RuPaul's Drag Race (season 5) - Hair Detox

The fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on January 28, 2013, with a 90-minute premiere episode. It had the most contestants since the creation of the show with fourteen. The winner of this season was Jinkx Monsoon with Alaska and Roxxxy Andrews being the Runner-Ups.

As this season's winner, Jinkx Monsoon walked away with the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar" along with a lifetime supply of Colorevolution Cosmetics, a one-of-a-kind trip courtesy of AlandChuck.travel, a headlining spot on Logo's Drag Race Tour featuring Absolut Vodka and a cash prize of $100 000. Santino Rice and Michelle Visage were back as judges at the panel. The theme song playing during the runway every episode is "I Bring the Beat", while the song playing during the credits is "The Beginning", both songs are from RuPaul's album Glamazon.

Alaska, Alyssa Edwards, Coco Montrese, Detox and Roxxxy Andrews competed on the second season of All Stars. Coco finished 10th, Alyssa finished 5th, Roxxxy finished 4th and Detox was a runner-up with fellow season seven contestant Katya. Alaska won the competition.

Contestants

The drag queens who competed to be "America's Next Drag Superstar" for season five of RuPaul's Drag Race are:

(Ages and names stated are at time of contest)

Contestant Progress

     The contestant won RuPaul's Drag Race.

     The contestant was the runner-up of RuPaul's Drag Race.

     The contestant was voted Miss Congeniality by viewers.

     The contestant won a challenge.

     The contestant was in the "best and worst" category 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

     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 was eliminated after their fourth time in the bottom two.

Guest Judges

(In alphabetical order by stage name and/or last name)

• María Conchita Alonso (singer/songwriter and actress)
• Joan Van Ark (actress)
• Chaz Bono (writer and activist)
• Downtown Julie Brown (actress and MTV VJ)
• Julie Brown (actress-comedian)
• Coco (model)
• Camille Grammer (television personality)
• Marg Helgenberger (actress)
• Kristen Johnston (actress)
• Leslie Jordan (actor)
• Clinton Kelly (fashion stylist)
• George Kotsiopoulos (editor and fashion consultant)
• Juliette Lewis (actress and singer)
• Bob Mackie (fashion designer)
• Aubrey O’Day (singer)
• The Pointer Sisters (Anita & Ruth) (girl group)
• Paulina Porizkova (model and actress)
• Mike Ruiz (photographer)
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler (actress and singer)
• Travis Wall (dancer)

Additional guest appearances this season include

• Gloria Allred (lawyer)
• Mathu Andersen (make-up artist)
• Candis Cayne (actress and performance artist)
• Nadya Ginsburg (Madonna impersonator, comedian)
• Deven Green (comedian and musician)
• Wilmer Valderrama (actor)
• Bruce Vilanch (writer and actor)

Episodes

Reception

The overnight ratings for the fifth-season premiere of Rupaul's Drag Race reinforced the show's position as LOGO's juggernaut. "Monday night's 9PM season five premiere of "RuPaul's Drag Race" worked the ratings runway, averaging a .8 rating in the P18-49 demo. This number represents a 33% increase over Logo's previous top-rated season premiere (fourth season premiere of "RuPaul's Drag Race") and clocks in as the highest-rated season premiere in Logo history.

Additionally, the 90-minute premiere tallied 565,000 total viewers tuning in to meet the new cast of 14 drag queen hopefuls who will fight it out to be crowned "America's Next Drag Superstar." The fifth season premiere night of "RuPaul's Drag Race" and companion series "Untucked: RuPaul's Drag Race" delivered over 1.3 million viewers.

Furthermore, "Untucked: RuPaul's Drag Race" was the most-watched premiere ever averaging 291,000 total viewers and a .5 rating P18-49. On social media platforms for premiere night, "RuPaul's Drag Race" and "Untucked: RuPaul's Drag Race" showed a 136% increase in social activity versus the fourth season premiere â€" this includes tweets, Facebook posts and Get Glue check-ins.

References

External links

• Official website (U.S.)
• Official website (Canada)
• Official Facebook page