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Revision as of 02:31, 30 March 2024

RuPaul's Drag Race
Season 16
Promotional poster for season sixteen
Hosted byRuPaul
Judges
No. of contestants14
Companion showRuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkMTV
Original releaseJanuary 5, 2024 (2024-01-05) –
present (present)
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 15
List of episodes

The sixteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race premiered on January 5, 2024. The reality competition series, broadcast on MTV in the United States, showcases fourteen drag queens competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar".

Production

In August 2023, the competition series and its companion series, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked, were officially renewed and would remain on MTV. RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars was also renewed for a ninth season by Paramount+.[1] In November, a teaser was released from MTV featuring RuPaul in various promos from past seasons.[2] Sasha Colby, the winner of season fifteen, presented the Meet the Queens via the series official YouTube channel on December 6, 2023. The Meet the Queens video included an 8-minute clip from the season premiere, where the fourteen contestants entered the Werk Room set.[3]

Contestants

See also: List of Drag Race contestants § RuPaul's Drag Race

Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.

Contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race season 16 and their backgrounds[3]
Contestant Age City Outcome
Nymphia Wind 27 New York City, New York TBA
Plane Jane 25 Boston, Massachusetts
Q 26 Kansas City, Missouri
Sapphira Cristál 34 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Morphine Love Dion 26 Miami, Florida 5th place
Dawn 25 New York City, New York 6th place
Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige 34 Miami, Florida 7th place
Plasma[a] 24 New York City, New York 8th place
Xunami Muse 34 New York City, New York 9th place
Megami[b] 33 New York City, New York 10th place
Geneva Karr 33 Brownsville, Texas 11th place
Amanda Tori Meating 26 Los Angeles, California 12th place
Mirage[c] 29 Las Vegas, Nevada 13th place
Hershii LiqCour-Jeté 32 Los Angeles, California 14th place
Notes
  1. ^ Plasma LaRose is referred to as Plasma on the show.
  2. ^ Megami D.Vil is referred to as Megami on the show.
  3. ^ Mirage Amuro is referred to as Mirage on the show.

Contestant progress

Legend:

  Nymphia Wind won RuPaul's Drag Race season 16.
  Sapphira Cristál was the runner-up.
  Sapphira Cristál and Xunami Muse were voted Miss Congeniality (Miss C) by fellow contestants.
  Morphine Love Dion was declared Queen of She Done Already Done Had Herses (SDADHH) after winning the final lip sync in the LaLaPaRuza Smackdown.
  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.
  IMM (Immunity) indicates that the contestant drank the immunity potion and was immune from elimination.
  BTM (Bottom) indicates that the contestant was up for elimination.
  ELIM (Eliminated) indicates that the contestant was eliminated.
  LOSS indicates that the eliminated contestant participated in the LaLaPaRuza Smackdown, but lost one of the lip syncs.
  Guest indicates that the contestant returned as a guest.
Progress of contestants including placements in each episode
Contestant Episode
1[4] 2[5] 3[6] 4[7] 5[8] 6[9] 7[10] 8[11] 9[12] 10[13] 11[14] 12[15] 13[16] 14[17] 15[18] 16[19]
Nymphia Wind SAFE WIN SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE IMM SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN Guest Winner
Sapphira Cristál WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE IMM SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN WIN BTM SAFE Guest R-up Miss C
Plane Jane WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN BTM Guest Eliminated
Q TOP2 SAFE SAFE BTM WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM LOSS Guest
Morphine Love Dion SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE BTM SAFE TOP2 BTM BTM ELIM SDADHH Guest
Dawn SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM LOSS Guest
Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN BTM BTM SAFE BTM SAFE ELIM LOSS Guest
Plasma SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE ELIM LOSS Guest
Xunami Muse SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM LOSS Miss C
Megami SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE ELIM TOP2 Guest
Geneva Karr TOP2 BTM BTM WIN ELIM LOSS Guest
Amanda Tori Meating SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM LOSS Guest
Mirage SAFE SAFE ELIM LOSS Guest
Hershii LiqCour-Jeté SAFE ELIM LOSS Guest

Lip syncs

Legend:

  The contestant won the lip sync to win the challenge.
  The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated after their fourth time in the bottom.
Episode Contestants Song Winner
1[4] Q vs. Sapphira Cristál "Break My Soul"
(Beyoncé) 		Sapphira Cristál
2[5] Geneva Karr vs. Plane Jane "Shower"
(Becky G) 		Plane Jane
Episode Contestants Song Eliminated
3[6] Geneva Karr vs. Hershii LiqCour-Jeté "Maybe You're the Problem"
(Ava Max) 		Hershii LiqCour-Jeté
4[7] Geneva Karr vs. Mirage "Dark Lady"
(Cher) 		Mirage
5[8] Amanda Tori Meating vs. Q "Emergency"
(Icona Pop) 		Amanda Tori Meating
6[9] Geneva Karr vs. Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige "Control"
(Janet Jackson) 		Geneva Karr
7[10] Megami vs. Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige "Flowers"
(Miley Cyrus) 		Megami
8[11] Morphine Love Dion vs. Xunami Muse "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
(Whitney Houston) 		Xunami Muse
9[12] Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige vs. Plasma "Bloody Mary (Wednesday Dance TikTok Version)"
(Lady Gaga) 		Plasma
Episode Contestants Song Winner
10[13] Morphine Love Dion vs. Sapphira Cristál "Made You Look"
(Meghan Trainor) 		Sapphira Cristál
Episode Contestants Song Eliminated
11[14] Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige vs. Morphine Love Dion "Dim All the Lights"
(Donna Summer) 		Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige
12[15] Dawn vs. Morphine Love Dion "Body"
(Megan Thee Stallion) 		Dawn

Guest judges

Special guests

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

Episodes 1–2

Episode 6

  • Charo, singer, actress, musician and comedian

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 10

  • Leland, music producer
  • Freddy Scott, composer and actor

Episode 12

Future episodes

Episodes

See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race episodes
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
2081"Rate-A-Queen"January 5, 2024 (2024-01-05)
2092"Queen Choice Awards"January 12, 2024 (2024-01-12)
2103"The Mother of All Balls"January 19, 2024 (2024-01-19)
2114"RDR Live!"January 26, 2024 (2024-01-26)
2125"Girl Groups"February 2, 2024 (2024-02-02)
2136"Welcome to the DollHouse"February 9, 2024 (2024-02-09)
2147"The Sound of Rusic"February 16, 2024 (2024-02-16)
2158"Snatch Game"February 23, 2024 (2024-02-23)
2169"See You Next Wednesday"March 1, 2024 (2024-03-01)
21710"Werq the World"March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08)
21811"Corporate Queens"March 15, 2024 (2024-03-15)
21912"Bathroom Hunties"March 22, 2024 (2024-03-22)

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of RuPaul's Drag Race season 16
No. Title Air date Rating
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)
1 "Rate-A-Queen" January 5, 2024 0.26[20] 0.708[20]
2 "Queen Choice Awards" January 12, 2024 0.21[21] 0.592[21]
3 "The Mother of All Balls" January 19, 2024 0.21[22] 0.589[22]
4 "RDR Live!" January 26, 2024 0.24[23] 0.598[23]
5 "Girl Groups" February 2, 2024 0.16[24] 0.470[24]
6 "Welcome to the Doll House" February 9, 2024 0.19[25] 0.482[25]
7 "The Sound of Rusic" February 16, 2024 0.17[26] 0.519[26]
8 "Snatch Game" February 23, 2024 0.21[27] 0.569[27]
9 "See You Next Wednesday" March 1, 2024 0.29[28] 0.632[28]
10 "Werq the World" March 8, 2024 0.23[29] 0.562[29]
11 "Corporate Queens" March 15, 2024 0.19[30] 0.516[30]
12 "Bathroom Hunties" March 22, 2024 0.21[31] 0.516[31]

References

  1. ^ Franklin, McKinley (August 21, 2023). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 16, 'All Stars' Season 9 Greenlit at MTV and Paramount+". Variety. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 Is Coming Soon". MTV. November 17, 2023. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Seitz, Loree (December 6, 2023). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Unveils Season 16 Queens". Yahoo! Entertainment. Archived from the original on December 6, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Rate-A-Queen". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 1. January 5, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  5. ^ a b c "Queen Choice Awards". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 2. January 12, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  6. ^ a b c "The Mother of All Balls". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 3. January 19, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  7. ^ a b c "RDR Live!". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 4. January 26, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  8. ^ a b c "Girl Groups". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 5. February 2, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  9. ^ a b c "Welcome to the DollHouse". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 6. February 9, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  10. ^ a b c "The Sound of Rusic". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 7. February 16, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  11. ^ a b c "Snatch Game". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 8. February 23, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  12. ^ a b c "See You Next Wednesday". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 9. March 1, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  13. ^ a b c "Werq the World". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 10. March 8, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  14. ^ a b c "Corporate Queens". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 11. March 15, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  15. ^ a b c "Bathroom Hunties". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 13. March 22, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  16. ^ "Drag Race Vegas Live! Makeovers‎". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 13. March 29, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  17. ^ "Booked and Blessed". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 14. April 5, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  18. ^ "Lip Sync LaLaPaRuza Smackdown – Reunited". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 15. April 12, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
  19. ^ "Grand Finale". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 16. Episode 16. April 19, 2024. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
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  21. ^ a b "TV Ratings for Friday 12th January 2024 - Network Prelims, Finals and Select Cable Numbers Posted". Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  22. ^ a b "TV Ratings for Friday 19th January 2024 - Network Prelims, Finals and Select Cable Numbers Posted". Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  23. ^ a b "TV Ratings for Friday 26th January 2024 - Network Prelims, Finals and Select Cable Numbers Posted". Retrieved January 30, 2024.
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  25. ^ a b "TV Ratings for Friday 9th February 2024 - Network Prelims, Finals and Select Cable Numbers Posted". Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  26. ^ a b "TV Ratings for Friday 16th February 2024 - Network Prelims, Finals and Select Cable Numbers Posted". Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  27. ^ a b "TV Ratings for Friday 23rd February 2024 - Network Prelims, Finals and Select Cable Numbers Posted". Retrieved February 27, 2024.
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  31. ^ a b "TV Ratings for Friday 22nd March 2024 - Network Prelims, Finals and Select Cable Numbers Posted". Retrieved March 25, 2024.
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