altimate.SHOWDOWN Magandjin Set To Debut Their Biggest Brisbane Season Ever

This year Brisbane Drag King icon Lord Sev is serving as head judge for the competition, he spoke to The Star Observer about just how excited he is for this years competition.

“Altimate Showdown is like nothing else. In a sea of contests and competitions that focus on individual art forms, often with specific scoring criteria, Alt smashes the boundaries between art industries, tears up the idea of criteria, and instead invites all competitors to do what it is that they do in the most fierce and entertaining way possible!”

“This will be the third year of ALTimate Showdown In Magandjin, and it was my absolute pleasure to host the first two years alongside absolute legend Miss Synthetique. The community that has grown around Showdown has been so inspiring, artists and patrons both, there’s a great sense of queer rebellion and belonging in this space, one that I’m very proud to have helped shape” he said.

“I’m stepping into the head judge role this year, which is both the best seat in the house and the hardest job I think I’ll ever have, somehow whittling down 84 performers to a single winner over 6 heats and a finale seems like an impossible task!”

“It’s an honour beyond words to be asked to judge this comp. I’ve spent more than 20 years in the fringe arts, in drag, burlesque, cabaret, circus, fetish performance, music and theatre, this community is my home and my family. I feel a great sense of duty and responsibility to them, and the most warming gratitude, watching the arts I love thrive with the next generations!”

Lord Sev will be joined by a stunning team of guest judges including Chocolate Boxx, Ruby Slippers, Sellma Soul and many more still to be announced.

The competition kicks off this week on Wednesday Aug 6, followed by 5 more heats before the grand finale of Thursday September 18 at The Brightside in Brisbane.