EXCLUSIVE: Season 13 of RuPaul’s Drag Race is ready to play “Ru-year” tonight at 8 pm ET / PT, but before the premiere, VH1 announced this season’s list of guest judges, as well as appearances from list A superfans and queens from previous seasons.
This season, Cynthia Erivo, Nicole Byer, Loni Love, TS Madison and Jamal Sims are scheduled to join the RuPaul’s Drag Race panel of judges next to the pillars Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews and, of course, Mama Ru.
Besides, besides, RuPaul’s Drag Race superfans Anne Hathaway and Scarlett Johansson will surprise the queens at the end of this season with interactive video masterclasses, while Miss Sympathy winners from previous seasons Nina West, Valentina and Heidi N Closet will also make special appearances.
For the first time, VH1 will simultaneously broadcast the 13th season premiere of the Emmy-winning reality competition on CW, MTV, MTV2, PopTV and Logo. As seen in the 10-minute preview, this season will welcome the queens with a shocking twist: they must immediately face the main stage to defend their place in the competition with six lip sync for their lives. The aftershow, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked will debut immediately after the season premiere at 21:30 ET / PT only on VH1.
The 13 queens vying for the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar” this season include Denali (Chicago, IL), Elliott with 2 Ts (Las Vegas, NV), Gottmik (Los Angeles, CA), Joey Jay (Phoenix, AZ) , Kahmora Hall (Chicago, IL), Kandy Muse (New York, NY), LaLa Ri (Atlanta, GA), Olivia Lux (New York, NY), Rosé (New York, NY), Symone (Los Angeles, CA) ), Tamisha Iman (Atlanta, GA), Tina Burner (New York, NY) and Utica Queen (Minneapolis, MN).