WEBVTT - ELIMINATED QUEENS Week 3 - RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE DOWN UNDER - Reality TV Contestants 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.760 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:02.920 TV Reload. 0:00:02.600 --> 0:00:03.960 The podcast last week mayby. 0:00:04.120 --> 0:00:06.320 Welcome back to TV Reload. As you may know, my 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:08.960 name is Benjamin Norris and this is your podcast to 0:00:09.000 --> 0:00:11.639 get all the inside goss all the popular TV shows 0:00:11.640 --> 0:00:14.560 you may be watching from around the world. Undeniably, our 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:17.160 TV sets are a major part of our home entertainment, 0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:19.720 and yet very little is known about how our favorite 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:22.720 shows get made. 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We have this week's eliminated contestants, 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:50.600 Ivanna Drink and the most talked about queen from this 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:53.160 series so far, due to that very scary moment where 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:56.560 she fainted in front of Rupe. Paul we have Ivory Glaze. 0:00:56.960 --> 0:00:59.840 Ivory Glaze brings beauty and glamor to the stage with 0:00:59.880 --> 0:01:03.000 a love of fashion. Her looks are always very polished 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:06.319 while always pushing a lot of boundaries. By day, she 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:09.000 works at a bank, but that doesn't hold her back 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:11.759 at night when she gets her drag on. Avana Drink, 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:14.600 you may know, has an iconic IMDb credit before doing 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:16.920 Rue Paul's that of the role of hooker Number two 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:21.360 on Netflix Cowboy Bebop, but now is ready to update 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:25.040 her IMDb to include the credit of the infamous Rue Girl. 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:28.600 Havannah is often found at Kluozy Cabaret as a resident 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:32.200 MC and showgirl. Also widely known the fact that Ivana 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:35.640 is one half of the Ultimate Drag Power couple. She 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:38.960 is married to Anita Wigglett from season one. I will 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:42.160 find out what really happened after Ivory fainted and what 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:44.520 the drag community of the world has been saying to 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:48.360 her online. Avanna Drink will talk about that latex, how 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:53.160 she prepared, and which catwoman was her true inspiration. We 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:55.920 will discuss everything from the pressures of the competition, the 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.559 highs and the lows, plus who nearly took on Jackie 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:02.840 Gillies from the Real Housewives Melbourne for this season Snatch Game, Plus, 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:05.120 we will get plenty of exclusives from behind the scenes 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:08.000 of RuPaul's Drag Race down Under, which is now available 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:11.000 to watch on Stann Australia. Anyway, let's bring Ivory into 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.880 the podcast first and stick around for Havana, who will 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:16.480 be popping in straight after. So I hope you guys 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:19.600 enjoy this special look at RuPaul's Drag Race down Under 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:23.640 season three. Have you been having fun chatting to everyone? 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:25.919 Yeah, it's been a lot of fun. It's been really nice. 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.040 Do you know what It's so bizarre that, you know, 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:31.840 you've had this experience where your moment, which is like 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:35.000 broken rup whole's sort of history, has happened a week ago, 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:36.680 so you would have had a lot of people already 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:39.919 interacting with you about that whole experience. Has that been strange? 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:41.240 It's been strange. 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:42.840 I mean I kind of knew that was going to happen, 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:45.480 to be honest, like I was expecting it. I wasn't 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:48.200 expecting it to be received so well. I thought people 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:50.080 were just going to, like, you know, hate on it, 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:53.320 but people seem to really enjoy it. So I'm very 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:55.320 happy for the I'm happy for the love. 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:56.160 I'm feeling it. 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:58.799 I actually thought, when I watched it, are people going 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.520 to debate as to whether or not the fainting was real? 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:03.840 And did they? 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:04.720 That's what I want to know. 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:05.799 Yeah, oh yeah. 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:07.960 A few people were like, oh my god, like this 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:10.720 is such an attention grab blah blah blah blah blah. Anyway, 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:14.119 I learned how to restrict comments and that patients online. 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:16.399 I don't see that anymore. I deceive that love. 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:19.040 It's so bizarre, though, because like, if you watch that, 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:21.359 maybe it's the edit of it, but there's no way 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:23.840 that that was faked because the look on your face. 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:26.760 It only happens for like maybe three seconds, but I've 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.360 seen someone faint before, and that's exactly that look that 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:32.040 comes over your face, and you can't faint that, you know. 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:34.840 No, And like I mean, obviously you can't see it 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.280 on camera. But I was wrenched in sweat. I like 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:39.920 woke up in like this big cold sweat, and that's 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:41.680 why I asked to go outside because I needed to 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:42.920 like get air. 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:44.760 Because I was drippen. I was strippen. 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:47.240 I can't remember what series of housewives it was. But 0:03:47.280 --> 0:03:51.360 there was a Housewives season where someone fainted, Oh, Lisa 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:55.520 vander Pump, she fainted during Dancing with the Stars and 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:59.000 it was so clearly faked that she got literally everyone 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:01.200 coming for her. And I was like, yeah, but you 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:03.560 clearly faked that. Where with this it was like it 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:04.560 felt authentic to me. 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:07.040 So I imagine if I was like, nah, it was fake. 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:09.280 I did it for TV. I got the screen time. 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:11.720 Can you imagine can you. 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:13.720 Imagine if we're talking about it now in this podcast, 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:17.000 but like, you know, now's the time to just reveal that, yeah, 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:18.479 I'm an attention seeker and. 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:20.120 Yeah, and it worked. 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:23.560 I spoke to like a few different queens from different 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:26.440 seasons from season one and season two, and all of 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:28.560 them were like they'd heard about it, like through the 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:31.120 Great Front because obviously this is the drag Race gazette 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:33.920 or something, but yeah, all the feedback that had been 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:35.840 given to them was that you know that this this 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:38.440 moment had happened. And I guess that's the last thing 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:41.280 you want when you're on RuPaul's drag Race is to 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:42.320 have something like that happen. 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:43.560 I guess, of course. 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:46.120 And that's like another thing and when people are like, Oh, 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.200 you faked it. I'm like, do you really think I 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:50.960 would want to embarrass myself in front of RuPaul like that? 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:53.880 Like the shear like horror on my face when I 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:56.400 like look up and Rue is like staring at me, 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:58.760 and I'm like, oh my god, what just happened? 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:01.120 Oh my god, get me out of this room. I 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:01.880 can't be here. 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:04.039 But how long was it until they got you back? Like, 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:06.400 as in, so did you have any like when Rue 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:10.720 decided to open episode three with the lip sync? Like, 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:12.920 how much time did you have to prepare for that? Oh? 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:14.919 It was the next morning. We like lip synced at 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:15.880 like eight in the morning. 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:18.440 Oh yeah. Did you feel like coming back at that point? 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:20.400 Did you go, oh, I'm going to get this or 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.560 did you think that you were being brought back to 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:24.840 finish that story off? Like how much did you think 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:26.880 that that was going to be your final moment? 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:29.840 To be honest, On the day that I passed out, 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:32.159 I did get to go to my hotel room early, 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:34.839 and I was like in my fields a lot, and 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:37.800 I was chatting with the show therapist and I was 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:40.520 kind of like, honestly, I'm so embarrassed, Like I don't 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:42.640 want to go back, like this is like ridiculous. 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:43.520 I just want to come home. 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:46.839 But she managed to like ask, She asked if I 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:48.880 wanted to speak to someone for my season to kind 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:50.920 of like see if that's really what I want to do, 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:53.159 because you know, when someone's just done something that they're 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:56.279 going to be a bit you know, skitzy. So I 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:59.240 had someone come over in the evening and we chatted 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:01.920 about it, and I was like, okay, you know what, 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:04.440 like you're right, like, let me just go and do it. 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:06.720 And you know, if I go home, I go home. 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:08.520 If I don't go home, then I don't go home. 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:10.720 You know, like at least I haven't had any regrets 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:12.960 and I don't have any, like I don't you don't 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.719 want to quit, but like I can understand when queens 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:17.440 do quit because it is a lot going on. But 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:19.760 I'm glad that I came back. I did it, and 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:21.280 the rest is history. 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:24.200 I was talking to a few international queens as well 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:28.200 about it who's seen it, and they were also saying 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.440 everyone who's been on that show has had that split 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:34.000 second thought of that could happen to them during their 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:36.040 time on the show, that oh god, what happens if 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:40.240 I faint. So it's something that's so big. I don't 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:42.680 know even though if you understand the gravitas of that, 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.479 but you've kind of like made such an impact on 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:47.400 that show because of all of these other people that 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:49.200 have done it before are like that could have been me. 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:51.360 Yeah, it's been a little bit here and there from 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:53.400 some girls like sharing it on Twitter and stuff, being 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:55.200 like this, I can absolutely understand this. 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:57.760 This is like very real, which is good. 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:00.680 It's kind of like not validating, but you know, it 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.680 helps my cause to say that it was genuine to 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:07.919 start with. But it also kind of like highlights you know, 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:11.480 like it's a tough, tough competition, it's a tough, tough time, 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:14.840 and you kind of have a bit more. I guess 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:17.760 it puts into perspective to people that may not understand 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:20.960 how intense it is to be there, and it kind 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.120 of like elucidates that, you know, it brings it to 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:25.480 light to people that like this is like really serious 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.320 to these people and like they're under a lot. So 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:31.160 hopefully maybe people cut other queens some slack in the future. 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:32.960 I don't know how much do it mean to you 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:34.480 to get on the show, Like. 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:38.240 Oh my god, like I was at a crossroads in 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.360 my life, right. So I've been working at the bank 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:43.720 for five six years almost, and I was kind of 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:45.679 due to find a new career. 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:47.000 I'm not like crazy. 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:48.920 It's very hard to be a full time drag queen, 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:51.040 and it's very hard to do it without an opportunity 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:53.640 like Drag Grace to be a full time drag queen. 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:55.040 So I applied for the show with. 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:57.400 A bit of encouragement from one of the season two girls, 0:07:57.640 --> 0:08:00.200 and I got on and I was like, this is it. 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:01.880 This is like the point of my life where I 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:04.360 can take control and do things my way and what 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:06.240 I want to do. And it was so important for 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.720 me to like be there and you can see it 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:11.160 in episode one, and I'm so emotional. It's because I've 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.040 put so much like like this is what i want 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.880 to do, this is my dream, and I'm like screwing 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:17.920 it up right now, And you know, if you go 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:22.080 home early. Typically like not saying it will happen, but 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:25.000 it's it's typical that they don't do as well outside, 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:27.920 Like how I go in this competition will define how 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:29.520 I be as a drag queen for the rest of 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:32.120 my life, which is not true in hindsight, but that's 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:35.000 kind of like it was. It was so important for 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:39.040 me to like do well, and I just put so 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:43.360 much like I'm so excited and happy and like I 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:45.240 can finally do this. Then you know, things turn out 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:45.920 the way they turn. 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:49.280 Out for reason. But yeah, do I answer your question? 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:50.520 I can remember the question. 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:53.400 So you did. I don't know. I got lost in 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:55.679 it as well, because I think you really do have 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:58.319 an interesting story with this, and you know what I 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:00.720 want to say to you though from what this show, 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:04.520 but also for commenting on reality TV for as long 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:07.720 as I have it isn't who wins the show that 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:11.040 gets the big career. You know, there's people that have 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:14.040 been on this show who've been in two episodes that 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:17.400 I have superseded sometimes the winner in that season. So 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:19.840 this is really a jumping off point and it's up 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:22.040 to you as to what story you want to tell, 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:24.600 you know, after this experience, and. 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:26.959 To answer that question. That was kind of a question, 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:28.880 but I'm going to turn it into a question anyway. 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:31.400 The story I want to tell is if you fall down, 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:34.200 pick yourself back up. It's not the end of the world. 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:37.240 If you really want to do this, just fucking do it. 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:39.560 Give it your best shot, and you know you don't 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:42.439 know what can come out of anything, so things cross 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:43.720 it all goes well, I'm going to give it a 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:46.439 red hot go. But yeah, you're totally right, and it's 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:48.040 what you do with a lot of people will say this, 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:49.960 they'll say, it's not how you do on the show, 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:51.560 it's what you do after the show. And so as 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:53.360 long as you've got your head screwed on and you 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:55.440 know what you're doing and you're having a nice time 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:57.960 of being lovely to everyone, you should be able to 0:09:58.000 --> 0:09:58.680 be all right. 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:03.520 You just smissed out on the Housewives Challenge, and I 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:05.800 was curious to ask you about that. You know, who's 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:09.480 your favorite housewife in the housewife franchise? It sounds like 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:11.120 I'm obsessed with thatx This is the second time I 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:13.320 brought it up. But you know who is your favorite 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:15.000 housewife and who would have been your inspiration? 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:15.600 Well? 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:20.120 I really enjoyed Real Housewives of Melbourne, So I watched 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:22.959 that all a few times and actually on fact for 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:26.080 the season two audition because I was just doing it. 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:27.600 Because it was lockdown and you know, you want to 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:29.960 just do something in drag for the season two audition. 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:31.480 I did Jackie. 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:35.920 Jackie Gillis, that's my Snatch Game character, so I definitely 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:38.200 would have been her and the challenge, like you know 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:42.440 when she's like I can see something with the angels 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:45.880 and she just like yes, shine shy and shy and 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.160 you just like flash everyone on the thing that I 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:49.720 was so ready that. 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:52.439 Yeah, knowing Jackie as well as I do, she'll hit 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:54.959 you up. She'll definitely slide into your d MS about 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:55.360 that one. 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:57.400 Well, Jackie, I'll tell you this. 0:10:57.520 --> 0:10:59.480 I nearly took you for a Snatch Game this year, 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:01.080 and I know you have a deep pop and I 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:03.080 was about to buy one of your dresses to wear 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:06.480 for the Snatch game on Deep so like I was ready. 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:08.959 I was ready, My god, oh my god. That's amazing. 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:09.320 You know. 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:12.000 I want to ask you about the This is Ruphols 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.960 down Under. So we're getting the Australian and we're getting 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.400 the New Zealand Queens together. Do you notice or do 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:20.760 you recognize the difference in the styles of drags between 0:11:20.880 --> 0:11:21.920 those two countries. 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:25.160 We're quite similar. I think it's a pretty common trend. 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:28.640 I will say maybe, oh, I'm going to get in. 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:29.080 Trouble for this. 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:30.920 That's great, that's good for my podcast. 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:34.160 Okay, good, here's the use for you now. No, I 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:37.960 will say maybe New Zealand drag is a little less 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:41.280 polished typically than down on the Drag, But I also 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:43.880 think that correlates to the amount that they get paid 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:46.679 for their gigs, and like they don't get paid as 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:49.679 much over there than they do in Sydney. 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:49.840 For instance. 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:52.439 So you can only invest as much as you make, right, Well, 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:55.040 that's like the rule of some girls, don't fucking spend 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:55.760 more than you make. 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.280 Did you hear about that last week? Those someone can't 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:02.120 remember where you Obviously you might have Google alerts. I've 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:05.040 got Google alerts on all of Rupoul's. But someone had 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:08.280 spent two hundred and fifty thousand dollars on outfits before 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:10.360 doing the American series. Did you read that? 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:12.760 Oh, I'm on Twitter babes as though it before it 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:15.880 even broke out on Google. Yes, I did. I did 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:18.680 read that, and I think that is insane. But they're 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:19.560 going to look beautiful. 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:21.800 Do you know how much am I allowed to ask 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:23.640 you about this without looking in your bank account? How 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:25.880 much money you spent before doing the show? 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:28.680 I spent around eighteen thousand dollars. 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:31.520 Wow, I think you did such a great job on 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:33.920 the show. And everyone that joins the podcast asked them 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:36.760 this question, and that is what's something from behind the scenes, 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:39.199 something that we didn't get a chance to see, something 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:42.200 from may not necessarily to reveal how the show is made, 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:44.600 but just a funny story about what it was like 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:45.960 to be on ru Poles for you. 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:48.680 I actually have a fun story. I do have a 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:49.280 fun story. 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:53.520 So on one of the first days of filming, we 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:56.320 get transported from the hotel to set via like a 0:12:56.360 --> 0:13:00.280 minivan and usually like this a pa or like someone 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:03.400 quite knew that's doing that sort of job. Anyway, So 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:05.800 one day, instead of parking out the front like they 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:08.760 normally did, they want to go into the garage of 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:11.840 the hotel to park. And I don't know what had happened, 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:15.360 but they had crashed the van into the roof of 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:16.480 the hotel garage. 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:19.000 And then so all ten of us are there in 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:22.680 this van, like, oh my god, what just happened? Added 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.640 the funniest like, oh, sorry, girls, I think we might 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:26.360 have hit something. 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:29.320 We were like glasses falling from the ceiling, Like I 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:30.240 think you hit something. 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:31.319 But getting out of here. 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:34.280 So that's that was a funny moment that obviously was 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:35.600 not going to be shown on camera. 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:39.200 Well, I'm pretty sure the rupol's got insurance, so yeah, 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:40.000 it would have been coming. 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:42.000 Yeah, it's fine, it's covered. 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:43.400 Well. 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:45.880 Have a great time chatting with the media about this season, 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:47.360 and I can't wait to watch what you do with 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:49.800 this whole experience. I think there's there's a lot waiting 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:51.440 for you, so just enjoy it. 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:53.440 Thank you very much. It was so nice chatting with you. 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:57.560 Interesting to unpack the fainting with Ivory. I really did 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:00.520 appreciate her telling us about her journey with that. But 0:14:00.559 --> 0:14:03.319 now let's welcome Evana Drink into the podcast and guys, 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:05.400 I hope you enjoy this second part of the chat. 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:08.280 This is a podcast, but people really need to see 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:11.160 how good you look right now, Like you look phenomenal. 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:14.440 Thank you say that again so everyone really gets the gist. 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:16.760 I look phenomenal. I'll say it. 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:21.280 Buy the T shirt. It's the inspiration though for your 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:22.680 look today. It's so good. 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:27.440 I'm really honest. I'm wearing sweetpants and this leotard is 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:29.480 like a good thing to wear because I can pull 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:33.920 the sweetpants above. It was just the easiest thing to wear. 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:35.960 Oh my god, you're so good. Can I just say 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:38.400 it was so funny. I was watching this episode, but 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:40.200 I turned to my partner and I was like, I 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:44.880 am obsessed with this catwoman look. Thank you? Did you 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:48.520 prepare that catwoman look before going into the competition? Like, 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:50.520 how did you get that much latex together? 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:54.000 Well, I actually found a really fabulous latex designer based 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.600 in LA And when I was preparing for the show. 0:14:56.720 --> 0:14:59.200 We obviously don't get given runways until a bit further along, 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:02.560 but after you been cast, and so I really like 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:05.520 to I plan ahead because we're in New Zealand and Australia, 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:07.640 like things take forever to get here. I reached out 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:09.920 to a lot of designers beforehand, and I was kind 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:11.560 of planning my looks and I was like, I want 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:14.240 to make every look quite different, Like I don't want 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:18.080 to be wearing similar silhouettes or similar patterns or similar designers, 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:20.600 because I want to kind of explore the different fashion 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:23.360 because I'm a corporate drag queen at the end of 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:25.080 the day. Like a lot of the stuff I wear 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:28.640 was very sequins and Bangkok Thailand kind of stuff, because 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:31.600 that's what the straight audiences love anyway, I knew I 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:34.320 really wanted to have something made from Latex. So I 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:37.720 reached out to Jane earlier before I even got the runways, 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:39.240 and I said, I want you to work with you. 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:41.760 I don't know where what it will be. I don't 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:43.640 know when I will be able to tell you what 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:46.200 it is, but I know that I really want you 0:15:46.640 --> 0:15:48.480 to make it rest me. And she was like, of course, 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:51.000 like let me know, and like and that's where it 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:54.960 came from. I was like Latex like Villains, bad Girls, Catwoman, 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:58.240 black Latex, how sixy and how fabulous? You know, I'm 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:00.280 not I never want anything like it. And I was like, 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:01.440 this is immediately pres eight. 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:04.200 It was so good, but also your performance, Like I 0:16:04.200 --> 0:16:06.040 don't know how much you know about the character, but 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:07.320 I'm obsessed with Catwoman. 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:09.280 The thing I like the most about this particular outfit 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:11.920 it was it was very conservative, but at the same 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:15.280 time so sixy and so I really wanted to honor 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:17.840 Michelle Fife as Catwoman were as opposed to like Ann 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:20.160 half Away's or Halle Berry's, who are both great in 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:22.000 the role. But you know, like it was just that 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:25.920 particular vibe funnily enough, like I knew what I looked 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:27.880 like in their outfit, and I really wanted to be 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:31.640 as sixy as a possibly ki, But I moved like 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:33.720 that normally That's how I do shows. So it was 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.920 kind of like me as Catwoman, as me doing a 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:38.840 show to Adam Lambert's I need a hear. 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:41.480 People are going to think I'm so strange for saying this, 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:44.520 but like I could see Batman, the animated series Catwoman, 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.360 I could see Julie Numar, I could see all of 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:50.560 these other Catwoman performances. So maybe I've read too far 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:52.080 into it and maybe just laughed. 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:54.520 About what I actually like. I grew up watching those shows, 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:57.680