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RuPaul's Drag Race season 1

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The first season of RuPaul's Drag Race, later referred as The Lost Season, premiered in the United States on February 2, 2009, on Logo. Nine contestants were selected to compete in the running of becoming "America's Next Drag Superstar." The first season was filmed during the summer of 2008. The winner of the first season won a lifetime supply of MAC Cosmetics, was featured in an LA Eyeworks campaign, joined the Logo Drag Race tour, and won a cash prize of $20,000. One of the nine contestants to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race was determined by an audience vote via the show's official website. The results were announced in early September 2008. The contestant to win this honor was BeBe Zahara Benet from Cameroon (currently residing in Minneapolis, Minnesota). Nina Flowers went on to win Miss Congeniality. The theme song playing during the runway every episode was "Cover Girl" from RuPaul's album Champion. This is the only season to not feature "Snatch Game".

The winner of this first season of RuPaul's Drag Race was BeBe Zahara Benet with Nina Flowers being the first runner-up. In late 2013,[1] Logo re-aired the first season, which was titled RuPaul's Drag Race: The Lost Season Ru-Vealed, and featured commentary from RuPaul.[2]

Nina Flowers, Shannel and Tammie Brown competed on the first season of All Stars. Nina and Tammie placed 9/10th overall together and Shannel finished in 3rd/4th with fellow season 2 contestant Jujubee.

Contestants

The drag queens who competed to be "America's Next Drag Superstar" for season one of RuPaul's Drag Race are:

(Ages and names stated are at time of contest)

Contestant Name Age Hometown Outcome
BeBe Zahara Benet Nea Marshall Kudi 28 Minneapolis, MN Winner
Nina Flowers Jorge Flores 34 Bayamón, PR Runner-Up
Rebecca Glasscock Javier Rivera 26 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 3rd Place
Shannel Bryan Watkins 29 Las Vegas, NV 4th Place
Ongina Ryan Ong Palao 26 Los Angeles, CA 5th Place
Jade David Sotomayor 25 Chicago, IL 6th Place
Akashia Eric Flint 24 Cleveland, OH 7th Place
Tammie Brown Keith Glen Schubert 29 Long Beach, CA 8th Place
Victoria "Porkchop" Parker Victor Bowling 39 Raleigh, NC 9th Place

Contestant Progress

Contestant 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9
BeBe Zahara Benet SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE BTM2 WIN Winner Guest
Nina Flowers WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE Runner-Up Miss C
Rebecca Glasscock SAFE SAFE SAFE BTM2 WIN BTM2 Eliminated Guest
Shannel SAFE SAFE BTM2 SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest
Ongina SAFE WIN SAFE WIN ELIM Guest
Jade SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest
Akashia BTM2 BTM2 ELIM Guest
Tammie Brown SAFE ELIM Guest
Victoria "Porkchop" Parker ELIM Guest
  The contestant won RuPaul's Drag Race.
  The contestant was the runner-up of RuPaul's Drag Race.
  The contestant was eliminated in third place without lip-syncing.
  The contestant was voted Miss Congeniality by viewers.
  The contestant won a challenge.
  The contestant was in the "best and worst" category but was ultimately chosen to be safe.
  The contestant was in the bottom two.
  The contestant was eliminated.
  The contestant returned as a guest for the finale episode.

Lip-syncs

Episode Contestants Song Eliminated
1 Akashia vs. Victoria "Porkchop" Parker "Supermodel (You Better Work)"
(RuPaul) 		Victoria Parker
2 Akashia vs. Tammie Brown "We Break the Dawn"
(Michelle Williams) 		Tammie Brown
3 Shannel vs. Akashia "The Greatest Love of All"
(Whitney Houston) 		Akashia
4 Rebecca Glasscock vs. Jade "Would I Lie To You?"
(Eurythmics) 		Jade
5 BeBe Zahara Benet vs. Ongina "Stronger"
(Britney Spears) 		Ongina
6 Rebecca Glasscock vs. Shannel "Shackles"
(Mary Mary) 		Shannel
8 BeBe Zahara Benet vs. Nina Flowers "Cover Girl (Put the Bass in Your Walk)""
(RuPaul) 		Nina Flowers
  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.

Episodes

See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date
1Template:Ancor1"Drag On A Dime"February 2, 2009 (2009-02-02)
2Template:Ancor2"Girl Groups"February 9, 2009 (2009-02-09)
3Template:Ancor3"Queens of All Media"February 16, 2009 (2009-02-16)
4Template:Ancor4"Mac Viva-Glam Challenge"February 23, 2009 (2009-02-23)
5Template:Ancor5"Drag School of Charm"March 2, 2009 (2009-03-02)
6Template:Ancor6"Absolut Drag Ball"March 9, 2009 (2009-03-09)
7Template:Ancor7"Extra Special Edition"March 16, 2009 (2009-03-16)
8Template:Ancor8"Grand Finale"March 23, 2009 (2009-03-23)
9Template:Ancor9"Re-United!"March 23, 2009 (2009-03-23)

References

  1. ^ Shumaker, Jason; Jake Slane (August 18, 2013). "Gentlemen, Re-Start Your Engines...and May the Best Woman Win...Again!". Logo Press Room. Logo. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "Callie, dear..." RuPaul's Drag Race Facebook page. September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013. Callie, dear... {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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