RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 15)

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Season 15
Overall Information
No. of Episodes	16
No. of Contestants	16
Premiere	January 6, 2023
Finale	April 14, 2023
Season Information
Winner	Sasha Colby
Miss Congeniality	Malaysia Babydoll Foxx
Golden Boot Award	Salina EsTitties
Host	RuPaul
Judges	RuPaul Michelle Visage Carson Kressley Ross Mathews Ts Madison
Season Chronology
← Previous	Season 14
Next →	Season 16

The fifteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was officially announced on November 4, 2021 via World of Wonder's social media. Casting opened the same day with deadline of January 7, 2022.

On December 12, 2022, a premiere date of January 6, 2023 was announced. It was also revealed the show would be moving to MTV. On December 13, the cast of Season 15 was officially announced. The promo theme was a tribute to the very first RuPaul's Drag Race cast reveal. It was also announced that the prize money for Season 15 has been raised to $200,000. On December 19, 2022, Ts Madison was announced as a rotating regular judge.

On April 14, 2023, Sasha Colby was crowned as America's Next Drag Superstar, with Anetra placing as runner up. Malaysia Babydoll Foxx won the title of Miss Congeniality.

Contestants

Amethyst

Anetra

Aura Mayari

Irene Dubois

Jax

Loosey LaDuca

Luxx Noir London

Malaysia Babydoll Foxx

Marcia Marcia Marcia

Mistress Isabelle Brooks

Princess Poppy

Robin Fierce

Salina EsTitties

Sasha Colby

Spice

Sugar

(Biographical information stated from during time of contest)

Rank	Contestant	Photo	Age	Location	Eps. 1 & 2	Ep. 3	Ep. 4	Ep. 5	Ep. 6	Ep. 7	Ep. 8	Ep. 9	Ep. 10	Ep. 11	Ep. 12	Ep. 13	Ep. 14	Ep. 15	Ep. 16
					Talent Show	Advert	Snatch Game	Design	Girl Groups	Acting	Lip Sync	Ball	Improv	Stand Up	Rusical	Make Over	Rumix	Reunion	Finale
1st (Winner)	Sasha Colby (Group 1)		37	Los Angeles, CA	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	HIGH	HIGH	SAFE	SAFE (Round 1)	WIN	WIN	LOW	HIGH	HIGH	WIN	RUN	WINNER
2nd (Runner-Up)	Anetra (Group 1)		24	Las Vegas, NV	WIN	SAFE Team Captain	SAFE	SAFE	LOW	HIGH	SAFE (Round 3)	HIGH Mini Chall. Winner	SAFE	BTM2 Mini Chall. Winner	WIN	WIN	BTM2	RUN	RUNNER UP
3rd/4th	Luxx Noir London (Group 1)		22	East Orange, NJ	SAFE	HIGH	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE (Round 2)	SAFE	HIGH	WIN	HIGH	BTM2	HIGH	RUN	ELIM
	Mistress Isabelle Brooks (Group 2)		24	Houston, TX	SAFE	SAFE	HIGH	SAFE	HIGH	WIN	SAFE (Round 1)	HIGH	LOW	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH	BTM2	RUN	ELIM
5th	Loosey LaDuca (Group 2)		32	Ansonia, CT	LOW Mini Chall. Winner	HIGH	WIN	SAFE Mini Chall. Winner	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE (Round 1)	LOW	HIGH	WIN	BTM2	ELIM Mini Chall. Winner		GUEST	GUEST
6th (Golden Boot)	Salina EsTitties (Group 2)		31	Los Angeles, CA	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	BTM2	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE (Round 1)	BTM2	BTM2	HIGH	ELIM			GOLDEN BOOT	GUEST
7th	Marcia Marcia Marcia (Group 1)		25	New York, NY	HIGH	SAFE	HIGH	SAFE	SAFE	HIGH	SAFE (Round 1)	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM				GUEST	GUEST
8th (Miss Congeniality)	Malaysia Babydoll Foxx (Group 1)		32	Miami, FL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	HIGH	SAFE	HIGH	SAFE (Round 2)	SAFE	ELIM					GUEST	MISS CON
9th	Spice (Group 2)		23	Los Angeles, CA	SAFE	SAFE	BTM2	SAFE	SAFE	LOW	SAFE (Round 3)	ELIM						GUEST	GUEST
10th	Jax (Group 2)		25	Queens, NY	HIGH	LOW	SAFE	LOW	BTM2	BTM2	ELIM							GUEST	GUEST
11th	Aura Mayari (Group 1)		30	Nashville, TN	SAFE	SAFE	LOW	SAFE	WIN	ELIM								GUEST	GUEST
12th	Robin Fierce (Group 2)		26	Hartford, CT	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	HIGH	ELIM									GUEST	GUEST
13th	Amethyst (Group 2)		27	West Hartford, CT	BTM2	BTM2 Team Captain	SAFE	ELIM										GUEST	GUEST
14th	Sugar (Group 2)		23	Los Angeles, CA	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM											GUEST	GUEST
15th	Princess Poppy (Group 1)		26	San Francisco, CA	SAFE	ELIM												GUEST	GUEST
16th	Irene Dubois (Group 1)		29	Seattle, WA	ELIM Mini Chall. Winner													GUEST	GUEST

█ The contestant won RuPaul's Drag Race.

█ The contestant placed as a runner-up.

█ The contestant was not chosen to advance to the "Lip Sync For The Crown".

█ The contestant appeared on the reunion episode and was still in the running.

█ The contestant won the maxi challenge.

█ The contestant was one of the maxi challenge winners.

█ The contestant received mostly positive critiques, but did not win the maxi challenge.

█ The contestant received mostly negative critiques, but was not up for elimination.

█ The contestant was up for elimination, but neither were eliminated.

█ The contestant was up for elimination and won the "Lip Sync For Your Life".

█ The contestant was up for elimination, lost the "Lip Sync For Your Life", and was eliminated.

█ The contestant was declared safe after the first round of the "Lip Sync Smackdown".

█ The contestant was declared safe after the second round of the "Lip Sync Smackdown".

█ The contestant lost the first two rounds of the "Lip Sync Smackdown" and was saved by one of her fellow castmates.

█ The contestant was declared safe after the third round of the "Lip Sync Smackdown".

█ The contestant was eliminated after the third round of the "Lip Sync Smackdown".

█ The contestant was awarded the "Golden Boot Award" for the worst look of the season.

█ The contestant was awarded the title of "Miss Congeniality" at the finale.

█ The contestant appeared as a guest, but was out of the running.

Contestants' Winning Earnings

Name	Money
Sasha Colby	$222,000
Anetra	$22,000
Luxx Noir London	$12,000
Mistress Isabelle Brooks	$7,000
Loosey LaDuca	$17,000
Salina EsTitties	$2,000
Marcia Marcia Marcia	$2,000
Malaysia Babydoll Foxx	$10,000
Spice	$2,000
Jax	$2,000
Aura Mayari	$7,000
Robin Fierce	$2,000
Amethyst	$2,000
Sugar	$2,000
Princess Poppy	$2,000
Irene Dubois	$4,500

█ The contestant was awarded $200,000 for winning RuPaul's Drag Race.

█ The contestant was awarded $10,000 for winning the title of Miss Congeniality.

* Each queen present (excluding the Miss Congeniality) in the Grand Finale episode was awarded a $2,000 tip, courtesy of Olay Body.

Episodes

Series #	Episode #	Episode Title	Airdate
192	1	One Night Only, Parts 1 & 2	January 6, 2023
193	2
194	3	All Queens Go To Heaven	January 13, 2023
195	4	Supersized Snatch Game	January 20, 2023
196	5	House of Fashion	January 27, 2023
197	6	Old Friends Gold	February 3, 2023
198	7	The Daytona Wind 2	February 10, 2023
199	8	LipSync Lalaparuza Smackdown	February 17, 2023
200	9	The Crystal Ball: Episode 200	February 24, 2023
201	10	50/50’S Most Gagworthy Stars	March 3, 2023
202	11	Two Queens, One Joke	March 10, 2023
203	12	Wigloose: The Rusical!	March 17, 2023
204	13	Teacher Makeovers	March 24, 2023
205	14	Blame It On The Edit	March 31, 2023
206	15	Reunited	April 7, 2023
207	16	Grand Finale	April 14, 2023

Episodes 1 & 2: "One Night Only, Parts 1 & 2"

Airdate: January 6, 2023

Synopsis: A new cast of queens, competing to be crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar, must show off their performance skills in a talent show. Superstar singer Ariana Grande guest judges.

Episode 1 Judges

• Special Guest: Vivacious
• Guest Judge: Ariana Grande
• Mini Challenge: Sexy Car Wash Photoshoot (Group 1) and Windy Hog Photoshoot (Group 2)
• Mini Challenge Winner: Irene Dubois (Group 1) and Loosey LaDuca (Group 2)
• Mini Challenge Prize: $2,500 cash prize
• Maxi Challenge: One Night Only: Perform original choreography for the opening number and showcase their performance skills in a talent show
• Runway Theme: Who is She?
• Maxi Challenge Winner: Anetra
• Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize
• Bottom Two: Amethyst and Irene Dubois
• Lip Sync Song: "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande
• Eliminated: Irene Dubois
• Farewell Message: "I Left a Poop in one of Your stations... But WHOMSTS??? 👽 Irene"

Entrance Order

	Group 1	Group 2
1	Irene Dubois	Salina EsTitties
2	Luxx Noir London	Amethyst
3	Aura Mayari	Jax
4	Marcia Marcia Marcia	Loosey LaDuca
5	Anetra	Mistress Isabelle Brooks
6	Malaysia Babydoll Foxx	Robin Fierce
7	Princess Poppy	Sugar & Spice
8	Sasha Colby

Talent Show Performances

Contestant	Performance	Photo
Malaysia Babydoll Foxx	Original Song
Spice	Original Song
Luxx Noir London	Original Song
Mistress Isabelle Brooks	Original Song
Loosey LaDuca	Live Singing
Marcia Marcia Marcia	Ballet/Comedy Routine
Robin Fierce	Lipsync
Irene Dubois	Comedy Routine
Anetra	Original Song/Taekwondo
Sugar	Original Song
Princess Poppy	Comedy Routine
Salina EsTitties	Original Song
Amethyst	Lipsync
Aura Mayari	Lipsync
Sasha Colby	Lipsync
Jax	Jump Rope/Lipsync

Episode 3: "All Queens Go To Heaven"

Airdate: January 13, 2023

Synopsis: In this heavenly acting challenge, the queens must create infomercials for a queer afterlife. Country singer Maren Morris and LGBTQ activist Ts Madison guest judge.

Episode 3 Judges

• Guest Judge: Maren Morris
• Maxi Challenge: Create infomercials for a queer afterlife.
• Runway Theme: Metallica
• Maxi Challenge Winner: Sasha Colby
• Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize
• Bottom Two: Amethyst and Princess Poppy
• Lip Sync Song: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Diana Ross
• Eliminated: Princess Poppy
• Farewell Message: "[unintelligible scribbles]"

Infomercial Teams

Team Anetra	Team Amethyst	Team Leftovers
Anetra	Amethyst	Jax
Luxx Noir London	Loosey LaDuca	Malaysia Babydoll Foxx
Sasha Colby	Aura Mayari	Mistress Isabelle Brooks
Salina EsTitties	Spice	Robin Fierce
Marcia Marcia Marcia	Princess Poppy	Sugar

Episode 4: "Supersized Snatch Game"

Airdate: January 20, 2023

Synopsis: Ru serves up a double helping of the celebrity impersonation game show, with the queens playing in two rounds, with two different casts of characters. Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) guest judges.

Episode 4 Judges

• Guest Judge: Amandla Stenberg
• Maxi Challenge: Snatch Game
• Runway Theme: Beautiful Nightmare
• Maxi Challenge Winner: Loosey LaDuca
• Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize
• Bottom Two: Spice and Sugar
• Lip Sync Song: "You Better Run" by Pat Benatar
• Eliminated: Sugar
• Farewell Message: "To Spice, take the crown home you ugly bitch! to my new sisters, I feel your hearts. take care of Spice! Your all sweeter than Sugar will ever be <3"

Snatch Game Characters

Group 1			Group 2
Contestant	Celebrity	Photo	Contestant	Celebrity	Photo
Anetra	Gorgena Ramsey		Amethyst	Tan Mom
Luxx Noir London	Amanda Lepore		Aura Mayari	Bretman Rock
Malaysia Babydoll Foxx	Saucy Santana		Jax	Mona Lisa
Mistress Isabelle Brooks	Rosie O'Donnell		Loosey LaDuca	Joan Rivers
Marcia Marcia Marcia	Tim Gunn		Sasha Colby	Jan Crouch
Robin Fierce	Karen Huger		Spice	Miley Cyrus
Salina EsTitties	The Virgin Mary		Sugar	Trisha Paytas

Episode 5: "House of Fashion"

Airdate: January 27, 2023

Synopsis: After the legendary Reading challenge, the queens must turn home decor into haute couture. Singer/ actress Janelle Monáe (Hidden Figures) guest judges.

Episode 5 Judges

• Guest Judge: Janelle Monáe
• Mini Challenge: Reading Challenge
• Mini Challenge Winner: Loosey LaDuca
• Mini Challenge Prize: $2,500 cash prize
• Maxi Challenge: Create a look using home decor materials
• Runway Theme: Drag Race Fashion Week
• Maxi Challenge Winner: Luxx Noir London
• Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize from Sunday Riley
• Bottom Two: Amethyst and Salina EsTitties
• Lip Sync Song: "Q.U.E.E.N." by Janelle Monáe
• Eliminated: Amethyst
• Farewell Message: "Don't forget about your favorite gem ♡ -Amethyst love you all"

Design Challenge Houses

House of Visage	House of Kressley	House of Mathews
Amethyst	Anetra	Loosey LaDuca
Aura Mayari	Jax	Malaysia Babydoll Foxx
Luxx Noir London	Robin Fierce	Marcia Marcia Marcia
Mistress Isabelle Brooks	Salina EsTitties	Sasha Colby
Spice

Episode 6: "Old Friends Gold"

Airdate: February 3, 2023

Synopsis: The queens fast forward 50 years to perform in old lady girl groups, singing about life, love, and growing old with your besties. Actress/ comedian Megan Stalter (Hacks) guest judges.

Episode 6 Judges

• Guest Judge: Megan Stalter
• Maxi Challenge: Perform in old lady girl groups
• Runway Theme: Tie-dye to Die For
• Maxi Challenge Winner: Aura Mayari
• Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize
• Bottom Two: Jax and Robin Fierce
• Lip Sync Song: "In Your Room" by The Bangles
• Eliminated: Robin Fierce
• Farewell Message: "Forever a Queen! Forever Fierce! Loosey Slay these Hoes Jax Im blocking you! LOL JK Love yall, Robin Fine LMAO"

Golden Oldie Groups

Banjo Bitches	Ol' Dirty Bitches	Rockin' Old Gs
Country	Hip Hop	Rock
Luxx Noir London	Anetra	Aura Mayari
Marcia Marcia Marcia	Jax	Malaysia Babydoll Foxx
Mistress Isabelle Brooks	Loosey LaDuca	Sasha Colby
Salina EsTitties	Robin Fierce	Spice

Episode 7: "The Daytona Wind 2"

Airdate: February 10, 2023

Synopsis: The queens exchange flatulence for canned laughter, as the melodramatic acting challenge returns in sitcom form. Actor Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) guest judges.

Episode 7 Judges

• Special Guest: Danny Trejo
• Guest Judge: Harvey Guillén
• Maxi Challenge: Act in The Daytona Wind 2
• Runway Theme: Puffa Please
• Maxi Challenge Winner: Mistress Isabelle Brooks
• Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize from got2be glued
• Bottom Two: Aura Mayari and Jax
• Lip Sync Song: "Sweetest Pie" by Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa
• Eliminated: Aura Mayari
• Farewell Message: "I love you all so much! Can't wait to kai-kai after this ♡ trade of the season, Aura Mayari 🌙"

Episode 8: "LipSync Lalaparuza Smackdown"

Airdate: February 17, 2023

Synopsis: Strategy and alliances emerge as the queens face off in a series of lip syncs, all leading to a final sudden death elimination round.

• Maxi Challenge: Face off in a lip sync smackdown
• Eliminated: Jax
• Farewell Message: "I love you all and cannot wait to see you on the road. P.S., Anetra, I will get you back."

Lip Sync LaLaPaRUza Smackdown

	Lip Sync Pair			Song
Round 1
	Marcia Marcia Marcia	vs	Malaysia Babydoll Foxx	"Boys Don't Cry" by Anitta
	Loosey LaDuca	vs	Spice	"Do You Wanna Touch" by Joan Jett
	Salina EsTittes	vs	Luxx Noir London	"It's All Coming Back To Me Now" by Celine Dion
	Mistress Isabelle Brooks	vs	Jax	"Tell It To My Heart" by Taylor Dayne
	Sasha Colby	vs	Anetra	"I'm In Love With A Monster" by Fifth Harmony
Round 2
	Malaysia Babydoll Foxx	vs	Spice	"Don't Go Yet" by Camila Cabello
	Luxx Noir London	vs	Anetra	"The Right Stuff" by Vanessa Williams
			Jax
Round 3
	Anetra	vs	Jax	"Finally" by CeCe Peniston

Episode 9: "The Crystal Ball: Episode 200"

Airdate: February 24, 2023

Synopsis: Drag Race celebrates its milestone 200th episode. The queens design outfits featuring the 15 year anniversary gift: crystal. Julia Garner (Inventing Anna; Ozark) guest judges.

Episode 9 Judges

• Guest Judge: Julia Garner
• Mini Challenge: Photobomb moments from past seasons
• Mini Challenge Winner: Anetra
• Mini Challenge Prize: $2,500 cash prize from PrettyLittleThing
• Maxi Challenge: Design outfits for the Crystal Ball
• Runway Themes: Start Your Engines, My Favorite Ball, and Crystallized Eleganza
• Maxi Challenge Winner: Sasha Colby
• Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize
• Bottom Two: Salina EsTitties and Spice
• Lip Sync Song: "That's What I Want" by Lil Nas X
• Eliminated: Spice
• Farewell Message: "It's been SO easy and SO FUN! Thank you for being my new sisters when my real one left me!!!! ps. where does the dingaling go?! ♡ Spice"

My Favorite Ball

Contestant	Ball	Season #
Anetra	The Sugar Ball	5
Loosey LaDuca	The Bag Ball	13
Luxx Noir London	The Hair Ball	3
Malaysia Babydoll Foxx	The Hair Ball	3
Marcia Marcia Marcia	The Bag Ball	13
Mistress Isabelle Brooks	The Ball Ball	12
Salina EsTitties	The Money Ball	3
Sasha Colby	The Bag Ball	13
Spice	The Ball Ball	12

Episode 10: "50/50’S Most Gagworthy Stars"

Airdate: March 3, 2023

Synopsis: The queens get up close and personal with celebrities for TV’s sketchiest newsmagazine, 50/50. On the runway, category is: Night Of 1000 Beyoncés. With special guests Charo, Frankie Grande and Love Connie.

Episode 10 Judges

• Special Guests: Charo, Frankie Grande, and Love Connie
• Maxi Challenge: Get up close and personal with celebrities for a sketchy newsmagazine
• Runway Theme: Night of 1000 Beyoncés
• Maxi Challenge Winner: Sasha Colby
• Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize
• Bottom Two: Malaysia Babydoll Foxx and Salina EsTitties
• Lip Sync Song: "Single Ladies" by Beyoncé
• Eliminated: Malaysia Babydoll Foxx
• Farewell Message: "Remain Humble. The phattest and baddest from Miami. Malaysia Babydoll Foxx"

Episode 11: "Two Queens, One Joke"

Airdate: March 10, 2023

Synopsis: The queens perform stand-up comedy in pairs, but an odd number of queens causes for some drama. Comedian Ali Wong (Ali Wong: Baby Cobra) guest judges.

Episode 11 Judges

• Guest Judge: Ali Wong
• Mini Challenge: Harlem Vogue Ball
• Mini Challenge Winner: Anetra
• Mini Challenge Prize: $2,500 cash prize
• Maxi Challenge: Perform stand-up in pairs
• Runway Theme: Rip Her to Shreds
• Maxi Challenge Winner: Loosey LaDuca and Luxx Noir London
• Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize from Bubly Sparkling Water
• Bottom Two: Anetra and Marcia Marcia Marcia
• Lip Sync Song: "Boss Bitch" by Doja Cat
• Eliminated: Marcia Marcia Marcia
• Farewell Message: "You know what they say: "There's no place like home" I love you! Marcia x3"

Episode 12: "Wigloose: The Rusical!"

Airdate: March 17, 2023

Synopsis: This season’s Rusical is set in the small town of West Bumtuck, where drag has been outlawed. An underground alliance forms to try and defeat the bigots. Country music sensation Orville Peck guest judges.

Episode 12 Judges

• Guest Judge: Orville Peck
• Maxi Challenge: Wigloose: The Rusical
• Runway Theme: Everybody Say Glove!
• Maxi Challenge Winner: Anetra
• Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize
• Bottom Two: Loosey LaDuca and Salina EsTitties
• Lip Sync Song: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" by Kate Bush
• Eliminated: Salina EsTitties
• Farewell Message: "Guess I got what I "Deserved" ♡ Love you hoes"

Wigloose: The Rusical

Contestant	Role	Who Should Go Home Tonight?
Anetra	Mama Bacon	Salina EsTitties
Loosey LaDuca	Heaven Bacon	Salina EsTitties
Luxx Noir London	Christian	Loosey LaDuca
Mistress Isabelle Brooks	Preacher Teacher	Sasha Colby
Sasha Colby	Carl	Loosey LaDuca and Luxx Noir London
Salina EsTitties	Tuck	Loosey LaDuca

Episode 13: "Teacher Makeovers"

Airdate: March 24, 2023

Synopsis: The queens give drag makeovers to hard-working teachers, from kindergarten to high school. Queer pop musician Hayley Kiyoko guest judges.

Episode 13 Judges

• Special Guest: Norvina
• Guest Judge: Hayley Kiyoko
• Mini Challenge: Spill The T
• Mini Challenge Winner: Loosey LaDuca
• MIni Challenge Prize: $5,000 worth of Anastasia Beverly Hills Cosmetics
• Maxi Challenge: Give drag makeovers to a group of teachers
• Runway Theme: Drag Family Resemblance
• Maxi Challenge Winner: Anetra
• Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize
• Bottom Two: Loosey LaDuca and Luxx Noir London
• Lip Sync Song: "for the girls" by Hayley Kiyoko
• Eliminated: Loosey LaDuca
• Farewell Message: "Das fucked up! Love you hookers. Don't forget to Let Loose! xoxo Loosey."

Makeover Pairs

Contestant	Teacher
	Name	Drag Name
Anetra	Mrs. Mahoney	Alektra
Loosey LaDuca	Mrs. Wallace	LaLa LaDuca
Luxx Noir London	Ms. Reyes	Asia Azul
Mistress Isabelle Brooks	Ms. Tang	Madam Thang
Sasha Colby	Mrs. March-Banks	Ferocity Colby

Episode 14: "Blame It On The Edit"

Airdate: March 31, 2023

Synopsis: The final queens collab with RuPaul on a remix of his song “Blame It On The Edit,” recording their own verses and creating a space-themed music video.

Episode 14 Judges

• Maxi Challenge: Record a verse and participate in a music video of RuPaul's song "Blame It On The Edit"
• Runway Theme: Drag Excellence
• Maxi Challenge Winner: Sasha Colby
• Maxi Challenge Prize: $5,000 cash prize
• Bottom Two: Anetra and Mistress Isabelle Brooks
• Lip Sync Song: "When Love Takes Over" by David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland
• Eliminated: None
• Top 4 of Season 15: Anetra, Luxx Noir London, Mistress Isabelle Brooks, and Sasha Colby

Top Four of Season 15

Contestant	Challenge Wins	Up for Elimination
	3 (Eps. 2, 12, 13)	2 (Eps. 11, 14)
	2 (Eps. 5, 11)	1 (Ep. 13)
	1 (Ep. 7)	1 (Ep. 14)
	4 (Eps. 3, 9, 10, 14)	0

Episode 15: "Reunited"

Airdate: April 7, 2023

Synopsis: One week away from the Grand Finale, the queens return to discuss the season’s gaggiest moments.

• Golden Boot Awardee: Salina EsTitties
• Discussions:
  • Mistress & Anetra both stealing various pieces from on-set, including a light bulb, personalized book from one of the producers, and other miscellaneous things.
  • Sugar & Spice making history as the first biological twins to compete in a season of Drag Race.
  • The overuse of the word "era" throughout the season.
  • The consistent fighting for second place in the challenges, by queens who made the top (and sometimes those who didn't).
  • Cameos from various celebrities & queens, these include:
    • Kevin Bacon, congratulating Loosey on her incredible performance in Wigloose.
    • Coco Montrese, asking Marcia how her makeup skills are doing. Marcia then takes this as an opportunity to announce Marcia X3 Cosmetics, her new makeup line.
    • Asia O'Hara, asking Sasha who her favorite drag queen is, to which Sasha says Monica Monro.
    • DeJa Skye, asking Robin to get her a 75% discount for her dream flat-screen TV. This is a reference to Robin's days working at Best Buy.
    • Aquaria, asking Irene if "any troll is a goal?".
    • Derrick Barry, asking Loosey if she "blames it on the edit?", referencing numerous tweets calling out her edit on the show.
    • Robin's mom, Rhonda, asking Mistress why she came for her daughter over her wig.
    • Aura's mom, Jane, asking Spice why she claimed Aura should've been in the bottom during the Snatch Game.
    • The office of the Governor of Connecticut, thanking Robin for what she has done for the community, and by-in large, the state of Connecticut.
  • Loosey's original song "Let Loose" going viral, throughout social media.
  • Various incredible lip-syncs throughout the season, including:
    • Sasha Colby vs. Anetra: I'm in Love With a Monster
    • Anetra vs. Marcia Marcia Marcia: Boss Bitch
  • Various dramas throughout the LaLaPaRuza, including:
    • Malaysia picking Marcia
    • The queens disagreeing that Mistress won her lip-sync against Jax
  • Amethyst & Robin admitting to having previously been in a relationship.
  • Aura admitting to having a crush on Poppy, before announcing her engagement.
  • Unaired reads from the reading challenge, and eliminated queens getting to read the other girls.
  • RuPaul announcing his new book.
  • The "Metalgate" controversy, with two teams fighting over wanting to get the metal song.
  • "Bumpgate", where Luxx & Loosey were debating on Loosey not wearing a baby bump for a celebratory look on Beyonce's pregnancy.
  • "Heavengate", where Luxx & Loosey were once again debating, this time on wanting the role of Heaven in the Wigloose rusical. This segways into arguments about whether Loosey was being fake throughout the competition.
  • "40-inchgate", where Irene was bickering with Luxx over her wig not being 40 inches, like Luxx claimed.
  • Unaired looks by eliminated queens, including Amethyst's Rip Her to Shreds look, Aura's Night of 1000 Beyonces look, Malaysia's Everybody Say Glove look, Irene's Puffer Please look.
  • Tooting & Booting the looks from various runways.
  • Luxx's response in the "Who Should Go Home Tonight?" question, and Loosey's thoughts on it.
  • Various unaired segments involving different guest judges.
  • The attacks on the art of drag, and what the queens feel about the consistent banter regarding drag, and what we are able to do as a community to fight back.
  • The excellence the top four have demonstrated throughout the show, including Anetra's talent show performance, Luxx's Drag Race Fashion Week look, Mistress's Daytona Winds performance, and Sasha's incredible verse on Blame It on the Edit.

Episode 16: "Grand Finale"

Airdate: April 14, 2023

Synopsis: RuPaul crowns America’s Next Drag Superstar, in an epic battle for the grand prize of $200,000.

• Special Guests: Kornbread Jeté, Willow Pill, Jinkx Monsoon, Orville Peck, Leland
• Challenge: The top 4 perform individual show-stopping performances.
• Top Two: Anetra & Sasha Colby
• Eliminated: Luxx Noir London & Mistress Isabelle Brooks
• Lip Sync Song: "Knock On Wood" by Amii Stewart
• Winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 15: Sasha Colby
• Runner-Up: Anetra
• Miss Congeniality: Malaysia Babydoll Foxx

Top Four Performances

Contestant	Song	Video	Placement
Anetra	Lotus		2nd (Runner-Up)
Luxx Noir London	It's Giving Fashion		3rd/4th
Mistress Isabelle Brooks	Drag Delusion		3rd/4th
Sasha Colby	Goddess		1st (Winner)

The Top 4

Miss Congeniality:
Malaysia Babydoll Foxx

America's Next Drag Superstar: Sasha Colby

Sasha Colby Crowned

Trivia

• The Lip-Sync Assassins of this season were Anetra, Jax, Amethyst, and Salina EsTitties. Anetra sent home Jax & Marcia Marcia Marcia, Jax sent home Robin Fierce & Aura Mayari, Amethyst sent home Irene Dubois & Princess Poppy, and Salina sent home Amethyst, Spice, and Malaysia Babydoll Foxx.
  • Counting LaLaPaRuza lip-syncs, Salina also won her lip-sync against Luxx Noir London.
• On March 17, 2022, Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté confirmed via her Twitter account that she won't be returning to compete on this season, nor any All Stars (at this time). She further clarified that this wasn't her decision.
• On June 20, 2022, the RuPaul's Drag Race YouTube channel uploaded an unlisted video with appearances from RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Matthews, Angeria Paris VanMicheals, Bosco, Kerri Colby, and Willow Pill. This video was intended to spark interest for the Television Academy for the next award cycle, but it unintentionally gave a peek into Season 15 as the judges panel and main stage were shown to have been updated.
• When the cast was revealed, it was also announced that Season 15's Grand Prize would increase from $150,000 to $200,000.
• This season airs on MTV and marks the second time RuPaul's Drag Race has changed networks.
  • The last time the series changed networks was Season 9, going from Logo TV to VH1.
• From episode 3 onwards, the season had its episodes shortened from 90 to 60 minutes (from one hour to 40 minutes without ads). The reason for the shortened episodes is "to lean into the opportunity to build a destination night by using the existing hit franchise to launch a new series like The Real Friends of WeHo". The change was negatively received by the community, and a petition for the return of 90 minutes episodes and cancelation of The Real Friends of WeHo, show with Todrick Hall and Brad Goreski, quickly reached thousands of signatures.
  • The last time the series had featured 60 minutes episodes was on US All Stars 3. If only counting regular seasons, Season 9 was the last season with this episode length.
  • It was later announced on February 9, 2023 that the episodes would return to their original runtime of 90 minutes starting on March 10 with the eleventh episode onwards.
  • On July 27, 2023, World of Wonder announced that all unreleased 90-minute episodes of Season 15 would release on Paramount+ in the US and WOWPresents+ internationally on August 9, 2023.
• This season features the milestone 200th episode of RuPaul's Drag Race.
• Season 15, alongside the first Filipino season, has the second-most number of mononymous queens (with five).
• Season 15 is the first American season...
  • to feature queens from the state of Connecticut.
  • to have later episodes extended to the 90 minute format.
• Season 15 is the second American season...
  • to have the same runway song, Catwalk, as a previous season since Seasons 6 and 7, which both used Sissy That Walk.
  • to have the Top 2 consist of AAPI queens, after Season 3.
• Season 15 is the first season in the Drag Race Franchise...
  • to feature a cast of sixteen queens.
  • to feature biological siblings, Sugar and Spice who are twins.
  • to have a split Snatch Game consisting of fourteen queens.
  • To not have a queen lip sync in the Golden Boot winning look since it started back in Season 13
  • to have a contestant, Princess Poppy, retire from drag soon after the airing of the season.
    • She confirmed this during her introduction in the reunion episode.
• Season 15 is the second season in the Drag Race Franchise...
  • to feature 5 judges, following the first season of The Switch Drag Race, the Chilean spinoff.
• Season 15 is the sixth season in the Drag Race Franchise...
  • to feature a former Miss Continental, Sasha Colby, after Victoria Parker, Roxxxy Andrews, Naysha Lopez, Brooke Lynn Hytes, and Vanessa van Cartier.
• Season 15 is the fourth American season...
  • ... to have the Top 4 contestants go into the finale with a different number of wins each, following, Season 9, 12, and 13.
  • ... to have the finalists consist only of POCs.
• The Top 2, Anetra and Sasha Colby, coincidentally won the first two and last two Maxi Challenges of the season. Their lip sync for the crown was also their second lip sync against each other and the second lip sync to "Knock On Wood" by Amii Stewart
• Queens from this season with relation to past queens include...
  • Robin Fierce and Luxx Noir London are both the drag daughters of Season 10 contestant and All Stars 4 finalist Mo Heart
    • Thus also making them drag sisters to UK Season 4's Black Peppa
  • Sasha Colby is the drag mother of Season 14's Kerri Colby
  • Mistress Isabelle Brooks is a part of the House of Davenport which includes past contestants Sahara Davenport, Kennedy Davenport, A'keria C. Davenport, Ra'Jah O'Hara, Honey Davenport and her drag daughter Monet X Change, and her own drag sister Jiggly Caliente.
  • Anetra is the former drag daughter of Season 3 and All Stars 5's India Ferrah. She previously went by the name Anetra Ferrah.
• The Golden Boot Award announcement of the Reunion was sponsored by got2b, a haircare brand.

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