immunity?
Episode 16
In this episode of The Switch we live emotions as if they were a rollercoaster. On the one hand, the participants had the difficult mission of characterizing themselves as well as some other artists. In addition, a new challenge, but this time karaoke, defined immunity while Ingrid Cruz was angered by a conflict between Botota and Laura Bell.
Episode 17
Today was the big one on The Switch! Some former contestants competed to return to the competition. Who will have reentered the competition? Which queen didn't want to come back? On the other hand, a new imitation challenge generated great controversy.
Episode 18
In today's episode we experience an entertaining activity, where a group of actors come to imitate each of the girls. After a few hours where they taught the actors the main tips to impersonate them, they presented to the jury.
Episode 19
Today's episode was better than ever. The contestants gave each other gifts and there was one of them who did not receive any. In addition, they did an incredible photo shoot where they represented different international celebrities. And another queen is eliminated from the competition.
Episode 20
One of the most powerful characters in the competition had to say goodbye to her dream of becoming the best queen in Chile. But it was not all sadness, there was also a lot of talent at the hands of the great imitators who came to the academy to surprise the contestants.
Episode 21
The Switch was better than ever and we met one of the first semi-finalists. In addition, Jose Alfredo Fuentes arrived to suprise the queens and sing a duet with them.
Episode 22
Not only did a sad farewell mark today's intense episode but also the visit of a great national interpreter to the academy. Luis Jara came to the program to leave a great teaching moment to the participants.
Episode 23
We met the third finalist of the program and also said goodbye to a great participant. We also had the presence of a great national musician who took the stage with our queens to perform.
Episode 24
After almost three months of recording, the first drag queen talent show in our country is coming to an end! And it does so with an incredible final episode, full of emotions. There were three finalists who presented themselves to the jury but only one was chosen as "the best drag queen in Chile."