The fourteenth season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race'' premiered on January 7, 2022. The reality competition series, broadcast on VH1 in the United States, showcases 14 new queens competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar". Casting calls for season 14 were opened in November 2020, and the cast was officially revealed by season 13 winner Symone on

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on December 2, 2021. The season premiere received 738,000 viewers, making it the most-watched premiere since Season 10. The season was won by Willow Pill, who became the first transgender contestant to win the main franchise of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', and the fourth transgender contestant to win overall, with Lady Camden as the runner-up. Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté was named Miss Congeniality, who became the first transgender contestant to win the title. The season welcomed Maddy Morphosis, the show's first heterosexual, cisgender male contestant. The season notably also featured five transgender contestants: Kerri Colby and Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté (both of whom entered the competition openly trans),

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(who came out as a trans woman during filming of the show),

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(who also came out as a trans woman as the season aired), and Willow Pill (who came out as trans femme as the season aired). The season is the first to feature a "Chocolate Bar Twist" which was introduced in the third episode, which featured each of the contestants being given a chocolate bar, one of which contained a golden bar. After losing a lip sync, each contestant must unwrap their chocolate bar, and the contestant whose bar contains the golden bar is saved from elimination. The twist lasted until episode 12, when Bosco was revealed to have the golden chocolate bar. This season had a final five going to the grand finale, a first in the show’s history. Additionally, the winning queen received a cash prize of $150,000, the highest amount awarded to date in a regular season. The runner-up received a $50,000 cash prize. It is also the first series in which a single queen had to lip sync for their life five times; Jorgeous survived four lip syncs and was sent home on the fifth.

Contestants

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

Contestant progress

Lip syncs

Legend: Notes:

Guest judges

* Lizzo, singer and songwriter * Alicia Keys, singer and songwriter *

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, businesswoman, philanthropist and television personality *

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, comedian and television host * Ava Max, singer *

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, actress and singer * Ts Madison, television and internet personality, LGBTQ+ activist * Alec Mapa, actor * Nicole Byer, comedian and actress * Dove Cameron, actress and singer *

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, singer and actress *

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, comedian

Special guests

Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage. Episodes 1 and 2 *Albert Sanchez, photographer Episode 4 *

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, singer, actress, dancer Episode 5 * Jaymes Mansfield, contestant on season nine * Kahmora Hall, contestant on season thirteen *

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, contestant on season seven * Sarah McLachlan, singer and songwriter Episode 8 *David Benjamin Steinberg, songwriter and music producer Episode 10 *

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, runner-up of

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and of '' All Stars''

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Episode 12 * Leland, producer * Leslie Jordan, actor *Miguel Zarate, choreographer Episode 13 *Norvina, president of

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Episode 15 *

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, contestant on season thirteen * Derrick Barry, contestant on season eight and '' All Stars''

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, contestant on season eleven * Alexis Mateo, contestant on season three and ''All Stars''

and

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Episode 16 * Jaida Essence Hall, winner of season twelve *

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, contestant on season ten * Trinity K. Bonet, contestant on

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and ''All Stars''

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, contestant on season eight and ''All Stars''

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* Derrick Barry, contestant on season eight and ''All Stars'' season five *Kahanna Montrese, contestant on season eleven * Hot Chocolate, entertainer and drag queen * Symone, winner of season thirteen *

, contestant on and Miss Congeniality of season thirteen

Episodes

Ratings

References

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