When does the new season of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ premiere in 2024?
Get ready the RuPaul's Drag Race premiere with 14 contestants and extreme challenges. What date does the show start?
2024-01-04T20:42:53+00:00
- RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16 is here!
- Learn more about what to expect.
- When does it premiere?
Days before the end of 2023, it was announced when the popular reality show RuPaul’s Drag Race would premiere in 2024.
Season 16 will feature 14 contestants, all vying to become the ultimate winner.
Actor, model and drag queen RuPaul Andre Charles will once again try to find «America’s next drag superstar.»
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On December 6, the cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16 was officially unveiled.
Among the contestants are Amanda Tori Meating, Dawn, Mirage, Morphine Love Dion, Q, Sapphira Cristál and Tsunami Muse.
Also, Geneva Karr, Hershii LiqCour-Jeté, Megami, Mhi’ya Iman Le’Paige, Nymphia Wind, Jane Plane and Plasma will compete on the popular reality show.
The show airs on MTV and once again promises to be a great success. We will have to stay tuned for its premiere.
What is RuPaul’s Drag Race?
To participate in RuPaul’s Drag Race, contestants must be at least 21 years old at the time of filming.
Every week, one person is eliminated. Besides hosting the show, RuPaul gives them valuable advice to implement during their challenges.
Primarily, these challenges include photo shoots, monologues and musical numbers. The queens have to showcase their talent.
A panel of judges offer their opinions before RuPaul makes the final decision. This format has delighted millions of fans.
Who has won the show?
The first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race premiered on February 2, 2009. The final episode of that season aired on March 23 of the same year.
The winner was BeBe Zahara Benet, the stage name of Nea Marshall Kudi Ngwa who is of Cameroonian-American origin.
A year later, Tyra Sánchez emerged victorious, beating out strong competitors like Raven and Pandora Boxx.
The winner of the 2022 season was Willow Pill and the most recent winner is Sasha Colby, otherwise known as Sasha Kekauoha, from Hawaii.
The global impact of RuPaul’s Drag Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race has been so successful that several versions of the show have been produced in other countries.
Those countries include Chile, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, France and the Philippines.
There are also versions from Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Brazil and Mexico. The Mexico version’s premiere was on June 22, 2023, and it concluded on September 7.
Cristian Peralta, won the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Mexico and received a prize of just over $30,000.
When does RuPaul’s Drag Race premiere?
According to Uniqes, the RuPaul’s Drag Race premiere will be on Friday, January 5, at 8 pm on MTV.
There is so much anticipation that some sites are even counting down to the first episode of season 16.
According to Billboard, the guest judges will include actress Charlize Theron and singer Becky G.
To add to the excitement, it was revealed that immunity rules would return. «Safe queens rarely make history,» RuPaul said in the trailer for the show.


