Drag Race (season 1)
Drag Race | |
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Season 1 | |
Genre | Reality Competition |
Created by | Piperjr |
Country of Origin | United States |
Language(s) | English |
Judges | RuPaul Michelle Visage Ashley Graham George Kotsiopoulos |
No. of Queens | 13 |
No. of Episodes | 12 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by - |
Followed by Season 2 |
Drag Race (season 1) is the first season of the hit reality television series, Drag Race.
The winner of the season will headline the Drag Race Tour, win a one-of-a-kind trip, a one-year supply of Cosmetics, a cash prize of $100,000, and the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar."
The theme song playing during the runway every episode was "Supermodel" and the song played during the credits was "Back to My Roots", both from RuPaul's album Supermodel of the World.
The winner of the first season of Drag Race was Erika Action, with Sapphire as runner-up.
Elyse, Havva Hardon, and Sapphire competed on the first season of All Stars. Havva placed 11th overall. Elyse finished as one of the runners-up along with season 2 contestant Starr Bright. Sapphire won the competition.
Katie Jo Clarke competed on the fourth season of All Stars. She placed 8th overall.
Elyse and Molly O'Kurrr both competed on the fifth season of All Stars. Molly placed 7th overall while Elyse finished as a runner-up alongside Season 8 contestant Aquamarine.
Contestants[edit | edit source]
(Ages and names stated are at time of contest)
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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Erika Action | 28 | Miami, Florida | Winner |
Sapphire | 29 | Miami, Florida | Runner-Up |
Elyse | 36 | Atlanta, Georgia | 3rd Place |
Molly O'Kurrr | 24 | Washington, DC | 4th Place |
Golnessa | 27 | Los Angeles, California | 5th Place |
Havva Hardon | 30 | Seattle, Washington | 6th Place |
Katie Jo Clarke | 26 | Beverly Hills, California | 7th Place |
Ashley Gold | 32 | Los Angeles, California | 8th Place |
Kisha Brown | 32 | Chicago, Illinois | 9th Place |
Annie Mae | 27 | Wichita, Kansas | 10th Place |
Tanya Anya | 27 | Chicago, Illinois | 11th Place |
Sophia Silva | 25 | Phoenix, Arizona | 12th Place |
Kim Ono | 24 | New York, New York | 13th Place |
Contestant progress[edit | edit source]
Contestant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Erika Action | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | HIGH | WIN | BTM2 | HIGH | Winner | Guest |
Sapphire | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | SAFE | BTM2 | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | WIN | Runner-Up | Guest |
Elyse | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | LOW | WIN | LOW | BTM2 | HIGH | BTM2 | Eliminated | Miss C |
Molly O'Kurrr | SAFE | HIGH | BTM2 | SAFE | HIGH | LOW | BTM2 | WIN | LOW | ELIM | Guest | |
Golnessa | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | BTM2 | HIGH | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||
Havva Hardon | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||
Katie Jo Clarke | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||
Ashley Gold | SAFE | LOW | HIGH | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||
Kisha Brown | BTM2 | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | ELIM | Guest | ||||||
Annie Mae | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
Tanya Anya | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||
Sophia Silva | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||
Kim Ono | ELIM | Guest |
- The contestant won Drag Race.
- The contestant was the runner-up of Drag Race.
- The contestant was eliminated without qualifying to lip-sync in the finale.
- The contestant was voted Miss Congeniality by viewers.
- The contestant won a challenge.
- The contestant received positive judges critiques but was ultimately chosen to be safe.
- The contestant did not receive judges critiques and were declared safe.
- The contestant received judges critiques and was ultimately chosen to be safe.
- The contestant received negative judges critiques 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[edit | edit source]
Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
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1 | Kim Ono | vs. | Kisha Brown | "Thank You for Being a Friend" (Cynthia Fee) |
Kim Ono |
2 | Sophia Silva | vs. | Tanya Anya | "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus) |
Sophia Silva |
3 | Molly O'Kurrr | vs. | Tanya Anya | "Swish Swish" (Katy Perry) |
Tanya Anya |
4 | Annie Mae | vs. | Ashley Gold | "What's Love Got to Do with It" (Tina Turner) |
Annie Mae |
5 | Golnessa | vs. | Kisha Brown | "SOS" (Rihanna) |
Kisha Brown |
6 | Ashley Gold | vs. | Sapphire | "Buttons" (The Pussycat Dolls) |
Ashley Gold |
7 | Katie Jo Clarke | vs. | Molly O'Kurrr | "Lips Are Movin" (Meghan Trainor) |
Katie Jo Clarke |
8 | Elyse | vs. | Havva Hardon | "Emotions" (Mariah Carey) |
Havva Hardon |
9 | Erika Action | vs. | Golnessa | "I'm Coming Out" (Diana Ross) |
Golnessa |
10 | Elyse | vs. | Molly O'Kurrr | "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" (Shania Twain) |
Molly O'Kurrr |
11 | Erika Action | vs. | Sapphire | "Cover Girl (Put the Bass in Your Walk)" (RuPaul) |
Sapphire |
- 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[edit | edit source]
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title |
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1 | 1 | "Golden Girl" |
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2 | 2 | "Face the Music" |
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3 | 3 | "Get Crafty, Queen" |
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4 | 4 | "Cinema-tastic!" |
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5 | 5 | "Fruity: The Rusical" |
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6 | 6 | "Snatch Game" |
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7 | 7 | "Getting Schooled" |
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8 | 8 | "Drag Queens of Comedy" |
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9 | 9 | "Fire and Fury" |
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10 | 10 | "Olympic Ball" |
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11 | 11 | "Grand Finale" |
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12 | 12 | "RuUnion" |
Season 1 cast reunite to talk about their journey and The Miss Congeniality Award Winner is announced. The queens all dance together for the last time.
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