The eighteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race sees 14 new queens strutting into the werk room to battle for the crown and the grand prize of $200,000.

Casting for the season was opened on September 30, 2024. The season was officially announced on August 20, 2025. The cast of Season 18 was officially announced on December 2, 2025, prior to the seasons premiere on January 2, 2025.

This season, 14 dazzling new queens enter the Werk Room to compete for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar" and a cash prize of $200,000 for the winner. 

On this Emmy Award-winning reality competition series, a new set of talented queens face off in design and performance challenges in hopes of being crowned America's Next Drag Superstar.

The thirteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was officially announced on August 20, 2020. Filming began in mid July 2020 with production officially ending on August 31, when the contestants resumed social media activity. On December 9, 2020 the cast was officially announced on Twitter and promos were released. The promo theme for the season was Pasteloquence, featuring the queens in a pin-up silhouette modified for their drag style in pastel colors.

The twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was announced January 22, 2019. Casting opened that same day with a submission deadline of March 1st and later it was announced that thirteen queens will compete for the crown this season. Filming began in late July 2019 and the cast was officially revealed on January 23, 2020 on Twitter with a pre-recorded event showcasing the queens with Yvie Oddly as the host. The promo theme was Red, White, and Blue since 2020 is an American presidential election year. At the end of each episode, queens are seen holding signs that read "Register to Vote".

The eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race was announced in January. Casting began soon after, and later it was announced that fifteen queens will compete for the crown this season. Filming began in late May 2018, with the season premiere airing on Thursday, February 28, 2019.

The tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was announced on April 13, 2017, and began airing on March 22, 2018. This season was the first in having the premiere of Untucked in VH1 next to the main show.

The ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on March 24, 2017. Fourteen queens are competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar" and a cash prize of $100,000. The cast members were revealed on February 2, 2017. The premiere date was announced on the official Drag Race Twitter account on March 1, 2017. This season is the first to not air on Logo, as it has been moved to VH1.

The eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on March 7, 2016, with returning judges RuPaul and Michelle Visage, and Carson Kressley and Ross Matthews alternating as they did in Season 7. Twelve queens will be competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar" and a cash prize of $100,000 this season, which was the fewest amount of contestants since Season 2. The cast members were revealed during the NewNowNext Awards on February 1st, 2016.

The seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on March 2, 2015. Returning judges included RuPaul and Michelle Visage, while the space previously occupied by Santino Rice was filled by new additions Ross Mathews and Carson Kressley.

The sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing February 24, 2014. Like Season 5, this season featured 14 contestants competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar". For the first time in the show's history, the season premiere was split into two episodes; the fourteen queens were split into two groups and competed against each other before being reunited as one group for the third episode. Santino Rice and Michelle Visage came back as judges at the panel. Two new pit crew members, Miles Moody and Simon Sherry-Wood, also were introduced as joining the current pit crew members, Jason Carter and Shawn Morales. The theme song played during the runway segment of every episode is "Sissy That Walk" from RuPaul's album Born Naked.

The fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race premiered on January 28, 2013 with a 90-minute premiere episode. It had the most contestants since the creation of the show with fourteen.

The fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on January 30, 2012, with cast members announced November 13, 2011. The winner of season four headlined Logo's Drag Race Tour featuring Absolut Vodka, won a one-of-a-kind trip, a lifetime supply of NYX Cosmetics, a cash prize of $100,000, and the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar".

The third season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on January 24, 2011. Twelve new contestants and one returning contestant competed for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar", a headlining spot on the Absolut Tour, a lifetime supply of Kryolan makeup, and a cash prize of $75,000.

The second season of RuPaul's Drag Race premiered on February 1, 2010 and aired its final episode on April 26, 2010. On May 1, 2009, the casting website for series opened, allowing prospective contestants to create user profiles and upload videos of themselves to be voted on by viewers; the applicant collecting the most votes being invited to become a contestant of the second season. At the end of the online casting period, Jessica Wild had collected the most votes and was announced as being a season two contestant.

Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for RuPaul's Drag Race Logo's new reality series which will be the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top 9 drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPaul, in full glamazon drag, will reign supreme in all judging and eliminations, while the debonair Mr. RuPaul will help guide the contestants as they prepare for each challenge. Contestants include the nation's hottest most glamorous drag queens, including one voted in by you online!