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RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked: Season 8

12 episodes Premiered Mar 24, 2017 Updated Oct 28, 2026

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked functions as an access-all-areas pass to the drama that is not seen on the main runway of RuPaul's Drag Race. Serving as the companion series, it provides viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at the competition as the queens anxiously await their fates backstage every week after receiving their runway critiques. As documented across the series history, the program captures the backstage

Previously on RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

Season 8 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked serves as the companion series providing backstage access during the main competition.
  • ⚡ Queens anxiously await their fates backstage every week after receiving their runway critiques.
  • ⚡ The series captures behind-the-scenes drama, catfights, struggles, tears, laughter, and secrets.
  • ⚡ Watching the companion series is presented as essential to getting the full story of the main show.
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Season overview

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked functions as an access-all-areas pass to the drama that is not seen on the main runway of RuPaul's Drag Race. Serving as the companion series, it provides viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at the competition as the queens anxiously await their fates backstage every week after receiving their runway critiques. As documented across the series history, the program captures the backstage bitchiness, catfights, struggles, tears, secrets, and laughter that occur when the contestants let their tucks breathe and allow their emotions to flow. Viewers who watch the companion show gain the complete narrative experience, as the source material notes that if you are not watching Untucked, you are only getting half the story of the main competition series.

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Season 8 Episodes

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Season 8: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S8·E1 Mytharc

Oh. My. Gaga!

Mar 24, 2017 · 28 min

RuPaul's Drag Race is off to a stellar start! It's a love fest as the queens get to know each other and talk about their runway looks. Before heading back to the main stage, the qu

S8·E2 Core

She Done Already Done Brought It On

Mar 31, 2017 · 25 min

After cheering each other through possibly the most physical challenge in Drag Race herstory, the queens untuck and discuss the judge’s opinions of their looks and performances. Th

S8·E3 Core

Draggily Ever After

Apr 7, 2017 · 27 min

After a fairytale runway fit for a princess, the Queens untuck backstage and ki-ki about who they’d “kai-kai” with. One queen who thinks her happily ever after will be in the top i

S8·E4 Core

Good Morning Bitches

Apr 14, 2017 · 27 min

After the queens get naughty on the runway, they settle in backstage. The safe Queens spill the T on their looks and talk about whose runway didn’t impress. When the other queens j

S8·E5 Core

Reality Stars: The Musical

Apr 21, 2017 · 29 min

After the queens pay tribute to America’s favorite family, The Kardashians, in a musical extravaganza, they untuck backstage. One accuses the others of sabotage as the bottom queen

S8·E6 Core

Snatch Game.

Apr 28, 2017 · 30 min

The queens settle in after a star-studded snatch game and it gets real when two queens go at each other about who should be in the bottom two.

S8·E7 Core

9021-HO

May 5, 2017 · 27 min

After the queens’ successful acting debut they untuck backstage. The sisterhood builds stronger bonds after a queen gets a message from back home.

S8·E8 Core

RuPaul Roast

May 12, 2017 · 24 min

The queens cool down backstage after the RuPaul Roast. They discuss which queens of comedy were on fire and which ones went down in flames.

S8·E9 Mytharc

Your Pilot’s on Fire

May 19, 2017 · 28 min

After making their own TV pilots, the queens settle in and get shady about who might get the green light and who might be canceled.

S8·E10 Core

Makeovers: Crew Better Work

May 26, 2017 · 29 min

After teaching the crew to beat their mugs and strut the runway, they untuck backstage and kiki with their new sisters.

S8·E11 Mytharc

Gayest Ball Ever

Jun 2, 2017 · 23 min

The queens untuck after the Gayest Ball Ever. Emotions run high as the top 5 discuss their runway looks and who might be top 4.

S8·E12 Mytharc

Category Is

Jun 9, 2017 · 29 min

After the facing their final challenges, the queens untuck backstage and kiki about how this experience has changed them and the legacy they hope to leave.

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