List of RuPaul's Drag Race contestants

This article is about contestants from the main edition. For contestants from the all-star edition, see list of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars contestants.

RuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality competition television series where drag queen RuPaul, as host and head judge, is in search of the "Next Drag Superstar" for the United States. It first broadcast in 2009 with seventeen complete seasons aired. During each season, drag performers apply to compete against each other through unique challenges. Based on the critiques given from the judges, they are progressively eliminated via a lip-sync contest, until only a few contenders remain. The selected finalists participate in a last episode from which a winner is determined to be given the title and any monetary prizes.

Since its eighteenth season, 242 contestants were selected by production and have competed so far. The seventeen winners of the series, in chronological order, are BeBe Zahara Benet, Tyra Sanchez, Raja Gemini, Sharon Needles, Jinkx Monsoon, Bianca Del Rio, Violet Chachki, Bob the Drag Queen, Sasha Velour, Aquaria, Yvie Oddly, Jaida Essence Hall, Symone, Willow Pill, Sasha Colby, Nymphia Wind, and Onya Nurve. As of 2026, five of those winners had represented for New York City.

Eureka O'Hara and Kornbread Jeté were the only competitors who withdrew from the competition due to medical reasons. Shangela, Cynthia Lee Fontaine, Eureka O'Hara, and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo were eliminated in their previous seasons, but soon returned again from their following seasons at the invitation of RuPaul. Willam and Sherry Pie were the only competitors to be disqualified.

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