The Switch Drag Race season 2

*The Switch Drag Race*
The Switch Drag Race
Season 2
	Promotional poster for season two
Hosted by	Karla Constant
Judges	Íngrid Cruz ; Juan Pablo González; Óscar Mediavilla;
No. of contestants	15
Winner	Miss Leona
Runners-up	Gia Gunn ; Pavel Arámbula; Sofía Camará ;
No. of episodes	31
Release
Original network	MEGA (Chile); WOW Presents Plus (International)
Original release	25 March –; 15 July 2018
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 1
	List of episodes

Last updated July 03, 2025

Challenges

Each episode, with the guidance of the six celebrity coaches, the contestants compete in the following challenges;

Leaders Challenge: In this first test, each contestant from the Chilean group gets paired together with a contestant from the opposing group of "foreigners" to form duos. Together, they must impersonate a celebrity à la Season 1's Artistic Challenge. The duo that succeeds earned immunity and the power of leadership over both respective groups.
Artistic Challenge: In this second test, the remaining contestants compete within their respective teams (one team consisting of the Chileans and the other consisting of the "foreigners") in a performance-based Artistic Challenge, similar to that of Season 1. Both groups compete in one Imitation Challenge each. The lowest performing contestant gets nominated by the judges to be a duelist in the Extreme Imitation Duel.
Extreme Imitation Duel: The two lowest scoring performers in each of the teams' Artistic Challenges go up against each other in an extreme, rapid-paced Imitation challenge, in which they must transform into famous pop singers and perform a number within a given time frame, with the assistance of their respective team leaders. The loser of this duel effectively sends their entire team to the Elimination Gala.
Nomination Mirror: The safe team will each nominate someone from the losing team to go straight to the Elimination Duel. The contestant with the most votes will not be able to participate in the Elimination Gala.
Elimination Gala (Singing Challenge): The team whose member lost the previous duel must compete against each other in a singing gala à la Season 1, where their performances are scored from 1 to 7 by each judge, with the lowest scoring performer being sent to the Elimination Duel.
Elimination Duel: The lowest scored performer in the Elimination Gala is put up against the contestant nominated during the Nomination Mirror round. They both perform a live song of their choosing and the judges vote by majority who shall be eliminated.

Contestants

Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.

Contestants of *The Switch Drag Race* season 2 and their backgrounds^[1]^[2]
Contestant	Age	Team	Hometown	Season 1 placement	Outcome
Miss Leona ^[a]	21	Foreign	Paris, France	—	Winner
Gia Gunn	26		Chicago, United States^[b]		Runners-up
Pavel Arámbula	32		Mexico City, Mexico
Sofía Camará	26	Chilean	Entre Ríos, Argentina	4th place
Fernanda Brown	25	Chilean	Santiago, Chile	9th place	5th place
Diva Houston	38	Foreign	São Paulo, Brazil^[c]	—	6th place^[d]
Rochelle Mon Chéri	25		San Juan, Puerto Rico		7th place^[e]
Kandy Ho	30		New York City, United States^[f]		8th place
Luz Violeta	29	Chilean	Santiago, Chile	Winner	9th place^[g]
Arianda Sodi	29		Santiago, Chile	7th place	10th place^[h]
Laura Bell	27		Santiago, Chile	8th place	11th place
Marie Laveau	25	Foreign	San Juan, Puerto Rico	—	12th place
Luna di Mauri	49	Chilean	Santiago, Chile	Runner-up	13th place
Francisca del Solar	28	Chilean	Santiago, Chile	—	14th place
Fransiska Tólika ^[i]	24	Foreign	Sevilla, Spain	—	15th place

Notes:

↑ Now Leona Winter, she is referred to as Miss Leona on the show.
↑ Although living in Chicago at the time, Gia Gunn represented Japan on the show.
↑ Although living in Spain at the time, Diva Houston represented Brazil on the show.
↑ Diva Houston originally placed eleventh before re-entering the competition.
↑ Rochelle Mon Chéri originally placed ninth before re-entering the competition.
↑ Although living in New York at the time, Kandy Ho represented Puerto Rico on the show.
↑ Luz Violeta quit the competition before the elimination duel.
↑ Arianda Sodi originally placed thirteenth before re-entering the competition.
↑ Now Pakita, she is referred to as Fransiska Tólika on the show.

Future Drag Race appearances

Later in 2018 Gia Gunn competed on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 4.
In 2023 Pakita competed on Drag Race España season 3.
In 2024 Pakita competed on Drag Race España All Stars ; later in 2024 Leona Winter competed on Drag Race France season 3.

Contestant progress

Legend:

Miss Leona won The Switch Drag Race season 2.

Gia Gunn, Pavel Arámbula and Sofía Camará were the runners-up.

IMM (Immunity) indicates that the contestant won the immunity.

WIN indicates that the contestant won the Extreme Imitation Duel and saved their team.

ADV (Advanced) indicates that the contestant won the pass to the next semifinal or finale.

SAFE indicates that the contestant was safe in that week.

DUEL indicates that the contestant was up for elimination.

ELIM (Eliminated) indicates that the contestant was eliminated.

QUIT indicates that Luz Violeta quit the competition.

Guest indicates that the contestant returned as a guest.

Contestants progress with placements in each episode
Contestant	Week^[a]
Contestant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11^[b]	12^[b]	13^[b]	14
Miss Leona	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	IMM	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	ADV	SAFE	ADV	Winner
Gia Gunn	IMM	IMM	SAFE	IMM	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	IMM	DUEL	ADV	ADV	ADV	Runner-up
Pavel Arámbula	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	WIN	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	Runner-up
Sofía Camará	SAFE	IMM	DUEL	IMM	SAFE	IMM	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	IMM	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	Runner-up
Fernanda Brown	IMM	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	DUEL	SAFE	IMM	ADV	SAFE	SAFE	Eliminated
Diva Houston	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	ELIM				SAFE	IMM	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM	Guest
Rochelle Mon Chéri						IMM	ELIM	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM		Guest
Kandy Ho	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	IMM	WIN	SAFE	ELIM			Guest
Luz Violeta	WIN	SAFE	IMM	WIN	IMM	SAFE	IMM	SAFE	DUEL	QUIT
Arianda Sodi	SAFE	ELIM						IMM	ELIM					Guest
Laura Bell	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM						Guest
Marie Laveau	DUEL	SAFE	IMM	DUEL	IMM	ELIM
Luna di Mauri	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	ELIM
Francisca del Solar		SAFE	ELIM											Guest
Fransiska Tólika	ELIM

Notes

↑ Every week, up until week 10, was composed of three episodes.
1 2 3 Weeks 11, 12 and 13 were part of the same episode, episode 30.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
25	1	"Episode 1"	March 24, 2018 (2018-03-24)
26	2	"Episode 2"	April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01)
27	3	"Episode 3"	April 5, 2018 (2018-04-05)
28	4	"Episode 4"	April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08)
29	5	"Episode 5"	April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15)
30	6	"Episode 6"	April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)
31	7	"Episode 7"	April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)
32	8	"Episode 8"	April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)
33	9	"Episode 9"	May 13, 2018 (2018-05-13)
34	10	"Episode 10"	May 16, 2018 (2018-05-16)
35	11	"Episode 11"	May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)
36	12	"Episode 12"	May 18, 2018 (2018-05-18)
37	13	"Episode 13"	May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23)
38	14	"Episode 14"	May 24, 2018 (2018-05-24)
39	15	"Episode 15"	May 25, 2018 (2018-05-25)
40	16	"Episode 16"	May 30, 2018 (2018-05-30)
41	17	"Episode 17"	May 31, 2018 (2018-05-31)
42	18	"Episode 18"	June 1, 2018 (2018-06-01)
43	19	"Episode 19"	June 6, 2018 (2018-06-06)
44	20	"Episode 20"	June 7, 2018 (2018-06-07)
45	21	"Episode 21"	June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08)
46	22	"Episode 22"	June 13, 2018 (2018-06-13)
47	23	"Episode 23"	June 14, 2018 (2018-06-14)
48	24	"Episode 24"	June 15, 2018 (2018-06-15)
49	25	"Episode 25"	June 19, 2018 (2018-06-19)
50	26	"Episode 26"	June 20, 2018 (2018-06-20)
51	27	"Episode 27"	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)
52	28	"Episode 28"	June 24, 2018 (2018-06-24)
53	29	"Episode 29"	July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)
54	30	"Episode 30"	July 8, 2018 (2018-07-08)
55	31	"Episode 31"	July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15)

References

↑ "The Switch 2 Presents New Contestants", Mega.cl. (in Spanish), September 12, 2016, archived from the original on August 27, 2017, retrieved April 8, 2018
↑ Daniela Chávez (September 14, 2016), "Estas son las 13 participantes que darán vida a "The Switch 2"" [Here Are the 13 Participants on "The Switch 2"], Fotech.cl (in Spanish)

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[3] Now Leona Winter, she is referred to as Miss Leona on the show.

[4] Although living in Chicago at the time, Gia Gunn represented Japan on the show.

[5] Although living in Spain at the time, Diva Houston represented Brazil on the show.

[6] Diva Houston originally placed eleventh before re-entering the competition.

[7] Rochelle Mon Chéri originally placed ninth before re-entering the competition.

[8] Although living in New York at the time, Kandy Ho represented Puerto Rico on the show.

[9] Luz Violeta quit the competition before the elimination duel.

[10] Arianda Sodi originally placed thirteenth before re-entering the competition.

[11] Now Pakita, she is referred to as Fransiska Tólika on the show.

[12] Every week, up until week 10, was composed of three episodes.

[semifinals-13] 1 2 3 Weeks 11, 12 and 13 were part of the same episode, episode 30.

[1] "The Switch 2 Presents New Contestants", Mega.cl. (in Spanish), September 12, 2016, archived from the original on August 27, 2017, retrieved April 8, 2018

[2] Daniela Chávez (September 14, 2016), "Estas son las 13 participantes que darán vida a "The Switch 2"" [Here Are the 13 Participants on "The Switch 2"], Fotech.cl (in Spanish)

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