The seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on March 2, 2015. Returning judges include RuPaul and Michelle Visage, while the space previously occupied by Santino Rice has been filled by new additions Ross Mathews and Carson Kressley. Matthews and Kressley are only both present for the season premiere and will take turns sharing judging responsibilities. Shawn Morales, a member of the Pit Crew since the third season and Simon Sherry-Wood, a member in the sixth season, do not appear this season and were replaced by Bryce Eilenberg. Like the previous two seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race, the season featured 14 contestants competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar", a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and a cash prize of 100,000 dollars. The premiere of season, the show debuted with a live and same-day viewership of 350,000, a 20% increase from the previous season. On March 20, 2015, it was announced that LogoTV had given the series an early renewal for an eighth season.
The theme song played during the runway segment every episode was "Sissy That Walk". Season 6 also featured "Sissy That Walk" as a runway song, making Season 7 the only season to reuse a runway song. The song played during the closing credits was "Fly Tonight", both songs from the album Born Naked.
The winner of the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race was Violet Chachki, with Ginger Minj and Pearl being the runners-up.
Ginger Minj and Katya competed on the second season of All Stars. Ginger placed 8th overall and Katya was runner-up with season 5 contestant Detox.
Kennedy Davenport and Trixie Mattel competed on the third season of All Stars. Kennedy was the runner-up, while Trixie won the competition.
Video RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7)
Contestants
(Ages and names stated are at time of contest)
Maps RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7)
Contestant progress
- The contestant won RuPaul's Drag Race.
- The contestants were the runners-up.
- The contestant was voted Miss Congeniality by viewers.
- The contestant won a challenge.
- The contestant received positive judges' critiques but was ultimately declared safe.
- The contestant received negative judges' critiques but was ultimately declared safe.
- The contestant won entry back into the competition.
- The contestant came back for a chance to win re-entry into the competition and lost.
- 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 the final lip sync of the season.
Guest judges
(In alphabetical order by stage name and/or last name)
- Jessica Alba (actress)
- Mel B (singer)
- Tamar Braxton (singer and television personality)
- Kat Dennings (actress)
- Nelsan Ellis (actor)
- Ariana Grande (singer and actress)
- Merle Ginsberg (journalist)
- Kathy Griffin (comedian)
- Rachael Harris (actress and comedian)
- Demi Lovato (singer and actress)
- Alyssa Milano (actress)
- Isaac Mizrahi (fashion designer)
- Olivia Newton-John (actress and singer)
- Santino Rice (fashion designer)
- LeAnn Rimes (singer)
- Rebecca Romijn (actress)
- Jordin Sparks (singer and actress)
- Michael Urie (actor)
- John Waters (director)
Special guests
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage. (In order of appearance)
- Episode 1:
- Alaska 5000 (drag queen, runner-up on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and winner of the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars)
- Mathu Andersen (RuPaul's Makeup artist)
- Magnus Hastings (photographer)
- Episode 2:
- Moby (musician)
- Jamal Sims (choreographer)
- Episode 7:
- Bianca Del Rio (via video message) (drag queen, winner of season 6)
- Episode 8:
- Latrice Royale (drag queen, "Miss Congeniality" of season 4)
- Episode 10:
- Kym Johnson (professional dancer)
- Alyssa Edwards (drag queen, contestant on season 5) (Untucked)
- Episode 12:
- Candis Cayne (choreographer)
Episodes
Soundtrack
The trailers for this season featured clips the songs "Geronimo" and "Modern Love", both off the album Born Naked.
RuPaul Presents: CoverGurlz 2
RuPaul Presents: CoverGurlz 2 is a 2015 compilation album by entertainer RuPaul, featuring the season 7 cast of his show RuPaul's Drag Race. The album was released digitally on February 3, 2015.
Background
Similar to last season, the compilation consists of 14 covers of songs previously released by RuPaul, performed by all of the RuPaul's Drag Race season seven contestants. It features tracks originally from RuPaul's albums Born Naked, Glamazon, Red Hot, Starrbooty: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, SuperGlam DQ.
Track listing
All songs written by RuPaul Charles and Lucian Piane, with the except of tracks fifteen and sixteen, which were written solely by Charles himself.
Ratings
References
External links
- Official website (U.S.)
- Official website (Canada)
- Official Facebook page
- Ratings
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments