Drag Race (season 1)

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Drag Race
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
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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
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
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
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
1 1 "Golden Girl"
  • Guest Judge: Betty White
  • Alternating Judges: Ashley Graham and George Kotsiopoulos
  • Mini-Challenge: Racecar Photoshoot
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Ashley Gold
  • Main Challenge: Sell an item on "RuVC" and design a print for a catsuit to match the product.
  • Runway Theme: Gold
  • Challenge Winner: Elyse
  • Bottom Two: Kim Ono & Kisha Brown
  • Lip Sync Song: "Thank You for Being a Friend" by Cynthia Fee
  • Eliminated: Kim Ono
2 2 "Face the Music"
  • Guest Judges: Melissa McCarthy and Kevin Hart
  • Alternating Judge: Ashley Graham
  • Mini-Challenge: Guessing RuPaul songs from a small 3-second audio clip.
  • Mini-Challenge Winners: Golnessa & Tanya Anya
  • Main Challenge: Write a script for a short comedy skit and perform it, utilizing sound effects.
  • Runway Theme: Movie Premiere Eleganza
  • Challenge Winner: Erika Action
  • Bottom Two: Sophia Silva & Tanya Anya
  • Lip Sync Song: "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus
  • Eliminated: Sophia Silva
3 3 "Get Crafty, Queen"
  • Guest Judge: Idina Menzel
  • Alternating Judges: Ashley Graham and George Kotsiopoulos
  • Mini-Challenge: Design a flag to represent personality, using paints.
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Sapphire
  • Main Challenge: Design a look for the runway made from craft store materials.
  • Challenge Winner: Sapphire
  • Bottom Two: Molly O'Kurrr vs. Tanya Anya
  • Lip Sync Song: "Swish Swish" by Katy Perry
  • Eliminated: Tanya Anya
4 4 "Cinema-tastic!"
  • Guest Judge: Kate McKinnon
  • Alternating Judges: Ashley Graham and George Kotsiopoulos
  • Mini-Challenge: Determine whether movies are real based upon their titles.
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Elyse
  • Main Challenge: Create a movie poster and write a synopsis for the movie.
  • Runway Theme: Queen of the Jungle
  • Challenge Winner: Katie Jo Clarke
  • Bottom Two: Annie Mae vs. Ashley Gold
  • Lip Sync Song: "What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner
  • Eliminated: Annie Mae
5 5 "Fruity: The Rusical"
  • Guest Judges: Todrick Hall and Jenna Dewan Tatum
  • Alternating Judge: George Kotsiopoulos
  • Mini-Challenge: Guess a food item blindfolded by only its taste.
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Molly O'Kurrr
  • Main Challenge: Star in Fruity: The Rusical, performing choreography and lip syncing, also designing an outfit to represent a fruit.
  • Challenge Winner: Erika Action
  • Bottom Two: Golnessa vs. Kisha Brown
  • Lip Sync Song: "SOS" by Rihanna
  • Eliminated: Kisha Brown
6 6 "Snatch Game"
  • Guest Judges: Lance Bass and Nicole Scherzinger
  • Alternating Judge: Ashley Graham
  • Mini-Challenge: Get into "Housewife Drag" and take a "suggestive" picture with a handy man.
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Erika Action
  • Main Challenge: Celebrity impersonations in a Match Game-style setting.
  • Runway Theme: Punk Rock Realness
  • Challenge Winner: Elyse
  • Bottom Two: Ashley Gold vs. Sapphire
  • Lip Sync Song: "Buttons" by The Pussycat Dolls
  • Eliminated: Ashley Gold
7 7 "Getting Schooled"
  • Guest Judges: Andy Cohen and Margaret Josephs
  • Alternating Judge: George Kotsiopoulos
  • Mini-Challenge: "Reading is Fundamental"
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Elyse
  • Main Challenge: Star in a Real Housewives parody called "The Real Teachers of Drag High".
  • Runway Theme: Camo Couture
  • Challenge Winner: Golnessa
  • Bottom Two: Katie Jo Clarke vs. Molly O'Kurrr
  • Lip Sync Song: "Lips Are Movin" by Meghan Trainor
  • Eliminated: Katie Jo Clarke
8 8 "Drag Queens of Comedy"
  • Guest Judges: Mario Cantone and Molly Shannon
  • Alternating Judge: Ashley Graham
  • Mini-Challenge: Match a series of quotes to each of the other queens.
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Molly O'Kurrr
  • Main Challenge: Perform a live stand-up comedy act in pairs in front of an audience of parents.
  • Challenge Winner: Erika Action & Molly O'Kurrr
  • Bottom Two: Elyse vs. Havva Hardon
  • Lip Sync Song: "Emotions" by Mariah Carey
  • Eliminated: Havva Hardon
9 9 "Fire and Fury"
  • Guest Judges: Eva Marcille and Raquel Welch
  • Alternating Judge: George Kotsiopoulos
  • Mini-Challenge: Get into "Stripper Drag" and perform a pole dance.
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Golnessa
  • Main Challenge: Give firemen drag makeovers and prepare a "Magic Mika" performance.
  • Challenge Winner: Sapphire
  • Bottom Two: Erika Action vs. Golnessa
  • Lip Sync Song: "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross
  • Eliminated: Golnessa
10 10 "Olympic Ball"
  • Guest Judge: Shania Twain
  • Alternating Judges: Ashley Graham and George Kotsiopoulos
  • Mini-Challenge: Everybody Loves Puppets
  • Mini-Challenge Winner: Erika Action
  • Main Challenge: Design three outfits for the Olympic Ball: Patriotic Drag, Sporty Realness, and Closing Ceremonies Couture, as well as perform an Opening Ceremonies lip-sync performance.
  • Challenge Winner: Sapphire
  • Bottom Two: Elyse vs. Molly O'Kurrr
  • Lip Sync Song: "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" by Shania Twain
  • Eliminated: Molly O'Kurrr
11 11 "Grand Finale"
  • Main Challenge: Record a verse and film a spot for RuPaul's latest video "Cover Girl (Put the Bass in Your Walk)".
  • Eliminated: Elyse
  • Top Two: Erika Action & Sapphire
  • Lip Sync Song: "Cover Girl (Put the Bass in Your Walk)" by RuPaul
  • Runner-Up: Sapphire
  • Winner of Drag Race Season One: Erika Action
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.

  • Miss Congeniality: Elyse