RuPaul's Drag Race / Relays

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RuPaul's Drag Race is since 2009-annual Reality - talent show by and starring the drag queen RuPaul compete as a presenter and jury member, in the drag queens compete. So far, a total of 153 different drag queens have participated in 12 seasons, in which a winner waschosenas America's Next Drag Superstar and mostly a Miss Congeniality by the audience. Of these, four participants have so far competed in several relays. The candidates are eliminated because at the end of each episode the two worst performers in a lip- sync duel, after which RuPaul determines which one should go. It can also happen that both are allowed to stay or have to leave. In addition to this regular elimination process, one candidate has been disqualified within the recorded episodes (Willam in season 4) and one has been eliminated from the show due to injury (Eureka in season 9). With Sherry Pie in season 12, a queen was disqualified during the broadcast of the recorded episodes.

Since 2012, in addition to the regular seasons, there have also been All Stars seasons in which participants from the regular seasons compete again. In five seasons so far, 48 candidates have competed, four of which have participated in several All Stars seasons . Five winners were chosen because RuPaul named two winners for the first time in the fourth season. In the first season, the candidates started in teams of two; Since the second season the candidates have been competing individually and up to the fourth season the lipsync duel was contested by the two best, the winner of which can then eliminate one participant from the competition. In the fifth season, RuPaul only determines one challenge winner and in addition to the candidates, other former participants appear as Lip Sync Assassin , against whom the challenge winner contests the lipsync duel.

In 2018 a Christmas special Holi-slay Spectacular was broadcast, in which eight participants competed for the title "Drag Race Christmas Queen" and all of them were declared winners by RuPaul.

In the following, the participants of the show are listed in a table, divided into seasons. For a general overview of the relays and their winners, see the main article RuPaul's Drag Race # Relays .

RuPaul's Drag Race

Season 1 (2009)

Season 1 winner Bebe Zahara Benet also participated in Season 3 All Stars .

In the first season, which aired from February 2 to March 23, 2009, nine candidates took part. Nina Flowers was selected as a participant through a vote by the audience.

Participant Age Hometown placement
BeBe Zahara Benet 28 Minneapolis , Minnesota winner
Nina Flowers 34 Denver , Colorado 2nd place
(Miss Congeniality)
Rebecca Glasscock 26th Fort Lauderdale , Florida 3rd place
Shannel 29 Las Vegas , Nevada 4th Place
Ongina 26th Los Angeles , California 5th place
Jade Sotomayor 25th Chicago , Illinois 6th place
Akashia 24 Cleveland , Ohio 7th place
Tammie Brown 26th Long Beach , California 8th place
Victoria "Porkchop" Parker 39 Raleigh , North Carolina 9th place

Three contestants - Nina Flowers, Shanell, and Tammie Brown - returned for the All Stars season one; BeBe Zahara Benet as the only winner of a regular season in All Stars for the third season. Ongina is participating in the fifth season of All Stars .

Season 2 (2010)

Raven, runner-up in Season 2 and Season 1 All Stars , has been RuPaul's make-up artist since 2017
Shangela participated in the second and third regular seasons, the third All Stars season and the Holi-slay Spectacular special.

Twelve candidates took part in the second season, which first aired from February 1 to April 26, 2010. Jessica Wild was selected as a participant through a public vote.

Participant Age Hometown placement
Tyra Sanchez 21st Orlando , Florida winner
Raven 30th Riverside , California 2nd place
Jujubee 25th Boston , Massachusetts 3rd place
Tatianna 20th Falls Church , Virginia 4th Place
Pandora Boxx 37 Rochester , New York 5th place
(Miss Congeniality)
Jessica Wild 29 San Juan , Puerto Rico 6th place
Sahara Davenport 25th New York , New York 7th place
Morgan McMichaels 28 Mira Loma , California 8th place
Sonique 26th Atlanta , Georgia 9th place
Mystique Summers Madison 25th Bedford , Texas 10th place
Nicole Paige Brooks 36 Atlanta , Georgia 11th place
Shangela 28 Los Angeles , California 12th place

Shangela returned as a participant in season three, as well as season three All Stars and the Holi-slay Spectacular Special. Pandora Boxx, Jujubee and Raven returned for the All Stars season one, where the latter two formed the Rujubee team . Tatianna participated in the second season and Morgan McMichaels in the third season of All Stars ; Sonique at the Holi-slay Spectacular Special. Jujubee is again participating in the fifth season of All Stars .

Season 3 (2011)

Manila Luzon (left), runner-up, and Raja (right), season three winner

Thirteen candidates took part in the third season, which first aired from January 24th to May 2nd, 2011.

Participant Age Hometown placement
Raja 36 Los Angeles , California winner
Manila Luzon 28 New York City , New York 2nd place
Alexis Mateo 30th Saint Petersburg , Florida 3rd place
Yara Sofia 26th Manatee , Puerto Rico 4th place
(Miss Congeniality)
Carmen Carrera 25th Elmwood Park , New Jersey 5th place a
Shangela 29 Los Angeles , California 6th place a
Delta work 34 Norwalk , California 7th place
Stacy Layne Matthews 25th Robeson County , North Carolina 8th place
Mariah 29 Atlanta , Georgia 9th place
India Ferrah 23 Dayton , Ohio 10th place
Mimi Imfurst 27 New York , New York 11th place
Phoenix 29 Atlanta , Georgia 12, place
Venus D-Lite 26th Los Angeles , California 13th place
aCarmen Carrera originally retired in sixth place. After Shangel was eliminated in fifth place, RuPaul brought Carmen back in the following episode, causing Shangela to drop to sixth place. Carmen dropped out again in the same episode in fifth place.

Shangela will be the first competitor to re-enter from a previous season; Carmen Carrera the first participant to return after being kicked out within the same season.

Four participants, Alexis Mateo, Manila Luzon, Mimi Imfurst and Yara Sofia, returned for the first season of All Stars . Manila formed a team there with Latrice Royale from season four; both took part again as single candidates in the fourth season of All Stars . Alexis Mateo is again participating in the fifth season of All Stars , in which Mariah (now Mariah Balenciaga) and India Ferrah also return.

Season 4 (2012)

Season four winner Sharon Needles is known for her horror- themed looks .

Thirteen candidates took part in the fourth season, which first aired from January 30th to April 30th, 2012.

Participant Age Hometown placement
Sharon Needles 29 Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania winner
Chad Michaels 40 San Diego , California 2nd / 3rd Place b
Phi Phi O'Hara 25th Chicago , Illinois
Latrice Royale 39 South Beach , Florida 4th place
(Miss Congeniality)
Kenya Michaels 21st Dorado , Puerto Rico 5th place c
DiDa Ritz 25th Chicago , Illinois 6th place
Willam 29 Los Angeles , California 7th place d
Jiggly Caliente 30th New York City , New York 8th place
Milan 36 New York City , New York 9th place
Madame LaQueer 29 Carolina , Puerto Rico 10th place
The Princess 31 Chicago , Illinois 11th place
Lashauwn Beyond 21st Fort Lauderdale , Florida 12th place
Alisa Summers 23 Tampa , Florida 13th place
bIn the first live final, only the winner was crowned without any of the other two finalists having been eliminated beforehand. This mode will continue up to and including the eighth season.
c Kenya Michaels was originally eliminated in ninth place, but was allowed to return in the tenth episode and was eliminated in this episode in fifth place.
d Willam was the first participant to be disqualified during the show for breach of contract.

Chad Michaels and Latrice Royale also took part in the first season of All Stars , in which Chad Michaels was crowned winner; PhiPhi O'Hara on season two. In the fourth season Latrice Royale returned with her team partner Manila Luzon (team name "Latrila") from the first season. This time the two competed individually.

Season 5 (2013)

Alyssa Edwards, a participant in the fifth season and the second All Stars season, received her own
Netflix television series, Dancing Queens , in 2018 .

Fourteen candidates took part in the fifth season, which premiered from January 28 to May 6, 2013.

Participant Age Hometown placement
Jinkx Monsoon 24 Seattle , Washington winner
Alaska 27 Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 2nd / 3rd space
Roxxxy Andrews 28 Orlando , Florida
Detox 27 Los Angeles , California 4th Place
Coco Montrese 37 Las Vegas , Nevada 5th place
Alyssa Edwards 32 Mesquite , Texas 6th place
Ivy Winters 27 Greenville , Michigan 7th place
(Miss Congeniality)
Jade Jolie 25th Gainesville , Florida 8th place
Lineysha Sparx 24 San Juan , Puerto Rico 9th place
Honey Mahogany 29 San Francisco , California 10/11 Place e
Vivienne Pinay 26th New York City , New York
Monica Beverly Hillz 27 Owensboro , Kentucky 12th place
Serena ChaCha 21st Tallahassee , Florida 13th place
Penny Tration 39 Cincinnati , Ohio 14th place
e Honey Mahogany and Vivienne Pinay were eliminated together in the first double exclusion after a lipsync.

The five participants Alaska, Alyssa Edwards, Coco Montrese, Detox and Roxxxy Andrews competed again in the second All Stars season, which Alaska won.

Season 6 (2014)

Season six winner Bianca Del Rio is known for comedy acts with offensive humor and the 2016 movie Hurricane Bianca .

Fourteen candidates took part in the sixth season, which first aired from February 24 to May 19, 2014.

Participant Age Hometown placement
Bianca Del Rio 37 New York City , New York winner
Adore Delano 23 Azusa , California 2nd / 3rd space
Courtney Act 31 West Hollywood , California
Darienne Lake 41 Rochester , New York 4th Place
BenDeLaCreme 31 Seattle , Washington 5th place
(Miss Congeniality)
Joslyn Fox 26th Worcester , Massachusetts 6th place
Trinity K. Bonet 22nd Atlanta , Georgia 7th place
Laganja Estranja 24 Van Nuys , California 8th place
Milk 25th New York City , New York 9th place
Gia Gunn 23 Chicago , Illinois 10th place
April Carrión 24 Guaynabo , Puerto Rico 11th place
Vivacious 40 New York City , New York 12th place
Magnolia Crawford 28 Seattle , Washington 13./14. Place f
Kelly Mantle 37 Los Angeles , California
fIn the first two episodes there were only seven candidates, of which Magnolia Crawford and Kelly Mantle were eliminated. The remaining 12 candidates were brought together in the third episode.

Adore Delano took part in the second All Stars season and left voluntarily. Milk and BenDeLaCreme, who left voluntarily, took part in the third season.

Season 7 (2015)

Violet Chachki, winner of the seventh season, is known for burlesque acts and a fetish and dominatrix style with particularly tightly laced corsets .

Fourteen candidates took part in the seventh season, which first aired from March 2 to June 1, 2015.

Participant Age Hometown placement
Violet Chachki 22nd Atlanta , Georgia winner
Ginger Minj 29 Orlando , Florida 2nd / 3rd space
Pearl 23 New York City , New York
Kennedy Davenport 33 Dallas , Texas 4th Place
Katya 32 Boston , Massachusetts 5th place
(Miss Congeniality)
Trixie Mattel 24 Milwaukee , Wisconsin 6th place g
Miss Fame 29 New York City , New York 7th place
Jaidynn Diore Fierce 25th Nashville , Tennessee 8th place
Max 22nd Hudson , Wisconsin 9th place
Kandy Ho 28 Cayey , Puerto Rico 10th place
Mrs. Kasha Davis 43 Rochester , New York 11th place
Jasmine Masters 37 Los Angeles , California 12th place
Sasha Belle 28 Iowa City , Iowa 13th place
Tempest DuJour 46 Tucson , Arizona 14th place
G Trixie Mattel originally dropped out in eleventh place and, having returned in the eighth episode, again in the tenth episode.

Ginger Minj and Katja took part in the second All Stars season; Kennedy Davenport and Trixie Mattel on season three, which Trixie Mattel won; Jasmine Masters on season four. Trixie Mattel and Jasmine Masters also competed in the Christmas special Holi-slay Spectacular .

Season 8 (2016)

Twelve candidates took part in the eighth season, which first aired from March 7th to May 16th, 2016.

Bob The Drag Queen, season eight winner.
Seasons eight and ninth contestant Cynthia Lee Fontaine is best known for using the catch phrase "cucu" for bum.
Participant Age Hometown placement
Bob the drag queen 29 New York City , New York winner
Kim Chi 27 Chicago , Illinois 2nd / 3rd space
Naomi Smalls 21st Redlands , California
Chi Chi DeVayne 29 Shreveport , Louisiana 4th Place
Derrick Barry 32 Las Vegas , Nevada 5th place
Thorgy Thor 31 New York City , New York 6th place
Robbie Turner 33 Seattle , Washington 7th place
Acid Betty 37 New York City , New York 8th place
Naysha Lopez 31 Chicago , Illinois 9th place h
Cynthia Lee Fontaine 34 Austin , Texas 10th place
(Miss Congeniality)
Dax ExclamationPoint 31 Savannah , Georgia 11./12. Place h
Laila McQueen 22nd Gloucester , Massachusetts
H Naysha Lopez was originally eliminated in twelfth place, but after Laila McQueen and Dax ExclamationPoint were eliminated together in a double exclusion after Lipsync, RuPaul asked back into the competition and was eliminated again in ninth place.

Cynthia Lee Fontaine returned as a surprise contestant in season nine. Chi Chi DeVayne and Thorgy Thor appeared again in the third All Stars season, Naomi Smalls in the fourth season, and Kim Chi in the Holi-slay Spectacular special. Derrick Barry is participating in the fifth season of All Stars again.

Season 9 (2017)

Sasha Velor, winner of the ninth season, appears in drag with a bald head and a monobrow .
Eureka O'Hara participated in the ninth and tenth seasons.

The ninth season, which premiered from March 24 to June 23, 2017, featured fourteen candidates, of which Cynthia Lee Fontaine, who returned from season eight, appeared as a surprise candidate at the end of the first episode.

Participant Age Hometown placement
Sasha Velor 29 New York City , New York winner
Peppermint 37 New York City , New York 2nd place
Shea Couleé 27 Chicago , Illinois 3rd / 4th Place i
Trinity Taylor 31 Orlando , Florida
Alexis Michelle 32 New York City , New York 5th place
Nina Bo'nina Brown 34 Riverdale , Georgia 6th place
Valentina 25th Echo Park , California 7th place
(Miss Congeniality)
Farrah Moan 23 Las Vegas , Nevada 8th place
Aye 22nd New York City , New York 9th place
Cynthia Lee Fontaine 35 Austin , Texas 10th place
Eureka 25th Johnson City , Tennessee 11th place j
Charlie Hides 52 Boston , Massachusetts 12th place
Kimora Blac 27 Las Vegas , Nevada 13th place
Jaymes Mansfield 26th Milwaukee , Wisconsin 14th place
iSince the ninth season, the final has been played in a tournament mode between the last four candidates, in which two compete in a lipsync duel and the winners again in a duel for the crown. A duel for third place does not take place.
j Eureka had to leave the show due to an injury in a sports challenge in episode five and was invited to return to season ten.

Trinity Taylor, Valentina and Farrah Moan appeared again in the fourth season of All Stars , which Trinity Taylor (as Trinity The Tuck) won together with Monét X Change. Shea Couleé returns for the fifth season of All Stars .

Season 10 (2018)

Aquaria, drag daughter of Sharon Needles, became the youngest ever winner at the age of 21.
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo became an internet meme after just one episode in season 10 and was allowed to return in season 11.

Fourteen candidates took part in the tenth season, which premiered from March 22 to June 28, 2018.

Participant Age Hometown placement
Aquaria 21st New York City , New York winner
Eureka 27 Johnson City , Tennessee 2nd / 3rd Place k
Cameron Michaels 31 Nashville , Tennessee
Asia O'Hara 35 Dallas , Texas 4th Place
Miz crackers 33 New York City , New York 5th place
Monét X Change 27 New York City , New York 6th place
(Miss Congeniality)
The Vixen 26th Chicago , Illinois 7th place
Monique Heart 31 Kansas City , Missouri 8th place
Blair St. Clair 22nd Indianapolis , Indiana 9th place
Mayhem Miller 35 Riverside , California 10th place
Dusty Ray Bottoms 29 New York City , New York 11th place
Yuhua Hamasaki 27 New York City , New York 12th place
Calorie Karbdashian Williams 27 Albuquerque , New Mexico 13th place
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo 25th Tampa , Florida 14th place
k After Asia O'Hara was eliminated in the Lipsync duel against Kameron Michaels in the final and Eureka and Aquaria both progressed in the Lipsnc duel, RuPaul let the three Kameron Michaels, Eureka and Aquaria compete in a Lipsync duel, which Aquaria won.

Vanessa Vanjie Mateo returned in the eleventh season. Monique Hart and Monét X Change competed again in the fourth All Stars season, which Monét X Change won together with Trinity Taylor; as well as Mayhem Miller and Eureka in the Holi-slay Spectacular -Special. Blair St. Clair, Mayhem Miller and Miz Cracker are participating in the fifth season of All Stars .

Season 11 (2019)

Yvie Oddly is the 2019 winner.
Brooke Lynn Hytes, the first Canadian native , has been announced as a judge for the Drag Race Canada offshoot .

Fifteen candidates took part in the eleventh season, which was first broadcast from February 28 to May 30, 2019.

Participant Age Hometown placement
Yvie Oddly 24 Denver , Colorado winner
Brooke Lynn Hytes 32 Nashville , Tennessee 2nd place
A'Keria C. Davenport 30th Dallas , Texas 3rd / 4th space
Silky Nutmeg Ganache 28 Chicago , Illinois
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo 26th Los Angeles , California 5th place
Nina West 39 Columbus , Ohio 6th place
(Miss Congeniality)
Shuga Cain 40 New York City , New York 7th place
Plastique tiara 21st Dallas , Texas 8th place
Ra'Jah D. O'Hara 33 Dallas , Texas 9th place
Scarlet Envy 26th New York City , New York 10th place
Ariel Versace 26th Cherry Hill , New Jersey 11th place
Mercedes Iman Diamond 30th Minneapolis , Minnesota 12th place
Honey Davenport 32 New York City , New York 13th place
Kahanna Montrese 25th Las Vegas , Nevada 14th place
Soju 27 Los Angeles , California 15th place

Season 12 (2020)

Thirteen candidates took part in the twelfth season, which was broadcast from February 28 to May 29, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the reunion episode and the final were recorded as virtual video conferences.

Participant Age Hometown placement
Jaida Essence Hall 32 Milwaukee , Wisconsin winner
Crystal Methyd 28 Springfield , Missouri 2nd / 3rd Place l
Gigi Goode 21st Los Angeles , California
Sherry pie 27 New York City , New York 4th place /
disqualified m
Jackie Cox 34 New York City , New York 5th place
Heidi N Closet 24 Ramseur , North Carolina 6th place
Miss Congeniality
Widow Von'Du 30th Kansas City , Missouri 7th place
Jan 26th New York City , New York 8th place
Brita 34 New York City , New York 9th place
Aiden Zhane 29 Acworth , Georgia 10th place
Nicky Doll 28 New York City , New York 11th place
Skirt M. Sakura 28 San Francisco , California 12th place
Dahlia Sin 28 Los Angeles , California 13th place
l After a final lipsync triall, RuPaul only announced the overall winner and did not let one out beforehand.
mSherry Pie was disqualified for catfishing allegations on March 6, 2020, prior to the second episode in which she first appeared . Then it was subsequently cut out of the already recorded episodes as far as possible. She did not participate in the reunion episode and the final for which she originally qualified.

RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars

Season 1 (2012)

Season four finalist and Season One All Stars winner Chad Michaels is known for her imitations of Cher .

Twelve candidates took part in the first All Stars season, which was first broadcast from October 22 to November 26, 2012. In the first season of All Stars , the competition mode differs from the regular seasons and the other All Stars seasons in that the participants compete in teams of two. After only one member of the worst teams competed in lipsync, the team members dropped out together. The last two teams will only be disbanded in the final so that a single drag queen can be chosen as the winner.

team Participant previous season Age Hometown placement
Shad Chad Michaels Season 4 41 San Diego, California winner
Rujubee Raven season 2 33 Riverside, California 2nd place
Jujubee season 2 28 Boston, Massachusetts 3rd / 4th space
Shad Shannel season 1 32 Las Vegas, Nevada
Yarlexis Alexis Mateo season 3 32 St. Petersburg, Florida 5th / 6th space
Yara Sofia season 3 28 Manatí, Puerto Rico
Latrila Latrice Royale Season 4 40 South Beach, Florida 7th / 8th space
Manila Luzon season 3 30th New York City, New York
Brown flowers Nina Flowers season 1 37 Denver, Colorado 9/10 space
Tammie Brown season 1 32 Long Beach, California
Mandora Mimi Imfurst season 3 29 New York City, New York 11./12. space
Pandora Boxx season 2 40 Rochester, New York

Season 2 (2016)

Alaska, season five finalist and season two All Stars winner .

Ten candidates took part in the second All Stars season, which was first broadcast from August 25 to October 27, 2016. From the second season, the mode changed so that the candidates compete individually again and the two best contest the lipsync duel, the winner thereby having the opportunity to eliminate one of the two worst. The winner was determined in the final by a lipsync duel between the last three candidates.

Participant previous season Age Hometown placement
Alaska Season 5 34 Los Angeles, California winner
Detox Season 5 30th Los Angeles, California 2nd / 3rd space
Katya Season 7 34 Boston, Massachusetts
Roxxxy Andrews Season 5 31 Orlando, Florida 4th Place
Alyssa Edwards Season 5 35 Dallas, Texas 5th place A
Tatianna season 2 27 Washington, DC 6th place A
Phi Phi O'Hara Season 4 29 New York City, New York 7th place
Ginger Minj Season 7 31 Orlando, Florida 8th place
Adore Delano Season 6 25th Azusa, California 9th place B
Coco Montrese Season 5 41 Las Vegas, Nevada 10th place
A.Tatianna was originally eliminated in eighth place and Alyssa Edwards in sixth place. In the fifth episode, in which all those who had previously been eliminated came back for a challenge, they were allowed to compete in a lipsync duel to return to the competition. RuPaul brought both back because of their performance.
B. Adore Delano left the competition voluntarily.

Season 3 (2018)

Trixie Mattel, the third season winner, has a campy Barbie look.

Ten candidates took part in the third season of All Stars , which first aired from January 25 to March 15, 2018.

Participant previous season Age Hometown placement
Trixie Mattel Season 7 28 Milwaukee, Wisconsin winner
Kennedy Davenport Season 7 35 Dallas, Texas 2nd place
BeBe Zahara Benet season 1 36 Minneapolis, Minnesota 3rd / 4th space
Shangela Season 2, 3 35 Los Angeles, California
Morgan McMichaels season 2 36 Los Angeles, California 5th place C
BenDeLaCreme Season 6 35 Seattle, Washington 6th place C
Aye Season 9 23 New York City, New York 7th place
Chi Chi DeVayne Season 8 32 Shreveport, Louisiana 8th place
Milk Season 6 29 New York City, New York 9th place
Thorgy Thor Season 8 33 New York City, New York 10th place
C.Morgan McMichaels originally retired in tenth place. In the sixth episode, BenDeLaCreme, as the winner of the Lipsync duel, was able to bring back one of the previously eliminated candidates into the competition, choosing Morgan McMichaels, and to eliminate one of the remaining candidates from the competition. For this she chose herself and thus got out voluntarily.

Season 4 (2018-2019)

Trinity Taylor (l.) From the ninth season and Monét X Change (r.) From the tenth season were crowned joint winners of the fourth season All Stars .

Ten candidates took part in the fourth season of All Stars , which aired from December 14, 2018 to February 15, 2019. This season, RuPaul named two winners for the first time on the show.

Participant previous season Age Hometown placement
Monét X Change Season 10 28 New York City, New York Winners
Trinity The Tuck Taylor Season 9 33 Orlando, Florida
Monique Heart Season 10 32 Kansas City, Missouri 3rd / 4th space
Naomi Smalls Season 8 24 Chicago, Illinois
Latrice Royale Season 4 / All Stars 1 46 South Beach, Florida 5th place D
Manila Luzon Season 4 / All Stars 1 37 Los Angeles, California 6th place
Valentina Season 9 27 Echo Park, California 7th place
Gia Gunn Season 6 28 Los Angeles, California 8th place
Farrah Moan Season 9 24 Los Angeles, California 9th place
Jasmine Masters Season 7 41 Los Angeles, California 10th place
D. Latrice Royale was originally eliminated in seventh place, but was allowed to enter the competition again in the sixth episode, in which everyone who had previously been eliminated returned for a challenge, after a lipsync duel against Monique Heart, which they both won.

Season 5 (2020)

Shea Couleé is the fifth season winner.

Ten candidates took part in the fifth season, which was broadcast from June 5 to July 24, 2020. In the fifth season the mode has been changed in such a way that RuPaul appoints only one challenge winner in addition to the two worst participants and, in addition to the candidates, other former participants appear as so-called lip sync assassins , i.e. H. those who excelled in their regular season through special talent in the lipsync duel and thus eliminated several opponents. The challenge winner must compete against the Lip Sync Assassin in order to eliminate the worst she has chosen if she wins. Additionally, the remaining contestants choose one of the worst two who would eliminate them and then be eliminated if the Lip Sync Assassin wins the duel.

Candidates
Participant previous season Age Hometown placement eliminated by
Shea Couleé Season 9 30th Chicago, Illinois winner
Jujubee Season 2 / All Stars 1 34 Boston, Massachusetts 2nd / 3rd place
Miz crackers Season 10 35 New York City, New York
Blair St. Clair Season 10 24 Indianapolis, Indiana 4th Place Challenge winner
Alexis Mateo Season 3 / All Stars 1 38 Saint Petersburg, Florida 5th place Lip Syn Assassin
India Ferrah season 3 33 Las Vegas, Nevada 6th place Challenge winner
Mayhem Miller Season 10 37 Riverside, California 7th place Challenge Winner &
Lip Sync Assassin E.
Mariah Balenciaga season 3 37 Los Angeles, California 8th place Lip Sync Assassin
Ongina season 1 37 Los Angeles, California 9th place Challenge winner
Derrick Barry Season 8 35 Las Vegas, Nevada 10th place Lip Sync Assassin
Lip Sync Assassin
Participant previous season note episode
Yvie Oddly Season 11 1
Alyssa Edwards Season 5 / All Stars 2 2
Monét X Change Season 10 / All Stars 4 3
Morgan McMichaels Season 2 / All Stars 3 4th
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo Season 10/11 5
Roxxxy Andrews Season 5 / All Stars 2 6th
Kennedy Davenport Season 7 / All Stars 3 7th
NoteThe season is highlighted in bold, indicating that the Queen has won this season;
Italics emphasized that the Queen received the title of Miss Congeniality.
E.In the lipsync duel between challenge winner Miz Cracker and Lip Sync assassin Morgan McMichaels, RuPaul declared both to be the winners, so that both should reveal who they (Miz Cracker) or the group (revealed by Morgan McMichaels) chose to eliminate, by which more than one queen could have been eliminated. Both chose Mayhem Miller.

RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular (2018)

In the Christmas special Holi-slay Spectacular , which was broadcast on December 7th, 2018, eight candidates competed in four lip-sync duels for the title of "Drag Race Christmas Queen". RuPaul declared all eight winners.

Participants
Eureka
Jasmine Masters
Kim Chi
Latrice Royale
Mayhem Miller
Shangela
Sonique
Trixie Mattel

Offshoot

Earlier Drag Race candidates took part in the US branches Drag U and Secret Celebrity Drag Race ; in the international offshoots, drag queens from the respective country are the candidates. List of participants can be found in the main articles.

Individual evidence

  1. Stephen Daw: Sherry Pie Disqualified From 'RuPaul's Drag Race' After Catfishing Allegations . In: billboard . March 6, 2020. Accessed March 7, 2020.
  2. Joey Nolfi: Shocking twist revealed in RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars 5 trailer . In: Entertainment Weekly . May 21, 2020. Accessed June 6, 2020.