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RuPaul's Drag Race
Season 12
Promotional poster for season twelve
Hosted byRuPaul
Judges
No. of contestants13
WinnerJaida Essence Hall
Runners-up
Miss CongenialityHeidi N Closet
Companion showRuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!
No. of episodes14
Release
Original networkVH1
Original releaseFebruary 28 (2020-02-28) –
May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 11
Next →
Season 13
List of episodes

The twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race premiered on February 28 and concluded on May 29, 2020. The competition was broadcast on VH1 in the United States and saw 13 new queens competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar". VH1 renewed both RuPaul's Drag Race and its spin-off RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars for a twelfth and fifth season respectively on August 19, 2019. At the time of the renewal the Drag Race franchise had earned VH1 a total of 14 Emmy nominations.[1] Casting calls were opened in January 2019 while the cast was revealed by season 11 winner Yvie Oddly on January 23, 2020.[2]

Following multiple revelations of misconduct, contestant Sherry Pie was disqualified from the show and mostly edited out of the American broadcast, although initial overseas screenings retained the original edit.[3]

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the reunion and finale were held virtually across the country.[4]

The winner of the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was Jaida Essence Hall, with Crystal Methyd and Gigi Goode being the runners-up, and Heidi N Closet being Miss Congeniality. The Halloween variety show Bring Back My Ghouls, hosted by Essence Hall and featuring season 12 contestants, was broadcast on WOWPresents on October 30, 2020.[5]

Contestants

See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race contestants

Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.

Contestant Age Hometown Outcome
Jaida Essence Hall 32 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Winner
Crystal Methyd 28 Springfield, Missouri Runner-Up
Gigi Goode 21 Los Angeles, California
Sherry Pie 27 New York City , New York 4th Place[a]
Jackie Cox 34 New York City, New York 5th Place
Heidi N Closet 24 Ramseur, North Carolina 6th Place[b]
Widow Von Du 30 Kansas City, Missouri 7th Place
Jan[c] 26 New York City, New York 8th Place
Brita[d] 34 New York City, New York 9th Place
Aiden Zhane 29 Acworth, Georgia 10th Place
Nicky Doll 28 New York City, New York 11th Place
Rock M Sakura 28 San Francisco, California 12th Place
Dahlia Sin 28 Los Angeles, California 13th Place
  1. ^ Sherry Pie was disqualified from the competition prior to the premiere of the show due to alleged misconduct.
  2. ^ Heidi N Closet was voted Miss Congeniality
  3. ^ Jan Sport is referred to as Jan on the show.
  4. ^ Brita Filter is referred to as Brita on the show.

Contestant progress

Contestant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Jaida Essence Hall BTM2 BTM2 BTM2 BTM2 BTM2 WIN ELIM BTM2+RTRN BTM2 PORK STRETCHER Chair Winner
Crystal Methyd SAFE LOW SAFE SAFE LOW HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH WIN BTM2 Guest Runner-up
Gigi Goode TOP2 SAFE WIN HIGH WIN FAVOURITISM LOW LOW SAFE SAFE WIN (FOR SOME REASON) Guest Runner-up
Sherry Pie JAIL JAIL JAIL JAIL JAIL JAIL JAIL JAIL JAIL JAIL PORK
Jackie Cox HIGH HIGH SAFE HIGH HIGH LOW HIGH BTM2 ELIM HIGH ELIM Guest Guest
Heidi N Closet LOW HIGH SAFE BTM2 SAFE BTM2 WIN HIGH BTM2 ELIM Guest Miss C
Widow Von'Du WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN QUIT Guest Guest
Jan SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ROB ELIM Guest Guest
Brita HIGH SAFE BTM2 LOW BTM2 ELIM Guest Guest
Aiden Zhane HIGH SAFE LOW HIGH ELIM Guest Guest
Nicky Doll LOW BTM2 HIGH ELIM Guest Guest
Rock M. Sakura LOW SAFE ELIM Guest Guest
Dahlia Sin LOW ELIM Guest Guest
  The contestant won RuPaul's Drag Race.
  The contestant was a runner-up.
  The contestant was voted Miss Congeniality by the other queens.
  The contestant won the challenge.
  The contestant was in the Top 2 for the challenge and won the lip sync for the win.
  The contestant was in the Top 2 for the challenge but lost the lip sync for the win.
  The contestant received positive critiques and was ultimately declared safe.
  The contestant received critiques but was ultimately declared safe.
  The contestant received negative critiques but was ultimately declared safe.
  The contestant was in the bottom two.
  The contestant was safe and advanced to the finale but was disqualified from the competition after production was completed.
  The contestant was eliminated.
  The contestant returned as a guest for that episode.

Lip syncs

Episode Contestants Song Winner
1 Gigi Goode vs. Widow Von'Du "Starships"
(Nicki Minaj) 		Widow Von'Du
2 Jaida Essence Hall vs. Sherry Pie "Call Your Girlfriend"
(Robyn) 		Jaida Essence Hall
Episode Contestants Song Eliminated
3 Dahlia Sin vs. Nicky Doll "Problem"
(Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea) 		Dahlia Sin
4 Brita vs. Rock M. Sakura "S&M"
(Rihanna) 		Rock M. Sakura
5 Heidi N Closet vs. Nicky Doll "Heart to Break"
(Kim Petras) 		Nicky Doll
6 Aiden Zhane vs. Brita "Let It Go"
(Caissie Levy) 		Aiden Zhane
7 Brita vs. Heidi N Closet "Burning Up"
(Madonna) 		Brita
8 Jan vs. Widow Von'Du "This Is My Night"
(Chaka Khan) 		Jan
9 Jackie Cox vs. Widow Von'Du "Firework"
(Katy Perry) 		Widow Von'Du
10 Heidi N Closet vs. Jackie Cox "Kill the Lights"
(Alex Newell and DJ Cassidy ft. Nile Rodgers) 		None
11 Heidi N Closet vs. Jaida Essence Hall "1999"
(Prince) 		Heidi N Closet
12 Crystal Methyd vs. Jackie Cox "On the Floor"
(Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull) 		Jackie Cox
14 Crystal Methyd vs. Gigi Goode vs. Jaida Essence Hall "Bring Back My Girls"
(RuPaul) 		None
Crystal Methyd "I'm Like A Bird"
(Nelly Furtado) 		None
Gigi Goode "Take On Me"
(A-ha)
Jaida Essence Hall "Get Up"
(Ciara ft. Chamillionaire)
Crystal Methyd vs. Gigi Goode vs. Jaida Essence Hall "Survivor"
(Destiny's Child) 		Crystal Methyd
Gigi Goode
  The contestant won the lip sync for the win.
  The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two.
  The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two.
  The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two.
  The contestant was eliminated after their fourth time in the bottom two.
  The contestants were eliminated after the final lip-sync.

Guest judges

Listed in chronological order:[6]

Special guests

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

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

  • Charo, actress, singer, classical guitarist, comedian
  • Vivacious, contestant on season six


Episode 6

Episode 7

  • David Benjamin Steinberg, record producer
  • Erik Paparozzi, record producer
  • Jamal Sims, choreographer

Episode 8

Episode 9

  • Raven, runner-up of season two and of All Stars season one

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episodes

See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date
1461"I'm That Bitch"February 28, 2020 (2020-02-28)
1472"You Don't Know Me"March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
1483"World's Worst"March 13, 2020 (2020-03-13)
1494"The Ball Ball"March 20, 2020 (2020-03-20)
1505"Gay's Anatomy"March 27, 2020 (2020-03-27)
1516"Snatch Game"April 3, 2020 (2020-04-03)
1527"Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical"April 10, 2020 (2020-04-10)
1538"Droop"April 17, 2020 (2020-04-17)
1549"Choices 2020"April 24, 2020 (2020-04-24)
15510"Superfan Makeover"May 1, 2020 (2020-05-01)
15611"One-Queen Show"May 8, 2020 (2020-05-08)
15712"Viva Drag Vegas"May 15, 2020 (2020-05-15)
15813"Alone Together"May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22)
15914"Grand Finale"May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)

Sherry Pie disqualification

"In light of recent developments and Sherry Pie's statement, Sherry Pie has been disqualified from RuPaul's Drag Race. Out of respect for the hard work of the other queens, VH1 will air the season as planned. Sherry will not appear in the grand finale scheduled to be filmed later this spring."

Statement from VH1 and World of Wonder.[9]

On March 4, 2020, Ben Shimkus, a 25-year-old actor, posted an update to the social media site Facebook detailing his experiences with Sherry Pie, whose real name is Joey Gugliemelli, and accusing him of catfishing when the two studied together in the musical theater program at SUNY Cortland.[10] Shimkus' post alleged that Gugliemelli deceived him using a fake identity of "Allison Mossey" to make promises of a musical career on Broadway.[11] Shimkus also claimed that Gugliemelli coerced him into sending sexually suggestive fetish videos as part of the audition process.[11]

In these videos, Shimkus was asked to play the character of Jeff, a steroid-dependent individual obsessed with growing muscle and gaining physical strength.[11] In the script provided by Gugliemelli, Shimkus explained, the character of Jeff was supposed to appear ostensibly pleased with his body odor that resulted from taking steroids.[11]

In an article with BuzzFeed News published on March 5, 2020, four other men came forward with similar allegations of Gugliemelli posing as Mossey and leading them to believe that recording sexually daring audition videos would increase their chances of being noticed by casting directors.[12]

Another former classmate at SUNY Cortland alleged that Gugliemelli similarly deceived him to film various provocative scenes wearing revealing clothing as part of his audition for a musical production of The Nightmare Before Christmas, which he was told was affiliated with the director Tim Burton.[12] One victim claimed that Gugliemelli had explicitly asked them to masturbate on camera.[13][11] As of March 6, 2020, a total of seven victims of Gugliemelli's alleged misconduct have come forward.[14]

Gugliemelli posted an apology on his Facebook page, staying that he was sorry for "[causing] such trauma and pain" and that he had been "seeking help and receiving treatment since coming back to NYC".[13][15] On March 6, 2020, VH1 released a statement regarding the incident, and made the decision to disqualify Gugliemelli from the contest. According to the statement, the season would air as planned but Gugliemelli would not appear in the live finale.[11] After both episodes 3 and 5, wherein Sherry Pie won the challenge and received $5,000 cash tips, World of Wonder donated $5,000 to The Trevor Project.[16]

Sherry was originially one of the Top 4 queens, alongside Gigi Goode, Crystal Methyd and Jaida Essence Hall but due to her disqualification, she finished in 4th place, resulting in Season 12 being the first to feature a top 3 since Season 8.

Bring Back My Ghouls

Bring Back My Ghouls was a Halloween variety special presented by World of Wonder, which streamed on the company's YouTube channel and WOW Presents Plus subscription service on October 30, 2020. The broadcast saw contestants from the season 12 contestants performing lip-syncs and participating in interviews. RuPaul also appears with a "special message". Viewers could submit requests and send tips via Cash App, PayPal, or Venmo, which were split evenly between the performers.[17][18] Participants lip-synced to the songs "Bring Back My Ghouls" and "I'm That Witch" and wore Halloween-inspired costumes. Gigi Goode appeared as Tippi Hedren in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film The Birds, Rock M. Sakura dressed as a squid, and Widow Von'Du dressed as the Wicked Witch of the West, a fictional character in L. Frank Baum's children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and subsequent adaptations. Season 12 winner Jaida Essence Hall spoke with fellow contestants about their Halloween plans.[19] The "Time to Vote" segment was a collaboration with Crooked Media and Vote Save America and saw Brita and Heidi N Closet emphasize the importance of voting in the 2020 United States elections in a parody of the music video for RuPaul's song "Peanut Butter".[17][19]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of RuPaul's Drag Race season 12
No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)
1 "I'm That Bitch" February 28, 2020 0.19[20] 0.504[20]
2 "You Don't Know Me" March 6, 2020 0.24[21] 0.558[21]
3 "World's Worst" March 13, 2020 0.23[22] 0.542[22]
4 "The Ball Ball" March 20, 2020 0.33[23] 0.678[23]
5 "Gay's Anatomy" March 27, 2020 0.29[24] 0.630[24]
6 "Snatch Game" April 3, 2020 0.36[25] 0.708[25]
7 "Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical" April 10, 2020 0.34[26] 0.731[26]
8 "Droop" April 17, 2020 0.29[27] 0.633[27]
9 "Choices 2020" April 24, 2020 0.35[28] 0.688[28]
10 "Superfan Makeover" May 1, 2020 0.34[29] 0.701[29]
11 "One-Queen Show" May 8, 2020 0.25[30] 0.607[30]
12 "Viva Drag Vegas" May 15, 2020 0.33[31] 0.695[31]
13 "Alone Together" May 22, 2020 0.25[32] 0.597[32]
14 "Grand Finale" May 29, 2020 0.34[33] 0.658[33]

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