RuPaul's Drag Race (season 5)
The fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on January 28, 2013, with a 90-minute premiere episode. The winner of season five headlined Logo's Drag Race Tour featuring Absolut Vodka, won a one-of-a-kind trip, a lifetime supply of Colorevolution Cosmetics, and a cash prize of $100,000. Santino Rice and Michelle Visage were back as judges at the panel.[1]
RuPaul's Drag Race | |
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Season 5 | |
![]() Promotional poster for season five | |
Hosted by | RuPaul |
Judges |
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No. of contestants | 14 |
Winner | Jinkx Monsoon |
Runner-up | |
Miss Congeniality | Ivy Winters |
Companion show | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Release | |
Original network | Logo TV |
Original release | January 28 – May 6, 2013 |
Season chronology | |
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.
This is the first-ever series in the show's history to feature a double elimination or a double sashay between two contestants, Honey Mahogany and Vivienne Pinay. It is also the first series to feature a queen, Coco Montrese, lip-sync for their life four times and send 3 people home. This is also the first series where RuPaul allowed fans to vote for a winner.
The winner of the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was Jinkx Monsoon, with Alaska and Roxxxy Andrews being the runners-up, and Ivy Winters being crowned season 5's Miss Congeniality by fans.
Contestants
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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Jinkx Monsoon | 24 | Seattle, Washington | Winner |
Alaska[lower-alpha 1] | 27 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Runners-up |
Roxxxy Andrews | 28 | Orlando, Florida | |
Detox[lower-alpha 2] | 27 | Los Angeles, California | 4th place |
Coco Montrese | 37 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 5th place |
Alyssa Edwards | 32 | Mesquite, Texas | 6th place |
Ivy Winters | 26 | New York City, New York | 7th place[lower-alpha 3] |
Jade Jolie | 25 | Gainesville, Florida | 8th place |
Lineysha Sparx | 24 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 9th place |
Honey Mahogany | 29 | San Francisco, California | 10th place |
Vivienne Pinay | 26 | New York City, New York | |
Monica Beverly Hillz | 27 | Owensboro, Kentucky | 12th place |
Serena ChaCha | 21 | Tallahassee, Florida | 13th place |
Penny Tration | 39 | Cincinnati, Ohio | 14th place |
Notes:
- Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 is referred to as Alaska on the show.
- Detox Icunt is referred to as Detox on the show.
- Ivy Winters was voted Miss Congeniality by the viewers.
Contestant progress
Legend:
Contestant | Episode | ||||||||||||
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1[2] | 2[3] | 3[4] | 4[5] | 5[6] | 6[7] | 7[8] | 8[9] | 9[10] | 10[11] | 11[12] | 12[13] | 14[14] | |
Jinkx Monsoon | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | Winner |
Alaska | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | Runner-up |
Roxxxy Andrews | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | Runner-up |
Detox | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest | |
Coco Montrese | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | WIN | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest | ||
Alyssa Edwards | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | BTM | ELIM | Guest | |||
Ivy Winters | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | Miss C | ||||
Jade Jolie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||||
Lineysha Sparx | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
Honey Mahogany | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||
Vivienne Pinay | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||
Monica Beverly Hillz | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest | |||||||||
Serena ChaCha | BTM | ELIM | Guest | ||||||||||
Penny Tration | ELIM | Guest |
Lip syncs
Legend:
Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
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1[2] | Penny Tration | vs. | Serena ChaCha | "Party in the U.S.A." (Miley Cyrus) |
Penny Tration |
2[3] | Monica Beverly Hillz | vs. | Serena ChaCha | "Only Girl (In the World)" (Rihanna) |
Serena ChaCha |
3[4] | Coco Montrese | vs. | Monica Beverly Hillz | "When I Grow Up" (The Pussycat Dolls) |
Monica Beverly Hillz |
4[5] | Honey Mahogany | vs. | Vivienne Pinay | "Oops!... I Did It Again" (Britney Spears) |
Honey Mahogany |
Vivienne Pinay | |||||
5[6] | Detox | vs. | Lineysha Sparx | "Take Me Home" (Cher) |
Lineysha Sparx |
6[7] | Coco Montrese | vs. | Jade Jolie | "I'm So Excited" (The Pointer Sisters) |
Jade Jolie |
7[8] | Alyssa Edwards | vs. | Roxxxy Andrews | "Whip My Hair" (Willow Smith) |
None |
8[9] | Alyssa Edwards | vs. | Ivy Winters | "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On but the Rent" (Gwen Guthrie) |
Ivy Winters |
9[10] | Alyssa Edwards | vs. | Coco Montrese | "Cold Hearted" (Paula Abdul) |
Alyssa Edwards |
10[11] | Coco Montrese | vs. | Detox | "Two to Make It Right" (Seduction) |
Coco Montrese |
11[12] | Detox | vs. | Jinkx Monsoon | "Malambo No. 1" (Yma Sumac) |
Detox |
12[13] | Alaska vs. Jinkx Monsoon vs. Roxxxy Andrews | "The Beginning" (RuPaul) |
None | ||
Guest judges
Listed in chronological order:[1]
- Camille Grammer, television personality
- Mike Ruiz, photographer
- Kristen Johnston, actress
- Juliette Lewis, actress and singer
- Coco Austin, model
- Paulina Porizkova, model and actress
- Chaz Bono, writer and activist
- Travis Wall, dancer
- Julie Brown, actress-comedian
- Downtown Julie Brown, actress and MTV VJ
- La Toya Jackson, singer
- The Pointer Sisters (Anita and Ruth), girl group
- Leslie Jordan, actor
- Jeffrey Moran, Absolut Vodka marketing/branding executive
- Aubrey O’Day, singer
- Joan Van Ark, actress
- María Conchita Alonso, singer/songwriter and actress
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler, actress and singer
- Clinton Kelly, fashion stylist
- George Kotsiopoulos, editor and fashion consultant
- Marg Helgenberger, actress
- Bob Mackie, fashion designer
Special guests
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage:
Episode 4:
- Nick Lazzarini, dancer and winner of So You Think You Can Dance Season 1
Episode 5:
- Ian Drew, Entertainment Director of Us Weekly
Episode 6:
- Lucian Piane, composer and record producer
Episode 7:
- Deven Green, comedian and musician
- Nadya Ginsberg, comedian, actress, and writer
- Bruce Vilanch, writer and actor
Episode 9:
- Wilmer Valderrama, actor
Episode 11:
- Davina Foxx, drag queen expert
- Kiera Grice, Mountain Dew Rep
Episode 12:
- Gloria Allred, lawyer
- Mathu Andersen, make-up artist and photographer
- Candis Cayne, actress and performance artist
Episode 13:
- Latrice Royale, contestant on season 4 and All Stars 1
- Willam, contestant on season 4
- Sharon Needles. winner of season 4
Episode 14:
- Latrice Royale, contestant on season 4 and All Stars 1
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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52 | 1 | "RuPaullywood or Bust" | January 28, 2013 | |
Fourteen new queens enter the workroom. For the first mini-challenge, the queens must participate in a underwater photoshoot. Detox wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will go dumpster diving to make a dress that brings out Hollywood realness and glamour. On the runway, Alaska, Ivy Winters, Lineysha Sparx and Roxxxy Andrews receive positive critiques, with Roxxxy Andrews winning the challenge. Jade Jolie, Penny Tration and Serena ChaCha receive negative critiques, with Jade Jolie being saved. Penny Tration and Serena ChaCha lip-sync to "Party in the U.S.A." by Miley Cyrus. Serena ChaCha wins the lip-sync and Penny Tration sashays away, after not knowing the words to the song.
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53 | 2 | "Lip Sync Extravaganza Eleganza" | February 4, 2013 | |
For the mini-challenge, the queens will lip-sync to one of RuPaul's songs (Tranny Chaser, Ladyboy or Peanut Butter) with only your mouth visible. Detox, Ivy Winters and Serena ChaCha win the mini-challenge and become team captains for the main challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will lip-sync and re-enact a famous scene from a past season of RuPaul's Drag Race Untucked. Detox chose Alaska, Coco Montrese and Monica Beverly Hillz for her team, and they re-enacted a scene from Season 4. Ivy Winters chose Honey Mahogany, Lineysha Sparx and Vivienne Pinay for her team, and they re-enacted a scene from Season 2. Serena ChaCha chose Alyssa Edwards, Jade Jolie, Jinkx Monsoon and Roxxxy Andrews for her team, and they re-enacted a scene from Season 3. On the runway, category is Best Drag. Team Ivy is declared the winning team, with Lineysha Sparx winning the overall challenge. Alyssa Edwards, Coco Montrese, Jade Jolie and Jinkx Monsoon all received positive critiques. Monica Beverly Hillz breaks down after being critiqued that she seems like she's not in the right headspace. She then reveals that she is currently transitioning into a woman. Nonetheless, Monica Beverly Hillz and Serena ChaCha are the bottom two queens and lip-sync to "Only Girl (In the World)" by Rihanna. Monica Beverly Hillz wins the lip-sync and Serena ChaCha sashays away.
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54 | 3 | "Draggle Rock" | February 11, 2013 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens will pair up and create a mannequin doll for "America's Junior Drag Superstar" pageant. Alaska and Lineysha Sparx are the winners and become team captains for the main challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will star in a children's TV show in teams. Alaska chooses Alyssa Edwards, Detox, Monica Beverly Hillz, Roxxxy Andrews and Vivienne Pinay for her team. Lineysha picks Coco Montrese, Honey Mahogany, Ivy Winters, Jade Jolie and Jinkx Monsoon for her team. On the runway, category is Pretty in Pink. Detox, Roxxxy Andrews and Jinkx Monsoon receive positive critiques, with Detox winning the challenge. Lineysha is declared safe, but is told she would have been in the bottom had she not had immunity for the week. Alaska, Coco Montrese, Monica Beverly Hillz and Vivienne Pinay receive negative critiques, with Coco Montrese and Monica Beverly Hillz landing in the bottom two. They lip-sync to "When I Grow Up" by The Pussycat Dolls. Coco Montrese wins the lip-sync and Monica Beverly Hillz sashays away.
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55 | 4 | "Black Swan: Why It Gotta Be Black?" | February 18, 2013 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens participate in a soul train dance-off. Coco Montrese and Jinkx Monsoon win the mini-challenge and become team captains for the main challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will perform a different act of a ballet about RuPaul's life in teams. Coco chooses Alyssa Edwards, Detox, Honey Mahogany, Roxxxy Andrews and Vivienne Pinay for her team. Jinkx chooses Alaska, Ivy Winters, Jade Jolie and Lineysha Sparx for her team. On the runway, category is Divalicious. Alyssa Edwards, Ivy Winters and Jinkx Monsoon receive positive critiques, with Alyssa Edwards winning the challenge. Honey Mahogany, Roxxxy Andrews and Vivienne Pinay receive negative critiques, with Roxxxy Andrews being safe. Honey Mahogany and Vivienne Pinay lip-sync to "Oops!... I Did It Again" by Britney Spears. After an extremely lackluster lip-sync, Ru shocks the queens by sending both Honey and Vivienne home.
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56 | 5 | "Snatch Game" | February 25, 2013 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens must style a cuddler into a red carpet ready look for an Us Weekly fashion face-off. Alyssa Edwards, Detox and Roxxxy Andrews win the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will play the Snatch Game. Julie Brown and Downtown Julie Brown star as the celebrity contestants. The cast consisted of:
On the runway, category is Deadliest Snatch Glamour. Alaska, Jinkx Monsoon and Roxxxy Andrews receive positive critiques, with Jinkx Monsoon winning the challenge. Alyssa Edwards is declared safe, but is told she would have been in the bottom had she not had immunity for the week. Detox, Ivy Winters and Lineysha Sparx receive negative critiques, with Ivy Winters being safe. Detox and Lineysha Sparx lip-sync to "Take Me Home" by Cher. Detox wins the lip-sync and Lineysha Sparx sashays away.
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57 | 6 | "Can I Get an Amen?" | March 4, 2013 | |
For the mini-challenge, the queens must apply drag makeup in the dark. Detox wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will record a "We Are the World"-inspired anthem entitled "Can I Get An Amen?". On the runway, the queens present their favorite body part. Ivy Winters, Jinkx Monsoon and Roxxxy Andrews receive positive critiques, with Ivy Winters winning the challenge. Alaska, Coco Montrese, Detox and Jade Jolie receive negative critiques, Coco Montrese and Jade Jolie landing in the bottom two. Coco Montrese and Jade Jolie lip-sync to "I'm So Excited" by The Pointer Sisters. Coco Montrese wins the lip-sync and Jade Jolie sashays away.
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58 | 7 | "The RuPaul Roast" | March 11, 2013 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens read each other. Alaska wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will participate in the RuPaul roast, where they will roast RuPaul, the judges and the other queens in front of a live audience. Alaska, Coco Montrese and Jinkx Monsoon receive positive critiques, with Coco Montrese winning the challenge. Alyssa Edwards, Ivy Winters and Roxxxy Andrews receive negative critiques, with Ivy Winters being safe. Alyssa Edwards and Roxxxy Andrews lip-sync to "Whip My Hair" by Willow Smith. After the lip-sync, Roxxxy breaks down and tells Ru that her mother left her at a bus stop with her siblings when she was a child, and she's never really talked about it. Ru then gets emotional and tells both queens that they did an amazing performance during the lip-sync and that what they did is the passion Ru is looking for. Ru then saves both of them.
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59 | 8 | "Scent of a Drag Queen" | March 18, 2013 | |
For the mini-challenge, the queens must match male models wearing the same pairs of underwear. Ivy Winters wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens must create, market and film a commercial for a signature fragrance.
On the runway, Alaska, Detox and Jinkx Monsoon receive positive critiques, with Alaska winning the challenge. Alyssa Edwards, Ivy Winters and Roxxxy Andrews receive negative critiques, with Roxxxy Andrews being safe. Alyssa Edwards and Ivy Winters lip-sync to "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" by Gwen Guthrie. Alyssa Edwards wins the lip-sync and Ivy Winters sashays away.
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60 | 9 | "Drama Queens" | April 1, 2013 | |
For the mini-challenge, the queens must create a fake "sob story" and produce real tears for RuPaul. Alyssa Edwards and Detox win the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will star in a faux Latin telenovela alongside Wilmer Valderrama. Alyssa chooses Coco Montrese and Jinkx Monsoon for her team. Detox chooses Alaska and Roxxxy Andrews for her team. On the runway, category is Spanish Telenovela Realness. Alaska, Jinkx Monsoon and Roxxxy Andrews receive positive critiques, with Jinkx Monsoon winning the challenge. Alyssa Edwards, Coco Montrese and Detox receive negative critiques, with Alyssa Edwards and Coco Montrese landing in the bottom two. They then lip-sync to "Cold Hearted" by Paula Abdul. After a jaw-dropping lip-sync, Coco Montrese is declared the winner and Alyssa Edwards sashays away.
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61 | 10 | "Super Troopers" | April 8, 2013 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens must last as long as possible in drag booty camp with a fitness trainer. Alaska wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will makeover a gay veteran. On the runway, Jinkx Monsoon and Roxxxy Andrews receive positive critiques, with Roxxxy Andrews winning the challenge. Alaska, Coco Montrese and Detox receive negative critiques, with Alaska being safe. Coco Montrese and Detox lip-sync to "(It Takes) Two to Make It Right" by Seduction. Detox wins the lip-sync and Coco Montrese sashays away.
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62 | 11 | "The Sugar Ball" | April 15, 2013 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens will have a bitch fest with puppets. Alaska wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will make three looks for the Sugar Ball, with categories being Super Duper Sweet 16, Sugar Mama and Candy Couture, which must be made entirely out of candy. On the runway, Alaska and Roxxxy Andrews receive positive critiques, with Alaska winning the challenge. Detox and Jinkx Monsoon are the bottom two and lip-sync to "Malambo No. 1" by Yma Sumac. Jinkx Monsoon wins the lip-sync and Detox sashays away.
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63 | 12 | "The Final Three, Hunty!" | April 22, 2013 | |
For the final challenge, the queens will star in RuPaul's music video "The Beginning" and shoot a courtroom scene. The queens walk the runway one final time. They all then lip-sync to "The Beginning" by RuPaul. They are told that the winner will be announced at the live finale.
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64 | 13 | "Countdown to the Crown" | April 29, 2013 | |
A look back on the highlights, low-lights, and previously unseen footage from the season as we race toward the climactic crowning of America's Next Drag Superstar. With guest appearances by Latrice Royale, Willam, and Sharon Needles. | ||||
65 | 14 | "Reunited" | May 6, 2013 | |
All the queens are brought back for the live finale. Ivy Winters wins Miss Congeniality. RuPaul then announces that Jinkx Monsoon is the winner, leaving Alaska and Roxxxy Andrews as the runners-up.
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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.[15]
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 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked delivered over 1.3 million viewers.[15]
Furthermore, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked 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 showed a 136% increase in social activity versus the fourth-season premiere – this includes tweets, Facebook posts and Get Glue check-ins.[15]
See also
References
- Shumaker, Jason; Jake Slane (2012-12-10). ""THE QUEENS OF "RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE" SEASON FIVE BEGIN THEIR BATTLE FOR THE CROWN ON MONDAY, JANUARY 28 ON LOGO". Logo Press Room. Logo. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
- "RuPaullywood or Bust". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 5. Episode 1. January 28, 2013. LogoTV.
- "Lip Sync Extravaganza Eleganza". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 5. Episode 2. February 4, 2013. LogoTV.
- "Draggle Rock". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 5. Episode 3. February 11, 2013. LogoTV.
- "Black Swan: Why It Gotta Be Black?". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 5. Episode 4. February 18, 2013. LogoTV.
- "Snatch Game". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 5. Episode 5. February 25, 2013. LogoTV.
- "Can I Get an Amen?". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 5. Episode 6. March 4, 2013. LogoTV.
- "The RuPaul Roast". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 5. Episode 7. March 11, 2013. LogoTV.
- "Scent of a Drag Queen". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 5. Episode 8. March 18, 2013. LogoTV.
- "Drama Queens". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 5. Episode 9. April 1, 2013. LogoTV.
- "Super Troopers". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 5. Episode 10. April 8, 2013. LogoTV.
- "The Sugar Ball". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 5. Episode 11. April 15, 2013. LogoTV.
- "The Final Three, Hunty!". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 5. Episode 12. April 22, 2013. LogoTV.
- "Reunited". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 5. Episode 14. April 29, 2013. LogoTV.
- Shumaker, Jason (January 29, 2013). ""LOGO'S SEASON DEBUT OF "RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE" ON MONDAY NIGHT SCORES AS THE HIGHEST-RATED PREMIERE IN NETWORK HISTORY". Logo Press Room. Logo. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
External links
- Official website (U.S.)
- Official website (Canada)
- Official Facebook page