RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race season 1

2020 season of the television series

Season of television series

RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race
Season 1
Promotional poster for season one

Hosted by	RuPaul
Judges	RuPaul Michelle Visage Carson Kressley Ross Mathews
No. of contestants	12

No. of episodes	4
Release
Original network	VH1
Original release	April 24 (2020-04-24) – May 15, 2020 (2020-05-15)
Season chronology
Next → Season 2

The first season of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race premiered Friday, April 24, 2020, on VH1 (US). The four-part event series judging panel include RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley and Ross Mathews. The secret celebrities underwent a drag transformation and were mentored by Drag Race Royalty as "Queens Supremes".

This season resembles that of the main series - with each episode consisting of a mini-challenge (the winner of which earns an advantage in the maxi challenge), the maxi challenge and a lip-sync (which determines who is the winner of the week).

Contestants

Contestants of *RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race season 1* and their charity donations
Episode	Drag Name	Celebrity	Queen Supreme	Outcome	Raised	Charity
1	Babykins La Roux	Jordan Connor	Trixie Mattel	Winner	$30,000	Cystic Fibrosis Canada
	Miss Mimi Teapot	Jermaine Fowler	Bob the Drag Queen	Runners-up	$10,000	RAINN
	Olivette Isyou	Nico Tortorella	Monét X Change	Runners-up	$10,000	Transgender Law Center
2	Vanqueisha De House	Vanessa Williams	Asia O'Hara	Winner	$30,000	The Trevor Project
	Mary J. Ross	Loni Love	Trinity the Tuck	Runners-up	$10,000	Dress for Success
	Miss Shenita Cocktail	Tami Roman	Alyssa Edwards	Runners-up	$10,000	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
3	Bette Bordeaux	Matt Iseman	Kim Chi	Winners	$20,000	Arthritis Foundation
	Madam That Bitch	Alex Newell	Bob the Drag Queen		$20,000	Hetrick-Martin Institute
	Rachel McAdamsapple	Dustin Milligan	Nina West		$20,000	Project HEAL
4	Queen Eleza Beth	Hayley Kiyoko	Vanessa Vanjie Mateo	Winner	$30,000	Planned Parenthood
	Coral Fixation	Madison Beer	Monique Heart	Runners-up	$10,000	The Trevor Project
	Cocotini	Phoebe Robinson	Alyssa Edwards	Runners-up	$10,000	Product Red

Special guests

Episode 2

Dolly Parton, singer

Episode 3

Love Connie, drag performer

Behind the scenes make-up artists

Shannel, contestant on season 1 and All Stars 1
Laila McQueen, contestant on season 8
Mayhem Miller, contestant on season 10

Contestant progress

Legend:

WIN (Winner) indicates that the contestant won the episode of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race season 1. RU (Runner-up) indicates that the contestant was the runner-up of the episode.

Progress of contestants including placements in each episode
Drag Name	Celebrity	Episode
Drag Name	Celebrity	1	2	3	4
Babykins La Roux	Jordan Connor	Winner
Miss Mimi Teapot	Jermaine Fowler	Runner-up
Olivette Isyou	Nico Tortorella	Runner-up
Vanqueisha De House	Vanessa Williams		Winner
Mary J. Ross	Loni Love		Runner-up
Miss Shenita Cocktail	Tami Roman		Runner-up
Bette Bordeaux	Matt Iseman			Winner
Madam That Bitch	Alex Newell			Winner
Rachel McAdamsapple	Dustin Milligan			Winner
Queen Eleza Beth	Hayley Kiyoko				Winner
Coral Fixation	Madison Beer				Runner-up
Cocotini	Phoebe Robinson				Runner-up

Lip syncs

Legend:

The contestant won the Lip Sync for the Crown and was declared the winner of the episode.

Episode	Contestants	Song	Winner(s)
1	Babykins La Roux vs. Miss Mimi Teapot vs. Olivette Isyou	"Express Yourself" (Madonna)	Babykins La Roux
2	Mary J. Ross vs. Miss Shenita Cocktail vs. Vanqueisha De House	"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (Sylvester)	Vanqueisha De House
3	Bette Bordeaux vs. Madam That Bitch vs. Rachel McAdamsapple	"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (Celine Dion)	Bette Bordeaux
			Madam That Bitch
			Rachel McAdamsapple
4	Cocotini vs. Coral Fixation vs. Queen Eleza Beth	"California Gurls" (Katy Perry)	Queen Eleza Beth

Episodes

*RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race* episodes
No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
1	1	"Secret Celebrity Edition #101"	April 24, 2020 (2020-04-24)
2	2	"Secret Celebrity Edition #102"	May 1, 2020 (2020-05-01)
3	3	"Secret Celebrity Edition #103"	May 8, 2020 (2020-05-08)
4	4	"Secret Celebrity Edition #104"	May 15, 2020 (2020-05-15)

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of *RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race season 1*
No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"Secret Celebrity Edition #101"	April 24, 2020	0.31	0.685
2	"Secret Celebrity Edition #102"	May 1, 2020	0.23	0.551
3	"Secret Celebrity Edition #103"	May 8, 2020	0.16	0.426
4	"Secret Celebrity Edition #104"	May 15, 2020	0.19	0.478

References

Drysdale, Jenifer (October 22, 2019). "'RuPaul's Celebrity Drag Race' to Launch in 2020". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
"RuPaul Announces Drag Race Spin-Off Featuring All-Celebrity Competitors". Vanity Fair. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
Swift, Andy (October 22, 2019). "RuPaul's Celebrity Drag Race Ordered at VH1 — Which Queens Are Returning?". TVLine.
Ramos, Dino-Ray (April 10, 2020). "'RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race' Event Series Sets Premiere Date". Deadline.
Quinn, Dave (May 18, 2020). "RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race: See Every Star's Unrecognizable Drag Queen Transformation". People. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
^ "Secret Celebrity Edition #101". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race. Season 1. Episode 1. April 24, 2020. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus.
^ "Secret Celebrity Edition #102". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race. Season 1. Episode 2. May 1, 2020. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus.
^ "Secret Celebrity Edition #103". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race. Season 1. Episode 3. May 8, 2020. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus.
^ "Secret Celebrity Edition #104". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race. Season 1. Episode 4. May 15, 2020. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus.
"RuPaul's Drag Race: Episode Guide". Screener. United States: Tribune Media. p. Season 0. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (April 27, 2020). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals and Network Finals: 4.24.2020". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on April 28, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (May 4, 2020). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals and Network Finals: 5.1.2020". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on May 5, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (May 13, 2020). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals and Network Finals: 5.8.2020". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on May 16, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (May 18, 2020). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals and Network Finals: 5.15.2020". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

External links

Official site (in English)

Portals:

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Accolades

Episodes

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Season 4	"RuPocalypse Now!" "WTF!: Wrestling's Trashiest Fighters" "Glamazons vs. Champions" "Queens Behind Bars" "Float Your Boat" "Dragazines" "Frenemies" "Frock the Vote!" "DILFs: Dads I'd Like to Frock" "The Fabulous Bitch Ball" "The Final Three"
Season 5	"RuPaullywood or Bust" "Lip Synch Extravaganza Eleganza" "Draggle Rock" "Black Swan: Why It Gotta Be Black?" "Can I Get an Amen" "RuPaul Roast" "Scent of a Drag Queen" "Drama Queens" "Super Troopers" "Sugar Ball" "The Final Three, Hunty"
Season 6	"RuPaul's Big Opening" "RuPaul's Big Opening: Part 2" "Scream Queens" "Shade: The Rusical" "Oh No She Betta Don't!" "Glamazon by Colorevolution" "Drag Queens of Comedy" "Queens of Talk" "Drag My Wedding" "Glitter Ball" "Sissy That Walk"
Season 7	"Born Naked" "Glamazonian Airways" "ShakesQueer" "Spoof! (There It Is)" "The DESPY Awards" "Ru Hollywood Stories" "Conjoined Queens" "Divine Inspiration" "Prancing Queens" "Hello, Kitty Girls!" "And the Rest Is Drag"
Season 8	"Keeping It 100!" "Bitch Perfect" "RuCo's Empire" "New Wave Queens" "Wizards of Drag" "Shady Politics" "RuPaul Book Ball" "The Realness"
Season 9	"Oh. My. Gaga!" "She Done Already Done Brought It On" "Draggily Ever After" "Good Morning Bitches" "Reality Stars: The Musical" "9021-HO" "RuPaul Roast" "Your Pilot's on Fire" "Makeovers: Crew Better Work" "Gayest Ball Ever" "Category Is"
Season 10	"10s Across the Board" "PharmaRusical" "Tap That App" "The Last Ball on Earth" "The Bossy Rossy Show" "Drag Con Panel Extravaganza" "The Unauthorized Rusical" "Breastworld" "Bossy Rossy RuBoot" "Social Media Kings Into Queens" "Evil Twins" "American"
Season 11	"Whatcha Unpackin?" "Good God Girl, Get Out" "Diva Worship" "Trump: The Rusical" "Monster Ball" "The Draglympics" "From Farm to Runway" "L.A.D.P.!" "Dragracadabra" "Bring Back My Queens!" "Queens Everywhere"
Season 12	"I'm That Bitch" "You Don't Know Me" "World's Worst" "The Ball Ball" "Gay's Anatomy" "Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical" "Droop" "Choices 2020" "Superfan Makeover" "One-Queen Show" "Viva Drag Vegas"
Season 13	"The Pork Chop" "Condragulations" "Phenomenon" "RuPaulmark Channel" "The Bag Ball" "Disco-mentary" "Bossy Rossy RuBoot" "Social Media: The Unverified Rusical" "Freaky Friday Queens" "Pop! Goes the Queens" "Nice Girls Roast" "Henny, I Shrunk the Drag Queens!" "Gettin' Lucky"
Season 14	"Big Opening Number 1" "Big Opening Number 2" "A Pair of Balls" "She's a Super Tease" "Save a Queen" "Glamazon Prime" "The Daytona Wind" "60s Girl Groups" "Menzeses" "An Extra Special Episode" "Moulin Ru: The Rusical" "The Ross Mathews Roast" "Catwalk"
Season 15	"One Night Only, Part 1" "One Night Only, Part 2" "All Queens Go to Heaven" "House of Fashion" "Old Friends Gold" "The Daytona Wind 2" "Lip Sync LaLaPaRuza Smackdown" "The Crystal Ball" "50/50's Most Gagworthy Stars" "Two Queens, One Joke" "Wigloose: The Rusical!" "Teacher Makeovers" "Blame It on the Edit"
Season 16	"Rate-A-Queen" "Queen Choice Awards" "The Mother of All Balls" "RDR Live!" "Girl Groups" "Welcome to the DollHouse" "The Sound of Rusic" "See You Next Wednesday" "Werq the World" "Corporate Queens" "Bathroom Hunties" "Drag Race Vegas Live! Makeovers" "Booked and Blessed" "Lip Sync LaLaPaRuza Smackdown – Reunited"
Season 17	"Squirrel Games"

Contestants

Winners

Franchise	Girl Groups Lil' Poundcake Pit Crew Rusical Snatch Game
Events	A Drag Queen Christmas Battle of the Seasons Drive 'N Drag Haters Roast RuPaul's Drag Race Live! Werq the World
Spin-offs	RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Global All Stars Holi-slay Spectacular Live Untucked Secret Celebrity Untucked Vegas Revue RuPaul's Drag U
Web series	Fashion Photo RuView Whatcha Packin'
AJ and the Queen The Bitch Who Stole Christmas Christmas Queens 1 2 3 4 Dancing Queen Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch Dragnificent! Hey Qween! Painted with Raven Queen of the Universe We're Here

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