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Watch the latest episodes and videos of Season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race, the Emmy Award-winning reality competition series featuring drag queens from across the U.S. See the cast, guest judges, challenges and more on MTV.
The sixteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race premiered on January 5, 2024. The reality competition series, broadcast on MTV in the United States, showcases fourteen drag queens competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar" and a cash prize of $200,000. This season introduced a LaLaPaRuZa Lip-Sync Smackdown competition for the ...
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The sixteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was officially announced by World of Wonder on October 31, 2022. Casting opened the same day with deadline of January 6, 2023.
On December 6, 2023, the cast of Season 16 was officially announced, alongside a premiere date of January 5, 2024.
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Episode 1: "Rate-A-Queen"
•Special Guests: Derrick Barry and Love Connie •Guest Judge: Charlize Theron •Mini Challenge: Photoshoot through a Doorbell Camera on RuPaul's porch •Mini Challenge Winner: Sapphira Cristál •Mini Challenge Prize: $2,500 cash prize •Maxi Challenge: Perform in the MTV Spring Break Talent Show •Runway Theme: RuVeal Yourself •Top Two: Sapphira Cristál and Q •Lip Sync Song: "Break My Soul" by Beyoncé •Maxi Challenge Winner: Sapphira Cristál •Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize and immunity from a future challenge Entrance Order Talent Show Performances RuPaul's Front Porch Photoshoot •Amanda Tori Meating •Dawn •Mirage •Morphine Love Dion •Q •Sapphira Cristál •Xunami Muse
Episode 2: "Queen Choice Awards"
•Special Guest: Derrick Barry, Love Connie and Ts Madison •Guest Judge: Becky G •Mini Challenge: Get a photo taken at the She-MV •Mini Challenge Winner: Nymphia Wind •Mini Challenge Prize: $2,500 cash prize •Maxi Challenge: Perform in the Queen Choice Award Talent Show •Runway Theme: Made Ya Look •Top Two: Geneva Karr and Plane Jane •Lip Sync Song: "Shower" by Becky G •Maxi Challenge Winner: Plane Jane •Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize and immunity from a future challenge
Episode 3: "The Mother of All Balls"
•Guest Judge: Isaac Mizrahi •Maxi Challenge: Ball Challenge •Runway Themes: Mother Goose, Significant Mother and Call Me Mother/Father Eleganza •Maxi Challenge Winner: Nymphia Wind •Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize •Bottom Two: Geneva Karr and Hershii LiqCour-Jeté •Lip Sync Song: "Maybe You're the Problem" by Ava Max •Eliminated: Hershii LiqCour-Jeté •Farewell Message: "Whiplash!!! Love Hershii"
•Season 16 is the first season...
•...to have an East Asian winner in an American season, Nymphia Wind.
•...since Season 3, to have an Asian winner in an American season. Season 3 was won by Raja who is of Indonesian descent.
•...since Season 3 where none of the contestants shared a final placement.
•...since Season 8 to not feature a double shantay.
•...to feature a four-way Maxi Challenge win on the original series.
Apr 20, 2024 · Banana fever reigns supreme after “RuPaul’s Drag Race” crowned America’s next drag superstar. Season 16 winner Nymphia Wind snatched the crown from fellow finalists Plane Jane and Sapphira ...
- Jazz Tangcay
Apr 19, 2024 · RuPaul’s Drag Race has crowned a new champion. Nymphia Wind happily accepted the crown for America’s Next Drag Superstar during the season 16 finale on Friday night, becoming the first ...
- Carly Thomas
Dec 6, 2023 · Meet the 14 new queens set to compete for the title of America's Next Drag Superstar on the show's sweet season 16 that's more delectable than a golden chocolate bar. The season 16 cast includes Kandy Muse's drag daughter, Kornbread's drag sister, and a queen who regularly climbs to the ceiling on stage, among others.
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