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RuPaul's Drag Race
Season 3
Promotional poster for season three
Hosted byRuPaul
Judges
No. of contestants13
WinnerRaja
Runner-upManila Luzon
Miss CongenialityYara Sofia
Companion showRuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!
No. of episodes16
Release
Original networkLogo TV
Original releaseJanuary 24 (2011-01-24) –
May 2, 2011 (2011-05-02)
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 2
Next →
Season 4
List of episodes

The third season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on January 24, 2011.[2] Thirteen drag queens competed for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar", a headlining spot on the Absolut Tour, a lifetime supply of Kryolan makeup, and a cash prize of $75,000.

This season had Michelle Visage replacing Merle Ginsberg at the judge's table and Billy Brasfield[3] (better known as Billy B), Mike Ruiz, and Jeffrey Moran filling in for Santino Rice's absence during several episodes. 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 appeared for promotional reasons. Due to Billy B's 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 season's Miss Congeniality.[1]

Other changes made included the introduction of a wildcard contestant from the past season, Shangela; an episode with no elimination; and a contestant, Carmen Carrera, being brought back into the competition after having been eliminated a few episodes prior. 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 "Champion" while the song playing during the credits is "Main Event", both from RuPaul's album Champion. As with the previous season, each week's episode was followed by a behind-the-scenes show, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked. On December 6, 2011 Amazon.com released this season on DVD via their CreateSpace program.[4] This season holds the record for youngest average age with 26.3.

The winner of the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race was Raja, with Manila Luzon being the runner-up.

Winner of the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race, Raja.

Contestants

See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race contestants

(Ages and names stated are at time of contest.)

Contestant Age Hometown Outcome
Raja 36 Los Angeles, California Winner
Manila Luzon 25 New York City, New York Runner-up
Alexis Mateo 30 St. Petersburg, Florida 3rd Place
Yara Sofia 26 Manati, Puerto Rico 4th Place
Carmen Carrera 25 Elmwood Park, New Jersey 5th Place[a]
Shangela[b] [c] 28 Los Angeles, California 6th Place
Delta Work 34 Norwalk, California 7th Place
Stacy Layne Matthews 25 Back Swamp, North Carolina 8th Place
Mariah[d] 29 Atlanta, Georgia 9th Place
India Ferrah 23 Dayton, Ohio 10th Place
Mimi Imfurst 26 New York City, New York 11th Place
Phoenix 29 Atlanta, Georgia 12th Place
Venus D-Lite 26 Los Angeles, California 13th Place
  1. ^ Carmen Carrera originally placed 6th before being asked back to the competition.
  2. ^ Shangela Laquifa Wadley is simply referred to as Shangela during the season.
  3. ^ This was Shangela’s second time competing on Drag Race after her first time on Season 2 and being sent home first.
  4. ^ Mariah Paris Balenciaga is simply referred to as Mariah during the season.

Contestant progress

Contestant[a] 2[6] 3[7] 4[8] 5[9] 6[10] 7[11] 8[12] 9[13] 10[14] 11[15] 12[16] 13[17] 15[18] 16[19]
Raja WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE HIGH WIN HIGH LOW WIN HIGH BTM2 HIGH Winner Guest
Manila Luzon HIGH SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE HIGH BTM2 LOW HIGH HIGH WIN WIN Runner-up Guest
Alexis Mateo SAFE WIN WIN SAFE HIGH BTM2 SAFE WIN LOW BTM2 HIGH BTM2 Eliminated Guest
Yara Sofia SAFE HIGH HIGH SAFE LOW HIGH HIGH BTM2 HIGH WIN HIGH ELIM Miss C
Carmen Carrera LOW LOW SAFE SAFE SAFE LOW HIGH BTM2 ELIM ELIM Guest
Shangela BTM2 WIN SAFE HIGH SAFE LOW WIN HIGH BTM2 ELIM Guest
Delta Work SAFE BTM2 SAFE SAFE BTM2 HIGH ELIM Guest
Stacy Layne Matthews SAFE HIGH HIGH BTM2 WIN ELIM Guest
Mariah SAFE HIGH LOW LOW ELIM Guest
India Ferrah SAFE SAFE BTM2 ELIM Guest
Mimi Imfurst HIGH HIGH ELIM Guest
Phoenix SAFE ELIM Guest
Venus D-Lite ELIM Guest
  The contestant won RuPaul's Drag Race.
  The contestant was a runner-up.
  The contestant was eliminated without qualifying to lip-sync in the finale.
  The contestant was voted Miss Congeniality by viewers.
  The contestant won the challenge.
  The contestant received positive critiques and was ultimately declared safe.
  The contestant received critiques but was ultimately declared safe.
  The contestant received immunity because they won the previous challenge.
  The contestant received negative critiques but was ultimately declared safe.
  The contestant was in the bottom two.
  The contestant was eliminated.
  The contestant returned as a guest for that episode.

Lip-syncs

Episode Contestants Song Eliminated
2 Shangela vs. Venus D-Lite "The Right Stuff"
(Vanessa Williams) 		Venus D-Lite
3 Delta Work vs. Phoenix "Bad Romance"
(Lady Gaga) 		Phoenix
4 India Ferrah vs. Mimi Imfurst "Don't Leave Me This Way"
(Thelma Houston) 		Mimi Imfurst
5 vs. Stacy Layne Matthews "Meeting in the Ladies Room"
(Klymaxx) 		India Ferrah
6 Delta Work vs. Mariah "Looking for a New Love"
(Jody Watley) 		Mariah
7 Stacy Layne Matthews vs. Alexis Mateo "Knock on Wood"
(Amii Stewart) 		Stacy Layne Matthews
8 Delta Work vs. Manila Luzon "MacArthur Park"
(Donna Summer) 		Delta Work
9 Carmen Carrera vs. Yara Sofia "Mickey" (Spanish version)
(Toni Basil) 		None
10 vs. Shangela "Believe"
(Cher) 		Carmen Carrera
11 Alexis Mateo vs. "Even Angels"
(Fantasia Barrino) 		Shangela
12 Carmen Carrera vs. Raja "Straight Up"
(Paula Abdul) 		Carmen Carrera
13 Alexis Mateo vs. Yara Sofia "I Think About You"
(Patti LaBelle) 		Yara Sofia
15 Manila Luzon vs. Raja "Champion" (DJ BunJoe's Olympic Mix)
(RuPaul) 		Manila Luzon
  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 final lip sync of the season.

Guest judges

Listed in chronological order:

Episodes

See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date
221"Casting Extravaganza"January 24, 2011 (2011-01-24)
232"The Queen Who Mopped Xmas"January 24, 2011 (2011-01-24)
243"Queens in Space"January 31, 2011 (2011-01-31)
254"Totally Leotarded"February 7, 2011 (2011-02-07)
265"QNN News"February 14, 2011 (2011-02-14)
276"The Snatch Game"February 21, 2011 (2011-02-21)
287"Face, Face, Face of Cakes"February 28, 2011 (2011-02-28)
298"Ru Ha Ha"March 7, 2011 (2011-03-07)
309"Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Style"March 14, 2011 (2011-03-14)
3110"RuPaul-a-Palooza"March 21, 2011 (2011-03-21)
3211"RuPaul's Hair Extravaganza"March 28, 2011 (2011-03-28)
3312"Jocks in Frocks"April 4, 2011 (2011-04-04)
3413"Make Dat Money"April 11, 2011 (2011-04-11)
3514"RuPaul Rewind"April 18, 2011 (2011-04-18)
3615"Grand Finale"April 25, 2011 (2011-04-25)
3716"Reunited!"May 2, 2011 (2011-05-02)

Ratings

Episode Title Viewers (in millions) Households1 Ages 18–491 Network
2 The Queen who Mopped Xmas 0.449 - 0.4/1[20] LOGO
3 Queens in Space 0.560 0.3/1 0.3/1[21] VH1
4 Totally Leotarded 0.478 0.3/1 0.2/1[22]
5 QNN News 0.537 0.4/1 0.3/1[23]
6 The Snatch Game 0.503 0.3/1 0.2/1[24]
7 Face, Face, Face of Cakes 0.486 0.4/1 0.2/1[25]
8 Ru Ha Ha 0.483 0.3/1 0.2/1[26]

1Based upon point/share system for Nielsen ratings. 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 point/share of "0.3/1". This means .3% of households viewed the program from the expected 1%, showing .7% of the show's audience were watching a different program.

Future appearances

Alexis Mateo, Manila Luzon, Mimi Imfurst and Yara Sofia competed on the first season of All Stars. Mimi placed 11/12th overall with season 2 contestant Pandora Boxx, Manila placed 7th/8th with season 4 contestant Latrice Royale, and Alexis and Yara placed 5th/6th overall together.[27] Manila later returned yet again to compete on the fourth season, where she placed 6th.[28]

Shangela competed on the third season of All Stars. Shangela placed 3rd/4th overall with season 1 winner BeBe Zahara Benet.[29] Shangela also competed on RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular. She was crowned Christmas Queen along with the other contestants.[30]

Alexis Mateo, India Ferrah, and Mariah Paris Balenciaga are competing on the fifth season of All Stars.[31] Mariah placed 8th overall.

References

  1. ^ Contestant progress is referenced throughout the episodes from LogoTV, alongside the episodes published on iTunes Store.[5]
  1. ^ a b "Ep. 16, Episode 16, Season 3: Reunited!". Logo TV. Archived from the original on 2014-11-07.
  2. ^ LOGO On-line. "RuPaul's Drag Race 3: Cast Bios". LOGO On-line. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
  3. ^ Brasfield, Billy. "Billy Brasfield Official Biography".
  4. ^ Kline, Dill. "RuPauls Drag Race Season 3".
  5. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 1". iTunes Store (United States). January 17, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  6. ^ "The Queen Who Mopped Xmas". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3. Episode 2. January 24, 2011.
  7. ^ "Queens in Space". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3. Episode 3. January 31, 2011.
  8. ^ "Totally Leotarded". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3. Episode 4. February 7, 2011.
  9. ^ "QNN News". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3. Episode 5. February 14, 2011.
  10. ^ "Snatch Game". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3. Episode 6. February 21, 2011.
  11. ^ "Face, Face, Face of Cakes". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3. Episode 7. February 28, 2011.
  12. ^ "Ru Ha Ha". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3. Episode 8. March 7, 2011.
  13. ^ "Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Style". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3. Episode 9. March 14, 2011.
  14. ^ "RuPaul-a-Palooza". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3. Episode 10. March 21, 2011.
  15. ^ "RuPaul's Hair Extravaganza". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3. Episode 11. March 28, 2011.
  16. ^ "Jocks in Frocks". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3. Episode 12. April 4, 2011.
  17. ^ "Make Dat Money". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3. Episode 13. April 11, 2011.
  18. ^ "Grand Finale". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3. Episode 14. April 18, 2011.
  19. ^ "Reunited!". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 3. Episode 15. April 25, 2011.
  20. ^ "Logo's Third Season Premieres of "RuPaul's Drag Race" and "Untucked: RuPaul's Drag Race" Rev Up Ratings on Monday Night" (Press release). Tv By the Numbers. January 26, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  21. ^ Gorman, Bill (February 2, 2011). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'The Game' Leads Night + 'Teen Mom 2,' 'Tosh.0,' 'Southland,' 'White Collar,' 'Lights Out' & More". TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media Services. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  22. ^ Seidman, Robert (February 9, 2011). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'The Game' Down, But Still Leads Night + 'Teen Mom 2,' 'Tosh.0,' 'Southland,' 'White Collar,' 'Lights Out' & More". TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media Services. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  23. ^ Gorman, Bill (February 16, 2011). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Teen Mom 2' Leads; 'The Game' Slips + 'Tosh.0,' 'Southland,' 'Lights Out' & More". TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media Services. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  24. ^ Seidman, Robery (February 24, 2011). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Teen Mom 2' & 'Tosh.0' Lead Night; 'White Collar' Up; Miami 'Housewives' Not So Hot + 'Lights Out' & Much More". TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media Services. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  25. ^ Gorman, Bill (March 2, 2011). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Teen Mom 2' Leads; 'Tosh.0,' 'Southland,' 'White Collar' Fall; 'Lights Out' Rises & More". TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media Services. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  26. ^ Seidman, Robert (March 9, 2011). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'White Collar' and 'Southland' Finales Rise + 'Lights Out,' 'Teen Mom' & More". TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media Services. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  27. ^ RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race: Meet the Queens from www.newnownext.com 6 August 2012
  28. ^ Nolfi, Joey (November 9, 2018). "Exclusive: Meet the 'RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars 4' cast". EW.com. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  29. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' season 3 queens announced: See an exclusive cast photo". Entertainment Weekly. 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  30. ^ Framke, Caroline (7 December 2018). "TV Review: 'RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular'". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  31. ^ Nolfi, Joey (May 8, 2020). "RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars 5 cast announced, series moves back to VH1". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 8, 2020.

External links

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