RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 Episode release dates & where to watch
Premiered
Friday, January 3, 2025
Ended: Friday, April 18, 2025
When does RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 come out?
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 premiered Friday, January 3, 2025 on MTV and ended Friday, April 18, 2025. The season has 16 episodes.
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.
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RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 release schedule
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1. Squirrel Games 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. |
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2. Drag Queens Got Talent (2) 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. |
Friday · 1 year ago |
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3. Monopulence! 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. |
Friday · 1 year ago |
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4. Bitch, I'm a Drag Queen! The queens receive the task of singing songs based on memorable moments from "Drag Race" history; actress Julia Schlaepfer guest judges. |
Friday · 1 year ago |
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5. RDR Live! 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. |
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6. Let's Get Sea Sickening Ball 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. |
Friday · 1 year ago |
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7. Snatch Game 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. |
Friday · 1 year ago |
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8. The Wicked Wiz of Oz: The Rusical! 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. |
Friday · 1 year ago |
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9. Heavens to Betsey! 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. |
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10. The Villains Roast 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. |
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11. Ross Mathews vs. The Ducks 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. |
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12. Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve & Talent Monologues 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. |
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13. Drag Baby Mamas The queens make over some extra special drag newbies: their moms and dads. June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie) guest judges. |
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14. How's Your Headliner? The queens audition to star in RuPaul's Drag Race LIVE! at Flamingo Las Vegas. Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish) guest judges. |
Friday · 1 year ago |
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15. Lip Sync Lalaparuza Smackdown 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. |
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16. Grand Finale Finale 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. |
Friday · 1 year ago |
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RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 FAQ
When does RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 come out?
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 premiered Friday, January 3, 2025 on MTV.
How many episodes are in RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17?
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 has 16 episodes.
Are new episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 released weekly?
New episodes are released weekly.
When is the RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 finale?
The RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 finale (Episode 16) aired Friday, April 18, 2025.
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