RuPaul's Drag Race | |
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Season 1 | |
Broadcast from | February 2 – March 23, 2009 |
Judges | RuPaul Santino Rice Merle Ginsberg |
Host(s) | RuPaul |
Broadcaster | Logo |
Competitors | 9 |
Winner | |
BeBe Zahara Benet | |
Origin | Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
Runner-up | |
Nina Flowers | |
Chronology | |
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Contestant | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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BeBe Zahara Benet | 28 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Winner |
Nina Flowers | 34 | Denver, Colorado | Runner-up |
Rebecca Glasscock | 26 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 3rd Place |
Shannel | 29 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 4th Place |
Ongina | 26 | Los Angeles, California | 5th Place |
Jade[a] | 25 | Chicago, Illinois | 6th Place |
Akashia | 24 | Cleveland, Ohio | 7th Place |
Tammie Brown | 29 | Long Beach, California | 8th Place |
Victoria 'Porkchop' Parker | 39 | Raleigh, North Carolina | 9th Place |
Contestant[a] | 1[4] | 2[5] | 3[6] | 4[7] | 5[8] | 6[9] | 8[10] | 9[11] |
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BeBe Zahara Benet | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | BTM2 | WIN | Winner | Guest |
Nina Flowers | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | Runner-up | Miss C |
Rebecca Glasscock | LOW | HIGH | SAFE | BTM2 | WIN | BTM2 | Eliminated | Guest |
Shannel | SAFE | HIGH | BTM2 | LOW | HIGH | ELIM | Guest | |
Ongina | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | WIN | ELIM | Guest | ||
Jade | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | ELIM | Guest | |||
Akashia | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | Guest | ||||
Tammie Brown | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||
Victoria 'Porkchop' Parker | ELIM | Guest |
Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
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1 | Akashia | vs. | Victoria 'Porkchop' Parker | 'Supermodel (You Better Work)' (RuPaul) | Victoria 'Porkchop' Parker |
2 | Akashia | vs. | Tammie Brown | 'We Break the Dawn' (Michelle Williams) | Tammie Brown |
3 | Akashia | vs. | Shannel | 'Greatest Love of All' (Whitney Houston) | Akashia |
4 | Jade | vs. | Rebecca Glasscock | 'Would I Lie To You?' (Eurythmics) | Jade |
5 | BeBe Zahara Benet | vs. | Ongina | 'Stronger' (Britney Spears) | Ongina |
6 | Rebecca Glasscock | vs. | Shannel | 'Shackles (Praise You)' (Mary Mary) | Shannel |
8 | BeBe Zahara Benet | vs. | Nina Flowers | 'Cover Girl (Put the Bass in Your Walk)' (RuPaul) | Nina Flowers |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | 'Drag on a Dime' | February 2, 2009 | |
The nine contestants arrive in full drag and size up the competition. They are then immediately thrusted into a car wash photo shoot, portraying sex appeal while posing with two men, with Mike Ruiz as their photographer. The first challenge involved them making an outfit out of thrift store clothes and accessories from a 99 cent store. At the judging session, which included Bob Mackie, Santino Rice, Mike Ruiz, Merle Ginsberg, and Ru herself as judges, the contestants are judged on their outfits and photos.
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2 | 2 | 'Girl Group Challenge' | February 9, 2009 | |
The eight remaining contestants were given a mini-challenge in which they acted out certain emotions and took pictures of themselves with a digital camera. RuPaul then deemed Akashia and Ongina the winners and made them the group leaders in the next challenge, a girl group battle. The groups were each responsible for their own hair, makeup, costumes, and choreography and they each had to perform to a Destiny's Child song.
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3 | 3 | 'Queens of All Media' | February 16, 2009 | |
This week's challenge was to channel Oprah Winfrey. Each contestant was allowed to pick a costume from a bin supplied for them, choose a costume they brought, or make their own on the spot. The challenge was in three parts, representing three stages of Oprah's career. The first task was a newscaster challenge where they had to read mock news stories from a teleprompter. The next task was to try to sell products, reminiscent of Oprah on her 'My Favorite Things' specials. The third task was to interview Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott.
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4 | 4 | 'Mac Viva-Glam Challenge' | February 23, 2009 | |
For the mini-challenge, RuPaul paired everyone up and gave each person 30 minutes to do their partner's makeup, with Jade being declared the winner. The main challenge involved the girls putting together a commercial for Mac's Viva Glam makeup, a cosmetics line which Ru has once modeled for. The winner of the challenge would become the new face of Viva Glam. The girls are told they must use the commercial to explain who they are as queens, to explain why they are beautiful, and to inform people of Viva Glam's help for those living with HIV.
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5 | 5 | 'Drag School of Charm' | March 2, 2009 | |
For the episode's mini-challenge, Ru brought in five female fighters to put them through an exercise and endurance challenge. The last person standing would win the challenge, which was Rebecca. Ru then told the contestants that their main challenge would be for each of them to make over one of the fighters in their own image and teach them the secrets of drag. Rebecca, who won the mini-challenge, got to select her partner and whom the others had to work with. They must also coach the fighters on how to give a lip sync performance, which they would have to do to Beyoncé's, 'Freakum Dress'.
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6 | 6 | 'Absolut Drag Ball' | March 9, 2009 | |
The contestants met Ru on the runway for a vogue battle mini-challenge, which Nina won. For their main challenge, each contestant has to come up with three looks: Swimsuit, Executive Realness, and Evening Wear. Ru also informed the girls that Absolut was sponsoring the event and thus, they had to each portray one of four pre-selected flavors: citron, mandarin, mango, and raspberry. As the winner of the mini-challenge, Nina selected her flavor and paired everyone else up. Ru later revealed that they must use their assigned fruits as part of their runway presentation.
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7 | 7 | 'Extra Special Edition' | March 16, 2009 | |
In this episode, RuPaul took a look back through the first season. Clips included unaired audition videos from the contestants who made it and some who didn't, backstage antics, and an inside look at the final three. Among those who didn't make it, Raven, Pandora Boxx, Sahara Davenport, Nicole Paige Brooks, Detox, Naysha Lopez, and Alaska were featured. Merle Ginsberg and Santino Rice were also on hand to deliver their Top 10 picks for the most memorable fashions of the season. | ||||
8 | 8 | 'Grand Finale' | March 23, 2009 | |
Merle and Santino came in to inform the final three that their last challenge would be to appear in RuPaul's latest video for her song, 'Cover Girl (Put The Bass In Your Walk).' They would do a group dance, record a verse with rapper Cazwell, and film a solo for Ru's video. To get them prepared, choreographer Ryan Heffington took the final three through the planned dance routine. None of them adapted easily, but Rebecca in particular, struggled with the dancing required. Afterward, each queen got an impromptu sit-down with Ru.
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9 | 9 | 'Re-United!' | March 23, 2009 | |
The nine contestants gathered once again to chat about the season behind them and their current lives with RuPaul, Merle, and Santino with questions from the viewers.
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