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✖ leww ✖ View member profile	23rd October 2019, 12:02 AM Post #1
escape in the taste of summerrrrrr Joined: 8 August 2009 Posts: 27,310 User: 9,403	RuPaul Announces Drag Race Spin-Off Featuring All-Celebrity Competitors The Emmy-winning TV host will launch the upcoming spin-off RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race next year. RuPaul’s empire is expanding. On Tuesday the Emmy-winning TV host and drag queen announced that his flagship franchise, RuPaul’s Drag Race, has inspired a spin-off series with all-celebrity guest competitors, titled RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race. The show will launch in 2020. “Doing drag does not change who you are, it reveals who you are,” RuPaul said in a press release. “I can’t wait for the world to see what happens when our celebrity contestants get all up in drags!” Each episode of the show will revolve around three celebrity guests who undergo a drag transformation, aided by Drag Race alumni like: Alyssa Edwards, Asia O’Hara, Bob the Drag Queen, Kim Chi, Monét X Change, Monique Heart, Nina West, Trinity the Tuck, Trixie Mattel, and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo. The celebrities will compete for the holy title of America’s Next Celebrity Drag Superstar as well as prize money, which will be donated to the charity of their choice. RuPaul’s Drag Race has featured a slew of famous celebrity guest judges ever since it launched in 2009. Past celebrity guests have included Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Lizzo, and Marc Jacobs. There have also been special cameos from a number of celebrated figures, including a surprising appearance from Nancy Pelosi in 2018, who used her time on the show to encourage people to vote. RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race is the latest spin-off from the popular drag series. There is also an All Stars edition of the show, which sees past queens reunite and compete against each other, and the short-lived Drag U, which saw queens give drag makeovers to women. There are also one-off holiday specials and two drag conventions in New York and Los Angeles that further extend the Runiverse. The core series has been a cultural phenomenon, moving from original network Logo to VH1 in 2017 and hitting a new ratings high the following year. The show has won 13 Emmys, including best reality-competition series and best host (for RuPaul) this past September.


✖ leww ✖ View member profile	23rd October 2019, 12:03 AM Post #2
escape in the taste of summerrrrrr Joined: 8 August 2009 Posts: 27,310 User: 9,403	OMG! that sounds potentially v interesting


LouisL View member profile	23rd October 2019, 06:39 AM Post #3
BuzzJack Gold Member Joined: 28 September 2017 Posts: 3,965 User: 42,419	Is that not literally Drag U, just with some (probabaly minor) celebrities


Liаm View member profile	23rd October 2019, 09:54 AM Post #4
Brown cow, stunning! Joined: 7 December 2009 Posts: 67,176 User: 10,139	Yeah I guess it's just Drag U but potentially more ambitious if they're getting Celebs on board and actually having a winner. With a winner, I assume each episode has a winner, then they all go into a final and one of them wins. Hopefully there's maybe an actual challenge too that fits each celeb's talent if they do a theme each week, like maybe they get comedians on board and do a Snatch Game episode, or there's actors and they do an acting challenge, or singers do a live performance in drag.


✖ leww ✖ View member profile	23rd October 2019, 10:35 AM Post #5
escape in the taste of summerrrrrr Joined: 8 August 2009 Posts: 27,310 User: 9,403	View this post on Instagram participating queens announced!


Liаm View member profile	23rd October 2019, 11:23 AM Post #6
Brown cow, stunning! Joined: 7 December 2009 Posts: 67,176 User: 10,139	Seems like this has already been filmed, Trixie stated "this was the most fun I've ever had on RPDR" on Twitter


PaPa Ri View member profile	10th April 2020, 06:59 PM Post #7
JanWasRobbed Joined: 20 February 2009 Posts: 8,229 User: 8,335	Premieres April 24 after the regular drag race episode RPDR twitter has been posting clips of the queens participating.


LouisL View member profile	10th April 2020, 07:01 PM Post #8
BuzzJack Gold Member Joined: 28 September 2017 Posts: 3,965 User: 42,419	Ugh could they not air it after the season or AS finishes, especially since it's unlikely we will get UK S2 on time now and other seasons might be delayed due to corona


PaPa Ri View member profile	10th April 2020, 10:12 PM Post #9
JanWasRobbed Joined: 20 February 2009 Posts: 8,229 User: 8,335	QUOTE(LMLou @ Apr 10 2020, 10:01 PM) Ugh could they not air it after the season or AS finishes, especially since it's unlikely we will get UK S2 on time now and other seasons might be delayed due to corona They could have at least waited until S12 was over. I guess they want to make up for the fact that there can't be a live finale anytime soon, we still don't know how they'll crown the S12 winner...