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pos: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 3) of the third season of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" was Trixie Mattel, with Kennedy Davenport being the runner-up. The drag queens that competed are: "(Ages and names stated are at time of contest.)" Listed in chronological order: Guests who appeared in episodes but did not judge on the main stage (in order of appearance): <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> On February 15, 2018, the series production company World of Wonder filed a lawsuit against an anonymous leaker using the alias RealityTVLeaks. According to the lawsuit, RealityTVLeaks posted several visuals from the season on various social media websites such as Reddit, Twitter, and Instagram

pos: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 4) Holi-slay Spectacular", a Christmas themed special episode of "RuPaul's Drag Race". The drag queens who will compete for a spot in the "Drag Race Hall of Fame" are: "(Ages and names stated are correct at time of contest.)" Guest judges for this season include: <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 4) The fourth season of "" was announced by VH1 on August 22, 2018. Prior to the official announcement, RuPaul confirmed in an episode of his podcast "What's the Tee?", that filming for the fourth season was underway. Season 3 winner Trixie Mattel hosted a special, "Trixie's Playhouse", to

pos: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 4) RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 4) The fourth season of "" was announced by VH1 on August 22, 2018. Prior to the official announcement, RuPaul confirmed in an episode of his podcast "What's the Tee?", that filming for the fourth season was underway. Season 3 winner Trixie Mattel hosted a special, "Trixie's Playhouse", to announce the cast for the fourth season. It was originally scheduled to air on November 8, 2018, but was postponed to the following day due to the Thousand Oaks shooting. The season premiered on December 14, 2018, on VH1, one week after "RuPaul's Drag Race

pos: RuPaul's Drag Race U" is the most successful of the "Drag Race" promotional singles, peaking at number 29 on the Dance and Electronic Charts. The fourth single, "Category Is", featured the top 4 contestants from season 9; Peppermint, Sasha Velour, Trinity Taylor, & Shea Couleé. It was released on iTunes on April 20, 2018. The fifth single, "Kitty Girl", featured the top 4 contestants from All Stars Season 3; Kennedy Davenport, Shangela, Bebe Zahara Benet & Trixie Mattel. It charted at number 99 on the UK Singles Chart giving RuPaul his first UK chart entry in 20 years. Following "Drag Race", many contestants

pos: RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars top queens of the season were chosen was revealed in the season's final episode. The previously eliminated queens returned in the finale and voted for the top two out of the remaining top four finalists; from there on, the two queens with the most votes advanced while the others were eliminated. The winner of the third season of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" was Trixie Mattel. In August 2018, during an episode of his podcast, "Whats the Tee?", RuPaul confirmed he was currently filming the fourth season of "All Stars". On August 22, 2018, VH1 officially announced a fourth season

pos: RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular was a holiday television special, which aired on VH1 on December 7, 2018. The hour-long "RuPaul's Drag Race" special, announced on November 1, had former "Drag Race" contestants Eureka O'Hara, Jasmine Masters, Kim Chi, Latrice Royale, Mayhem Miller, Shangela Laquifa Wadley, Sonique, and Trixie Mattel compete to become ""Drag Race" Christmas Queen". The contestants had to lip-sync to holiday music by RuPaul, including tracks from "Slay Belles" (2015) and "Christmas Party" (2018), to choreography by Todrick Hall. Jasmine Masters and Latrice Royale will be competing in the upcoming fourth season

pos: RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular costume to choreography by Todrick Hall. The runway theme is "Non-denominational Christmas Eleganza Extravaganza". All the queens lip synched in pairs against one another: Mayhem Miller vs. Sonique ("Merry Christmas, Mary"); Jasmine Masters vs. Shangela ("Jingle Dem Bells"); Eureka vs. Trixie Mattel ("Deck the Halls"); Kim Chi vs. Latrice Royale ("Brand New Year"). RuPaul declared that they are all winners. At the end of the episode, Michelle Visage and RuPaul lip synced for their lives ("Christmas Party"); the judging panel declares a double save. The program received mixed reviews as many expected a typical episode, when it was actually a

pos: RuPaul's Drag Race America’s first Drag Race Christmas Queen. In the same announcement, the eight contestants confirmed to be competing were Eureka O'Hara, Jasmine Masters, Kim Chi, Latrice Royale, Mayhem Miller, Shangela, Sonique, and Trixie Mattel. Almost all music used in the series comes from RuPaul's albums: "Champion", "Glamazon", "Born Naked", "Realness", "Butch Queen", and "American". Exceptions are songs used during the lip-sync portion of the show. Songs used while the contestants walk the runway have been: RuPaul confirmed on Twitter that a new album, in which each of the Season 6 contestants covered a song from his catalog, would be released. The

neg: Victoria "Porkchop" Parker during all of the "Drag Race" live reunions, starting with season 4. Parker has been brought back on the show by Rupaul several times, in homage to being the first contestant ever eliminated. She appeared during the recap episode of "Rupaul's Drag Race: All Stars 2" and was featured in winning queen Alaska's rap. Parker was also brought back for the first episode of season 10 of Rupaul's Drag Race to help judge the mini-challenge. In the first episode of "RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 3," Vanessa Hudgens lip synced against "Porkchop," an actual porkchop, which Rupaul said was Parker.

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 1) and "tag in" to complete the performance. RuPaul dedicated the first episode in memory of Sahara Davenport, a former competitor in season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race who died due to heart failure. The winner of the first season of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" was Chad Michaels, with Raven being the runner-up. Latrice Royale and Manila Luzon will be competing again in the 4th season of All Stars. "(Ages and names stated are at time of contest)" Listed in chronological order: <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 1) The first season of "" premiered on the Logo

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars of "All Stars". The fourth season premiered on December 14, 2018, on VH1. All returning contestants are listed below by season and elimination order. RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars is an American reality competition television series spin-off produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV, where host and mentor RuPaul invites past contestants of "RuPaul's Drag Race" to compete for a spot in the Drag Race Hall of Fame. In the mini challenge, each contestant is asked to perform a different task with varying requirements and time limitations. The winner of a mini challenge is

neg: RuPaul's Drag U (DPA): Drag transformation, Performance and Attitude adjustment. The contestant with the highest DPA wins. RuPaul is the "President" of Drag U. Unlike in "RuPaul's Drag Race", he does not appear in drag. Regular judges in season one were "Dean of Drag" Lady Bunny and "Dean of Dance" Frank Gatson, Jr.. For season two, Lady Bunny returned as "Dean of Drag", and various choreographers rotated throughout the season as "Deans of Dance". Each episode features one celebrity guest judge, who is usually female. Contestants from "RuPaul's Drag Race" appear on "RuPaul's Drag U" as professors. The episodes start with RuPaul introducing

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7) RuPaul Presents: CoverGurlz 2 is a 2015 compilation album by entertainer RuPaul, featuring the season 7 cast of his show "RuPaul's Drag Race". The album was released digitally on February 3, 2015. Similar to , the compilation consists of 14 covers of songs previously released by RuPaul, performed by all of the RuPaul's Drag Race season seven contestants. It features tracks originally from RuPaul's albums "Born Naked", "Glamazon", "Red Hot", "Starrbooty: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack", "SuperGlam DQ". All songs written by RuPaul Charles and Lucian Piane, with the exception of tracks fifteen and sixteen, which were written solely by Charles

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars is an American reality competition television series spin-off produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV, where host and mentor RuPaul invites past contestants of "RuPaul's Drag Race" to compete for a spot in the Drag Race Hall of Fame. In the mini challenge, each contestant is asked to perform a different task with varying requirements and time limitations. The winner of a mini challenge is sometimes rewarded with some kind of advantage in the main challenge. The requirements of the main challenge vary across each episode, and can be

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 2) RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 2) The second season of "" premiered on the Logo network on a new night; Thursday, August 25, 2016. Returning judges included RuPaul, Michelle Visage, with Carson Kressley joining the panel, while the space previously occupied by Ross Matthews was filled by Todrick Hall. Cast members were announced on June 17, 2016. This season featured ten All-Star contestants, selected from the show's second season through to its seventh season, who competed to be inducted into the ""Drag Race" Hall of Fame". A new twist was revealed for this season, changing the format of the

neg: RuPaul of season 3 of "RuPaul's Drag Race", RuPaul released his sixth studio album "Glamazon", produced by Revolucian, who previously worked with RuPaul on his album "Champion". The album charted on the "Billboard" Dance/Electronic Albums chart and the "Billboard" Top Heatseekers chart at number 11 and 8 respectively. In July 2011, RuPaul released another remix EP entitled "SuperGlam DQ", which features remixes of tracks from "Glamazon", remixes of the ""Drag U" Theme Song", and a new song, "Sexy Drag Queen". Starting in June 2011, the second season of "RuPaul's Drag U" aired. In late 2011, promotions for season 4 of "Drag

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 2) Listed in chronological order: Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage: Episode 2 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 2) The second season of "" premiered on the Logo network on a new night; Thursday, August 25, 2016. Returning judges included RuPaul, Michelle Visage, with Carson Kressley joining the panel, while the space previously occupied by Ross Matthews was filled by Todrick Hall. Cast members were announced on June 17, 2016. This season featured ten All-Star contestants, selected from the show's second season through to

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars sync in a final attempt to impress RuPaul. After the lip sync, RuPaul decides who stays and who leaves. RuPaul describes the qualities the contestants must have to be crowned the winner of the show as "Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent... These are people who have taken adversity and turned it into something that is beautiful and something powerful." The phrase "charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent" is used repeatedly on the show, the acronym of which is CUNT. On the season, "synergy" was added to provide an explanation behind the contestants being sorted into teams (expanding the acronym into CUNTS).

neg: Raven (drag queen) placement, with many fans feeling like RuPaul only created "All Stars" in order to crown Chad Michaels after he surprisingly lost out to Sharon Needles in the finale of the fourth season of "Drag Race". Furthermore, this first installment of "All Stars" has been frequently critiqued for its elimination process and overall rules, especially the pairing. Raven often gets compared to Allison Harvard, a contestant on "America's Next Top Model", who also placed as the runner-up on her respective season and on an "All Stars" season. Because of this, they are both known as "Queen of Runner-Ups". Petruschin returned to

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race RuPaul's Drag Race RuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality competition television series produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV and, beginning with the ninth season, VH1. The show documents RuPaul in the search for "America's next drag superstar." RuPaul plays the role of host, mentor, and head judge for this series, as contestants are given different challenges each week. "RuPaul's Drag Race" employs a panel of judges, including RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Ross Mathews, Carson Kressley, and a host of other guest judges, who critique contestants' progress throughout the competition. The title of the show is a play on

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 1) Drag Race", Nina Flowers was determined by an audience vote via the show's official website. The results were announced in early September 2008. The theme song playing during the runway every episode was "Cover Girl" from RuPaul's album "Champion". This season and season one of All-Stars are the only seasons to not feature the "Snatch Game." The winner of the first season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" was BeBe Zahara Benet, with Nina Flowers being the runner-up. In late 2013, Logo re-aired the first season, which was titled "RuPaul's Drag Race: The Lost Season Ru-Vealed", and featured commentary from RuPaul. Nina

neg: RuPaul fellow ‘'RuPaul’s Drag Race'’ judge Michelle Visage. The weekly show features their thoughts on topics including behind-the-scenes of "RuPaul's Drag Race", life advice, beauty tips, and conversations with featured guests from the entertainment world. In 2018, RuPaul was one of the actors who voiced the audiobook "A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo". Launched through production company World of Wonder, RuPaul's DragCon is an annual drag-themed convention held in Los Angeles and New York City, which allows members of the public to meet with RuPaul, former "RuPaul's Drag Race" contestants and other drag queens. The conventions feature performances, meet-and-greet

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars lowest performing queens had to "Lip Sync for their Life" to avoid elimination. This season has the two best performing queens of the challenge "Lip Sync for their Legacy", with the winner of the lip sync earning $10,000 and choosing which one of the bottom queens to eliminate. However, on their exit, RuPaul advised the first four eliminated queens that they will have the opportunity to come back for their "revenge", with the winner gaining entry back into the competition. The winner of the second season of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" was Alaska. On August 21, 2017, VH1 announced

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race submit audition tapes in hopes of being cast. All contestants selected must be 21 years of age or older at the time of taping. RuPaul plays several roles in the show: host, coach, and judge. "USA Today"'s Lifeline explains: "RuPaul the drag queen will be the final word in judging and eliminations, while RuPaul the man will offer guidance to contestants for each challenge." "RuPaul's Drag Race" uses progressive elimination to reduce the number of drag queens in the competition from the initial field of fourteen contestants (the maximum a season has started with) down to the final three or

neg: RuPaul RuPaul was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program. He would go on to win the award at the September 11 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Ceremony. 2016 also saw the release of the single "Read U Wrote U" that features rap parts by the "RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 2" finalists Roxxxy Andrews, Katya Zamolodchikova, Alaska Thunderfuck and Detox Icunt with production by Ellis Miah. On January 27, 2017, RuPaul announced that a new album would be released the week after. The album, named "" was put up for pre-order on February

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race or not. I thinks it’s fabulous and I will fight my entire life to protect and uplift it". RuPaul's Drag Race RuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality competition television series produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV and, beginning with the ninth season, VH1. The show documents RuPaul in the search for "America's next drag superstar." RuPaul plays the role of host, mentor, and head judge for this series, as contestants are given different challenges each week. "RuPaul's Drag Race" employs a panel of judges, including RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Ross Mathews, Carson Kressley, and a host of other

neg: RuPaul's Drag U logo network. Season 3 featured returning professors as well as newcomers from seasons three and four of RuPaul's Drag Race. In the third season of Drag U, RuPaul's segment "A Word from RuPaul" was altered to include definitions of the word. "Drag Tips" continued, featuring a new professor each week, and Lady Bunny continued to host "Lady Lessons". RuPaul's Drag U RuPaul's Drag U (as in "Drag University") was an American reality television series that debuted July 19, 2010, on Logo TV. Its final episode aired in August 2012. It was hosted by RuPaul and a team of drag queen

neg: RuPaul Is: Starbooty! RuPaul Is: Starbooty! RuPaul is: Starbooty! is a 1987 low-budget underground film trilogy starring and co-produced by a then-unknown drag queen, RuPaul. Because it was produced on a very low budget, various posters, advertisements and video covers alternate the spelling between "Starbooty" and "Starrbooty". Filmed on a zero-dollar budget, the movies are a pastiche of 1960s blaxploitation films. RuPaul stars as Starbooty, a crime fighting federal agent who disposes of villains while getting entangled in romantic liaisons. At the time, RuPaul was still participating in a type of drag known as genderfuck; as such his appearance generally is of a

neg: RuPaul Race" began. RuPaul made appearances on "The Rosie Show" and "The Chew", and also attended a "Drag Race" NY Premiere party at Patricia Field's store in New York. Season 4 of "RuPaul's Drag Race" premiered on Logo on January 30, 2012, with RuPaul returning as the main host and judge. After season 4 ended, TV.com declared that it was the best reality TV show on television. In the fall of 2012, the spin-off "" premiered after a large fan demand. The show featured past contestants of the previous four seasons to compete. Season 5 of "RuPaul's Drag Race" premiered on

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 4) on the show, and can earn additional points by redeeming codes and performing tasks given out when episodes of the show first air. The highest scoring players receive "Drag Race" and NYX Cosmetics products, and one player wins a trip for two to the first stop on Logo's Drag Race Tour. Already having a generous social media presence, Logo expanded its efforts across Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, GetGlue, and Foursquare in preparation for the premiere of season four. Both RuPaul and contestants tweet live while the show airs, and LogoTalk! chat parties (featuring judges, contestants from previous seasons, and contestants from

neg: RuPaul Is: Starbooty! as an Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with 8 songs. It was released by Atlanta-based label, Funtone Records. On October 7, 1997 the soundtrack was released to CD in conjuncture with Every Records. It marks the first collaboration between RuPaul and producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato ("The Fabulous Pop Tarts"), who went on to found "World of Wonder", the production company that now produces "RuPaul's Drag Race". Writing credits adapted from Allmusic. 1 RuPaul Is: Starbooty! RuPaul is: Starbooty! is a 1987 low-budget underground film trilogy starring and co-produced by a then-unknown drag queen, RuPaul. Because it was produced on

neg: Chi Chi DeVayne jobs to support herself at one of the only two gay bars in Shreveport. DeVayne enjoys using different shades of purple in her drag makeup. DeVayne appeared on RuPaul's podcast "RuPaul: What's the Tee with Michelle Visage" in 2016. The next year, she was part of a holiday tour in November called A Drag Queen Christmas: the Naughty Tour, along with Sasha Velour, Shea Coulee, Kim Chi, Latrice Royale, Farrah Moan, Naomi Smalls, and Eureka O'Hara. DeVayne was asked to come back to "RuPaul's Drag Race" for the third season of All Stars, which premiered January 25, 2018. She was

neg: Drag queen For example, Boy George wears drag queen style clothes and cosmetics but he once stated he was not a drag queen. However, RuPaul is a professional drag queen performer and singer. Examples of songs where lyrics refer to drag queens: "What Would You Do?", airing since early 2008, has had episodes featuring drag queens. In mid-2008, RuPaul began producing "RuPaul's Drag Race", a reality television game show which began airing in February 2009. The premise of the program has several drag queens compete to be selected by RuPaul and a panel of judges as "America's next drag superstar". It inspired

neg: RuPaul booths, merchandise sales and panel discussions. RuPaul RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960) is an American drag queen, actor, model, singer, songwriter, and television personality. Since 2009, he has produced and hosted the reality competition series "RuPaul's Drag Race", for which he has received three Primetime Emmy Awards, in 2016, 2017, and 2018. RuPaul is considered to be the most commercially successful drag queen in the United States. In 2017, he was included in the annual "Time" 100 list of the most influential people in the world. RuPaul was born and raised in San Diego and later moved to

neg: RuPaul RuPaul RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960) is an American drag queen, actor, model, singer, songwriter, and television personality. Since 2009, he has produced and hosted the reality competition series "RuPaul's Drag Race", for which he has received three Primetime Emmy Awards, in 2016, 2017, and 2018. RuPaul is considered to be the most commercially successful drag queen in the United States. In 2017, he was included in the annual "Time" 100 list of the most influential people in the world. RuPaul was born and raised in San Diego and later moved to Atlanta to study performing arts. He

neg: RuPaul 2009, RuPaul released the album "Champion". The album peaked at number 12 on the "Billboard" Dance/Electronic Albums as well as number 26 on the "Billboard" Top Heatseekers chart. It features the dance singles "Cover Girl" and "Jealous of My Boogie", both anthems from the reality show "RuPaul's Drag Race". Logo's second annual NewNowNext Awards in 2009 were hosted by RuPaul. There he performed "Jealous of My Boogie (Gomi & RasJek Edit)". In March 2010, RuPaul released his second remix album, "Drag Race". The album features remixes of songs from the 2009 album "Champion". In April 2011, coinciding with the finale

neg: Marsha P. Johnson the Johnsons (named in Johnson's honor), and a 1995 play about Johnson, "The Ascension of Marsha P. Johnson." American drag queen and TV personality RuPaul has called Johnson an inspiration, describing her as "the true Drag Mother." During an episode of his show "RuPaul's Drag Race" in 2012, RuPaul told her contestants that Johnson "paved the way for all of [them]". In 2018 the "New York Times" published a belated obituary for her. Marsha P. Johnson Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992) was an American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen. Known as an outspoken

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 3) RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 3) The third season of "" began airing on January 25, 2018. The season was announced in August 2017, and 9 of the 10 cast members were revealed during a VH1 television special titled "Exclusive Queen Ruveal," which aired on October 20, 2017. This season featured ten All Star contestants, selected from the show's first season through to its ninth season, who competed to be inducted into the ""Drag Race" Hall of Fame". As in the previous season, the top two queens in the challenge compete in a "Lip Sync for Your Legacy," with

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race B-52's, Kesha, Shania Twain, Graham Norton, Christina Aguilera, and Lady Gaga. The judges each provide their opinion on the contestants' performances in the main challenge and on the runway before RuPaul announces which queen is the episode's winner and which two had the weakest performances. The day before judging, the contestants are all provided with a song to which they must learn the lyrics. The contestants deemed as being the bottom two must "lip sync for their lives" to the song in a final attempt to impress RuPaul. After the lip sync, RuPaul alone decides who stays and who leaves.

neg: Butch Queen the last seven seasons of "RuPaul's Drag Race". Butch Queen Butch Queen is the tenth studio album from singer and drag queen, RuPaul. It was released on March 4, 2016, just three days prior to the eighth season premiere of "RuPaul's Drag Race". The album features guest appearances from Ellis Miah, Ts Madison and Taylor Dayne, among others. A song on the album, "U Wear It Well" was first used in the promotional campaign for season eight of "RuPaul's Drag Race" in February 2016, which premiered during the 2016 NewNowNext Awards on Logo TV. On February 17, 2016, RuPaul tweeted

neg: Latrice Royale the opportunity to appear on "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars", Royale had to cancel tour dates to appear in the show. For "All Stars", Royale competed against Chad Michaels, Raven, Jujubee, Shannel, Alexis Mateo, Yara Sofia, Manila Luzon, Nina Flowers, Tammie Brown, Pandora Boxx and Mimi Imfurst. For the competition, the queens were paired together, which was a departure from the rest of the RuPaul competitions where everyone competed alone. Royale and Luzon both chose to be together, and as a team they won the first challenge of the season. On the third episode of the season, after not performing

neg: RuPaul run, and a second consecutive win for RuPaul in the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program. In 2017, he was included in the annual "Time" 100 list of the most influential people in the world. RuPaul has a complex relationship with the trans community, in part due to differing philosophies: through drag he seeks to mock gender and identity, while in his view the trans community takes identity seriously. "RuPaul's Drag Race" has featured a number of contestants who came out as transgender either while competing on the show or afterwards, including Sonique, Carmen

neg: Parker Molloy interviewed by Chicagoist concerning Piers Morgan's interview with Janet Mock and the death of Anne Vanderbilt, allegedly resulting from an article posted on Grantland. On March 18, 2014, Molloy wrote an article titled "RuPaul Stokes Anger with Use of Transphobic Slur" at "The Advocate". The article and others discussing the use of the word "tranny" sparked a conversation about its use by RuPaul and others. Molloy was criticized by prominent transgender activists Calpernia Addams, Justin Vivian Bond, Andrea James, Our Lady J, as well as drag artists RuPaul and Alaska, a former contestant on "RuPaul's Drag Race", who made a

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race episodes of the series. This was replaced with, "She done already done had herses!" Host RuPaul additionally came under fire for comments made in an interview with "The Guardian", in which he stated he would "probably not" allow a transgender contestant to compete on "Drag Race." RuPaul compared transgender drag performers to doping athletes on his Twitter, and has since apologized. Season nine winner, Sasha Velour, has expressed her disagreement via Twitter, stating "My drag was born in a community full of trans women, trans men, and gender non-conforming folks doing drag. That’s the real world of drag, like it

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race perform humorously. Some challenges become a tradition across seasons, such as the Snatch Game. Beginning with the seventh season, Michelle Visage, Ross Mathews and Carson Kressley are the staple judges alongside RuPaul. Visage joined the show at the start of season 3, while Mathews and Kressley joined at the start of season 7, and each joins RuPaul and Visage on alternate episodes. Past fixtures on the panel include Merle Ginsberg, who was a regular judge in the first two seasons, and Santino Rice, who held his position from the first season until the conclusion of the sixth. Until season 8,

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars trip" and $100,000. The theme song playing during the runway every episode is "Sexy Drag Queen" (dootdoot 'doot-swift' remix) and the song played during the credits is "Responsitrannity" (Matt Pop's edit), the latter of which is originally from RuPaul's album "Glamazon". Each episode, the judges provide their critiques on the contestants' performances in the main challenge and on the runway before RuPaul announces which team is the winner and which teams had the weakest performances. The teams deemed as being the bottom two must "lip sync for their lives" and choose a queen to reptesent their team in the lip

neg: RuPaul's Drag U RuPaul's Drag U RuPaul's Drag U (as in "Drag University") was an American reality television series that debuted July 19, 2010, on Logo TV. Its final episode aired in August 2012. It was hosted by RuPaul and a team of drag queen "professors". "Drag U" was a spin-off of "RuPaul's Drag Race". RuPaul confirmed on May 8, 2013 via Twitter that the series had been cancelled. In each episode of "RuPaul's Drag U" three women are given drag makeovers and taught to access their "inner divas". Each of these faux queens is judged and evaluated on her "Drag Point Average"

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6) to YouTube on World of Wonder's account on April 2, 2014, two days after the single's release, but was aired on Logo during the episode before the episode's judging portion. On March 31, 2014, the song became available on iTunes. RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz is a 2014 compilation album by entertainer RuPaul, featuring the season 6 cast of his show "RuPaul's Drag Race". The album was released on January 28, 2014. The album was only released digitally to iTunes and Amazon. Although previous winners and top-three contestants have been given the chance to collaborate with RuPaul either on a song

neg: Zaldy entire musical group was for Scissor Sisters's 2006 performance for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Zaldy later designed the costumes for the Japanese band Exile. In the late 1980s, Zaldy met the American drag queen RuPaul at a night club in Union Square, Manhattan. He has designed his drag outfits since 1992. RuPaul wears Zaldy's outfits in the music video for his 1993 single "Supermodel (You Better Work)" and the upcoming Netflix series "AJ and the Queen". Zaldy designs the gowns for RuPaul on "RuPaul's Drag Race". He has three other team members and an assortment of other

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 3) hall of fame, but Drag Race All Stars season three has left me feeling totally underwhelmed and wondering, "What’s the point"?" Vulture did however make the point that although the season did not live up to expectations, "even at its worst, it’s still one of one the best, if not the best goddamn reality competition show on television". RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 3) The third season of "" began airing on January 25, 2018. The season was announced in August 2017, and 9 of the 10 cast members were revealed during a VH1 television special titled "Exclusive Queen

neg: Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul is an American game show that premiered on the Logo cable network, on April 11, 2016. The trivia-based game show, hosted by RuPaul, features contestants who answer questions related to pop culture with an option of asking the celebrity panel for help. The panel includes Michelle Visage, Todrick Hall, Carson Kressley, and Ross Mathews, as well as rotating panel of former contestants of "RuPaul's Drag Race" and various other celebrities. On January 21, 2016, "Gay For Play Game Show Starring RuPaul" was greenlit by Logo, which

neg: Drag Race Thailand May 2018. The first season also made stirs in the Asian LGBT community, the most prominent of which is a campaign to establish a RuPaul's Drag Race version as well in the Philippines and Taiwan, two of the most LGBT-accepting nations in all of Asia. A casting announcement for season two was announced on 4 March 2018. A casting commercial was shown on September 13, 2018, and stated any genders were allowed to apply, as well as non-Thai citizens. Drag Race Thailand Drag Race Thailand is a Thai reality competition show based on the American version with RuPaul. The series

neg: RuPaul women and men of all ages and preferences who share one thing in common: They are not afraid to be fierce. For me, glamour should be accessible to all, and I am committed to helping the world look and smell more beautiful." The line was exclusively sold on the Colorevolution website in various gift sets. RuPaul and Revolucian both confirmed through their Twitter and Instagram accounts that they had been working on an upcoming seventh studio album. "Born Naked" was released on February 24, 2014 to coincide with the premiere of the 6th season of "RuPaul's Drag Race". Prior to

neg: Farrah Moan him get booked at local venues. Clayton has stated that his biggest inspirations in drag are Christina Aguilera and RuPaul. On February 2, 2017, Logo TV announced that Clayton would participate as a contestant in the ninth season of American reality competition "RuPaul's Drag Race". The season premiered on March 24, 2017. Following his poor performance in a roast of the show's judge Michelle Visage, he lost a lip-sync showdown against fellow contestant Alexis Michelle and was eliminated from the competition in 8th place. Moan was referenced in the first episode of season ten of drag race, with Rupaul misleading

neg: Butch Queen Butch Queen Butch Queen is the tenth studio album from singer and drag queen, RuPaul. It was released on March 4, 2016, just three days prior to the eighth season premiere of "RuPaul's Drag Race". The album features guest appearances from Ellis Miah, Ts Madison and Taylor Dayne, among others. A song on the album, "U Wear It Well" was first used in the promotional campaign for season eight of "RuPaul's Drag Race" in February 2016, which premiered during the 2016 NewNowNext Awards on Logo TV. On February 17, 2016, RuPaul tweeted "GAGGING on duet w/@taylor_dayne from my NEW album

neg: Realness (RuPaul album) Realness (RuPaul album) Realness is the eighth studio album from singer and drag queen, RuPaul. It was released on March 2, 2015 and is RuPaul's first album to feature a Parental Advisory warning label. The album was released to coincide with the seventh season premiere of "RuPaul's Drag Race", which premiered the same day as the album's release. The album features guest appearances from Michelle Visage, Rebecca Romijn and Dave Audé, among others. Upon its release, the album charted at number 6 on the "Billboard" Dance/Electronic Albums, and 38 on the Independent Albums. The album sees RuPaul reuniting with producer

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 9) RuPaul's Drag Race (season 9) The ninth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" began airing on March 24, 2017, on VH1. Returning judges include RuPaul and Michelle Visage, along with Ross Mathews and Carson Kressley. Fourteen drag queens (including one returnee) competed for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar". The prizes for the winner are a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics, a cash prize of $100,000, and a crown and scepter provided by Shandar. The full list of contestants was revealed on February 2, 2017. This season saw the return of season eight contestant Cynthia Lee Fontaine, who

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 8) stage. Episode 1: Episode 2: Episode 5: Episode 6: Episode 7: Episode 9: <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> RuPaul's Drag Race (season 8) The eighth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" began airing on March 7, 2016. Returning judges include RuPaul and Michelle Visage, along with Ross Mathews and Carson Kressley, who shared judging responsibilities on an alternating basis. Twelve drag queens competed for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar". The prizes for the winner are a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and a cash prize of $100,000. The full list of contestants was revealed during the NewNowNext Awards on February 1,

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 8) RuPaul's Drag Race (season 8) The eighth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" began airing on March 7, 2016. Returning judges include RuPaul and Michelle Visage, along with Ross Mathews and Carson Kressley, who shared judging responsibilities on an alternating basis. Twelve drag queens competed for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar". The prizes for the winner are a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and a cash prize of $100,000. The full list of contestants was revealed during the NewNowNext Awards on February 1, 2016. The song "U Wear It Well" from RuPaul's album "Butch Queen" was featured

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race Drag Race". LOGOonline published a webisode of "Under the Hood" after each episode of "Drag Race". In this companion series, RuPaul presents a documentary of contestants' conversation in the green room, replays pertinent moments from "Drag Race", and airs deleted footage. Starting with the second season of "Drag Race" in 2010, Logo reformatted "Under the Hood", increased its production budget, moved it from the web to television, and re-titled it to "RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked". Logo broadcast an episode of "Untucked" after each episode of "Drag Race". "Untucked" replaces the basic green room of "Under the Hood" with two decorated

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 3) defendants' profits. Although a ratings success, the season was not critically well received, following the high bar set by All Stars 2. Vulture, in writing a summation review, described the season as "truly one of the roughest seasons of the show ever. After a stellar, jaw-unhingingly good All Stars 2, this season felt more like an embarrassing cousin you brought to gay happy hour who wears double polos". The A.V. Club similarly described the season as disappointing; in their final review of the season, they wrote, "I should be celebrating the crowning of a new queen in the Drag Race

neg: RuPaul It! RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style" (2010). Additionally, "RuPaul's Drag Race" has produced ten seasons to date (as of 2018) and has inspired several spin-off series, including "RuPaul's Drag U" and "". He is also featured as a host on series such as "Skin Wars", "Good Work", and "Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul". RuPaul is noted for his indifference toward the gender-specific pronouns used to address him, as stated in his autobiography: "You can call me he. You can call me she. You can call me Regis and Kathie Lee; I don't care!

neg: Slay Belles Slay Belles Slay Belles is the ninth studio album and second Christmas album from American singer and drag queen, RuPaul. It was released exclusively via iTunes and Amazon on 23 October 2015, through RuPaul's label RuCo. It was also made available to stream through Spotify. "Slay Belles" sees a return to Christmas music for RuPaul after releasing his first festive album, "Ho, Ho, Ho", in 1997. The album features RuPaul's frequent collaborators, Michelle Visage and Big Freedia, as well as Markaholic, Ellis Miah, Todrick Hall and Siedah Garrett. The album's interludes feature the Pit Crew from "RuPaul's Drag Race". RuPaul

neg: The Vixen (drag queen) multiple episodes. She was eliminated in seventh place after losing a lip sync to "Groove Is in the Heart" against Asia O'Hara. During the final reunion episode, she walked offstage after feeling cornered by moderator RuPaul who kept pressing her to revisit past confrontations with Aquaria and Eureka. Season six alum Courtney Act later criticized RuPaul for a lack of compassion during the exchange. Outside of "Drag Race", The Vixen had a booth covered with the Black Girl Magic logo for the first annual Wakandacon in August 2018. She became a sponsor for Grindr's ""Kindr"" public service announcement in September

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6) make-up line with Colorevolution Cosmetics. Before the compilation's release, RuPaul confirmed on Twitter that a new album, in which each of the Season 6 contestants covered a song from his catalog, would be coming out. The week of release the compilation album debuted at number 6 on the iTunes Dance album chart. "(All writing credits adapted from the liner notes of the albums the songs originally appeared.)" RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6) The sixth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" began airing February 24, 2014. Like the fifth season, the season featured 14 contestants competing for the title of "America's Next

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6) or by performing in one of the artist's music videos, respectively, this album marks the first time in RuPaul's Drag Race history that an album has been produced which features every contestant from the season. The compilation consists of 14 covers of songs previously released by RuPaul, performed by all of the "RuPaul's Drag Race" season 6 contestants. It features tracks originally from RuPaul's albums "Champion" and "Glamazon", as well as his extended play "SuperGlam DQ", and the 2013 non-album single "Lick It Lollipop". The album also features an outtake from "Champion" entitled "Let's Turn the Night", reproduced with new

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10) RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10) The tenth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" began airing on March 22, 2018, on VH1. The premiere was broadcast one week after the finale of the third season of "", and episodes are to be followed by "RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked". Contestants were officially announced on February 22, 2018, in a teaser trailer “Ruveal” during an episode of All Stars 3 later followed by a special ""Meet the Queens"" live-stream on Facebook, hosted by season nine winner, Sasha Velour. This season saw the return of season 9 contestant Eureka O'Hara who was removed from her

neg: Raven (drag queen) use of contact lenses, a false beauty mark and the use of natural makeup colors, the latter being a practice which had previously been eschewed by drag performers. Raven's influence is so profound and far-reaching that many seasoned drag queens, such as "RuPaul's Drag Race" season six winner Bianca Del Rio, state that especially young drag queens all use Raven's style. In 2016, Raven was included as an inspiration in Vanity Fair's "100 Years of Drag Fashion" video, alongside iconic drag performers Divine, David Bowie, and RuPaul. The video presented his style as the epitome of 2000s-era drag. He won

neg: ShyBoy including five singles for the Emmy Award-winning show "RuPaul's Drag Race" (seasons 4, 5, and 6). The songs - "The Shade of It All," "Runway Girl," "Reading is Fundamental," "It's Not Personal (It's Drag)," and "Oh No She Better Don't" - were written by RuPaul, ShyBoy, and Nubar, and released by the World of Wonder label. ShyBoy Jason Arnold, known by his stage name ShyBoy, is an American vocalist, songwriter, music producer, DJ, and mashup artist. His music has been featured in "RuPaul’s Drag Race", "Dynasty", "America’s Next Top Model", "Devil May Cry 4", "Halloween" (2018 trailer), and more. An

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race the airing of her season, but after filming. Although transgender women have competed in the show, none of the contestants had come out as transgender prior to being casted on the show. All transgender contestants have come out as transgender either during the course of the competition, or after their respective season had ended. RuPaul has stated that transgender women contrast with his view of what the art of drag is defined by. The first season of "RuPaul's Drag Race", later referred as "The Lost Season", premiered in the United States on February 2, 2009, on Logo. Nine contestants were

neg: Drag Race Thailand Drag Race Thailand Drag Race Thailand is a Thai reality competition show based on the American version with RuPaul. The series was licensed by the Kantana Group and premiered on . The show is hosted by fashion stylist Art-Araya In-dra, while drag performer Pangina Heals co-hosts. Season one saw 10 contestants competing for the title of ""Thailand's Next Drag Superstar"", resulting in the crowning of Natalia Pliacam on April 5, 2018. The co-host is the half-Thai, half-Taiwanese drag queen Pangina Heals. Heals spoke about drag as an artform, saying "People are understanding that drag isn’t about sex or gender, but

neg: Bruce Vilanch television appearance as himself was in 1988, when he was interviewed by Chris Aable, the host and producer of the cable show "Hollywood Today". He played himself in a 2001 episode of "The Simpsons" titled "Pokey Mom". Vilanch appeared in the third season of "Celebrity Fit Club" in 2006, losing 21 pounds over the course of the show. On RuPaul's Drag Race 3, Vilanch appeared as a guest judge dressed as Santa Claus. On RuPaul's Drag Race 5, he appeared as a coach helping the contestants in a comedy roast of RuPaul. In April 2008, Vilanch filmed a commercial that

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race Rice was the only person, apart from RuPaul, to take part in every season of the show, serving as a main judge for seasons one through six, and all stars 1, and guest judging for season seven. In certain instances, Rice was absent and replacement judging has been provided by make-up artist Billy Brasfield (better known as Billy B), Mike Ruiz, Jeffrey Moran (Absolut Vodka marketing executive), or Lucian Piane. However, due to Brasfield's numerous appearances in seasons three and four, including appearing in the Reunited episodes both seasons, Rice and Billy B are considered to have been alternates for

neg: Roxxxy Andrews Roxxxy Andrews Michael Feliciano (born September 23, 1983), known by his stage name Roxxxy Andrews, is an American drag performer. Feliciano is best known for appearing on the fifth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" and the second season of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars". Feliciano grew up in North Miami Beach, Florida. He is of Puerto Rican and Cuban ancestry. He revealed on "Drag Race" that his mother abandoned him and his sister at a bus stop as a child. He was raised by his grandmother, Sonja, who appeared on a special episode of "Drag Race All Stars 2" for

neg: RuPaul chart. In a profile by "The New York Times" it was revealed that RuPaul is currently working on a porcelain statuette of his likeness. On April 9, 2014 RuPaul and Michelle Visage released the first episode of their podcast, "RuPaul: What's the Tee? with Michelle Visage". In August, he joined the reality competition show "Skin Wars" acting as a judge. On March 2, 2015, RuPaul released his eighth studio album entitled "Realness". The release coincided with the premiere of the seventh season of "RuPaul's Drag Race". In April, he launched and began hosting a new show, "Good Work", a plastic

neg: RuPaul the premiere, an album of RuPaul cover songs performed by the Season 6 cast was released on January 28, 2014. The covers album is titled "RuPaul Presents The CoverGurlz" and contains RuPaul songs from 2009–2013. To further promote the "Drag Race" season premiere, RuPaul, representing Logo TV (and parent company Viacom) was chosen to ring the NASDAQ closing bell on February 24, 2014. The week of its release, "Born Naked" reached number one on the iTunes dance album chart. The following week it placed at number 4 on the US "Billboard" dance chart and number 85 on the "Billboard" 200

neg: RuPaul discography studio albums, although none featured a single that charted as high as "Supermodel (You Better Work)". In 2014, coinciding with the release of season six of his show "RuPaul's Drag Race", his album "Born Naked" reached number 85 on "Billboard" 200, making it his current highest charting album. RuPaul discography American singer RuPaul has released eleven studio albums, two soundtrack albums, six compilation albums, three remix albums, and one extended play. RuPaul has also released thirty-two singles and nineteen promotional singles. RuPaul reached commercial success in the United States with his debut album, "Supermodel of the World", which reached number

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race drag queen and drag racing, and the title sequence and song "Drag Race" both have a drag-racing theme. "RuPaul's Drag Race" has spanned ten seasons and inspired the spin-off shows "RuPaul's Drag U" and "". The show has become the highest-rated television program on Logo TV, and airs internationally, including in Australia, Canada, UK, The Netherlands, and Israel. The show earned RuPaul three consecutive Emmys (2016 to 2018) for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program. The show itself was awarded as a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program in 2018 and the Outstanding Reality Program award at

neg: Champion (RuPaul album) Drag Race", a reality TV show formatted similar to "America's Next Top Model". The single was later available as a download on February 11, 2009, or as a CD directly from RuPaul's webpage (released in the "RuCo, Inc." imprint RuPaul founded for his last 3 albums.) It was recorded in the bedroom of record producer Lucian Piane's home, with the closet serving as the vocal booth. Work on the album was complete by February 10, 2009, and the album was released February 24, 2009. After receiving an initial release online, the album is now available on the physical CD format

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race album, titled , was released on January 28, 2014 Similar to Season 6, each of the season 7's contestants covered a song that was previously recorded by RuPaul. The album is titled and was released on February 3, 2015. The album also features the single "New York City Beat", a song by RuPaul featuring Michelle Visage. Five promotional singles have been released from the show's respective casts. The first single, titled "", was released in 2013, and featured the eight remaining contestants of the season 5 cast. "Can I Get an Amen" was a parody of the charity single "We

neg: 100 episodes "Survivor" and "Dancing with the Stars" garner little interest in reruns, especially when traditionally stripped as scripted series are. Cable networks may play such programs by the season in marathons, a strategy that has seen mixed success; both "Survivor" on OLN and "Dancing with the Stars" on GSN ended up not going further than their first run in syndication on those individual networks, while "America's Next Top Model" and "RuPaul's Drag Race" have a consistent afterlife in cable reruns airing in this manner, as those programs are defined by their main host (Tyra Banks and RuPaul, respectively) rather than the

neg: Laganja Estranja the show, Laganja became infamous for her over-the-top dramatics, catchphrases, and emotional breakdowns. Eventual winner Bianca Del Rio credited Laganja as the root of every memorable quote from the following season of "RuPaul's Drag Race". Laganja's mannerisms have since been parodied by fellow drag queens, including Alaska Thunderfuck. Laganja Estranja is the drag daughter of Alyssa Edwards, and the drag sister of Shangela Laquifa Wadley and Gia Gunn—all three of whom competed on "RuPaul's Drag Race", Edwards appearing on season 5 and season 2 of "", Wadley appearing on season 2 and 3 and "All Stars" season 3, and Gunn

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 9) Episode 12: <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> RuPaul's Drag Race (season 9) The ninth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" began airing on March 24, 2017, on VH1. Returning judges include RuPaul and Michelle Visage, along with Ross Mathews and Carson Kressley. Fourteen drag queens (including one returnee) competed for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar". The prizes for the winner are a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics, a cash prize of $100,000, and a crown and scepter provided by Shandar. The full list of contestants was revealed on February 2, 2017. This season saw the return of season eight contestant Cynthia

neg: RuPaul surgery-themed talk show for E!. In October he released his second Christmas album (and ninth studio album) "Slay Belles". The album contains 10 original Christmas-themed songs and features collaborations with Michelle Visage, Siedah Garrett, Todrick Hall and Big Freedia. The album charted at number 21 on the US "Billboard" Dance chart. In January 2016, it was announced RuPaul would present a new game show for Logo TV called "Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul" which premiered on April 11, 2016 after "RuPaul's Drag Race". In February 2016, RuPaul announced his tenth album, "Butch Queen". It was released on March

neg: Morgan McMichaels Tonight to talk about "All Stars 3" in 2018. She was featured with Laganja Estranja, Farrah Moan and Jaidynn Diore-Fierce on the thirteen season of Germany's Next Topmodel as a guest for the episode-14 challenge. McMichaels released her first single, ""Why You Mad Tho?"" on February 3, 2018, with the remix by producer Drew G Rdr. McMichaels performed the single live on the "Drag Race: All Stars 3" premiere episode talent show. She released a second single, ""Yazz Bitch"" on May 11, 2018. On May 28, 2017, "Drag Race" season-two winner Tyra Sanchez made a Facebook post that falsely reported

neg: The Stud (bar) those who identify as LGBTQ to gather, be themselves, and create a community. One of San Francisco's longest running drag shows, Trannyshack, was started in 1996 by Heklina, a well known San Francisco drag queen. Many famous drag queens and celebrities graced the stage at Trannyshack, including many contestants from RuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul himself. Due to controversy over the use of the word "tranny", the show's name was called into question, prompting Heklina to end it and rebrand. In 2008 Trannyshack ended its run at the Stud. The Stud (bar) The Stud is a gay bar located in

neg: RuPaul in 1990s television at the time. In 1999, RuPaul was awarded the Vito Russo Award at the GLAAD Media Awards for work in promoting equality in the LGBT community. RuPaul has also been noted as having a large part in "RuPaul's Drag Race"'s continuous television success. By pioneering queer representation on television, many believe RuPaul to have essentially revolutionised the portrayal of the LGBTQ+ community on screen. He first won an Emmy for his work on the show in 2016, and one year later the show garnered 8 nominations, including Outstanding Reality-Competition Program for the first time in its 11-season

neg: Milk (drag queen) Milk (drag queen) Daniel Donigan (also known by the stage name Milk) is an American drag performer and fashion model. He is best known for appearing on the sixth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" and the third season of "". Donigan was raised in Syracuse, New York. Donigan first gained attention when he appeared on season six of "RuPaul's Drag Race" in 2014. Out of 14 contestants, Milk placed ninth overall. On October 20, 2017, Donigan was announced as one of the 10 contestants for "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3", where he was the third queen eliminated and again

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7) RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7) The seventh season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" began airing on March 2, 2015. RuPaul and Michelle Visage returned as judges, while the space previously occupied by Santino Rice was filled by new additions Ross Mathews and Carson Kressley. Matthews and Kressley were only both present for the season premiere and took turns sharing judging responsibilities. Shawn Morales, a member of the Pit Crew since the third season and Simon Sherry-Wood, a member in the sixth season, did not appear this season and were replaced by Bryce Eilenberg. Like the previous two seasons of "RuPaul's Drag

neg: Jiggly Caliente made an appearance on "Saturday Night Live" alongside "Drag Race" alumn Peppermint, as a Drag Queen for the "Garmin GP-Yasss sketch. Caliente released her first single, "Fckboi" on March 1, 2018 on her official Vevo channel. She released her debut album, "T.H.O.T. Process" on March 9, 2018. The twelve-track album feautures "Drag Race" alumni Sharon Needles, Peppermint, Alaska, Ginger Minj, Phi Phi O'Hara (Credited as Jaremi Carey) and Manila Luzon. It also features an intro with RuPaul. The album is the first hip-hop based record by a "Drag Race" alumni. She also was a featured artist for the first three

neg: RuPaul Dance Albums Sales Chart in the United States. It also charted at number eleven on the UK Dance Albums Chart, becoming RuPaul's highest charting album on that chart, after "Realness" managed to debut and peak at number 13. On March 24, 2017, RuPaul released his eleventh studio album, "American". Later that same day, the ninth regular season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" debuted on basic cable channel VH1, home of RuPaul's talk show in the 1990s. This marked a move from expanded cable channel Logo TV, which aired all previous seasons of the show. The season 9 premiere featured singer Lady

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race RuPaul describes the qualities the contestants must have to be crowned the winner of the show as "Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent... These are people who have taken adversity and turned it into something that is beautiful and something powerful." The phrase "charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent" is used repeatedly on the show, the acronym of which is CUNT. On the , "synergy" was added to provide an explanation behind the contestants being sorted into teams (expanding the acronym into CUNTS). The first season of "Drag Race" was accompanied by a seven-episode web series, titled "Under the Hood of RuPaul's

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars of the top 2 would eliminate if they won the "Lip Sync for Your Legacy". This served as a mini-"Untucked" as there were no separately filmed "Untucked" companion show for those seasons. Each season, the winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars" receives a selection of prizes. The prizes won for each season were: Season 1: Season 2-4: In each season there are also smaller prizes awarded for challenges within the episodes, ranging from "cash tips" to vacations, gift cards, etc. "RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars" is the first All-Star season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" and premiered on the Logo

neg: RuPaul's Drag U three "students" to their assigned drag professors for each episode. The students meet RuPaul, who explains the competition, and then asks them to "walk this way" to the Drag Lab. The students then meet their professors, who ask them some intimate questions and try to find out what has brought them to Drag U. RuPaul presents each student with their "Dragulator" image and name, and lets the students and professors start working on their images. Each episode includes an "extra credit" game in which students can earn a special prize. They then take part in a dance lesson with the

neg: RuPaul culture in to mainstream society, thanks to his early-career chart success, and later, the successive climb in viewership of "RuPaul's Drag Race". His talk show "The RuPaul Show" was the first ever national talk show to have a drag queen as a host. Along with his partner Michelle Visage, he welcomed an array of high-profile guests such as Cher, Lil Kim, and Diana Ross over the show's 100-episode span. As well as having a variety of comedy skits, the show was noted for discussing topics such as black empowerment, female empowerment, misogyny, and liberal politics which were otherwise unheard of

neg: Drag queen not be accused of female impersonation. American drag queen RuPaul once said, "I do not impersonate females! How many women do you know who wear seven-inch heels, four-foot wigs, and skintight dresses?" He also said, "I don't dress like a woman; I dress like a drag queen!". Some drag queens may prefer to be referred to as "she" while in drag and desire to stay completely in character. Other drag performers, like RuPaul, seem to be completely indifferent to which pronoun is used to refer to them. In his words, "You can call me he. You can call me she.

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6) airing of episode six, RuPaul and DJ ShyBoy released the single "Oh No She Better Don't," along with its music video made during the episode's main challenge, online. The song and video feature RuPaul and all of the queens still standing as of episode six. In episode six, the cast was broken up to form two rap groups. Darienne Lake won the mini challenge, so she was given the ability to choose four contestants to form her group. For her own group she chose Laganja Estranja, Bianca Del Rio, and Adore Delano and Courtney Act as they appeared on "American

neg: Jasmine Masters "First Sunday". She also appeared with fellow "Drag Race" alumnus Willam for an episode of The New Normal in 2013. Jasmine was announced as one of the fourteen contestants for season seven of RuPaul's Drag Race on March 2, 2015. He was eliminated in the third episode after lip-syncing against Kennedy Davenport, and placed 12th overall. During his time on the show, he received online death threats including racist remarks, which eventually led to RuPaul defending Masters on Twitter. Masters would be referenced in 2017 by Nina Bo'Nina Brown for season nine of Drag Race, with Brown impersonating him for

neg: RuPaul's Drag Race runway segment every episode was "Sissy That Walk" while the song playing during the credits is "Dance With U", both from the album "Born Naked". The winner of the sixth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" was Bianca Del Rio, with BenDeLaCreme winning Miss Congeniality. 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. Mathews and Kressley were both present for the season premiere and then took turns sharing judging responsibilities. Shawn