The second season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race'' premiered on February 1, 2010, and aired its final episode on April 26, 2010. On May 1, 2009, the casting website for the series opened, allowing prospective contestants to create user profiles and upload videos of themselves to be voted on by viewers; the applicant collecting the most votes being invited to become a contestant of the second season. At the end of the online casting period, Jessica Wild had collected the most votes and was announced as being a season two contestant. Filming took place during the summer of 2009. For season two, the number of contestants was increased from nine to twelve, and the prizes were slightly modified: a lifetime supply of NYX Cosmetics and be the face of nyxcosmetics.com, an exclusive one year public relations contract with

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firm Project Publicity, be featured an LA Eyeworks campaign, join the

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Drag Race tour, and a cash prize of $25,000. A new tradition of writing a farewell message, in lipstick on their workstation mirror, was started by Shangela, the first eliminated queen of the season. Each week's episode is followed by a behind-the-scenes show, ''RuPaul's Drag Race Untucked''. The theme song playing during the runway and the end credits every episode is the Gomi and RasJek remix of "

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" from RuPaul's album ''

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''. On December 6, 2011, Amazon.com released this season on DVD via their CreateSpace program. The winner of the second season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' was Tyra Sanchez, with

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being the runner-up.

Contestants

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

Contestant progress

Lip syncs

Legend:

Guest judges

Listed in chronological order: *

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, photographer *

Kathy Griffin Kathleen Mary Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an American comedian and actress who has starred in television comedy specials and has released comedy albums. In 2007 and 2008, Griffin won Primetime Emmy Awards for her reality show '' Kathy ...

, comedian * Kim Coles, actress and comedian *

Dita Von Teese Heather Renée Sweet (born September 28, 1972), known professionally as Dita Von Teese, is an American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, and businesswoman. She is credited with re-popularizing burlesque performance, earning the moniker "Que ...

, burlesque performer *

Kathy Najimy Kathy Ann Najimy ( ; ar, كاثي ان نجيمي ; born February 6, 1957) is an American actress and activist. She is best known for her roles in the films ''Soapdish'' (1991), ''Sister Act'' (1992), '' Hocus Pocus'' (1993), ''Hope Floats'' (1 ...

, actress *

Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, " Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature in ...

, singer * Lisa Rinna, actress and television personality * Niecy Nash, comedian, actress, and model *Mathu Andersen, make-up artist and photographer * Martha Wash, singer-songwriter *

Henry Rollins Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, and presenter. After performing in the short-lived hardcore punk band State of Alert in 1980, Rol ...

, musician, actor, and comedian * Terri Nunn, singer and actress *

Gigi Levangie Gigi Levangie (born Georgianne Levangie; January 2, 1963) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and television producer. She has written numerous screenplays but is most widely known for the film '' Stepmom'', starring Julia Roberts and Susan S ...

, novelist, screenwriter, and producer * Jackie Collins, novelist *

Debbie Reynolds Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds (April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016) was an American actress, singer, and businesswoman. Her career spanned almost 70 years. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her portra ...

, actress and singer *

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, actress and comedian * Toni Ko, CEO of NYX Cosmetics *

Tatum O'Neal Tatum Beatrice O'Neal (born November 5, 1963) is an American actress. She is the youngest person ever to win an Academy Award, winning at age 10 for her performance as Addie Loggins in '' Paper Moon'' (1973) opposite her father, Ryan O'Neal. S ...

, actress and author * Marissa Jaret Winokur, actress

Episodes

References

External links

* {{RuPaul's Drag Race 2010 American television seasons RuPaul's Drag Race seasons 2010 in LGBT history