RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked: Season 16
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked serves as an access-all-areas pass to the unseen drama, backstage bitchiness, catfights, struggles, tears, and secrets that take place away from the main runway. Viewers watch as the contestants anxiously await their fates backstage every week following their runway critiques. The series captures what happens behind the scenes of RuPaul's Drag Race when the queens let their tucks breathe
Season 16 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked functions as the companion series that captures the behind-the-scenes drama of the main competition.
- Contestants spend their time backstage anxiously awaiting their fates each week after receiving their runway critiques.
- The backstage area serves as a space where queens let their tucks breathe and their emotions flow away from the main stage.
- Viewers are given an access-all-areas pass to the struggles, tears, laughter, catfights, and secrets that happen out of sight from the runway.
Season overview
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked serves as an access-all-areas pass to the unseen drama, backstage bitchiness, catfights, struggles, tears, and secrets that take place away from the main runway. Viewers watch as the contestants anxiously await their fates backstage every week following their runway critiques. The series captures what happens behind the scenes of RuPaul's Drag Race when the queens let their tucks breathe and let their emotions flow, providing the remaining half of the story for fans following the competition.
Episode Guide
Season 16 Progress Shield
Squirrel Games
Jan 3, 2025 · 22 min
The queens celebrate week one with a champagne toast in the all-new Untucked Lounge. The queens break off into groups wondering how tonight’s Rate-A-Queen vote will turn out. Katy
Drag Queens Got Talent - Part 2
Jan 10, 2025 · 22 min
After the talent show, things start to get real in the Untucked Lounge. It’s time for the week two girls to be judged in Rate-A-Queen and one queen’s strong opinions quickly turns
Monopulence!
Jan 17, 2025 · 22 min
Tensions still run high in the aftermath of the Monopulence design challenge. The bottom queens are emotional after critiques, and one queen rubs her sisters the wrong way. Queer i
Bitch, I'm a Drag Queen!
Jan 24, 2025 · 22 min
The safe queens don’t see eye to eye on the tops and bottoms this week, but they all agree that one queen’s look was the worst on the runway. Everyone is gagged when a confident q
RDR Live!
Jan 31, 2025 · 22 min
Drag delusion settles into the Untucked Lounge. Feeling salty about landing in the bottom, one Queen calls out her sisters. A funny runway divides the room and everyone is bothered
Let's Get Sea Sickening Ball
Feb 7, 2025 · 22 min
It's sink or swim after the Sea Sickening Ball. One Queen is shook after her confidence is put to the test. Guest Judge and trans trailblazer Hunter Schafer visits the lounge and g
Snatch Game
Feb 14, 2025 · 22 min
After the Snatch Game critiques, a safe placement has left one Queen a little salty. A Queen with a strong track record lands in the bottom. Guest Judge Quinta Brunson uplifts the
The Wicked Wiz of Oz: The Rusical!
Feb 21, 2025 · 22 min
The safe Queens are feeling playful and decide to mess with the rest of the girls. One Queen questions the difficulty of her sister's role in the Rusical. Guest judge Adam Lambert
Heavens To Betsey!
Feb 28, 2025 · 22 min
The Queens are campaigning hard for a particular bottom Queen to be sent home. The critiqued Queens interrupt a chaotic moment in the lounge. Guest judge Betsey Johnson stops by an
The Villains Roast
Mar 7, 2025 · 22 min
Unresolved tension from this week's challenge comes to a head in the Untucked lounge; Two friends are torn apart, and two friends strengthen their bond; One Queen makes an enemy af
Ross Mathews vs. The Ducks
Mar 14, 2025 · 22 min
Harsh realities are sinking in after the Queens reveal their picks to go home. Two Queens feel defeated after finding themselves in the bottom. Guest judge Sam Smith shares his fav
Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve & Talent Monologues
Mar 21, 2025 · 22 min
The spirit of delusion is alive and well in the Untucked lounge. One Queen does not understand why she is not in the top this week. While another Queen pins her hopes of staying on
Drag Baby Mamas
Mar 28, 2025 · 22 min
The Queens and their parents celebrate the completion of an emotionally charged makeover challenge. After the parents leave, the mood in the lounge quickly turns bittersweet. The f
How's Your Headliner?
Apr 4, 2025 · 22 min
The top Queens enter the Untucked lounge for the final time. Their fates are uncertain, but they all agree that they have had the time of their lives. Guest judge, Tracee Ellis Ros