Line #125 Characters/DragRaceItaliaSeason1


1	!!'''WARNING:''' Contestants are listed in order of elimination and there are [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked spoilers]] on this page, potentially including spoilers for previous seasons.
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8	!![-[[center:[[Characters/DragRace Main (RuPaul, hosts and judges)]]]]-]
9	!![-[[center:''Series/DragRaceItalia'' seasons:]]-]
10	[[center:'''1''' \| [[Characters/DragRaceItaliaSeason2 2]] \| [[Characters/DragRaceItaliaSeason3 3]]]]
11	!![-[[center:''Drag Race'' around the world:]]-]
12	[-[[center:Characters/{{Canada\|sDragRace}} \| [[Characters/TheSwitchDragRace Chile]] \| [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceDownUnder Down Under]] \| [[Characters/DragRaceFrance France]] \| [[Characters/DragRaceHolland Holland]] \| '''Italy''' \| [[Characters/DragRaceMexico Mexico]] \| [[Characters/DragRacePhilippines Philippines]] \| [[Characters/DragRaceEspana Spain]] \| [[Characters/DragRaceThailand Thailand]] \| [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUK UK]] \| [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRace USA]]]]-]
13	!![-[[center:''All Stars'' & ''Vs. the World''-]]]
14	[-[[center:[[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceAllStars All Stars (USA)]] \| [[Characters/CanadasDragRaceVsTheWorld Canada vs. the World]] \| [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKVsTheWorld UK vs the World]]]]-]
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16	All names, ages, and locations stated are at the time of filming.
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19	!Ivana Vamp [-(8th)-]
20	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ivanavampdri1promo.jpeg]]
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22	->'''Age''': 32
23	->'''From''': Arezzo, Tuscany
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25	->''(To the backstage crew)'' "Scusate, ma chi sono queste? Non avevate detto che ero sola?" [[note]]Excuse me, but who are these? Didn't you say I would be the only one?[[/note]]
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28	* BigBeautifulWoman: She's this season's curviest queen and serves old-school, high {{Camp}} glamour.
29	* InSeriesNickname: "Ivanona" ("Big Ivana"), given affectionately by her fellow castmates.
30	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Her drag name is a ShoutOut to Ivana Trump, prolific socialite and ex-wife of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump.
31	* OnlySaneWoman: During the first ''Untucked'' segment, while everybody is occupied arguing with Enorma, she's the only one who tries to diffuse the situation (and she also gives credit to Enorma for the points she's right about).
32	* WeHardlyKnewYe: The very first queen to be eliminated from ''Italia'', following a flat attempt at episode 2's infomercial maxi-challenge, and therefore Italy's own "Porkchop"[[note]]Though, since ''Italia'''s actual first episode was a non-elimination, viewers had one episode more to enjoy Ivana compared to other first outs like Juice Boxx from ''Canada'' or The Macarena from ''España''[[/note]].
33	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Her drag character looks like a lady in her 50s at least, but Ivana is third-youngest queen of the season at 32.
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35	!Enorma Jean [-(7th / expelled)[[labelnote:*]] following disorderly conduct behind the scenes, she lost a disciplinary lip-sync and was expelled[[/labelnote]]-]
36	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/enormajeandri1promo.jpeg]]
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38	->'''Age''': 46
39	->'''From''': Milan, Lombardy
40
41	->"The bigger the better, but Enorma, she's just the right size."
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45	%% * AccentuateTheNegative: She's a bit of a jaded, gloomy cow at times, and as well as extolling the more cutthroat aspects of ThisIsACompetition, she never congratulates Farida on her first win, or Luquisha on her dramatic save (unlike the others), and simply notes that "they'll probably eliminate two of us this week" in fatigued tones, before marching off.
46	%% Probably not an applicable Character trope
47	* DarkAndTroubledPast: In an iteration of the franchise where ''most'' of the queens have had to deal with horrifying parental rejection, Enorma's past is amongst the most tragic. Her father had previously cut all ties with her due to her lifestyle, and the pair only reconciled on his deathbed. Feeling lost, she started down a reckless path that included having frequent unprotected sex with strangers, which led to her contracting HIV, as revealed in heartbreaking confessional scenes in episode 2.
48	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: During the first ''Untucked'' segment, most of the other queens take umbrage with her comment of "you need to eat your lip-sync opponent alive" and they all start arguing. Ava even stands up from the couch and moves away from her. It's even more evident in episode 4 when, after discussing Enorma's behaviour and how many of them believe she should be disqualified, once that really happens the queens ''[[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing cheer]]''.
49	* GrandeDame: As the oldest queen in the competition, she's a self-described Milanese ''sciura'', and has the irrepressible, overbearing persona to go with it.
50	* GrumpyOldMan: Even when she comes BackForTheFinale to witness the crowning, she still wears an expression of weary contempt and doesn't seem at all pleased for any of the queens who made it to the finale.
51	* HairTriggerTemper: She'll explode at the drop of a hat, attacking any queen whose comments she takes exception to in a manner not seen across the franchise since the earliest seasons.[[note]] the explosive fight between Mystique "bitch, I am from Chicago" Summers Madison and Morgan [=McMichaels=] back in Season 2 springs to mind[[/note]] In the Werk Room, following the ''Raffaella Carrà Rusical'' challenge, her conduct is so aggressively unprofessional (including berating her fellow queens, storming off set, verbally abusing the production crew, and using blasphemy[[note]] ''porcodio'' -- literally “God is a pig” — a massive no-no on Italian TV[[/note]]) that it leaves her place in the competition hanging in the balance as the episode closes.
52	* IWorkAlone: She blames her explosive behaviour on not being used to working in groups.
53	* JadedProfessional: Her default tone is a sort of fatigued, SeenItAll indifference and she rarely appears to be enjoying herself that much during the competition, instead being quick to anger and acting oddly inconvenienced to be even taking part.
54	* TheKilljoy: After her unceremonious exit, ''none'' of the remaining six queens are sad to see her leave, noting that her presence in the competition was incredibly negative, dragging down the atmosphere and increasing the tension via her frequent complaining and propensity to go off like a rocket at any moment. Ava gives her mirror-message a cursory scrub before letting out a dismissive "meh" and flinging her cloth behind her.
55	* MotorMouth: She just ''cannot'' stop talking. The other queens are understandably pretty annoyed.
56	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Her drag name is a play on Creator/MarilynMonroe's real name, Norma-Jean, and literally means "Huge Jean" in Italian.
57	* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: During the explosive Werk Room argument in episode 3, she keeps referring to her age (46), seemingly framing it as a requirement for deference from the other queens, and as an excuse to throw the mammoth of all diva strops.
58	* SilverVixen: The oldest queen of the season and in no way less of a looker, she has real long silver hair which she often incorporates in her drag.
59	* SoreLoser: After losing out to Ava in the disciplinary lip-sync of week 4, she exits the runway with only the merest of nods in Priscilla's direction, makes no apology for her behavior, and is seemingly defiant to the end.
60	* SourOutsideSadInside: Admits at the beginning of episode 2 that her bitchy and competitive attitude is a way of covering up her inner self-loathing.
61	* WhatTheHellHero: Priscilla calmly but very firmly makes it quite clear that she thinks Enorma's appallingly rude and aggressive meltdown in week 3's ''Untucked'' (where she verbally abused the show's producers) was absolutely '''not''' in the spirit of the ''Italia'' competition, and after giving her a bollocking on the mainstage, she commands her and Ava (also guilty of an aggressive outburst) to lip-sync against each other to maintain their places in the competition.
62	* WorthyOpponent: Despite the friction between her and the rest of the cast, all of the other girls recognize that she's fierce competition and give credit to her talents when she utterly dominates episode 2.
63
64	!Divinity [-(6th)-]
65	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/divinitydri1promo.jpeg]]
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67	->'''Age''': 27
68	->'''From''': Naples, Campania
69
70	->"Hey queens, la Barbie napoletana è qui!" [[note]]The Neapolitan Barbie is here![[/note]]
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74	* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: She says she's been confused about her gender identity before, and even began HRT for transitioning. Drag has helped her to sort these feelings, making her able to express her femininity as Divinity and be comfortable as a man when out of drag.
75	* BadImpressionists: Her [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A9n_Rodr%C3%ADguez Belén Rodríguez]] impersonation for the ''Snatch Game'' is a damp squib, and as well as not capturing the spirit of her subject, her accent is read as pure Neapolitan as opposed to Argentinian, which lands her in the bottom two. An overly-sexualised lip-sync performance to guest judge Donatella Rettore's "Kobra" versus Ava, who better embodies the spirit of the song, ultimately sends her packing.
76	* BitchAlert: She's the first queen to arrive in the Werk Room, and as her fellow queens arrive, she gives literally every one of them serious stink-face.
77	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her dad died when she was 13 and she and her family found themselves in a condition of extreme poverty, having to resort to heating water on the stove.
78	* DreadfulMusician: As demonstrated in the ''Raffaella Carrà Rusical'', she really cannot hold a tune if her life depended on it. However, she compensates with a hilarious and energetic dancing performance, mugging wildly the entire time, and she manages to land her first challenge win.
79	* HiddenDepths: On arrival she looks like the usual "skinny, bitchy fashion queen", but as proven in the ''Infomercial'' and especially the ''Raffaella Carrà Rusical'' challenges, she knows how to make fun of herself and entertain the audience.
80	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her self-sewn ''Italian Style'' outfit is little more than a large faux-leather bow that leaves her sides and her back completely nude, if not for her butt-length wig. This however works against her, as overall it feels incomplete.
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82	!Ava Hangar [-(5th)-]
83	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avahangardri1promo_5.jpeg]]
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85	->'''Age''': 36
86	->'''From''': Carbonia, Sardinia
87
88	->''(Screaming)'' "LET'S GOOOOOO!"
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92	* BerserkButton: In the ''Which Carrà Are You?'' runway, her choice of a rockier, leather-jacketed look for her Creator/RaffaellaCarra impersonation is half-jokingly described as "truck driver" from host Priscilla. Ava takes this ''really'' hard, venting during the ''Untucked'' segment that such a comment sounded really offensive towards non strictly "female impersonation" forms of drag, not to mention truck drivers themselves. After Ava is reprimanded for this outburst and survives the disciplinary lip-sync against Enorma, Priscilla reminds her, with wry good humour, that [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed no truck drivers were harmed in the making of the series.]]
93	%% * CircusBrat: Ava is a fully trained contemporary circus performer, and was a teacher and director at the FLIC circus school in Turin.
94	%% Only applicable if mentioned in the series and/or the Meet the Queens
95	* FaceOfAThug: She's harshly read for having an overtly masculine, aggressive expression, and whilst she does tend to gurn, and can come across as quite intimidating looking, as she points out backstage, it's 2021 and what constitutes drag has moved on from the purely feminine forms of the past.
96	* HairyGirl: She makes no effort in hiding her hairy forearms and armpits. {{Lampshaded}} by Divinity just seconds after Ava walks into the Werk Room.
97	* IncomingHam: Positively ''bellows'' her entrance line, with the edit adding an echo effect for good measure.
98	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: As well as the PunnyName (see below), her drag name is a reference to Italian-Hungarian tv personality and former pornographic actress Éva Henger.
99	* PunnyName: The pronunciation of her name (in Italian) sounds like "avant-garde", though in English it lands less well.
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101	!Luquisha Lubamba [-(4th + Miss Congeniality)-]
102	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/luquishalubambadri1promo.jpeg]]
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104	->'''Age''': 33
105	->'''From''': Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
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107	->"Mi disegnano come una stronza, ma non è così... io sono la regina delle stronze!" [[note]]They paint me as a cunt, but that's not true... I am the queen of cunts![[/note]]
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111	* ChildlikeVoice: She speaks in an enunciated, childlike manner, as if carefully concentrating on every word she says, and her tone is airy and high-pitched.
112	* TheDitz: She's a sweet-natured bimbo and claims to have never read ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' when talking about her self-designed ''Italian Style'' Harlequin outfit. Keep in mind, ''Pinocchio'' is a book that kids read in ''elementary school''.
113	* GardenGarment: In keeping with her cheerfully quirky style, for the ''Viva la Sposa!'' runway of the semi-final, she dresses literally ''as'' a bridal bouquet, with her head encased in flowers and petals applied to her beard. She looks very cute, though her unpolished look lands her in the bottom two with Ava. Luckily for Luquisha, the lip-sync song "Cicale" by Heather Parisi could not be more up her street, and she ''just'' manages to ease out Ava to snatch a place in final.
114	* GirlsWithMoustaches: She sports full facial hair as part of her drag looks, and is a proud bearded-queen.
115	* [[MommasBoy Grandmomma's Boy]]: She was very close to her late grandmother, who sewed prince (and princess) costumes for her as a child.
116	* ImpossiblyTackyClothes:
117	** The Harlequin look she comes up with for the ''Italian Style'' challenge is read for being confusing, too accessorized, and messing up her proportions, and she just barely -- ''barely'' -- survives elimination.
118	** Priscilla comments "[[RummageSaleReject a dive into a closet when you're in a hurry]]" once she sees Luquisha's ''Fabulous '80s'' outfit.
119	* InformedAttribute: She takes the opportunity of her entrance line to proclaim herself "the queen of cunts" and mentions in her ''Meet the Queens'' that she has argued with evert Italian drag queen, but Luquisha is an all-around sweetheart during the series (though [[GoodIsNotSoft she doesn't hesitate to talk back to Enorma]] when she steps on one too many toes).
120	* {{Leatherman}}: She already has the prerequisite facial hair, so for her promo look she sports a dragged-up take on a classic leather-queen, complete with commissar cap.
121	* MyGreatestSecondChance: After Luquisha is told to sashay away in the premiere, Priscilla dramatically calls her back after she's turned to exit the runway, deciding to give her a ''final'' chance.
122	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: "Lubamba" comes from the name of Italian-Congolese model and TV hostess Sylvie Lubamba.
123	* NiceGirl: She's crowned the very first Miss Congeniality (''Signorina Simpatia'') of the Italian series.
124	* PluckyGirl: Her cheerful ditziness and lack of inhibition help her to go far in the competition, with the judges noting that whilst she isn't particularly polished, her positive attitude and irrepressible nature are very likeable and endearing.
125	* ProneToTears: During the ''Grandi Dive'' critiquing in episode 2, Luquisha is so uneasy that she has a touch of the vapours and has to go backstage to cool off for a while before returning to the stage.
126	* SkilledButNaive: Luquisha's creativity is off the charts, but she often lacks the technique to translate it into polished drag, as shown with her ''Viva la Sposa!'' runway.
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128	!Farida Kant [-(runner-up)-]
129	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/faridakantdri1promo.jpeg]]
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131	->'''Age''': 33
132	->'''From''': Maglie (Lecce), Apulia
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134	->"In the name of the father, son, Farida Kant!"
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138	* TheFashionista: By the semi-final, she's earned her place as this season's fashion queen, and for the ''Viva la Sposa!'' bridal-themed runway, her and her partner sport incredible, couture-level gowns that have the judges gasping, even before they reveal their VampiresHarem theme and Farida splatters her whole outfit with "blood" from a wine glass. She thoroughly well-deservedly wins the week.
139	* JackOfAllTrades: As the judges note in episode three, she's a skilled seamstress, trained professional dancer, one of the prettiest in the cast, and not a half bad singer to boot!
140	* LovableAlphaBitch: She's pegged as this season's shadiest queen, and whilst she does make a few bitchy barbs and probably deserves the title, the judges also note that deep down, she's a sweet girl at heart.
141	* NonIronicClown: She walks the ''Italian Style'' runway in a "shabby chic Harlequin" look inspired by the Venice Carnival, with self-made pompoms adorning her outfit and earrings. The judges love both the outfit (judge Tommaso Zorzi even notes that it looks to have taken far longer to construct than the brief time she was allowed) and her excellent theatricality on the runway, and she's the rightful winner of the first maxi-challenge.
142	* ProudBeauty: The cockiest of the competitors, and utterly unafraid to let the others know how highly she rates herself.
143	* PunnyName: Say her name quickly, and you get "free the [[CountryMatters cunt]]".
144	* RenaissanceWoman: In the end, Farida makes it all the way to the finale without ever placing lower than safe, let alone landing in the bottom throughout the competition, joining a small but illustrious group of queens across the franchise who never place below safe, and can turn their hand to any challenge.
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146	!Le Riche [-(runner-up)-]
147	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lerichedri1promo.jpeg]]
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149	->'''Age''': 35
150	->'''From''': Palermo, Sicily
151
152	->"Sono Le Riche, e in mezzo a tutta questa povertà, sono venuta a portare un po' di ricchezza." [[note]]I'm Le Riche, and in the midst all this poverty, I came to bring a bit of opulence.[[/note]]
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156	* EmotionlessGirl: Part of her RichBitch drag persona, which however comes to bite her from behind in the episode 2 infomercial challenge, as the judges note that her permanent stone face prevented her from being an engaging saleswoman. {{Subverted}} in the subsequent lip-sync when she manages to have fun, turn it out, and win a shantay.
157	* LadyLooksLikeADude: {{Averted}}. Despite being a very well-built man out of drag -- both herself and Priscilla describe her as a "muscle queen" -- her padding and costumes always lend her a very feminine figure.
158	* ThePerfectionist: She tends to hyper-focus on the task at hand, but as the judges note, this may lead her to forget to have fun. Once she manages to reconcile the two aspects she's revealed as an excellent competitor, as proven in episode 4 when she wins the coveted ''Snatch Game''.
159	* RichBitch: Her drag persona in a nutshell, which she describes as "fans, feathers, luxury robes, jewels", up to and including her name.
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161	!Elecktra Bionic [-(winner)-]
162	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elecktrabionicdri1promo.jpeg]]
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164	->'''Age''': 27
165	->'''From''': Beinasco (Turin), Piedmont
166
167	->"La stallona piemontese è approdata negli studi, stronzette." [[note]]The Piedmontese stallion has landed in the studios, bitches.[[/note]]
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170	* TheBabyOfTheBunch: With an average age of 34, the ''Italia'' queens are an older, experienced crew, and she stands out as the youngest competitor (though hardly young for the franchise overall at 27), and has the cute, [[TheTwink twinky]] features to match. Her fellow queens also tend to "baby" her, given that she's really not the brightest bulb in the room.
171	* ComplexityAddiction: Her original idea for her ''Italian Style'' runway was a "Renaissance fortune-teller", trying to connect her home city of Turin (the "esoteric capital" of Italy) with the tarot deck and the floral print fabric she found in her box. Host Priscilla helpfully makes her realize that such an interpretation would require significant leaps of logic, and guides her to a more straightforward concept.
172	* DarkHorseVictory: Probably the biggest example in the ''Drag Race'' franchise, Elecktra reached the finale without any maxi-challenge wins (although also no bottom two placements), having been safe the entire time, in contrast to Farida, with two challenge wins and also never up for elimination, and Le Riche with one win. And yet she ends up taking the crown, becoming the first winner to have never won any challenges.
173	* DumbBlonde: Self-proclaimed and repeated by the other queens.
174	** When she wins 20 seconds to peek inside the boxes containing the material for the ''Italian Style'' sewing challenge, she says that she cannot even say her name in such a short time. True to form, her advantage goes essentially wasted and she assigns the box randomly.
175	** In the episode 5 mini challenge, where the queens have to compose words with random letters (pasted on the Pit Crew's rears), Elecktra crashes out in the first round when the only word she manages to come up with is "tegana" -- which is not an actual word in the Italian language.
176	* HeadTurningBeauty: She's amongst the most beautiful and feminine-looking queens across the ''Drag Race'' franchise, and most of the compliments she receives, via the judges or her fellow queens, reference her beauty, bearing and overall poise.
177	* JackOfAllTrades: In the end, Elecktra makes it all the way to the finale without ever placing lower than safe, let alone landing in the bottom throughout the competition, joining a small but illustrious group of queens across the franchise who never placed below safe, and can seemingly turn their hand to any challenge.
178	%% * MuggingTheMonster: While coming home from a show (in full drag) she was set upon and punched in the chest by two French tourists, who ''completely'' underestimated who they were dealing with, as Elecktra was able to win a fist fight against ''both'' of her attackers (whilst keeping her heels on) and scare them off.
179	%% Only applicable if mentioned in the series and/or the Meet the Queens
180	* StatuesqueStunner: In her heels, she stands over 2 metres tall and at least OneHeadTaller than some of her competitors.

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