Drag Race (season 12)
Drag Race | |
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Season 12 | |
Genre | Reality Competition |
Created by | Piperjr |
Country of Origin | United States |
Language(s) | English |
Judges | RuPaul Michelle Visage Laverne Cox Joel Kim Booster |
No. of Queens | 14 |
No. of Episodes | 14 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by Season 11 |
Followed by Season 13 |
Drag Race (season 12) is the twelfth 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 "Super Sexy Lady" and the song played during the credits was "Blessed", both from RuPaul's album You're a Winner, Baby.
The premiere episode consisted of two 90-minute episodes, which saw the queens split in half, with seven competing in the first episode and the remaining seven in the second. Both sets of queens competing in the same girl group challenge: to write, record, and perform a verse to a song (albeit two different songs).
The winner of the twelfth season of Drag Race was Shenada White with Naomi Maloney being the runner-up.
Florence Jackson competed on the sixth season of All Stars. She placed 11th overall.
Contestants[edit | edit source]
(Ages and names stated are at time of contest)
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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Shenada White | 28 | New York, New York | Winner |
Naomi Maloney | 23 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Runner-Up |
Chris Ann The Mom | 35 | Kansas City, Missouri | 3rd/4th Place |
Layla Vanderbilt | 28 | Providence, Rhode Island | |
Heather Kleinbaum | 32 | New York, New York | 5th Place |
Tuvalu | 27 | Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii | 6th Place |
Florence Jackson | 38 | Chicago, Illinois | 7th Place |
Jasmine Sage | 27 | Tampa, Florida | 8th Place |
Blake Houston | 26 | Houston, Texas | 9th Place |
Cleo Taylor | 31 | Kingston, Jamaica | 10th Place |
Tasha Cox | 33 | Kansas City, Missouri | 11th Place |
Clementine | 24 | Nashville, Tennessee | 12th Place |
Translucea | 30 | San Francisco, California | 13th Place |
Autumn Jennings | 29 | Los Angeles, California | 14th Place |
Contestant progress[edit | edit source]
Contestant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
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Shenada White | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | Winner | |
Naomi Maloney | TOP2 | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | SAFE | Runner-Up | |
Chris Ann The Mom | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | BTM2 | LOW | SAFE | Eliminated | |
Layla Vanderbilt | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | HIGH | WIN | BTM2 | SAFE | Eliminated | |
Heather Kleinbaum | LOW | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | LOW | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||
Tuvalu | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | BTM2 | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | Miss C | |||
Florence Jackson | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | LOW | WIN | LOW | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | Guest | ||||
Jasmine Sage | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||
Blake Houston | LOW | WIN | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | ELIM | Guest | ||||||
Cleo Taylor | WIN | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | LOW | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
Tasha Cox | TOP2 | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||
Clementine | LOW | LOW | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||
Translucea | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||||
Autumn Jennings | SAFE | ELIM | Guest |
- The contestant won Drag Race.
- The contestant was the runner-up.
- The contestant was eliminated in the first round of the "Lip Sync For The Crown".
- The contestant was voted Miss Congeniality by the majority of the cast.
- The contestant won a challenge.
- The contestant won the challenge and won the "Lip-Sync for the Win".
- The contestant won the challenge but lost the "Lip-Sync for the Win".
- 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 | Winner | ||
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1 | Naomi Maloney | vs. | Shenada White | "Commander" (Kelly Rowland feat. David Guetta) |
Shenada White |
2 | Cleo Taylor | vs. | Tasha Cox | "Right Here (Human Nature Remix)" (SWV) |
Cleo Taylor |
Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
3 | Autumn Jennings | vs. | Translucea | "When I Think of You" (Janet Jackson) |
Autumn Jennings |
4 | Tasha Cox | vs. | Translucea | "Blow" (Kesha) |
Translucea |
5 | Clementine | vs. | Naomi Maloney | "Bad Guy" (Billie Eilish) |
Clementine |
6 | Tasha Cox | vs. | Tuvalu | "Prove Your Love" (Taylor Dayne) |
Tasha Cox |
7 | Cleo Taylor | vs. | Shenada White | "Thumbs" (Sabrina Carpenter) |
Cleo Taylor |
8 | Blake Houston | vs. | Florence Jackson | "Confident" (Demi Lovato) |
Blake Houston |
9 | Florence Jackson | vs. | Jasmine Sage | "Walk Away" (Donna Summer) |
Jasmine Sage |
10 | Florence Jackson | vs. | Tuvalu | "When I Grow Up" (The Pussycat Dolls) |
Florence Jackson |
11 | Chris Ann The Mom | vs. | Tuvalu | "Love Is a Battlefield" (Pat Benatar) |
Tuvalu |
12 | Heather Kleinbaum | vs. | Layla Vanderbilt | "Power of Love" (Deee-Lite) |
Heather Kleinbaum |
13 | Chris Ann The Mom vs. Layla Vanderbilt vs. Naomi Maloney vs. Shenada White | "Ruby Is Red Hot" (RuPaul) |
None | ||
Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner | ||
14 | Layla Vanderbilt | vs. | Naomi Maloney | "Miss Independent" (Kelly Clarkson) |
Naomi Maloney |
Chris Ann The Mom | vs. | Shenada White | "Walk Like an Egyptian" (The Bangles) |
Shenada White | |
Naomi Maloney | vs. | Shenada White | "Halo" (Beyoncé) |
Shenada White |
- The contestant won the lip sync to win the challenge.
- 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 won the first round of the Lip Sync Smackdown for the Crown.
- The contestant won the second round of the Lip Sync Smackdown for the Crown and was declared the winner of the season.
Episodes[edit | edit source]
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title |
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157 | 1 | "Super-Sized Premiere: Part 1" |
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158 | 2 | "Super-Sized Premiere: Part 2" |
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159 | 3 | "Bowl S***" |
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160 | 4 | "RuLax & RuNew" |
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161 | 5 | "The Bejeweled Ball" |
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162 | 6 | "Reality: The Rusical" |
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163 | 7 | "Snatch Game" |
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164 | 8 | "Linen Women" |
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165 | 9 | "It's a RuMatch" |
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166 | 10 | "The Doll House" |
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167 | 11 | "Double Trouble" |
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168 | 12 | "Mile High Club" |
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169 | 13 | "Bring Back My Girls" |
For the final challenge of the season, the queens write, record and perform their own verses to RuPaul's song "Bring Back My Girls".
On the runway, category is Best of the Best. The remaining queens then lip-sync to "Ruby Is Red Hot" by RuPaul. After the lip-sync, RuPaul does not eliminate anyone, and Chris Ann The Mom, Layla Vanderbilt, Naomi Maloney and Shenada White are the finalists.
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170 | 14 | "Grand Finale" |
The queens all return for the live grand finale. RuPaul then tells the final four queens that they will be performing in a lip-sync smackdown for the crown. The first lip-sync is between Layla Vanderbilt and Naomi Maloney. They lip-sync to "Miss Independent" by Kelly Clarkson. Naomi Maloney wins the lip-sync and Layla Vanderbilt is eliminated. The second lip-sync is between Chris Ann The Mom and Shenada White. They lip-sync to "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles. Shenada White wins the lip-sync and Chris Ann The Mom is eliminated. The final lip-sync is between Naomi Maloney and Shenada White. They lip-sync to "Halo" by Beyoncé. It is announced that Shenada White is the winner, leaving Naomi Maloney as the runner-up.
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