RuPaul's Drag Race season 13
| RuPaul's Drag Race | |
|---|---|
| Season 13 | |
| File:Rupauls-drag-race-poster-md.jpg Promotional poster for season thirteen | |
| Hosted by | RuPaul |
| Judges | |
| No. of contestants | 13 |
| Winner | Symone |
| Runner-up | Kandy Muse |
| Miss Congeniality | LaLa Ri |
| Companion show | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | VH1 |
| Original release | January 1 – April 23, 2021 |
| Season chronology | |
The thirteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race premiered on January 1 and concluded on April 23, 2021. The cast was announced via Twitter on December 9, 2020.[1] The competition is broadcast on VH1 in the United States and showcases 13 new queens competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar". VH1 renewed both RuPaul's Drag Race and its spin-off RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars for a thirteenth and sixth season respectively on August 20, 2020. Casting calls for season 13 were opened in December 2019.[2] In addition to airing on VH1, the premiere episode was also simulcast across 5 other channels: Logo, MTV, MTV2, Pop, and The CW,[3] becoming the most-watched episode in the franchise's history.[4]
After the season's first teaser trailer was accidentally leaked a day prior, the cast was officially revealed by season 12 winner Jaida Essence Hall on December 9, 2020. The teaser also revealed that the season's premiere would consist of six "Lip-Sync for Your Life" battles in a Lip-Sync Extravaganza, along with a new socially distanced stage and werkroom design. The season also welcomed Gottmik, the show's first ever openly transgender male and assigned female at birth contestant since the series began in 2009.[5]
The season was filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, relying on strict protocols, including isolation and testing of contestants, judges, and crew. On February 26, 2021, the series aired Corona Can't Keep a Good Queen Down detailing the season's production amid the pandemic, including unseen footage and reflections from the cast.[6]
The winner of the thirteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was Symone, with Kandy Muse being the runner-up, and LaLa Ri being Miss Congeniality.
Contestants
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
| Contestant[7] | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symone | 25 | Los Angeles, California | Winner |
| Kandy Muse | 25 | New York City, New York | Runner-up |
| Gottmik | 23 | Los Angeles, California | 3rd/4th Place |
| Rosé | 31 | New York City, New York | |
| Olivia Lux | 26 | New York City, New York | 5th Place |
| Utica Queen | 25 | Utica, Minnesota | 6th Place |
| Tina Burner | 39 | New York City, New York | 7th Place |
| Denali[a] | 28 | Chicago, Illinois | 8th Place |
| Elliott with 2 Ts[b] | 26 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 9th Place |
| LaLa Ri | 30 | Atlanta, Georgia | 10th Place |
| Tamisha Iman | 49 | Atlanta, Georgia | 11th Place |
| Joey Jay | 30 | Phoenix, Arizona | 12th Place |
| Kahmora Hall | 28 | Chicago, Illinois | 13th Place |
Contestant progress
Legend:
Symone won RuPaul's Drag Race season 13.
Kandy Muse was the runner-up.
LaLa Ri was voted Miss Congeniality (Miss C) by fellow contestants.
LaLa Ri won the Golden Boot (GB) for having the worst look of the season.
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.
STAY indicates that the contestant won the initial lip sync to stay in the competition.
LOSS indicates that the contestant lost the initial lip sync to stay in the competition.
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.
| Contestant | Episode | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[8][a] | 2[9] | 3[10] | 4[11] | 5[12] | 6[13] | 7[14] | 8[15] | 9[16] | 10[17] | 11[18] | 12[19] | 13[20] | 14[21] | 15[22] | 16[23] | |
| Symone | STAY | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | WIN | WIN | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | Guest | Winner | |
| Kandy Muse | STAY | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | BTM | SAFE | Guest | Runner-up | |
| Gottmik | STAY | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Guest | Eliminated | |
| Rosé | LOSS | TOP2 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | Guest | Eliminated | |
| Olivia Lux | STAY | TOP2 | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest | ||
| Utica Queen | LOSS | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | WIN | BTM | ELIM | Guest | Guest | |||
| Tina Burner | STAY | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest | ||||
| Denali | LOSS | WIN | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest | |||||
| Elliott with 2 Ts | LOSS | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest | ||||||
| LaLa Ri | STAY | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | ELIM | GB | Miss C | ||||||||
| Tamisha Iman | LOSS | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest | |||||||||
| Joey Jay | LOSS | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest | ||||||||||
| Kahmora Hall | LOSS | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
- Notes
- ^ Elliott with 2 Ts was voted out of the competition by the other lip sync losers. This meant she joined the winners' group on episode 2.
Lip syncs
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey Jay | vs. | Kandy Muse | "Call Me Maybe" (Carly Rae Jepsen) |
Kandy Muse |
| Denali | vs. | LaLa Ri | "When I Grow Up" (The Pussycat Dolls) |
LaLa Ri | |
| Symone | vs. | Tamisha Iman | "The Pleasure Principle" (Janet Jackson) |
Symone | |
| Gottmik | vs. | Utica Queen | "Rumors" (Lindsay Lohan) |
Gottmik | |
| Olivia Lux | vs. | Rosé | "Ex's & Oh's" (Elle King) |
Olivia Lux | |
| Elliott with 2 Ts vs. Kahmora Hall vs. Tina Burner | "Lady Marmalade" (Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, P!nk) |
Tina Burner | |||
| 2 | Olivia Lux | vs. | Symone | "Break My Heart" (Dua Lipa) |
Symone |
| 3 | Denali | vs. | Rosé | "If U Seek Amy" (Britney Spears) |
Denali |
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
| 4 | Denali | vs. | Kahmora Hall | "100% Pure Love" (Crystal Waters) |
Kahmora Hall |
| 5 | Joey Jay | vs. | LaLa Ri | "Fancy" (Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX) |
Joey Jay |
| 6 | Kandy Muse | vs. | Tamisha Iman | "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" (Blu Cantrell) |
Tamisha Iman |
| 7 | Elliott with 2 Ts | vs. | LaLa Ri | "Whole Lotta Woman" (Kelly Clarkson) |
LaLa Ri |
| 8 | Kandy Muse | vs. | Symone | "Boss" (Fifth Harmony) |
None |
| 9 | Elliott with 2 Ts | vs. | Utica Queen | "Fascinated" (Company B) |
Elliott with 2 Ts |
| 10 | Denali | vs. | Olivia Lux | "Shackles (Praise You)" (Mary Mary) |
Denali |
| 11 | Tina Burner | vs. | Utica Queen | "My Humps" (Black Eyed Peas) |
Tina Burner |
| 12 | Symone | vs. | Utica Queen | "No Tears Left To Cry" (Ariana Grande) |
Utica Queen |
| 13 | Kandy Muse | vs. | Olivia Lux | "Strong Enough" (Cher) |
Olivia Lux |
| 14 | Gottmik vs. Kandy Muse vs. Rosé vs. Symone | "I Learned from the Best" (HQ2 Radio Mix) (Whitney Houston) |
None | ||
| 16 | Kandy Muse | vs. | Rosé | "Work Bitch" (Britney Spears) |
Rosé |
| Gottmik | vs. | Symone | "Gimme More" (Britney Spears) |
Gottmik | |
| Kandy Muse | vs. | Symone | "Till the World Ends" (Britney Spears) |
Kandy Muse | |
- The contestant won the lip sync for your life.
- The contestant won the lip sync for the win.
- The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two.
- The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two.
- The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two.
- The contestant was eliminated after the first round of the finale lip-sync tournament
- The contestant was eliminated after the second round of the finale lip-sync tournament.
Reunited Performances
| Episode | Contestants | Song | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Kahmora Hall | "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" (En Vogue) | |||
| Joey Jay | "I Want You Back" (NSYNC) | ||||
| Tamisha Iman | "Arrogant" (Tamisha Iman) | ||||
| LaLa Ri | "Bad Bitch Tip" (LaLa Ri feat. Ocean Kelly) | ||||
| Elliott with 2 T’s | "Hideaway" (Kiesza) | ||||
| Denali | "How You Like That" (BLACKPINK) | ||||
| Tina Burner | "Turn It & Burn It" (Tina Burner) | ||||
| Utica Queen | "You Should Be Sad" (Halsey) | ||||
| Olivia Lux | "I'm Goin' Down" (Mary J. Blige) | ||||
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner | ||
| 15 | Denali (NCTE) |
vs. | LaLa Ri (NBJC) |
"Be My Lover" (La Bouche) |
Denali |
- The contestant won the lip sync for a cash prize of $10,000 for a charity of the queen’s choosing.
Guest judges
Episode 2 & 8
- Jamal Sims, choreographer
Episode 3 & 5
- Nicole Byer, stand-up comedian
Episode 4, 6, 10 & 12
- Loni Love, comedian and television host
Episode 7 & 9
- Ts Madison, LGBT activist
Episode 13
- Cynthia Erivo, English actress, singer and songwriter
Special guests
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 4
- Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Canadian actor and Canada's Drag Race judge
Episode 5
- Stuart Vevers, British fashion designer and Coach's executive creative director
Episode 6
- Miguel Zarate, choreographer
Episode 8
- Anne Hathaway, American actress
Episode 9
- Victoria "Porkchop" Parker, contestant on season one
- Raven, runner-up of both season two and the first season of All Stars
Episode 10
- Char Margolis, author and self-proclaimed psychic medium[24]
Episode 11
- Jaida Essence Hall, winner of season twelve
Episode 12
- Norvina, president of Anastasia Beverly Hills
- Valentina, contestant and Miss Congeniality on season nine
- Nina West, contestant and Miss Congeniality on season eleven
- Heidi N Closet, contestant and Miss Congeniality on season twelve
Episode 13
- Scarlett Johansson, American actress and singer
- Colin Jost, American comedian
Episode 14
- Jamal Sims, choreographer
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 160 | 1 | "The Pork Chop" | January 1, 2021 |
| 161 | 2 | "Condragulations" | January 8, 2021 |
| 162 | 3 | "Phenomenon" | January 15, 2021 |
| 163 | 4 | "RuPaulmark Channel" | January 22, 2021 |
| 164 | 5 | "The Bag Ball" | January 29, 2021 |
| 165 | 6 | "Disco-mentary" | February 5, 2021 |
| 166 | 7 | "Bossy Rossy: The RuBoot" | February 12, 2021 |
| 167 | 8 | "Social Media: The Unverified Rusical" | February 19, 2021 |
| 168 | 9 | "Snatch Game" | March 5, 2021 |
| 169 | 10 | "Freaky Friday Queens" | March 12, 2021 |
| 170 | 11 | "Pop! Goes The Queens" | March 19, 2021 |
| 171 | 12 | "Nice Queens Roast" | March 26, 2021 |
| 172 | 13 | "Henny, I Shrunk The Drag Queens!" | April 2, 2021 |
| 173 | 14 | "Gettin' Lucky!" | April 9, 2021 |
| 174 | 15 | "Reunited" | April 16, 2021 |
| 175 | 16 | "Grand Finale" | April 23, 2021 |
Ratings
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Pork Chop" | January 1, 2021 | 0.74[25] | 1.315[25] |
| 2 | "Condragulations" | January 8, 2021 | 0.26[26] | 0.634[26] |
| 3 | "Phenomenon" | January 15, 2021 | 0.25[27] | 0.611[27] |
| 4 | "RuPaulmark Channel" | January 22, 2021 | 0.23[28] | 0.594[28] |
| 5 | "The Bag Ball" | January 29, 2021 | 0.22[29] | 0.609[29] |
| 6 | "Disco-mentary" | February 5, 2021 | 0.21[30] | 0.585[30] |
| 7 | "Bossy Rossy: The RuBoot" | February 12, 2021 | 0.21[31] | 0.500[31] |
| 8 | "Social Media: The Unverified Rusical" | February 19, 2021 | 0.25[32] | 0.605[32] |
| 9 | "Snatch Game" | March 5, 2021 | 0.24[33] | 0.582[33] |
| 10 | "Freaky Friday Queens" | March 12, 2021 | 0.26[34] | 0.638[34] |
| 11 | "Pop! Goes The Queens" | March 19, 2021 | 0.24[35] | 0.582[35] |
| 12 | "Nice Girls Roast" | March 26, 2021 | 0.26[36] | 0.610[36] |
| 13 | "Henny, I Shrunk The Drag Queens!" | April 2, 2021 | 0.22[37] | 0.558[37] |
| 14 | "Gettin' Lucky!" | April 9, 2021 | 0.24[38] | 0.623[38] |
| 15 | "Reunited" | April 16, 2021 | 0.20[39] | 0.479[39] |
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