Gents, begin your engines! RuPaul’s Drag Race is again, bolder and brasher than ever, flipping the swap on Season 18 with a “let there be mild” glow-up of prismatic proportions.
MTV introduced Tuesday that Season 18 of the Emmy-winning juggernaut drops Friday, January 2, at 8:00 PM ET/PT with 90-minute episodes packed to the brim with charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and expertise.
Fourteen contemporary queens from throughout the nation are sashaying into the Werk Room and able to snatch the crown as they compete to tackle the title, final received by Onya Nurve of “America’s Subsequent Drag Famous person.”
The winner will even obtain an official Anastasia Beverly Hills make-up collab and a money prize of $200,000 courtesy of the favored online game RuPaul’s Drag Race Match Queen.
Within the premiere, the dolls dive into the Drag Race vaults for the “Reclaim! Renew! Rejoice!” problem, resurrecting relics from seasons previous and spinning them into runway-ready lewks. And if that’s not sufficient drama, MTV provides that Untucked is again, streaming proper after the mainstage insanity at 9:30 PM ET/PT, the place the queens spill tea and shed tears earlier than one of many backside queens is compelled to sashay away.
Meet The Drag Race Season 18 Queens
This 12 months’s lineup encompasses a mom–daughter duo, a cultured pageant powerhouse, and a sexual well being nurse who’s able to put these queens on mattress relaxation–for good.
Athena Dion (Miami, FL) @athenadion and Juicy Love Dion (Miami, FL) make Drag Race herstory because the first-ever mom/daughter duo to compete collectively.
Athena is a legendary drag mom with a dynasty spanning Miami and Mykonos, and Juicy is Miami’s Afro-Cuban dancing doll described as “small however ferocious.”
Briar Blush (Boston, MA) is retro but edgy, goth but glamorous. Candy? Possibly. However mess along with her, and people thorns will sting. Briar’s right here to be remembered, not appreciated.
Ciara Myst (Indianapolis, IN) is a component sci-fi, half horror, all magic. Creature transformations, prosthetic wizardry, and ethereal seems to be—Ciara is able to hang-out, mesmerize, and slay.
Darlene Mitchell (Los Angeles, CA) is campy nation chaos, Peg Bundy hair included. After a five-year hiatus, she’s again to see if the primary stage can drag her out of hiding.
DD Fuego (New York, NY) brings excessive warmth, excessive drama, and nil clichés. Smoke, fireplace, and runway-ready seems to be? Verify, examine, examine.
Discord Addams (St. Petersburg, FL) is punk rock personified—security pins, studs, and chaos included. She’s able to commerce the mosh pit for the runway and serve some severe drag rock realness.
Jane Don’t (Seattle, WA) is comedy with a razor-sharp edge. Impressed by Bette Midler and Joan Rivers, she’s able to make her mark—and make the opposite queens sweat.
Kenya Pleaser (Sumter, SC) asks politely: are you able to please her? Provided that you’ll be able to deal with curves, confidence, and auntie vitality that hits like a gospel choir.
Mandy Mango (Philadelphia, PA) serves fruity, conceptual seems to be by evening and saves lives as an HIV/sexual well being nurse by day. Excessive charisma, excessive appeal, excessive influence—Mandy’s prescription is straightforward: werk it!
Mia Starr (West Palm Seashore, FL) brings 90s/early 2000s hip-hop vibes with world tour creds and Tremendous Bowl sparkle. After a 14-year break, she’s again to dominate.
Myki Meeks (Orlando, FL) is gorgeously silly and stupidly beautiful, mixing camp, glamour, and stage presence right into a power no queen can ignore.
Nini Coco (Denver, CO) ditched engineering for sequins, proving all-or-nothing vitality isn’t only a motto—it’s a life-style.
Vita VonTesse Starr (Montgomery, AL) aka Queen V, is a pageant powerhouse who serves opulence, precision, and drama so thick it might smother any stitching problem.
Will YOU be watching RuPaul’s Drag Race season 18???
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