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RuPaul's Drag Race season 17

RuPaul's Drag Race
Season 17
Promotional poster for season seventeen
Hosted byRuPaul
Judges
No. of contestants14
No. of episodes1
Release
Original networkMTV
Original releaseJanuary 3, 2025 (2025-01-03) –
present
Season chronology
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Season 16
List of episodes

The seventeenth season of American reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race premiered on January 3, 2025. This marks the third season to air through cable network MTV. The series documents drag queen RuPaul in search of the "Next Drag Superstar" for the United States with a cash prize of $200,000. Michelle Visage remained as a regular judge, alongside with Carson Kressley, Ts Madison, and Ross Mathews reappearing as alternating judges.

Production

Development

Throughout social media, the host RuPaul announced a casting call for drag performers to apply for the seventeenth season on October 30, 2023. The final deadline coincided with the premiere episode of season sixteen on January 5, 2024.[1] Two months later, RuPaul published his memoir titled The House of Hidden Meanings and embarked on a book tour where he was given a flash drive containing an audition tape from drag queen Hormona Lisa.[2] Just months after its sixteenth season concluding, American cable network MTV announced the series renewal, including the companion series, on August 16.[3]

Workroom

As season sixteen received several nominations at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, many journalists had the opportunity to visit the main stage and the workroom set.[4] Fans quickly realized the newly-constructed set for the upcoming season with journalists for People witnessing previous contestants Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige and Morphine Love Dion using the main stage for a lip-sync contest.[5] Architectural Digest released a video on August 22, where previous winner Nymphia Wind tours around the set with production designer Jen Chu explaining the scenery and inspiration for the series.[6]

Marketing

A ten-second teaser was released on November 22 throughout social media, with RuPaul announcing the season premiering in January 2025.[7] Nymphia Wind presented the contestants through the series official YouTube channel on December 4, showcasing their ocean-themed outfits and background.[8]

Variety first reported on December 11 that spin-off winner Monét X Change will host The Pit Stop, a webseries served as an aftershow. The first episode will premiere through YouTube with alumni contestant Raven as the first guest on January 4, 2025.[9]

Format

Further information: RuPaul's Drag Race § Format

The season retained the same format as previous season where contestants rank each other based on their performances for the main challenge; this format parodies television series The Circle.[10] A new format involved judge panelist Michelle Visage in a dunk tank where contestants choose two out of the ten random levers, which if successfully struck, would drop Visage into the water; the format can reward the contestant immunity. If they selected the incorrect lever, the contestant will be up for elimination.[11]

Contestants

Main article: List of RuPaul's Drag Race contestants
RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 contestants and their backgrounds[a]
Contestant Age City Outcome
Acacia Forgot 28 Los Angeles, California TBA
Arrietty 28 Seattle, Washington
Crystal Envy 27 Asbury Park, New Jersey
Hormona Lisa 30 Chattanooga, Tennessee
Jewels Sparkles 22 Tampa, Florida
Joella 25 Los Angeles, California
Kori King 24 Boston, Massachusetts
Lana Ja'Rae 22 New York, New York
Lexi Love 34 Louisville, Kentucky
Lucky Starzzz 26 Miami, Florida
Lydia B Kollins[b] 23 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Onya Nurve 31 Cleveland, Ohio
Sam Star 24 Leeds, Alabama
Suzie Toot 24 Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Contestant progress

Legend:

  WIN indicates that the contestant won the challenge.
  TOP2 indicates that the contestant was one of the two best performing in the challenge, but lost the lip sync to win it.
  SAFE indicates that the contestant was declared safe by the judges.
  LOW indicates that the contestant placed the lowest in Rate-A-Queen and was up for elimination in the next episode.
  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.
Contestants progress with placements in each episode
Contestant Episode
1[14] 2[15]
Acacia Forgot LOW TBA
Arrietty SAFE Guest
Crystal Envy Guest TBA
Hormona Lisa Guest TBA
Jewels Sparkles TOP2 Guest
Joella SAFE Guest
Kori King Guest TBA
Lana Ja'Rae Guest TBA
Lexi Love Guest TBA
Lucky Starzzz SAFE Guest
Lydia B Kollins SAFE Guest
Onya Nurve Guest TBA
Sam Star Guest TBA
Suzie Toot WIN Guest

Lip syncs

Legend
  The contestant won the lip sync to win the challenge.
Episode Top contestants Song Winner
1[14] Jewels Sparkles vs. Suzie Toot "Woman's World"
(Katy Perry) 		Suzie Toot
2[15] TBA vs. TBA TBA TBA
Bottom contestants Song Eliminated
Acacia Forgot vs. TBA TBA TBA

Guest judges

RuPaul and Michelle Visage remained as the regular judges, with Carson Kressley, Ts Madison, and Ross Mathews reappearing as alternating judges. Various guest judges were revealed on December 12, and set to appear in the upcoming season. Celebrities are listed in chronological order.[16]

Special guests

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

Episode 1
Episode 2

Episodes

See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal release date
2241"Squirrel Games"January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03)

All 14 new queens along with other queens from previous seasons perform in a Squid Game inspired challenge called "Ru Light, Green Light", where they serve and move forward, but when the music stops and Lil' Poundcake turns around, they have to strike a pose. All queens from previous seasons are eliminated, leaving only the new queens. They all then enter the werkroom, and find out that "Ru Light, Green Light" was a photoshoot mini challenge. Lana Ja'Rae wins the mini challenge. For the main challenge, the queens split into two groups, with seven of them perform a talent in Drag Queens Got Talent.

  • Acacia Forgot – Playing guitar / Live singing
  • Arrietty – Lip-sync / Baile Folklorico
  • Jewels Sparkles – Original song lip-sync
  • Joella – Original song lip-sync
  • Lucky Starzzz – Original song lip-sync
  • Lydia B Kollins – Original song lip-sync / Comedy burlesque
  • Suzie Toot – Original song lip-sync / Tap dancing

On the runway, category is Masc For Masked Singer. The queens who didn't perform in this episode rank the queens performances using Rate-A-Queen, where it is announced that Jewels Sparkles and Suzie Toot are the top two queens of the week, and will lip-sync for the win. It is also announced that Acacia Forgot was rated lowest and will be lip-syncing for her life in the next episode. Jewels Sparkles and Suzie Toot lip-sync to "Woman's World" by Katy Perry. After the lip-sync, Suzie Toot is announced as the winner of the challenge.

  • Guest Judge: Katy Perry
  • Alternating Judge: Carson Kressley
  • Mini-Challenge: Ru Light, Green Light
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Lana Ja'Rae
  • Mini-Challenge Prize: $2,500 cash tip
  • Main Challenge: Perform a talent in Drag Queens Got Talent
  • Runway Theme: Masc For Masked Singer
  • Top Two: Jewels Sparkles and Suzie Toot
  • Lip-sync Song: "Woman's World" by Katy Perry
  • Challenge Winner: Suzie Toot
  • Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize
2252"Drag Queens Got Talent"[17]January 10, 2025 (2025-01-10)

  • Guest Judge: Doechii
  • Alternating Judge: Ts Madison
  • Runway Theme: Is It Cake?
  • Lip-sync Song: TBA
  • Challenge Winner: TBA
  • Challenge Prize: TBA
  • Bottom Two: Acacia Forgot & TBA
2263"Monopulence!"[18]January 17, 2025 (2025-01-17)

  • Guest Judge: Sandra Bernhard
  • Runway Theme: TBA
  • Lip-sync Song: TBA
  • Challenge Winner: TBA
  • Challenge Prize: TBA
2274"Bitch, I'm a Drag Queen!"[19]January 24, 2025 (2025-01-24)

  • Guest Judge: Julia Schlaepfer
  • Runway Theme: TBA
  • Lip-sync Song: TBA
  • Challenge Winner: TBA
  • Challenge Prize: TBA
2285[20]January 31, 2025 (2025-01-31)

  • Guest Judge: TBA
  • Runway Theme: TBA
  • Lip-sync Song: TBA
  • Challenge Winner: TBA
  • Challenge Prize: TBA
2296"Let's Get Sea Sickening Ball"[21]February 7, 2025 (2025-02-07)

  • Guest Judge: Hunter Schafer and Law Roach
  • Runway Theme: TBA
  • Lip-sync Song: TBA
  • Challenge Winner: TBA
  • Challenge Prize: TBA

Release

The seventeenth season, and its companion series, is scheduled to premiere through MTV with its first episode on January 3, 2025.[22] The season will consists of sixteen episodes.[23]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of RuPaul's Drag Race season 17
No. Title Air date Rating
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 Ref.
1 "Squirrel Games" January 3, 2025 0.24 0.671 [24]

Footnotes

  1. ^ All ages, names, and cities are stated at time of filming.[12]
  2. ^ Lydia Butthole Kollins is referred to as Lydia B Kollins on the series.[13]

References

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