Ru. Pauls Drag Race Wikipedia. Ru. Pauls Drag Race is an American reality competition television series produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV, and beginning with season nine, for VH1. The show documents Ru. Paul in his search for. Ru. Pauls Drag Race employs a panel of judges, including Ru. Paul, 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 drag queen and drag racing, and the title sequence and song. The show has become the highest rated television program on Logo TV. The show earned Ru. American Dad Season 3 Episode 10 Tearjerker'>American Dad Season 3 Episode 10 Tearjerker. Paul a 2. 01. 6 Emmy for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program, and the show itself was awarded as an Outstanding Reality Program at the 2. GLAAD Media Awards. It has been nominated for 4 Critics Choice Television Award including Best Reality Series Competition and Best Reality Show Host for Ru. Paul, and was nominated for a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Make up for a Multi Camera Series or Special Non Prosthetic. In April 2. 01. 7, Ru. Pauls Drag Race was renewed for a tenth season. Casting calls are announced online, where prospective contestants submit audition tapes in hopes of being cast. Get the latest news on VH1 shows, cast, episode recaps, style news and exclusive photos. All contestants selected must be 2. They may be any sexual orientation or gender identity, although most contestants to date have been gay men. Transgender women are eligible to compete and have become more common as seasons have progressed. Sonique a Season 2 contestant became the first openly transgender contestant she came out as transgender during the Season 2 reunion special. Monica Beverly Hillz a Season 5 contestant, became the first transgender woman to reveal her status during the competition. Other transgender contestants have begun transitioning after their elimination. Carmen Carrera, a season three contestant, announced her transition during an episode of ABCs Primetime What Would You DoUSA Todays Lifeline explains. In Seasons 1, 2, and 3, the contestants were narrowed down to a final two, with a winner being selected the final episode. Each episode with the exception of the casting special,. There have been some exceptions to episodes, including double elimination episodes, no elimination episodes, disqualifications of a contestant, and the removal of a contestant due to an injury. Mini challenges. Certain mini challenges are repeated from season to season. For instance, the first mini challenge of the first six seasons is a photo shoot with the photographer Mike Ruiz that includes some kind of special twist such as being doused with water while in full drag, having a high powered fan turned on during the shoot, or being photographed while jumping on a trampoline. Another recurring mini challenge is dedicated to. The winner of a mini challenge is sometimes rewarded with some kind of advantage in the main challenge. Though most episodes have a mini challenge, select episodes do not and progress straight to the main challenge. Main challenges. However, as of season 6, immunity is no longer granted to challenge winners. The winner of the main challenge also receives a. In the past, challenge winners have been rewarded with prizes including custom designer clothing, vacations, cruises, and quality cosmetic items. The final main challenge of every season is where the contestants star in Ru. Pauls music video. The goal of each main challenge involves a new theme and outcome. Contestants are often asked to design and construct a custom outfit, sometimes incorporating unconventional materials. Other challenges focus on the contestants ability to present themselves on camera, perform with music, or perform humorously. Some challenges become a tradition across seasons. Judging. Visage joined the show at the start of season 3, while Mathews and Kressley joined at the start of season 7, and each joins Ru. Untucked Season 7 Episode 9' title='Untucked Season 7 Episode 9' />Paul 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, Rice was the only person, apart from Ru. Paul, 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 Brasfields 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 the same seat at the judges table throughout the two seasons. Guest judges have included Paula Abdul, Pamela Anderson, Eve, Ariana Grande, Neil Patrick Harris, Kathy Griffin, Khlo. The day before judging, the contestants are all provided with a song by a female artist to which they must learn the lyrics. The contestants deemed as being the bottom two must. After the lip sync, Ru. Paul alone decides who stays and who leaves. Ru. Paul describes the qualities the contestants must have to be crowned the winner of the show as. These are people who have taken adversity and turned it into something that is beautiful and something powerful. On the first All Stars season,. LOGOonline published a webisode of Under the Hood after each episode of Drag Race. In this companion series, Ru. Paul presents a documentary of contestants conversation in the green room, replays pertinent moments from Drag Race, and airs deleted footage. 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 rooms that were until season 6 sponsored by Absolut Vodka and Interior Illusions, Inc. Interior Illusions Lounge and the Gold Bar. Form. Decor sponsored the Lounge for season 6. These two backstage areas allow for separated group conversation. At the start of the seventh season of the Drag Race, Untucked reverted to a webseries, as part of the World of Wonder You. Tube page. Instead of two decorated rooms, Untucked was moved back to the one room, an empty backstage space that connects to the main stage and work room, with couches for contestants to chat on. The newly renovated version also follows contestants following their elimination from the show, documenting them packing their belongings and leaving the set. The webseries format continued for the eighth and ninth season. Each season, the winner of Ru. Pauls Drag Race receives a selection of prizes, these prizes have increased in value each season as the show has become more popular and received a bigger budget. The prizes won for every season were Season 1 2. V S Group producers of Absolut Vodka and MAC Cosmetics. Top billing in Logo TVs Drag Race Tour, sponsored by Absolut Vodka. Appearance in an advertising campaign for L. A. Eyeworks. A photo spread in Paper magazine. A crown from Fierce Drag Jewels. Season 2 2. 5,0. A lifetime supply of NYX Cosmetics and be the face of NYXCosmetics. Top billing in Logo TVs Drag Race Tour, sponsored by Absolut Vodka. Appearance in an advertising campaign for L. A. Eyeworks. A one year contract with LGBT public relations firm Project Publicity. A crown from Fierce Drag Jewels. Season 3 7. 5,0. A lifetime supply of KRYOLAN make up. Top billing in Logo TVs Drag Race Tour, sponsored by Absolut Vodka. A crown from Fierce Drag Jewels. Season 4 1. 00,0. A lifetime supply of NYX cosmetics. Top billing in Logo TVs Drag Race Tour, sponsored by Absolut Vodka. A holiday courtesy of ALand. CHUCK. travel. A crown from Fierce Drag Jewels. Season 5 1. 00,0. A collection of Color. Evolution cosmetics. Top billing in Logo TVs Drag Race Tour, sponsored by Absolut Vodka. A holiday courtesy of ALand. CHUCK. travel. A crown from Fierce Drag Jewels. Ru. Pauls Drag Race season 3The third season of Ru. Pauls Drag Race began airing on January 2. Billy B, celebrity makeup artist and star of the HGTV mini series Hometown Renovation, appeared as a judge in five episodes. Whereas Mike Ruiz only judged for two episodes, and Jeffrey Moran for one, Moran only appearing for promotional reasons. Due to Billy Bs continued appearances, he and Rice are now considered to have been alternate judges for the same seat at the judges table, both appearing side by side in the reunion special to announce Yara Sofia as the seasons Miss Congeniality. A new pit crew was also introduced consisting of Jason Carter and Shawn Morales. The theme song playing during the runway every episode was changed to. As with the previous season, each weeks episode was followed by a behind the scenes show, Ru. Pauls Drag Race Untucked. Alexis Mateo, Manila Luzon, Mimi Imfurst and Yara Sofia competed on the first season of All Stars. Mimi placed 1. 11. Pandora Boxx, Manila placed 7th8th with season 4 contestant Latrice Royale, and Alexis Yara placed 56th overall together. On December 6, 2. Amazon. com released this season on DVD via their Create. Space program. Petersburg, Florida. Place. Yara Sofia. Gabriel Burgos Ortiz. Manati, Puerto Rico. Place. Carmen Carrera. Christopher Roman. Elmwood Park, New Jersey. Place. Shangela. Pierce. Los Angeles, California. Place. Delta Work. Norwalk, California. Place. Stacy Layne Matthews. Back Swamp, North Carolina. Place. Mariah. Substituted for Santino Rice for two episodes. Jeffrey Moran, Absolut Vodka marketingbranding executive. Substituted for Santino Rice for one episode. Arden Myrin, comedian former cast member of MADtv. Sharon Osbourne, television host and reality television personality. Susan Powter, motivational speaker and fitness guru. Amber Rose, model. Rita Rudner, comedian. Sara Rue, actress. Chlo. The first number represents the percentage of households within the population viewing the program known as points. The second number known as shares is how many households were expected to view the program, within the population. For example, Episode 8 has a pointshare of. This means. 3 of households viewed the program from the expected 1, showing. References abc. 1. Episode 1. 6, Season 3 Reunited LOGO On line. Retrieved December 6, 2. James, James January 7, 2. World. Of. Wonder. Archived from the original on May 1. Watch Total Frat Movie Online Freeform. Retrieved May 1. 5, 2. Tv By the Numbers. January 2. 6, 2. 01. Retrieved March 2. TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media Services. Retrieved March 2. TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media Services. Retrieved March 2. TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media Services. Retrieved March 2. TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media Services. Retrieved March 2.