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RuPaul's Drag Race season 7
Seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Contestants
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Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
Notes:
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Contestant progress
Legend:
Violet Chachki won RuPaul's Drag Race season 7.
Ginger Minj and Pearl were the runners-up.
Katya was voted Miss Congeniality (Miss C) by the viewers.
WIN indicates that the contestant won the challenge.
IN indicates that the contestant won re-entry into the competition.
SAFE indicates that the contestant was declared safe by the judges.
BTM (Bottom) indicates that the contestant was up for elimination.
ELIM (Eliminated) indicates that the contestant was eliminated.
LOSS indicates that the contestant returned to win re-entry into the competition, but lost.
Guest indicates that the contestant returned as a guest.
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Lip syncs
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Legend:
The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom.
The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom.
The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom.
The contestant was eliminated after the lip sync to qualify for the finale.
Guest judges
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Listed in chronological order:[16]
- 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
- 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[17]
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Episodes
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Soundtrack
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The trailers for this season featured clips of the songs "Geronimo" and "Modern Love", both of the album Born Naked.[citation needed]
RuPaul Presents: CoverGurlz 2
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.[18]
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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