RuPaul's Drag Race season 1
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The first season of RuPaul's Drag Race premiered in the United States on February 2, 2009, on Logo, and ended on March 23 of the same year. Nine contestants were selected to compete in the running of becoming "America's Next Drag Superstar." The first season was filmed during the summer of 2008. The winner of the first season won a cash prize of $20,000, $5,000 worth of MAC Cosmetics, was featured in an LA Eyeworks campaign, and joined the Logo Drag Race tour. One of the nine contestants to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race, Nina Flowers was determined by an audience vote via the show's official website to be the season's Miss Congeniality. The results were announced in early September 2008.
RuPaul's Drag Race | |
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Season 1 | |
Hosted by | RuPaul |
Judges |
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No. of contestants | 9 |
Winner | BeBe Zahara Benet |
Runner-up | Nina Flowers |
Miss Congeniality | Nina Flowers |
No. of episodes | 9 |
Release | |
Original network | Logo TV |
Original release | February 2 (2009-02-02) ā March 23, 2009 (2009-03-23) |
Season chronology | |
List of episodes |
The theme song playing during the runway every episode was "Cover Girl" from RuPaul's album Champion. This season and season one of All Stars are the only seasons to not feature the "Snatch Game".
The winner of the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race was BeBe Zahara Benet, with Nina Flowers as the runner-up.
In late 2013, Logo re-aired the first season, which was titled RuPaul's Drag Race: The Lost Season, and featured commentary from RuPaul.[1][2]