Talk show “Hey Qween!” will stream exclusively on World of Wonder‘s platform WOW Presents Plus.
Host Jonny McGovern will sit down with the eliminated queen from each week of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 16, for a tell-all interview. “Hey Qween!” began in 2014 on YouTube and was originally hosted by McGovern and the late Lady Red Couture. Now back with a revamped format, the program will have access to the first TV interview with eliminated queens.
The new series of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” which airs on MTV in the U.S. and on WOW Presents Plus in the U.K., features 14 new drag queens competing for the $200,000 grand prize and the title of America’s next drag superstar. Episodes of “Hey Qween!” will air weekly starting on Jan. 22 with each episode airing the Monday following a “RuPaul’s Drag Race” elimination.
McGovern said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to bring ‘Hey Qween!’ to WOW Presents Plus. Our iconic series not only has a new home – but a new format, too. Teaming up with WOW gives us access like we’ve never had before to immediately talk to each of the eliminated queens from the upcoming season of ‘Drag Race,’ so we get the T first… served piping hot. I hope these Season 16 queens are for some cutting up and kiking [a term popular in LGBTQ culture where friends gather to gossip and chat] because I’m ready for them.”
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, co-founders of World of Wonder, added: “We are thrilled to bring Jonny McGovern’s iconic series ‘Hey Qween!’ to WOW Presents Plus. Jonny will have full access to interview the Season 16 queens and be able to talk about this incredible season of ‘Drag Race’ in real time every Monday. Joining forces for the first time we are taking this legendary series to the next level in every possible way, this ain’t your mama’s ‘Hey Qween!'”
Watch the trailer here:
