RuPaul's_Drag_Race_season_15

<i>RuPaul's Drag Race</i> season 15

RuPaul's Drag Race season 15

Season of television series


The fifteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race premiered January 6, 2023.[1] The reality competition series moved to MTV for broadcast, instead of VH1 in the United States.[2]

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This season features the largest cast in the show's history, with sixteen queens competing for $200,000, the largest cash prize in the show's history. It is also the first season to feature biological relatives, twins Sugar and Spice.[3] Series judges Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, and Ross Mathews returned, and Ts Madison, who had previously appeared as a recurring guest judge, joined the judges panel.[4]

The season was won by Sasha Colby, the third trans person to win the main series of RuPaul's Drag Race,[5][6] with Anetra as the runner-up. Malaysia Babydoll Foxx was named Miss Congeniality.[7]

Production

In November 2021, RuPaul announced a casting call for season fifteen of RuPaul's Drag Race on social media. The casting call was open until January 7, 2022, the day season fourteen premiered.[8] In August 2022, VH1 officially announced the show's renewal, as well for its companion series, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked.[9] This season also included the milestone for its 200th episode of the series.[10]

In December 2022, it was announced that season 15 would begin with a special two-part premiere on January 6, 2023, on MTV instead of VH1.[11] Later that month, season 14 winner Willow Pill revealed the season's cast, with a record-breaking sixteen queens competing. The drag racing themed promotional images accompanying the cast announcement drew comparisons to the promotion for the show's debut season.[12]

Post-production

Following the two-part season premiere, subsequent episodes were sixty minutes long, including commercials. This was a reversion to the previous format for seasons one through nine before the show expanded to ninety minutes in season 10. Further, instead of airing Untucked immediately after each main episode, MTV aired the new reality program The Real Friends of WeHo between the main episode and Untucked. The shortened format and programming lineup change elicited backlash from the show's fan base.[13]

On February 9 it was announced that beginning with the March 10 episode, episodes for the remainder of the season would be returning to the ninety-minute format.[14] On August 9, ninety minute edits of the entire season (including the previously truncated episodes 3–10) were released on Paramount+ in the United States and WOW Presents Plus worldwide.[15]

Contestants

The winner, Sasha Colby.

Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.

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Notes
  1. Malaysia Babydoll Foxx was voted Miss Congeniality by fellow contestants.
  2. Although performing as a duo outside of the show, Sugar and Spice competed as individual contestants.
  3. Irene "The Alien" Dubois is referred to as Irene Dubois on the show.

Contestant progress

Legend:

  Sasha Colby won RuPaul's Drag Race season 15.
  Anetra was the runner-up.
  Malaysia Babydoll Foxx was voted Miss Congeniality (Miss C) by fellow contestants.
  Salina EsTitties won the Golden Boot (GB) for having the worst look of the season.
  WIN indicates that the contestant won the challenge.
  SAFE indicates that the contestant was declared safe by the judges.
  STAY indicates that the contestant won a LaLaPaRuZa lip sync and remained in the competition.
  SAVE indicates that Spice was saved from participating in the final lip sync of the LaLaPaRuZa.
  BTM (Bottom) indicates that the contestant was up for elimination.
  ELIM (Eliminated) indicates that the contestant was eliminated.
  Guest indicates that the contestant returned as a guest.
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Lip syncs

Legend:

  The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated after their fourth time in the bottom.
  The contestant won the first round of the LaLaPaRuZa Lip Sync Smackdown and remained in the competition.
  The contestant won the second round of the LaLaPaRuZa Lip Sync Smackdown and remained in the competition.
  The contestant won the Lip Sync for the Crown and was declared the winner of the season.
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Guest judges

Special guests

Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.

Episode 1

Episode 6

  • Freddy Scott, composer and actor
  • Leland, producer
  • Old Gays, social media personalities and activists

Episode 7

Episode 10

Episode 12

  • Miguel Zarate, choreographer

Episode 13

Episode 14

  • Miguel Zarate, choreographer

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episodes

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Ratings

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References

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