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Leave it to MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race to introduce a potential game-changer like "The Badonka Dunk Tank" into Season 17, only to waste absolutely no time whatsoever having it come into play What's "The Badonka Dunk Tank"? It's a chance for an eliminated queen to keep from being eliminated by selecting one of the two levers[...]

RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 premiered last week with the first part of the annual Drag Queen's Got Talent show, seeing 7 queens showcase their talents and be rated by the other queens via rate-a-queen Now it's time for the rest of the queens to show us what they've got, and it was…whelming Here's the[...]

If you're a current RuPaul's Drag Race fan, you know that usually the currently airing season (be it on VH1, Logo, or MTV) is generally available somehow to watch online, either the next day on streamers like Paramount+ or via the channel's site itself However, for season 17, MTV decided to mix it up in[...]

By the time the glitter cleared on "Squirrel Games," it was pretty clear that MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 was on its way to setting a new bar for the Emmy Award-winning series to clear next season Seriously – how can you go wrong when you kick things off with a wicked Squid Game[...]

The RuPaul's Drag Race family worldwide is grieving today over the sudden loss of UK winner and global drag ambassador The Vivienne. James Lee Williams, 32, was a Welsh actor, singer, and performer who adopted the drag name in tribute to iconic fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood The official statement released reads: "It is with immense sadness[...]

We've got a new season of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race about to be unleashed, so the fine folks here at Bleeding Cool thought you might appreciate a preview/viewing guide to get you up-to-speed on who's who and what's what this season – including our all-star guest judges, a rundown of this season's 24 queens, and… "The Badonka[...]

With only hours to go until Emmy Award-winning host RuPaul and mainstay judges Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, and Ts Madison officially kick off the 17th season of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race, how do you feel about a chance to check out the opening 10 minutes? Because that's exactly what we have waiting for you[...]

With the first two episodes of Paramount+'s RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars currently streaming, fans of RuPaul's reality competition series universe were treated to some good news on Friday morning That's right, MTV and Paramount+ are giving a green light to RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17, as well as new seasons of "All Stars" and the[...]

On Friday, August 16th, Paramount+'s RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars will see 12 fan-favorite queens from around the world represent their countries as they compete for a grand prize of $200,000, a spot in the international pavilion at the "Drag Race" Hall of Fame… and the title of "Queen of the Mothertucking World," of course![...]

It's not like the finale of a season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars isn't reason enough for viewers to get excited – but when you get a visit from the woman who very well could be (fingers, toes, and other various body parts crossed) the next President of the United States of America, it[...]

  Beginning Friday, August 16th, RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars will see 12 fan-favorite queens from around the world represent their countries as they compete for a grand prize of $200,000, a spot in the international pavilion at the "Drag Race" Hall of Fame… and the title of "Queen of the Mothertucking World," of course![...]

A very special ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is now officially underway – with S09E01: "Drag Queens Save the World" and S09E02: "The Paint Ball" currently streaming on Paramount+ This season spotlights eight returning queens who are competing for a greater good (more on that in a minute) – with RuPaul and a[...]

With a very special ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars set to hit streaming screens with a two-episode debut on Friday, May 17th, Paramount+ has released an official trailer spotlighting our eight returning queens in action – for a greater good, we might add (more on that in a minute) In addition, this[...]

Did you really think RuPaul was going to leave "Drag Race" fans hanging for long? Shortly after the franchise series crowned its 16th top queen, we learned that RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 9 would be hitting Paramount+ screens beginning on Friday, May 17th Now, the eight legendary fan-favorite queens have been "ru-vealed" –[...]

No one could say that the "Grand Finale" of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 was epic in all of the right ways We had eight-time Emmy Award-winning host and executive producer RuPaul performing "Pink Limousine" from her album Black Butta, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (Cassandra Peterson) receiving the "Giving Us Lifetime Achievement Award"[...]

If we're being honest? Half of the fun of last week's episode of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16, S15E15: "Lip Sync LaLaPaRuza Smackdown – Reunited" was just trying to figure out the process behind selecting opponents and lip sync songs With Nymphia Wind, Plane Jane & Sapphira Cristál getting a break, our returning queens were[...]

MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 reached this week's final episode before next week's "Grand Finale" with a mini-challenge involving an underwater lip sync performance of RuPaul's "Kitty Girl" and a main challenge that saw our four queens penning their memoir, posing for the cover, and taking part in a podcast interview to promote it[...]

That's how things stand heading into this week's round of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 Last time, our queens were challenged to give drag makeovers to Pit Crew dancers from RuPaul's Drag Race Live! as well as choreograph a dance & perform it to a special remix of RuPaul's song "Super Queen." Plane Jane would take[...]

During last week's round of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16, our queens faced a mini-challenge involving designing a t-shirt using only make-up – and their faces When the designs were done, Plane Jane walked away with the win (and $5,000 worth of makeup products) Following that, the "Bathroom Hunties" saw our queens breaking up[...]

Last week's round of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 saw Sapphira Cristál walk away from "Spill the T" with top honors (and a big tip) for the mini-challenge before the main challenge saw our queens creating and presenting a drag awareness employee seminar For Plane Jane and Q, it was "Do you know your drag[...]

Heading into this week's round of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16, we're happy to say that we didn't have to eliminate anyone from our updated profile guide The main challenge saw our queen writing and performing verses on the song "Power" and "True Colours" as the runway theme When the fierceness subsided, Plane Jane bestowed[...]

Welcome to our weekly preview of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 – and where do things stand heading into this week's round, "Werq the World"? After a spit-take mini-challenge that saw Nymphia Wind walk away with the win, it was time for the main challenge – "See You Next Wednesday." Our queens were challenged[...]

That brings us to the opening moments (above) from this week's episode of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16, with "See You Next Wednesday" finding our queens creating a Neo-Goth look from scratch – using only black, white & gray fabric. Image: MTV Screencap RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 16 Overview WELCOME BACK! Of course, Emmy Award-winning host RuPaul[...]

With that in mind, we have a look at MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 Episode 8 – and guess what it's time for? Yup, it's "Snatch Game" time, with guest judges Kyra Sedgwick & Carson Kressley – and there might just be a mini-challenge in the mix this week To check out some of the[...]

That brings us to our weekly preview of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 – as we offer you a look at the opening to S16E07: "The Sound of Rusic." And if that sounds like it's time for the season's "Rusical," then you are a true fan For this go-around set high in the Swiss Alps, a[...]

Once again, we're back with our weekly preview of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 – but how were things left heading into S16E06: "Welcome to the DollHouse"? After a win by Sapphira Cristál in a mini-challenge that saw the queens competing to create a front cover & bio for their respective autobiographies, the main challenge[...]

Welcome back to our weekly preview of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 – but how were things left heading into S16E05: "Girl Groups"? The main challenge saw our queens putting on a series of comedy sketches for the "RDR Live!" main challenge before everything became "Everything Every-Cher All at Once (Night of a 1,000 Chers)"[...]

During last week's round of MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16, Plane Jane & Sapphira Cristál were granted Immunity Potions that can be used to save themselves or another contestant; our queens took on S16E03: "The Mother of All Balls," and Geneva Karr & Hershii LiqCour-Jeté found themselves in a lip-sync battle to the tune[...]

So how are things looking with MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 heading into tonight's third episode, S16E03: "The Mother of All Balls" (with guest judge Isaac Mizrahi)? Last episode, we met our other seven competing queens – with everyone safe and "Rate-a-Queen" ranking Geneva Karr & Plane Jane at the top for the week[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? ESPN/NFL, NBC's Night Court, Lucifer/Tom Ellis, AEW/WWE, MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race, AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Green Day/Trump, NBC's "Law & Order" Universe, HBO's House of the Dragon, CBS' Young Sheldon Spinoff, Jesse Watters/Taylor Swift, Netflix's The Witcher, Prime Video's Wytches, Adult Swim's Eric Andre Live Near Broadway, Netflix's Stranger[...]