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- 16. Grand Finale Apr 19, 2024
- The top queens compete for the title of America's Next Drag Superstar and a grand prize of $200,000.
- 15. LipSync Lalaparuza Smackdown - Reunited Apr 12, 2024
- All the eliminated queens return to battle it out in a LipSync Lalaparuza Smackdown.
- 14. Booked & Blessed Apr 5, 2024
- The queens dig deep to write their memoirs, pose for a book cover photo shoot, and more.
RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 1) Season 1. Overall Information. No. of Episodes. 9. No. of Contestants. 9. Premiere. February 2, 2009. Finale. March 23, 2009. Season Information. Winner. BeBe Zahara Benet. Miss Congeniality. Nina Flowers. Host. RuPaul. Judges. RuPaul Santino Rice Merle Ginsberg.
The winner of the first season won a cash prize of $20,000, $5,000 worth of MAC Cosmetics, was featured in an LA Eyeworks campaign, and joined the Logo Drag Race tour. One of the nine contestants to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race , Nina Flowers was determined by an audience vote via the show's official website to be the season's Miss Congeniality.
No.overallNo. InseasonTitleOriginal Air Date11"Drag on a Dime"February 2, 200922"Girl Groups"February 9, 200933"Queens of All Media"February 16, 200944"Mac-Viva Glam"February 23, 2009in: RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1. RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1 Contestants. Category page. See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 1) BeBe Zahara Benet. Nina Flowers. Rebecca Glasscock. Shannel. Ongina.
- From sharing stages with Miley Cyrus to AIDS activism, where are the season 1 sisters now? Season 1's nine-strong batch of queens survived the infamous "Vaseline filter," high heel disasters on the runway, and sparring matches with Mama Ru herself—all to blaze a trail for the RuPaul's Drag Race queens of the future.
- Victoria "Porkchop" Parker (9th place) Drag Race's OG first eliminated queen turned her misfortune into a treasured success narrative, graduating from her successful tenure on the drag pageant circuit to sharing a stage with the likes of Alyssa Edwards and Shangela during Miley Cyrus' 2015 MTV VMAs performance.
- Tammie Brown (8th place) Perhaps the most delightfully bonkers contestant in RuPaul's Drag Race history, Tammie "Excuse Your Mouth" Brown made her mark on the Emmy-winning show with her oddball behavior, singular fashion choices, and her fearlessness in clashing with the judges (remember that epic throwdown she had with RuPaul and Santino Rice during the season 1 finale?
- Akashia (7th place) The "body-ody-ody" of season 1 came and went without much of a bang before her seventh-place elimination, but she still claims two Drag Race titles: The first lip-sync assassin, and the first lady to take a spill on the runway.
Full Cast & Crew. See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro. Series Directed by. Series Cast. RuPaul. ... Self - Host / ... 226 episodes, 2009-2024. Michelle Visage. ... Self - Judge / ... 195 episodes, 2011-2024. Ross Mathews. ... Self - Judge / ... 81 episodes, 2012-2024. Jason Carter. ... Self - Pit Crew / ... 77 episodes, 2011-2021.
Dec 22, 2019 · Nowadays, Shannel resides in Las Vegas and is known for hosting very popular drag brunches. Moreover, the queen is one of the original cast members for RuPaul’s Drag Race Live, and has a Las Vegas residency at the iconic Flamingo Hotel & Casino featuring Drag Race contestants. One thing is for sure: it is going to be a busy 2020 for Shannel!
RuPaul. Judges. Alan Carr. Graham Norton. Michelle Visage. RuPaul. Season 1 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK was officially announced on December 4, 2018, in The Sun. [1] The season began airing on Thursday, October 3, 2019, on the BBC Three iPlayer.