RuPaul's Drag Race — Season 17
In shady times, let there be light.
About this season
The seventeenth season of the American reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race premiered on January 3, 2025. RuPaul remained as host and head judge of the series. Television personalities Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ts Madison, and Ross Mathews continued as regular judges. Fashion stylist Law Roach, who previously appeared as a guest judge, joined the judging panel. The Queens competed for a cash prize of $200,000, and a years-worth of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics.
Episodes (16)
1. Squirrel Games
7.5Aired 3 January 2025 • 68 min
Drag Race is back, doing what it does best: parodying the buzziest reality shows on TV. A new cast of queens must survive a deadly game of “Ru Light, Green Light,” before showing off their skills in a talent show. Superstar Katy Perry guest judges.
2. Drag Queens Got Talent - Part 2
8.0Aired 10 January 2025 • 63 min
The second half of the new cast of 14 queens, competing to be crowned America's Next Drag Superstar, must show off their performance skills in a talent show; rapper and singer Doechii guest judges.
3. Monopulence!
7.0Aired 17 January 2025 • 63 min
The queens take fashion inspiration from the board game Monopoly and must create from scratch an outfit that screams that they own everything; actress and comedian Sandra Bernhard becomes a guest judge.
4. Bitch, I'm A Drag Queen!
7.0Aired 24 January 2025 • 63 min
The queens receive the task of singing songs based on memorable moments from "Drag Race" history; actress Julia Schlaepfer guest judges.
5. RDR Live!
8.0Aired 31 January 2025 • 63 min
Live from Tuckahoe, it's RDR Live! The queens are challenged to serve up laughs in a hilarious send-up of the iconic sketch comedy show. Actor, writer and director Paul W. Downs (Hacks, Broad City) guest judges.
6. Let's Get Sea Sickening Ball
8.0Aired 7 February 2025 • 63 min
Tensions rise as the queens put their design skills to the test in a pageant of ocean-inspired couture and showcase three fishy looks; actress and model Hunter Schafer and stylist Law Roach gue.
7. Snatch Game
5.7Aired 14 February 2025 • 63 min
The queens impersonate celebrities in the classic quick-fire comedy game show. Global All Stars winner Alyssa Edwards drops by the werkroom; actress and comedian Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) guest judges.
8. The Wicked Wiz of Oz: The Rusical!
6.5Aired 21 February 2025 • 63 min
This season's Rusical is inspired by a mashup of "Wicked, The Wizard of Oz" and "The Wiz." Jamal Sims choreographs the queens; singer Adam Lambert guest judges.
9. Heavens To Betsey!
8.0Aired 28 February 2025 • 63 min
After the iconic Reading challenge, the queens rock out with their frocks out, as they create a look worthy of a Betsey Johnson fashion collection. The fashion icon herself, Betsey Johnson, guest judges.
10. The Villains Roast
8.0Aired 7 March 2025 • 63 min
The queens pay a comedy tribute to three of the shadiest queens in Drag Race herstory: Kandy Muse, Mistress Isabelle Brooks, and Plane Jane. Comedian Whitney Cummings guest judges.
11. Ross Mathews vs. The Ducks
8.0Aired 14 March 2025 • 63 min
As a tribute to Truman Capote and his Swans, the queens must act up a storm in a high camp tale of betrayal. Cheyenne Jackson (American Horror Story) directs; singer Sam Smith guest judges.
12. Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve & Talent Monologues
7.0Aired 21 March 2025 • 63 min
The queens share hilarious and heartwarming true stories in a performance challenge with a twist: their partners must act out the stories through interpretive dance. Jerrod Carmichael (Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show) guest judges.
13. Drag Baby Mamas
8.0Aired 28 March 2025 • 63 min
The queens make over some extra special drag newbies: their moms and dads. June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie) guest judges.
14. How's Your Headliner?
7.0Aired 4 April 2025 • 63 min
The queens audition to star in RuPaul's Drag Race LIVE! at Flamingo Las Vegas. Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish) guest judges.
15. Lip Sync Lalaparuza Smackdown
8.0Aired 11 April 2025 • 63 min
All of the eliminated queens return to battle it out in a Lip Sync Lalaparuza Smackdown, with eight lip syncs, and a cash prize of $50,000 on the line.
16. Grand Finale
7.0Aired 18 April 2025 • 63 min
The top queens face off in an epic evening of performances and lip syncs as they compete for a grand prize of $200,000. Superstar Liza Minnelli joins RuPaul on stage.