Onyx's Drag Race Afghanistan (Season 1)

The promo theme for this season was Black, Green & Red!

Season 1 of Onyx's Drag Race Afghanistan is the first season of Onyx's Drag Race Afghanistan which premiered on Thursday August 10, 2023 and had the finale on Sunday August 13, 2023!

14 contestants competed on Season 1 of Onyx's Drag Race Afghanistan to become Onyx's next Afghan drag superstar but only 1 contestant can win!

**(All money is converted from GPB £)**

**(All money is converted into AFN ؋)**

The Winner(s) of Season 1 of Onyx's Drag Race Afghanistan will receive a years supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills Cosmetics, a crown and sceptre supplied by Fierce Drag Jewels, a coveted spot in the legendary hall of fame, the title of Onyx's next Afghan drag superstar and ؋10,669,540!

The Runner-Up(s) of Season 1 of Onyx's Drag Race Afghanistan will receive ؋2,133,908!

The Finalist(s) (not including the Winner(s) and Runner-Up(s)) of Season 1 of Onyx's Drag Race Afghanistan will receive ؋1,066,954!

The Mx Congeniality of Season 1 of Onyx's Drag Race Afghanistan will receive ؋1,066,954!

The Fan Favourite of Season 1 of Onyx's Drag Race Afghanistan will receive ؋533,477!

The Lip Sync Assassin of Season 1 of Onyx's Drag Race Afghanistan will receive ؋533,477!

The Golden Boot of Season 1 of Onyx's Drag Race Afghanistan will receive the coveted golden boot statue and ؋533,477!

A maxi challenge win will reward the contestant(s) with ؋533,477!

A top 2 placement will reward the contestant(s) with ؋266,738.50!

A mini challenge win will reward the contestant(s) with ؋266,738.50!

Every contestant in the reunion was rewarded with ؋266,738.50!

## Contestants Progress

█ This contestant won Onyx's Drag Race Afghanistan (Season 1)

█ This contestant was a Runner-Up.

█ This contestant was eliminated in the finale.

█ This contestant appeared on the "Reunion" episode and was still in the running.

█ This contestant appeared as a guest on the episode, but was out of the running.

█ This contestant won the main challenge or was in the top 2 of the week and won the lip sync.

█ This contestant was in the top 2 of the week, but did not win the lip sync.

█ This contestant received positive critiques, but did not win the main challenge.

█ This contestant received mixed or no critiques and was safe.

█ This contestant received negative critiques, but was not up for elimination.

█ These contestants placed in the bottom, but neither contestant was eliminated.

█ This contestant placed in the bottom and won the lip sync for your life.

█ This contestant was declared safe after the first round of the lip sync smackdown.

█ This contestant was declared safe after the second round of the lip sync smackdown.

█ This contestant lost the first two rounds of the lip sync smackdown and was saved by one of their fellow castmates.

█ This contestant was declared safe after the third round of the lip sync smackdown.

█ The contestant was eliminated after the third round of the lip sync smackdown.

█ This contestant placed in the bottom, lost the lip sync for your life, and was eliminated.

█ This contestant received the "Mx Congeniality" award in the finale.

█ This contestant received the "Fan Favourite" award in the "Reunion" episode.

█ This contestant received the "Lip Sync Assassin" award in the "Reunion" episode.

█ This contestant received the "Golden Boot" award in the "Reunion" episode.

## Episodes

### **Episode 1: Start Your Engines**

*Airdate: Thursday August 10, 2023*

* **Guest Judge:** Emma Watson
* **Mini Challenge:** Afghan Flag Photoshoot
* **Mini Challenge Winner:** Dani
* **Mini Challenge Prize:** ؋266,738.50
* **Maxi Challenge:** Showcase a talent to the judges in a talent show
* **Runway Theme:** I Am That Bitch
* **Maxi Challenge Winner: Quinta**
* **Maxi Challenge Prize:** ؋533,477
* **Bottom Two:** Es Te Loretta & Gaggora Ottora
* **Lip Sync Song:** "Black Magic" by Little Mix
* **Eliminated:** **Es Te Loretta**
* **Farewell Message:** Bye babes, love ya!

**Entrance Order**

 **14.** | Zekei Sanasha

**Maxi Challenge**

### **Episode 2: Untucked Madness**

*Airdate: Thursday August 10, 2023*

* **Guest Judge:** Ava Max
* **Mini Challenge:** Photoshoot with the pit crew
* **Mini Challenge Winner:** Tazmina
* **Mini Challenge Prize:** ؋266,738.50 & First choice of which queen you want to be in the maxi challenge
* **Maxi Challenge:** Improv in an untucked scene whilst portraying a queen from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3
* **Runway Theme:** Hollywood
* **Maxi Challenge Winner: Hawt Glue**
* **Maxi Challenge Prize:** ؋533,477
* **Bottom Two:** Cekeria & Fretyei Jzenka
* **Lip Sync Song:** "Kings & Queens" by Ava Max
* **Eliminated:** **Fretyei Jzenka**
* **Farewell Message:** I'll be keeping it strange! Good luck and <3 u all!

**Maxi Challenge**

### **Episode 3: Zodiac Designs**

*Airdate: Thursday August 10, 2023*

* **Guest Judge:** Leslie Jones
* **Mini Challenge:** Nude Photoshoot
* **Mini Challenge Winner:** Natalie Gerjan
* **Mini Challenge Prize:** ؋266,738.50 & First choice of which zodiac sign you want to base your look off of
* **Maxi Challenge:** Design a sickening look based on a zodiac sign using unconventional materials
* **Runway Theme:** Zodiac
* **Maxi Challenge Winner: Ashkanta Raye**
* **Maxi Challenge Prize:** ؋533,477
* **Bottom Two:** Cekeria & Uota Heriti
* **Lip Sync Song:** "Nasty" by Janet Jackson
* **Eliminated:** **Uota Heriti**
* **Farewell Message:** Goodbye my aliens :3

**Maxi Challenge**

### **Episode 4: Afghanistan Ball**

*Airdate: Thursday August 10, 2023*

* **Guest Judge:** Chanel Iman
* **Mini Challenge:** Voguing
* **Mini Challenge Winner:** Quinta
* **Mini Challenge Prize:** ؋266,738.50
* **Maxi Challenge:** Showcase three unique looks on the runway and create your third look in the Afghanistan Ball
* **Runway Themes:** Black Beauty, Green Gorgeous & Red Hot Runway - The contestants have to make this look themselves
* **Maxi Challenge Winner: Cekeria**
* **Maxi Challenge Prize:** ؋533,477
* **Bottom Two:** Gaggora Ottora & Natalie Gerjan
* **Lip Sync Song:** "Stronger" by Britney Spears
* **Eliminated:** **Natalie Gerjan**
* **Farewell Message:** Pageant queen, out!

**Maxi Challenge**

### **Episode 5: Lip Sync Lalaparuza Smackdown**

*Airdate: Friday August 11, 2023*

* **Guest Judge:** Jojo Siwa
* **Mini Challenge:** Red Carpet Photoshoot
* **Mini Challenge Winner:** Enjiora
* **Mini Challenge Prize:** ؋266,738.50
* **Maxi Challenge:** Face off in a lip sync smackdown
* **Runway Theme:** Bodysuit
* **Maxi Challenge Winner: Cekeria**
* **Maxi Challenge Prize:** ؋533,477
* **Bottom Two:** Gaggora Ottora & Tiboletta
* **Lip Sync Song:** "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
* **Eliminated:** **Gaggora Ottora**
* **Farewell Message:** The GAG!

**Lip Sync Lalaparuza Smackdown**

**Choices**

### **Episode 6: Snatch Game**

*Airdate: Friday August 11, 2023*

* **Guest Judge:** Kim Petras
* **Mini Challenge:** Reading Is Fundamental
* **Mini Challenge Winner:** Hawt Glue
* **Mini Challenge Prize:** ؋266,738.50
* **Maxi Challenge:** Snatch Game
* **Runway Theme:** Latex
* **Maxi Challenge Winner: Quinta**
* **Maxi Challenge Prize:** ؋533,477
* **Bottom Two:** Tazmina & Tiboletta
* **Lip Sync Song:** "Icy" by Kim Petras
* **Eliminated:** **Tiboletta**
* **Farewell Message:** The world is my runway! <3

**Maxi Challenge**

 Cekeria
 Dani
 Enjiora
 Hawt Glue

**Who Should Go Home Tonight And Why?**

### **Episode 7: Wedding Nightmares**

*Airdate: Saturday August 12, 2023*

* **Guest Judge:** Robyn
* **Mini Challenge:** Neon Photoshoot
* **Mini Challenge Winner:** Ashkanta Raye
* **Mini Challenge Prize:** ؋266,738.50
* **Maxi Challenge:** Act in a scene about a wedding gone wrong
* **Runway Theme:** Wedding
* **Maxi Challenge Winner: Enjiora**
* **Maxi Challenge Prize:** ؋533,477
* **Bottom Two:** Ashkanta Raye & Dani
* **Lip Sync Song:** "Dancing On My Own" by Robyn
* **Eliminated:** **Dani**
* **Farewell Message:** Love you all! Good luck <3

**Maxi Challenge**

 **Team Quinta** | Quinta, **Enjiora**, Zekei Sanasha, Cekeria

### **Episode 8: Cast Makeover**

*Airdate: Saturday August 12, 2023*

* **Guest Judge:** Saucy Santana
* **Mini Challenge:** Apply a stunning full face of makeup in 10 minutes
* **Mini Challenge Winner:** Zekei Sanasha
* **Mini Challenge Prize:** ؋266,738.50 & Can pair up every contestant with their partner
* **Maxi Challenge:** Makeover a previously eliminated contestant
* **Runway Theme:** Twins
* **Maxi Challenge Winner: Ashkanta Raye**
* **Maxi Challenge Prize:** ؋533,477
* **Bottom Two:** Enjiora & Hawt Glue
* **Lip Sync Song:** "Material Girl" by Saucy Santana
* **Eliminated:** **Hawt Glue**
* **Farewell Message:** The rumours are true... I use hot glue! <3 Love ya!
* **Returned: Uota Heriti**

**Maxi Challenge**

### **Episode 9: Time To Stand Up**

*Airdate: Sunday August 13, 2023*

* **Guest Judge:** Loni Love
* **Mini Challenge:** Photobomb celebrities' photos
* **Mini Challenge Winner:** Cekeria
* **Mini Challenge Prize:** ؋266,738.50 & Can pair up all of the contestants and choose the running order for the maxi challenge
* **Maxi Challenge:** Perform a stand up comedy routine
* **Runway Theme:** Rainbow
* **Maxi Challenge Winner: Ashkanta Raye**
* **Maxi Challenge Prize:** ؋533,477
* **Bottom Two:** Cekeria & Tazmina
* **Lip Sync Song:** "Radio" by Beyoncé
* **Eliminated:** **Tazmina**
* **Farewell Message:** <3 u all so much see ya soon!

**Maxi Challenge**

 **2nd** | Cekeria

### **Episode 10: Beyoncé: The Rusical!**

*Airdate: Sunday August 13, 2023*

* **Guest Judge:** Michelle Visage
* **Mini Challenge:** Sexy Photoshoot
* **Mini Challenge Winner:** Quinta
* **Mini Challenge Prize:** ؋266,738.50 & First choice of role in the maxi challenge
* **Maxi Challenge:** Perform in Beyoncé: The Rusical!
* **Runway Theme:** Beyoncé
* **Maxi Challenge Winner: Zekei Sanasha**
* **Maxi Challenge Prize:** ؋533,477
* **Bottom Two:** Ashkanta Raye & Uota Heriti
* **Lip Sync Song:** "Hallucinate" by Dua Lipa
* **Eliminated:** **Uota Heriti**
* **Farewell Message:** Good luck top 5! <3 love ya!

**Maxi Challenge**

 Cekeria
 Enjiora
 Quinta

### **Episode 11: Cast Roast**

*Airdate: Sunday August 13, 2023*

* **Guest Judge:** Dulcé Sloan
* **Mini Challenge:** Paint a self portrait in 10 minutes
* **Mini Challenge Winner:** Ashkanta Raye
* **Mini Challenge Prize:** ؋266,738.50 & Choose the running order for the maxi challenge
* **Maxi Challenge:** Roast the remaining contestants in the cast
* **Runway Theme:** Neon
* **Maxi Challenge Winner: Cekeria**
* **Maxi Challenge Prize:** ؋533,477
* **Bottom Two:** Enjiora & Quinta
* **Lip Sync Song:** "Think" by Aretha Franklin
* **Eliminated:** **Enjiora**
* **Farewell Message:** Enji... Enji... Enji... Ora! <3

**Maxi Challenge**

### **Episode 12: A.S.M.R. Lover**

*Airdate: Sunday August 13, 2023*

* **Guest Judge:** RuPaul
* **Mini Challenge:** Create a puppet to make RuPaul cackle
* **Mini Challenge Winner:** Quinta
* **Mini Challenge Prize:** ؋266,738.50 & Choose the order for the verses in the maxi challenge
* **Maxi Challenge:** Write and perform a verse to A.S.M.R. Lover by RuPaul
* **Runway Theme:** Signature Drag
* **Maxi Challenge Winner: Quinta**
* **Maxi Challenge Prize:** ؋533,477
* **Bottom Two:** Cekeria & Zekei Sanasha
* **Lip Sync Song:** "Holding Out For A Hero" by Bonnie Tyler
* **Eliminated:** Zekei Sanasha
* **Farewell Message:** Good luck top 3, u betta kill it! <3

**Maxi Challenge**

**Who Should Not Advance To The Top 3 And Why?**

 Cekeria
 Quinta
 Zekei Sanasha

### **Episode 13: Reunited**

*Airdate: Sunday August 13, 2023*

* **Runway Theme:** Reunion Realness
* **Fan Favourite Winner: Zekei Sanasha**
* **Lip Sync Assassin:** **Cekeria**
* **Golden Boot Winner:** **Gaggora Ottora**

**Fan Favourite Award**

**Lip Sync Assassin Award**

**Golden Boot**

**Segments:**

* Ashkanta Raye's journey to the top 3
* Cekeria's journey to the top 3
* Quinta's journey to the top 3
* The contestants toot and boot looks from the season
* Uota Heriti returning to the competition
* Cekeria having 4 bottom 2 placements
* Every contestant in the top 3 having 3 maxi challenge wins
* The lip sync lalaparuza
* Each contestant walks the catwalk to show their Reunion Realness runway
* Zekei Sanasha is awarded with the Fan Favourite award
* Cekeria is awarded with the Lip Sync Assassin award
* Gaggora Ottora is awarded with the Golden Boot award
* Behind the scenes footage is shown from every episode
* **Every contestant in the season is awarded with ؋266,738.50**

**Top 3 Of Season 1**

 **Cekeria** |  | 3(Eps. 4, 5, 11)
 **Quinta** |  | 3(Eps. 1, 6, 12)

### **Episode 14: Grand Finale**

*Airdate: Sunday August 13, 2023*

* **Runway Theme:** Finale Eleganza Extravaganza
* **Finale Challenge:** Give a speech on why you should win Onyx's Drag Race Afghanistan Season 1 and perform and individual show-stopping performance
* **Top 2:** Ashkanta Raye & Quinta
* **Eliminated:** Cekeria
* **Lip-Sync Song:** "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson
* **Winner Of Onyx's Drag Race Afghanistan Season 1:** **Quinta**
* **Runner-Up:** Ashkanta Raye
* **Mx Congeniality:** Uota Heriti

**Top 3 Performances**

 Quinta

**Mx Congeniality Voting**

(The contestants cannot vote for anyone in the top 3 or yourself)