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RuPaul's Drag Race
Season 15
File:RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 15 - Poster).png
Promotional poster for season fifteen
Hosted byRuPaul
Judges
No. of contestants16
Companion showRuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!
No. of episodes7
Release
Original networkMTV
Original releaseJanuary 6, 2023 (2023-01-06) –
present
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 14
Next →
Season 16
List of episodes

The fifteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race premiered January 6, 2023, on MTV.[1][2]

This season features the largest cast in the show's history, with sixteen queens competing and the largest cash prize, with the winner earning $200,000. 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]

Production

In November 2021, RuPaul announced a casting call for the fifteenth season of Drag Race on social media. The casting call was open until January 7, 2022, the day season 14 premiered.[5] In August 2022, VH1 officially announced the show's renewal, as well as that of its companion series, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked.[6] This season will include the milestone 200th episode of the series.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9]

Season 15 episodes are sixty minutes long, including commercials. This is a reversion to the previous format for seasons one through nine, after 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 some fans.[10] 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.[11]

Contestants

See also: List of Drag Race contestants § RuPaul's Drag Race

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

Contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 and their backgrounds
Contestant Age Hometown Outcome
Anetra 25 Las Vegas, Nevada TBA
Aura Mayari 30 Nashville, Tennessee
Jax 25 Queens, New York
Loosey LaDuca 32 Ansonia, Connecticut
Luxx Noir London 22 East Orange, New Jersey
Malaysia Babydoll Foxx 32 Miami, Florida
Marcia Marcia Marcia 25 New York City, New York
Mistress Isabelle Brooks 24 Houston, Texas
Salina EsTitties 31 Los Angeles, California
Sasha Colby 37 Los Angeles, California
Spice 23 Los Angeles, California
Robin Fierce 26 Hartford, Connecticut 12th place
Amethyst 27 West Hartford, Connecticut 13th place
Sugar 23 Los Angeles, California 14th place
Princess Poppy 26 San Francisco, California 15th place
Irene Dubois[a] 29 Seattle, Washington 16th place

Notes:

  1. ^ 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.
Progress of contestants including placements in each episode
Contestant Episode
2[12] 3[13] 4[14] 5[15] 6[16] 7[17] 8[18] 9[19] 10[20] 11[21] 12[22] 13[23] 14[24] 15[25] 16[26]
Sasha Colby SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE STAY WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN Guest Winner
Anetra WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE STAY SAFE SAFE BTM WIN WIN BTM Guest Runner-up
Luxx Noir London SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE STAY SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE BTM SAFE Guest Eliminated
Mistress Isabelle Brooks SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN STAY SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE BTM Guest Eliminated
Loosey LaDuca SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE STAY SAFE SAFE WIN BTM ELIM Guest Guest
Salina EsTitties SAFE SAFE SAFE BTM SAFE SAFE STAY BTM BTM SAFE ELIM GB Guest
Marcia Marcia Marcia SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE STAY SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest Guest
Malaysia Babydoll Foxx SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE STAY SAFE ELIM Guest Miss C
Spice SAFE SAFE BTM SAFE SAFE SAFE SAVE ELIM Guest Guest
Jax SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE BTM BTM ELIM Guest Guest
Aura Mayari SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN ELIM Guest Guest
Robin Fierce SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest Guest
Amethyst BTM BTM SAFE ELIM Guest Guest
Sugar SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest Guest
Princess Poppy SAFE ELIM Guest Guest
Irene Dubois ELIM Guest Guest

Lip syncs

Legend:

  The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom.
Episode Contestants Song Eliminated
2[12] Amethyst vs. Irene Dubois "7 Rings"
(Ariana Grande) 		Irene Dubois
3[13] Amethyst vs. Princess Poppy "Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Eric Kupper Remix)"
(Diana Ross) 		Princess Poppy
4[14] Spice vs. Sugar "You Better Run"
(Pat Benatar) 		Sugar
5[15] Amethyst vs. Salina EsTitties "Q.U.E.E.N."
(Janelle Monáe ft. Erykah Badu) 		Amethyst
6[15] Jax vs. Robin Fierce "In Your Room"
(The Bangles) 		Robin Fierce

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

Episodes

See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race episodes
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
1921"One Night Only, Part 1"January 6, 2023 (2023-01-06)
1932"One Night Only, Part 2"January 6, 2023 (2023-01-06)
1943"All Queens Go to Heaven"January 13, 2023 (2023-01-13)
1954"Supersized Snatch Game"January 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)
1965"House of Fashion"January 27, 2023 (2023-01-27)
1976"Old Friends Gold"February 3, 2023 (2023-02-03)
1987"The Daytona Wind 2"February 10, 2023 (2023-02-10)
1998"LipSync Lalaparuza Smackdown"February 17, 2023 (2023-02-17)

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of RuPaul's Drag Race season 15
No. Title Air date Rating
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)
1 "One Night Only, Part 1" January 6, 2023 0.29[28] 0.752[28]
2 "One Night Only, Part 2" January 6, 2023 0.26[28] 0.698[28]
3 "All Queens Go to Heaven" January 13, 2023 0.21[29] 0.593[29]
4 "Supersized Snatch Game" January 20, 2023 0.22[30] 0.578[30]
5 "House of Fashion" January 27, 2023 0.29[31] 0.729[31]
6 "Old Friends Gold" February 3, 2023 0.21[32] 0.634[32]

References

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  3. ^ Vary, Adam B. (Dec 13, 2022). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Announces Largest Cast Ever for Season 15, Including First Twin Contestants". Variety. Archived from the original on December 13, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
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  19. ^ "The Crystal Ball". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 15. Episode 9. February 24, 2023. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
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  21. ^ "Two Queens, One Joke". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 15. Episode 11. March 10, 2023. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
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  24. ^ "Blame It on the Edit". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 15. Episode 14. March 31, 2023. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
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