RuPaul's Drag Race season 7 explained

Season Number:	7
Bgcolour:	DCDCDC
Module1:	Host: RuPaul Num Contestants: 14 Winner: Violet Chachki Label1: Miss Congeniality Data1: Katya Companion Show: RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!
Num Episodes:	14
Network:	Logo TV

The seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on March 2, 2015.^[1] RuPaul and Michelle Visage returned as judges, while the space previously occupied by Santino Rice was filled by new additions Ross Mathews and Carson Kressley.^[1] Matthews and Kressley were only both present for the season premiere and took turns sharing judging responsibilities. Shawn Morales, a member of the Pit Crew since the third season and Simon Sherry-Wood, a member in the sixth season, did not appear this season and were replaced by Bryce Eilenberg. Like the previous two seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race, the season featured 14 contestants competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar", a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and a cash prize of 100,000 dollars. The season premiere debuted with a live and same-day viewership of 350,000, a 20% increase from the previous season. On March 20, 2015, it was announced that LogoTV had given the series an early renewal for an eighth season.^[2]

The theme song played during the runway segment every episode was "Sissy That Walk". Season 6 also featured "Sissy That Walk" as a runway song, making Season 7 the only season to reuse a runway song. The song played during the closing credits was "Fly Tonight", both songs from the album Born Naked.

The winner of the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race was Violet Chachki, with Ginger Minj and Pearl being the runners-up.

Contestants

See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race contestants. Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.

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Age	Hometown	Outcome
Violet Chachki	22	Atlanta, Georgia
Ginger Minj	29	Orlando, Florida
Pearl	23	nowrap		New York City, New York
Kennedy Davenport	33	Dallas, Texas	4th place
Katya	32	Boston, Massachusetts	5th place
Trixie Mattel	24	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	6th place
Miss Fame	29	New York City, New York	7th place
Jaidynn Diore Fierce	25	Nashville, Tennessee	8th place
Max	22	Hudson, Wisconsin	9th place
Kandy Ho	28	Cayey, Puerto Rico	10th place
Mrs. Kasha Davis	43	Rochester, New York	11th place
Jasmine Masters	37	Los Angeles, California	12th place
Sasha Belle	28	Iowa City, Iowa	13th place
Tempest DuJour	46	Tucson, Arizona	14th place

Notes:

Lip syncs

Legend:

Episode	Contestants			Song	Eliminated
1	Kandy Ho	vs.	Tempest DuJour	"Geronimo" (RuPaul ft. Lucian Piane)	Tempest DuJour
2	Katya	vs.	Sasha Belle	"Twist of Fate" (Olivia Newton-John)	Sasha Belle
3	Jasmine Masters	vs.	Kennedy Davenport	"I Was Gonna Cancel" (Kylie Minogue)	Jasmine Masters
4	Pearl	vs.	Trixie Mattel	"Dreaming" (Blondie)	Trixie Mattel
5	Kandy Ho	vs.	Mrs. Kasha Davis	"Lovergirl" (Teena Marie)	Mrs. Kasha Davis
6	nowrap	Jaidynn Diore Fierce	vs.	Kandy Ho	"Break Free" (Ariana Grande ft. Zedd)	Kandy Ho
7	Jaidynn Diore Fierce	vs.	Max	"No More Lies" (Michel'le)	Max
8	Ginger Minj (with Sasha Belle)	vs.	nowrap	Jaidynn Diore Fierce (with Tempest DuJour)	"I Think We're Alone Now" (Tiffany)	nowrap bgcolor="lightpink"	Jaidynn Diore Fierce
9	Miss Fame	vs.	Pearl	nowrap	"Really Don't Care" (Demi Lovato ft. Cher Lloyd)	Miss Fame
10	Ginger Minj	vs.	Trixie Mattel	"Show Me Love" (Robin S.)	Trixie Mattel
11	Katya	vs.	Kennedy Davenport	"Roar" (Katy Perry)	Katya
12	Ginger Minj vs. Kennedy Davenport vs. Pearl vs. Violet Chachki			"Born Naked" (RuPaul ft. Clairy Browne)	Kennedy Davenport

Guest judges

Listed in chronological order:^[3]

• Kathy Griffin, comedian
• Olivia Newton-John, actress and singer
• Jordin Sparks, singer and actress
• Mel B, singer
• Kat Dennings, actress
• Jessica Alba, actress
• Lucian Piane, composer and music producer
• Isaac Mizrahi, fashion designer
• Merle Ginsberg, journalist
• Ariana Grande, singer and actress
• Tamar Braxton, singer and television personality
• Michael Urie, actor
• LeAnn Rimes, singer
• Nelsan Ellis, actor
• Demi Lovato, singer and actress
• John Waters, director
• Alyssa Milano, actress
• Rachael Harris, actress and comedian
• Santino Rice, fashion designer
• Rebecca Romijn, actress

Special guests

Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage:

Episode 1:

• Alaska, runner-up of season 5
• Mathu Andersen, photographer and makeup artist
• Magnus Hastings, photographer

Episode 2:

• Moby, musician
• Jamal Sims, choreographer

Episode 5:

• Kathy Griffin, comedian

Episode 7:

• Bianca Del Rio, winner of season 6

Episode 8:

• Latrice Royale, "Miss Congeniality" of season 4 and contestant on All Stars season 1.

Episode 10:

• Kym Johnson, professional dancer

Episode 12:

• Candis Cayne, choreographer

Episode 14:^[4]

• Patti LaBelle, singer and actress (via video message)
• Delta Work, contestant on season 3
• Latrice Royale, "Miss Congeniality" of season 4 and contestant on All Stars season 1.
• Alaska, contestant on season 5
• Gia Gunn, contestant on season 6
• BenDeLaCreme, "Miss Congeniality" of season 6
• Bianca Del Rio, winner of season 6

Episodes

See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race episodes.

Soundtrack

The trailers for this season featured clips of the songs "Geronimo" and "Modern Love", both of the album Born Naked.

RuPaul Presents: CoverGurlz 2

Italic Title:	no
RuPaul Presents: CoverGurlz 2
Type:	compilation
Artist:	RuPaul
Recorded:	2014
Genre:	Dance
Length:	54:32
Label:	World of Wonder
Prev Title:	Born Naked
Prev Year:	2014
Next Title:	Realness
Next Year:	2015

RuPaul Presents: CoverGurlz 2 is a 2015 compilation album by entertainer RuPaul, featuring the season 7 cast of his show RuPaul's Drag Race. The album was released digitally on February 3, 2015.^[5]

Background

Similar to last season, the compilation consists of 14 covers of songs previously released by RuPaul, performed by all of the RuPaul's Drag Race season seven contestants. It features tracks originally from RuPaul's albums Born Naked, Glamazon, Red Hot, Starrbooty: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, SuperGlam DQ.

Track listing

All songs were written by RuPaul Charles and Lucian Piane, with the exception of tracks fifteen and sixteen, which were written solely by Charles himself.

Ratings

Episode no.	Title	Airdate	data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center; width:20%"	Rating (18–49)	data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center; width:20%"	Total viewers
1	"Born Naked"		0.19^[6]	348,000
2	"Glamazonian Airways"		0.21^[7]	374,000
3	"ShakesQueer"		0.15^[8]	265,000
4	"Spoof	(There It Is)"		0.18^[9]	325,000
5	"The DESPY Awards"		0.23^[10]	404,000
6	"Ru Hollywood Stories"		0.16^[11]	285,000
7	"Snatch Game"		0.19^[12]	340,000
8	"Conjoined Queens"		0.19^[13]	367,000
9	"Divine Inspiration"		0.17^[14]	320,000
10	"Prancing Queens"		0.16^[15]	263,000
11	"Hello, Kitty Girls	"		0.16^[16]	266,000
12	"And the Rest Is a Drag"		0.17^[17]	310,000
13	"Countdown to the Crown"		0.09^[18]	229,000
14	"Grand Finale"		0.18^[19]	387,000

See also

• List of Rusicals

External links

• (U.S.)
• (Canada)
• Official Facebook page
• Ratings

Notes and References

1. News: 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Adds New Judges, Will Premiere March 2. January 28, 2015. January 28, 2015. Huffington Post. January 28, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150128162222/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/28/drag-race-season-seven-premiere_n_6555636.html. live.
2. Web site: 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Renewed for Season 8 at Logo . 20 March 2015 . March 20, 2015 . . March 21, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150321031221/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/rupauls-drag-race-season-8-renewal-1201456543/ . live .
3. Web site: RUPAUL DECREES CARSON KRESSLEY AND ROSS MATHEWS AS NEW JUDGES FOR UPCOMING SEASON OF "RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE" . January 29, 2015 . Shumaker . Jason . Kyle Pleva . January 28, 2015 . Logo Press Room . . March 3, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150303170355/http://thepub.viacom.com/sites/logopress/Pages/RUPAUL-DECREES-CARSON-KRESSLEY-AND-ROSS-MATHEWS-AS-NEW-JUDGES-FOR-UPCOMING-SEASON-OF-%E2%80%9CRUPAUL%E2%80%99S-DRAG-RACE%E2%80%9D.aspx . dead .
4. News: Boulet . Ruth . RuPaul's Drag Race Season 7 Finale recap . 29 May 2023 . Channel Guide Magazine . 1 June 2015.
5. Web site: iTunes - Music - RuPaul Presents CoverGurlz 2 by RuPaul. iTunes. 2015-01-30. 2015-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20150228070057/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rupaul-presents-covergurlz2/id960466886. live.
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