| Season Number: | 14 | ||||||||||||||
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The fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race premiered on January 7, 2022.[1] The reality competition series, broadcast on VH1 in the United States, showcases 14 new queens competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar". Casting calls for season 14 were opened in November 2020,[2] and the cast was officially revealed by season 13 winner Symone on VH1 on December 2, 2021.[3] [4] The season premiere received 738,000 viewers, making it the most-watched premiere since Season 10.[5]
The season was won by Willow Pill, who became the first transgender contestant to win the main franchise of RuPaul's Drag Race, and the fourth transgender contestant to win overall, with Lady Camden as the runner-up. Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté was named Miss Congeniality, who became the first transgender contestant to win the title.[6]
The season welcomed Maddy Morphosis, the show's first heterosexual, cisgender male contestant.[7] The season notably also featured five transgender contestants: Kerri Colby and Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté (both of whom entered the competition openly trans), Jasmine Kennedie (who came out as a trans woman during filming of the show),[8] Bosco (who came out as a trans woman as the season aired),[9] and Willow Pill (who came out as trans femme as the season aired).[10]
The season featured a "Chocolate Bar Twist" which was introduced in the third episode, which featured each of the contestants being given a chocolate bar, one of which contained a golden bar. After losing a lip sync, each contestant must unwrap their chocolate bar, and the contestant whose bar contains the golden bar is saved from elimination. The twist lasted until episode 12, when Bosco was revealed to have the golden chocolate bar.[11] [12]
This season had a final five going to the grand finale, a first in the show’s history. Additionally, the winning queen received a cash prize of $150,000, the highest in the show's history up to that point. The runner up won a $50,000 cash prize, also a series first.[13] It is also the first series in which a single queen had to lip sync for their life five times; Jorgeous survived four lip syncs and was sent home on the fifth.
See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race contestants. Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
| Age | Hometown | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Pill | 26 | Denver, Colorado | |
| Lady Camden | 31 | Sacramento, California | |
| Angeria Paris VanMicheals | 27 | Atlanta, Georgia | 3rd place |
| Bosco | 28 | Seattle, Washington | |
| Daya Betty | 25 | Springfield, Missouri | |
| DeJa Skye | 31 | Fresno, California | 6th place |
| Jorgeous | 21 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Jasmine Kennedie | 22 | New York City, New York | 8th place |
| Kerri Colby | 24 | Los Angeles, California | 9th place |
| Maddy Morphosis | 26 | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 10th place |
| Orion Story | 25 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | 11th place |
| Kornbread Jeté | 29 | Los Angeles, California | 12th place |
| Alyssa Hunter | 27 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | 13th place |
| June Jambalaya | 29 | Los Angeles, California | 14th place |
Legend:
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June Jambalaya | vs. | Orion Story | "Water Me" (Lizzo) | Orion Story | |
| 2 | Daya Betty | vs. | Deja Skye | "Fallin'" (Alicia Keys) | Daya Betty | |
| 3 | June Jambalaya | vs. | nowrap | Maddy Morphosis | "I Love It" (Kylie Minogue) | June Jambalaya |
| 4 | Alyssa Hunter | vs. | Kerri Colby | "Play" (Jennifer Lopez) | Alyssa Hunter | |
| 5 | Jorgeous | vs. | Orion Story | "My Head & My Heart" (Ava Max) | Orion Story | |
| 6 | Jasmine Kennedie | vs. | Maddy Morphosis | "Suga Mama" (Beyoncé) | Maddy Morphosis | |
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner | |||
| 7 | Daya Betty | vs. | Lady Camden | "One Way or Another" (Blondie) | Lady Camden | |
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | |||
| 8 | Jasmine Kennedie | vs. | Kerri Colby | "Un-Break My Heart (Hex Hector Remix)" (Toni Braxton) | Kerri Colby | |
| 9 | Jasmine Kennedie | vs. | Jorgeous | "Something's Got a Hold on Me" (Etta James) | None | |
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner | |||
| 11 | Daya Betty | vs. | nowrap | Jasmine Kennedie | "Respect" (Aretha Franklin) | Daya Betty |
| Bosco | vs. | Willow Pill | "Never Too Much" (Luther Vandross) | Willow Pill | ||
| Angeria Paris VanMicheals vs. Jorgeous vs. Lady Camden | "Radio" (Beyoncé) | Jorgeous | ||||
| Bosco | vs. | Lady Camden | "Don't Let Go (Love)" (En Vogue) | Lady Camden | ||
| nowrap | Angeria Paris VanMicheals | vs. | Jasmine Kennedie | "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (Jennifer Lopez) | nowrap bgcolor="fuchsia" | Angeria Paris VanMicheals |
| Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||||
| Bosco | vs. | Jasmine Kennedie | "Swept Away" (Diana Ross) | Jasmine Kennedie | ||
| 12 | Bosco | vs. | Jorgeous | "Heartbreak Hotel (Hex Hector Remix)" (Whitney Houston ft. Faith Evans, Kelly Price) | None | |
| 13 | Daya Betty vs. DeJa Skye vs. Jorgeous | "Good 4 U" (Olivia Rodrigo) | DeJa Skye | |||
| 14 | Angeria Paris VanMicheals | vs. | Willow Pill | "Telephone" (Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncé) | None | |
| Episode | Final contestants | Song | Winner | |||
| 16 | Lady Camden | vs. | Willow Pill | nowrap | "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (Cher) | Willow Pill |
Notes:
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episodes 1 and 2
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 8
Episode 10
Episode 12
Episode 13
Episode 15
Episode 16
See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race episodes.