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The fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on January 28, 2013, with a 90-minute premiere episode, and ended on May 6 of the same year. The winner of season five headlined Logo's Drag Race Tour featuring Absolut Vodka, won a one-of-a-kind trip, a lifetime supply of Colorevolution Cosmetics, and a cash prize of $100,000.Santino Rice and Michelle Visage returned as judges at the panel.[1]
The theme song playing during the runway every episode is "I Bring the Beat", while the song playing during the credits is "The Beginning". Both songs are from RuPaul's album Glamazon.
This is the first-ever series in the show's history to feature a double elimination or a double sashay between two contestants, Honey Mahogany and Vivienne Pinay. It is also the first series to feature a queen, Coco Montrese, lip-sync for their life four times and send 3 people home. This is also the first series where RuPaul allowed fans to vote for a winner.
The winner of the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was Jinkx Monsoon, with Alaska being the runner-up, and Ivy Winters being crowned season 5's Miss Congeniality by fans.
See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race contestants. Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
| Age | Hometown | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jinkx Monsoon | 24 | Seattle, Washington | ||
| Alaska | 27 | nowrap | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Runners-up |
| Roxxxy Andrews | 28 | Orlando, Florida | 3rd place | |
| Detox | 27 | Los Angeles, California | 4th place | |
| Coco Montrese | 37 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 5th place | |
| Alyssa Edwards | 32 | Mesquite, Texas | 6th place | |
| Ivy Winters | 26 | nowrap | New York City, New York | 7th place |
| Jade Jolie | 25 | Gainesville, Florida | 8th place | |
| Lineysha Sparx | 24 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 9th place | |
| Honey Mahogany | 29 | San Francisco, California | 10th place | |
| Vivienne Pinay | 26 | New York City, New York | 11th place | |
| Monica Beverly Hillz | 27 | Owensboro, Kentucky | 12th place | |
| Serena ChaCha | 21 | Tallahassee, Florida | 13th place | |
| Penny Tration | 39 | Cincinnati, Ohio | 14th place | |
Notes:
Legend:
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penny Tration | vs. | Serena ChaCha | "Party in the U.S.A." (Miley Cyrus) | Penny Tration | |
| 2 | nowrap | Monica Beverly Hillz | vs. | Serena ChaCha | "Only Girl (In the World)" (Rihanna) | Serena ChaCha |
| 3 | Coco Montrese | vs. | nowrap | Monica Beverly Hillz | "When I Grow Up" (The Pussycat Dolls) | Monica Beverly Hillz |
| 4 | Honey Mahogany | vs. | Vivienne Pinay | "Oops!... I Did It Again" (Britney Spears) | Honey Mahogany | |
| Vivienne Pinay | ||||||
| 5 | Detox | vs. | Lineysha Sparx | "Take Me Home" (Cher) | Lineysha Sparx | |
| 6 | Coco Montrese | vs. | Jade Jolie | "I'm So Excited" (The Pointer Sisters) | Jade Jolie | |
| 7 | Alyssa Edwards | vs. | Roxxxy Andrews | "Whip My Hair" (Willow Smith) | None | |
| 8 | Alyssa Edwards | vs. | Ivy Winters | nowrap | "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On but the Rent" (Gwen Guthrie) | Ivy Winters |
| 9 | Alyssa Edwards | vs. | Coco Montrese | "Cold Hearted" (Paula Abdul) | Alyssa Edwards | |
| 10 | Coco Montrese | vs. | Detox | "Two to Make It Right" (Seduction) | Coco Montrese | |
| 11 | Detox | vs. | Jinkx Monsoon | "Malambo No. 1" (Yma Sumac) | Detox | |
| 12 | Alaska vs. Jinkx Monsoon vs. Roxxxy Andrews | "The Beginning" (RuPaul) | None | |||
Listed in chronological order:
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage:
Episode 4:
Episode 5:
Episode 6:
Episode 7:
Episode 9:
Episode 11:
Episode 12:
Episode 13:
Episode 14:[2]
See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race episodes.
The overnight ratings for the fifth-season premiere of Rupaul's Drag Race reinforced the show's position as Logo's juggernaut. "Monday night's 9PM season five premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race worked the ratings runway, averaging a .8 rating in the P18-49 demo. This number represents a 33% increase over Logo's previous top-rated season premiere (fourth-season premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race) and clocks in as the highest-rated season premiere in Logo history.[3]
Additionally, the 90-minute premiere tallied 565,000 total viewers tuning in to meet the new cast of 14 drag queen hopefuls who will fight it out to be crowned "America's Next Drag Superstar". The fifth-season premiere night of RuPaul's Drag Race and companion series RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked delivered over 1.3 million viewers.
Furthermore, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked was the most-watched premiere ever averaging 291,000 total viewers and a .5 rating P18-49. On social media platforms for premiere night, RuPaul's Drag Race and Untucked showed a 136% increase in social activity versus the fourth-season premiere – this includes tweets, Facebook posts and Get Glue check-ins.