The show has helped to bring Drag into mainstream pop culture. Even more spinoffs premiered throughout 2023, including the likes of Drag Race Belgique, Drag Race Sverige, and Drag Race México, with additional editions based in Brazil and Germany also planned to premiere in the year. Drag Race Philippines and Drag Race France joined the family in 2022, as well as the new Versus the World format, functioning as an international All Stars with seasons based in the UK and Canada franchises. Canada's Drag Race and Drag Race Holland followed in 2020 (the latter of which having the distinction of being the first to complete production and air during the COVID-19 Pandemic) while further new additions in 2021 included RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, Drag Race España, Drag Race Italia, and spiritual spinoff Queen of the Universe. This started with Chile's The Switch Drag Race in 2015, Drag Race Thailand in 2018, and RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2019.
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The Drag Race franchise has also expanded internationally, although Ru only hosts and judges series with her name on them. There's also the companion aftershow Untucked, which has aired since season 1 note (originally known then as Under the Hood) and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the queens during the judging segments of each episode. Another spinoff, RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race, premiered in 2020 and features various Drag Race alumnae putting celebrities into drag to compete for charity. In addition to the main series, there is also RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, which premiered in 2012 and brings back returning queens to compete for the distinction of being inducted into the "Drag Race Hall of Fame". Currently joining RuPaul on the panel are regular judge Michelle Visage (season 3 -) and rotating judges Ross Matthews (season 7 –), Carson Kressley (season 7 –), and Ts Madison (season 15 –), while former judges include Merle Ginsberg (seasons 1 - 2), Santino Rice (seasons 1 - 6), and Billy B (seasons 2 - 3). There was once even a six-way lip sync when one team performed especially bad as a unit.
Sometimes both queens survive the lip sync, but sometimes neither are saved. These tend to result in wigs falling off, jumping splits, death drops, and the occasional kiss. The bottom two must then compete to stay on the show with a lip sync for their lives. Then the queens participate in a themed runway show, where one is declared the winner of that week, while two others are announced to be up for elimination. The bulk of each episode consists of a main challenge, usually some form of performance or fashion design, sometimes both.
It originally aired on LOGO from 2009 to 2016, then moved to VH1 in 2017, and then yet again to MTV in 2023. RuPaul's Drag Race is a reality show in which a group of talented drag queens compete in challenges to impress host RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, in order to win a cash prize along with a crown and the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar".
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