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Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer
Rebecca More and Sophie Anderson posing provocatively in fishnet tops.
Promotional poster
GenreReality
Judges
Narrated byChase Icon
Theme music composerAndrew Barret Cox
Opening theme"Slag Wars"
ComposerAndrew Barret Cox
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes11
Original release
Release27 November 2020 (2020-11-27) –
present

Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer is a British reality television competition series that premiered online on 27 November 2020. The show features Rebecca More and Matthew Camp on their hunt to discover the next LGBTQ+ icon. The first series, broadcast in 2020 on Men.com and SlagWars.com, lasted four episodes and was co-presented by Sophie Anderson, with whom More had become famous as two halves of The Cock Destroyers. The second series was delayed by Anderson and More splitting up and was not produced until 2023, with Fantasia Royale Gaga replacing Anderson due to health reasons. Anderson died in November 2023; the first episode of the second series, broadcast in September 2024, was dedicated to Anderson and aired alongside a documentary about the Cock Destroyers.

Production

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Season one

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The show was conceived several years before broadcast by Sophie Anderson and Rebecca More, who were better known as The Cock Destroyers,[1] and used the working title "Slag Wars: Finding the Next Cock Destroyer".[2] The show was produced after a friend of More offered her large countryside house for a shoot and was filmed in four days during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The series was co-presented by Matthew Camp,[1] with whom More had commandeered the queer brand Daddy Couture in September 2019,[3] and was intended as a celebration of sex work and as a safe space for people to be themselves.[1] The series was produced by the queer production company DaddyTV.[4]

"ASMR sex chat. A slag eating a banana during a confessional in a way that one could only reasonably describe as ‘menacingly erotic’. Bondage. Latex. Kinks. Fetishes. Two slags going at each other’s necks like vampires. Someone getting lightly slapped while wearing a collar and being gagged by a Granny Smith. It really is fun for all the family." [sic]

Ben Charlie Smoke of Vice describing the show in November 2020[1]

Contestants on the show comprised seven sex workers and OnlyFans creators[5] including Nicky Monet, a transgender woman from Los Angeles, Tyreece Nye, a Black non-binary person,[6] five contestants who used "he/him" pronouns,[7] and contestants from Scotland and Mexico.[8] They were described on the programme as Slags,[6] a term in British English equivalent to slut,[9] in order to reclaim the word as sex-positive.[6] Camp and the programme's non-UK Slags had to quarantine for two weeks before filming,[10] while Anderson was due to have buttock augmentation just before filming but delayed it as she felt it would interfere with wearing the lycra suits they had ordered for the show.[1]

Shot on a tight budget[11] and featuring specially composed tracks as a soundtrack,[7] the first series used many personal friends of the Cock Destroyers as guests including its narrator Chase Icon[12] and ran for four episodes.[13] Each episode features a foreplay and a passion challenge, each of which explores a facet of the sex industry;[10] one challenge featured contestants trying to steal payment card numbers during ASMR sex talk sessions and another featured rope bondage.[8] The series also featured conversations about tokenism, fetishism, racism, violence against transgender people, and sexual consent[14] and was marketed on its inclusivity,[15] with its confessionals annotated with both the Slags' names and pronouns.[8] The series was streamed on Men.com and SlagWars.com, the latter of which had been created for those wanting a safe for work experience,[13] and was won by Tyreece Nye.[11]

Season two

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In May 2021, More announced that the pair had split up following her receipt of a "viscous email" [sic];[16] the following month, DaddyTV announced Hot Haus,[15] a show judged by Camp and Monet[17] and won by Fantasia Royale Gaga.[18] More kept abreast of Anderson's life after the breakup and the pair later reconciled.[19] In late 2023, a second series of Slag Wars was produced and was due to be hosted by More, Anderson, and Camp, but Anderson dropped out after no-showing on the first day of production[20] as she was not well enough to film[21] and was replaced by Royale Gaga.[20] Cain, one of the Slags from the first series, returned as a producer and casting director,[22] and had previously worked with some of the Slags he cast including Mama Mamba and Cocoa Kink.[22]

Originally, the Slags were supposed to be in teams, with Anderson and More having four Slags each. Anderson's illness meant that this was aborted and replaced by a points-based system, with eliminations removed;[23] the first episode featured Royale Gaga giving a distracted More a pep talk.[24] In November 2023,[22] shortly after filming, Anderson died;[20] More announced her death in December 2023.[25] The second series aired on the LGBTQ streaming service Outflix and ran for seven episodes; its first episode featured a tribute to Anderson and was released alongside a documentary on how the Cock Destroyers became famous. This series featured the same theme song as the first series[25] and was won by Mama Mamba.[26]

Reception

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The show became a minor cult hit.[15] Writing between broadcast of the first and second episode, Emma Kelly of i-D described the show as "one of the most genuine representations of sex workers and queer, trans and non-binary people ever seen on TV".[8] Reviewing the first series, Tim Forster of Vulture described the show as "good, dirty fun, with a healthy dose of camp" and complimented the show for its queer representation, though wrote that Daddy Couture was "heavily product-placed" and that having five contestants out of seven who identified as "he/him" demonstrated an "imperfect approach to diversity".[7] Barry Pierce of Dazed wrote that the series was "a truly glorious celebration of the self with positivity and inclusivity as its central tenets" and stated that one scene, in which Anderson unsuccessfully tried to storm off set in high heels following an inability to send anybody home and ended up crawling off set, was a contender for his "television moment of the year".[5] Writing in September 2024, Joel Medina of Collider described the show as "a raucous display of LGBTQ+ joy like viewers have never seen".[27]

Cast

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Series 1 (2020)

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Contestants

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Contestants of Slag Wars
Contestant Pronouns Age Hometown Outcome
Tyreece Nye They/Them/She/Her 20 London, England Winner
Cain He/Him 25 London, England Runners-up
Cameron Smith He/Him 26 Manchester, England
Nicky Monet She/Her — Los Angeles, California
Gustavo Ernesto Escobedo He/Him 30 Mexico 5th place
Kevin Scott He/Him 25 Aberdeen, Scotland 6th Place
Levi Jed Murphy He/Him 24 Manchester, England 7th Place

Contestant progress

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Contestant 1 2 3 4
Tyreece BTM2 SAFE WIN Winner
Cain WIN BTM2 SAFE Runner-up
Cameron SAFE SAFE ELIM Runner-up
Nicky SAFE WIN SAFE Runner-up
Gustavo WIN WIN ELIM
Kevin SAFE ELIM
Levi BTM2 QUIT
  The contestant won Slag Wars.
  The contestant was a runner-up.
  The contestant left the competition voluntarily.
  The contestant won the challenge.
  The contestant was declared safe.
  The contestant was in the bottom two.
  The contestant was eliminated.

Episodes

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Slag Wars Season 1 Episodes
No. Title Original Air Date Guests
1 Slag On Arrival 27 November 2020 Matt Lambert and Chris Crocker
2 Safe Word Slag 4 December 2020 Sam Morris, Busty Cookie and Emily Balfour
3 Show Biz Slags 11 December 2020 Baga Chipz
4 Last Slag Standing 18 December 2020 —

Series 2 (2024)

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Contestants

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Contestants of Slag Wars 2
Contestant Pronouns Hometown Outcome
Mama Mamba She/Her Birmingham, UK Winner
Cocoa Kink She/Her London, England Runners-up
Freyja Phoria She/They East London
Damien Lenore He/Him Miami, Florida 4th place
Braxton Cruz He/Him Australia 5th place
JV Marx He/Him Los Angeles, California
Oscar (Hotboiyo) He/Him London, UK
Sabrina Jade She/They Brighton, UK

Contestant progress

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Contestant 2 3 4 5 6 7
Mama WIN SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE ADV Winner
Cocoa SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN ADV Runner-up
Freyja SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE ADV Runner-up
Damien SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE ADV QUIT
Braxton SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest
JV WIN SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest
Oscar SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE ELIM Guest
Sabrina SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE ELIM Guest
  The contestant won Slag Wars.
  The contestant was a runner-up.
  The contestant advanced to the final four.
  The contestant won the passion project challenge.
  The contestant won the foreplay challenge.
  The contestant was declared safe.
  The contestant was in the bottom two.
  The contestant was eliminated.
  The contestant left the competition voluntarily.
  The contestant returned as a guest.

Points Tally Board

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Contestant 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
Mama 60 22 24+5 18 40 23 192
Cocoa 50 19 20 18 48 11 166.5
Freyja 50 25 25 17 41 10 168
Damien 50 20+5 23 23 37.5 36 194.5
Sabrina 50 17 22+5 25 - 119
Oscar 50 16 20 24+5 - 115
JV 55 12 25.5 17 - 109.5
Braxton 50 18 15 23 - 106

Episodes

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Slag Wars Season 2 Episodes
No. Title Original Air Date Guests
1 Despunking The World: The Slag Wars Story 17 September 2024 Joey Mills, Ricky Cornish, Lillian Stone, Jan Sport, Cara Cunningham and Nicky Monet
2 Revenge of the Slags —
3 Seasonal Slags 24 September 2024
4 Gold Medal Slag 1 October 2024 Cain (Runner-up of Series 1)
5 Spotlight Slags 8 October 2024 Joey Mills
6 Scruff Slags 15 October 2024 Johnny Scruff
7 Finale Slags 22 October 2024 —

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Smoke, Ben Charlie (17 November 2020). "Inside The Cock Destroyers' New Reality TV Show". VICE. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Cock Destroyer Rebecca More is blazing a trail for pornstars in pop culture". Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Matthew Camp and a Cock Destroyer Have Taken Over This Queer Brand". www.out.com. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  4. ^ Dazed (17 June 2021). "CupcakKe and Tiffany Pollard to host new show from the makers of Slag Wars". Dazed. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  5. ^ a b Dazed (22 December 2020). "Slag Wars is the future of queer reality TV". Dazed. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Tabberer, Jamie (12 November 2020). "Slag Wars: Meet the LGBTQ+ stars competing in Men.com's first SFW reality TV show". Attitude. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Forster, Tim (11 December 2020). "Please Let Slag Wars Be Queer Reality TV's Future". Vulture. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d "Is Slag Wars TV's most inclusive reality show yet?". Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  9. ^ "SLAG WARS is back with another campy and sexy season - Instinct Magazine". 14 September 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  10. ^ a b Shirey, Michael (26 December 2020). "Despunking the World, One Slag at a Time – Gay City News". gaycitynews.com. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  11. ^ a b Smith, Reiss (18 December 2020). "The C**k Destroyers' Slag Wars reached its big climax – and the winner is ready to make the world a more inclusive place". PinkNews. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  12. ^ Smith, Reiss (27 November 2020). "Slag Wars: Meet the 7 queer, trans and non-binary icons competing to be the next C**k Destroyer". PinkNews. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Matthew Camp, Cock Destroyers To Host 'Slag Wars' TV Show". www.out.com. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  14. ^ Smith, Reiss (24 November 2020). "The C**k Destroyers just want to make the world a better place for their queer family". PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  15. ^ a b c Dickson, Ej (17 June 2021). "CupcaKKe and Tiffany Pollard Set to Host Show Seeking New Queer Sex Icon". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  16. ^ Tabberer, Jamie (7 May 2021). "The C**k Destroyers 'parting ways', Sophie Anderson confirms". Attitude. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  17. ^ Baska, Maggie (22 April 2023). "Matthew Camp and Nicky Monet explain how sex workers are making a difference". PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Fantasia Royale Gaga teases the spicy season of 'Slag Wars'". www.pride.com. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  19. ^ Wratten, Marcus (13 September 2024). "C**k Destroyer Rebecca More on Slag Wars and Sophie Anderson's legacy". PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  20. ^ a b c "Rebecca More honors Sophie Anderson in Slag Wars season 2". www.pride.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  21. ^ Fox, Dale (9 September 2024). "Slag Wars season 2 with Rebecca More and Matthew Camp: release date, trailer and more". Attitude. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  22. ^ a b c Slater, Bailey (1 October 2024). "Rebecca More: "Slag Wars 2 is in memory of Sophie Anderson"". GAY TIMES. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  23. ^ Fox, Dale (1 October 2024). "Rebecca More on Slag Wars season 2: 'Sophie would be so proud'". Attitude. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  24. ^ "Rebecca More honors Sophie Anderson in 'Slag Wars' season 2". www.pride.com. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  25. ^ a b Wratten, Marcus (9 September 2024). "C**k Destroyer Rebecca More bringing Slag Wars back for season two". PinkNews. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  26. ^ "Ponyboy NYE at Stereo, Glasgow · Tickets". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  27. ^ Medina, Joel (23 September 2024). "'Slag Wars' Are Back and Stripping Down for Battle". Collider. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
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