In case there was any confusion, RuPaul’s Drag Race isn’t finished quite yet.
Coming off a high of 14 Emmy nominations, VH1 announced its renewing the beloved shows — both of them.
Get ready, because RuPaul’s Drag Race season 12 and RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars season 5 are about to sashay into your living rooms.
“Hey squirrel friends, are you hungry for more RuPaul’s Drag Race? Good, ’cause your country breakfast is ready!” RuPaul says in a video clip posted on Monday. She adds, “And I’m serving up a new season of All-Stars 5 and a new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race 12. And they’re coming soon to VH1!”
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The current reigning drag superstar is the ever-so-weird Yvie Oddly, who took the crown in season 11.
All-Stars season 4 ended in a tie between Monet X Change and Trinity the Tuck.
Drag Race and All-Stars are produced by World of Wonder Productions with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Mandy Salangsang and RuPaul serving as executive producers. Tim Palazzola serves as executive producer for VH1 and Jen Passovoy also serves as a producer.
Watch Ru deliver the news below:
Jeepo1
In 2018 there were 2 seasons of “all stars”. How could there already be another? It kind of looses its luster if they do one every year. Feels more like a normal season but mixing up a prior cast. I wish they would wait a couple years and pick the best of the best….
DarkZephyr
There can never be enough RPDR in my book.
azjeff17
They have run out of “All Stars”.
masterwill7
The more, the better!! Me and my boyfriend are totally addicted to it.. bingewatching all seasons (never seen it till 1 month ago). We Love It! Keep them coming RuPaul!!
Jeepo1
Ru if you are looking for a new angle skip the all stars next year and here is a pitch for free.
10 Teams of 2. One person in the team is a drag queen, the second is a guy that has never performed in drag. (Maybe they wore it at Halloween or at a friends, but never got on a stage and performed). Then the teams compete against each other always as a team. The senior queen is a mentor to the newbi.
Assign the teams on the first day so they can’t per-make outfits and performances. Go back to the roots. Make the queens crest joint outfits. Have themes for pairs.
Some of the best episodes are the ones where they have to pair up.
Judging is based on the pair. Eliminations are based on both the pro and the newbi performing a lip sync against another duo.
So the queen has that mentors the best and the newbi that picks it up best become the winners.
Let’s get back to basics and what made this show so much fun
ghosthunterdan
I am totally excited.
ShiningSex
THE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN DATES. WE KNOW IT’S COMING BACK, DUH!
ONE THING THAT IS ANNOYING ON THE SHOW IS HOW SOME TALK. THE WHOLE “OKKKKURRR” OR WHATEVER IT IS…IS TIRED. IT’S IMMATURE AND SOMETHING A TEEN WOULD DO.
IT’S USUALLY THE YOUNGER ONES THAT SEEM TO BE THE MOST IMMATURE AND ARROGANT WHICH SO UNNECESSARY. WE ARE FAMILY AND SHOULDN’T BE FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER.
masterwill7
Oh yes, the OKKKKURRR is very anoying, like Laganja Astranja was!!!! Sooooooo anoying! The rest makes me laugh! 🙂
enhjoerning
I agree. The “Bitchy-Hate” is so class-less and is not worth the full watching of the show. I personally get enough of that type of attitude from daily life dealing with both racist, and sexism and religious extremists, since 195?. I admit it, I do watch the show, after it has aired, and a whole season is finshed, so that I am able to fast forward to the runway part of the episode. Congrats for the nomi’s and the continuation. Look forward to the finished season!
piriblue
I just would wish that Rupaul was not the actual judge of who leaves or stays. She tends to play favoritism and it really ticks me off. Let the panel decide.
ElPillo
I like RP a lot, but (this is going to sound bitchy, I know), RP is announcing a drag show; what’s “major” about it?
Brian
If $20K can be a massive legal settlement, this can be a major announcement.
BGinBigD
Don’t git me wrong, I LUVS me some RuPaul’s Drag Race. But this “All Stars” edition every/every-other year is gittin to be as ridiculous as the “stars” in Dancing with the Stars. There ain’t no more “stars”! Wait awhile.
Brian
Wait, you don’t consider India Ferrah to be cream of the crop?
ggore
Just like all reality shows, there evidently are no more new people in the US that can appear on these shows. For example, the immediate past season of Amazing Race featured people who have competed (and in some cases WON multiple times) previous seasons of Amazing Race, Big Brother, and Survivor. The endless recycling of these people has become a complete joke. The same holds true with Drag Race All-Stars. We all know that no one ever “sashays away” back home after losing in a regular season of Drag Race, they are immediately hired by the RuPaul organization to go on to a money-making career of constant tours, appearances, and competing multiple times on All-Stars. There is nothing lost at all by not winning either show. Being a winner is just a formality, nothing more.
Esscourt
I had hoped the news would be that he’s leaving the country.
Cam
How about a season of All-Stars where they only bring in people that went out first or second?