RuPaul's Drag Race - Seasons

Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for RuPaul's Drag Race Logo's new reality series which will be the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top 9 drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPa…

Season 2

Logo TV , 2010

The second season of RuPaul's Drag Race premiered on February 1, 2010 and aired its final episode on April 26, 2010. On May 1, 2009, the casting website for series opened, allowing prospective contestants to create user profiles and upload videos of…

Season 3

Logo TV , 2011

The third season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on January 24, 2011. Twelve new contestants and one returning contestant competed for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar", a headlining spot on the Absolut Tour, a lifetime supply of Kryola…

Season 4

Logo TV , 2012

The fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on January 30, 2012, with cast members announced November 13, 2011. The winner of season four headlined Logo's Drag Race Tour featuring Absolut Vodka, won a one-of-a-kind trip, a lifetime supply of…

Season 5

Logo TV , 2013

The fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race premiered on January 28, 2013 with a 90-minute premiere episode. It had the most contestants since the creation of the show with fourteen.

Season 6

Logo TV , 2014

The sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing February 24, 2014. Like Season 5, this season featured 14 contestants competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar". For the first time in the show's history, the season premiere was sp…

Season 7

Logo TV , 2015

The seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on March 2, 2015. Returning judges included RuPaul and Michelle Visage, while the space previously occupied by Santino Rice was filled by new additions Ross Mathews and Carson Kressley.

Season 8

Logo TV , 2016

The eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on March 7, 2016, with returning judges RuPaul and Michelle Visage, and Carson Kressley and Ross Matthews alternating as they did in Season 7. Twelve queens will be competing for the title of "Amer…

Season 9

VH1 , 2017

The ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on March 24, 2017. Fourteen queens are competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar" and a cash prize of $100,000. The cast members were revealed on February 2, 2017. The premiere date…

Season 10

VH1 , 2018

The tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was announced on April 13, 2017, and began airing on March 22, 2018. This season was the first in having the premiere of Untucked in VH1 next to the main show.

Season 11

VH1 , 2019

The eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race was announced in January. Casting began soon after, and later it was announced that fifteen queens will compete for the crown this season. Filming began in late May 2018, with the season premiere airing on Th…

Season 12

VH1 , 2020

The twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was announced January 22, 2019. Casting opened that same day with a submission deadline of March 1st and later it was announced that thirteen queens will compete for the crown this season. Filming began in lat…

Season 13

VH1 , 2020 - 2021

The thirteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was officially announced on August 20, 2020. Filming began in mid July 2020 with production officially ending on August 31, when the contestants resumed social media activity. On December 9, 2020 the cast w…

Season 14

VH1 , 2021 - 2022

Season 15

MTV , 2022 - 2023

Season 16

MTV , 2023 - 2024

On this Emmy Award-winning reality competition series, a new set of talented queens face off in design and performance challenges in hopes of being crowned America's Next Drag Superstar.