RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! (often shortened to Untucked!) is a spinoff of the American reality competition RuPaul's Drag Race, currently airing on the cable channel VH1. The program debuted on Logo in the United States on February 1, 2010, as a companion show launched in conjunction with the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race; it moved to WOWPresents on March 3, 2015 as a web series, coinciding with the debut of the seventh season of the parent series. The series returned to cable television, now on VH1, on March 22, 2018, coinciding with the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! | |
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Genre | Reality television |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 13 |
No. of episodes | 131 |
Production | |
Running time | 20 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Logo (2010–2014) YouTube (2015-2017) VH1 (2018–present) |
Original release | February 1, 2010 – present |
Chronology | |
Related shows | RuPaul's Drag Race RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars |
It has been nominated for four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program, Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program, Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program, and Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program.
Format
The first season of Drag Race was accompanied by a seven-episode web series, titled Under the Hood of RuPaul's Drag Race. LOGOonline published a webisode of Under the Hood after each episode of Drag Race. In this companion series, RuPaul presents a documentary of contestants' conversation in the green room, replays pertinent moments from Drag Race, and airs deleted footage.[1][2]
In the second season of Drag Race in 2010, Logo reformatted Under the Hood, increased its production budget, moved it from the web to television, and re-titled it to RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked. Logo broadcast an episode of Untucked after each episode of Drag Race. Untucked replaces the basic green room of Under the Hood with two decorated rooms that were until season six sponsored by Absolut Vodka and Interior Illusions, Inc.: the Interior Illusions Lounge and the Gold Bar. FormDecor sponsored the Lounge for season six. These two backstage areas allow for separate group conversations.
At the start of the seventh season of the Drag Race, Untucked reverted to a webseries, as part of the World of Wonder YouTube page. Instead of two decorated rooms, Untucked was moved back to the one room, an empty backstage space that connects to the main stage and work room, with couches for contestants to chat on. The newly renovated version also follows contestants following their elimination from the show, documenting them packing their belongings and leaving the set. The webseries format continued for the eighth and ninth season. For the show's tenth season, Untucked returned to television, where it airs on VH1 during the 30 minute time slot after the 90 minute episode airs.
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked
The first season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars featured an Untucked aftershow, similar to regular seasons. Starting with the second season of All Stars, the format required contestants to be eliminated by the top queen and meant judges' deliberations while contestants untucked were unnecessary.[3]
The fifth season of All Stars saw the return of Untucked alongside a new elimination format.[4]
Series Overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | RuPaul's Drag Race season | ||||
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First aired | Last aired | Network | |||||
1 | 10 | February 1, 2010 | April 26, 2010 | Logo | 2 | ||
2 | 13 | January 24, 2011 | April 25, 2011 | 3 | |||
3 | 12 | January 30, 2012 | April 23, 2012 | 4 | |||
4 | 6 | October 22, 2012 | November 26, 2012 | All Stars 1 | |||
5 | 11 | January 28, 2013 | April 15, 2013 | 5 | |||
6 | 12 | February 24, 2014 | May 5, 2014 | 6 | |||
7 | 12 | March 2, 2015 | May 18, 2015 | WOWPresents | 7 | ||
8 | 9 | March 8, 2016 | May 3, 2016 | 8 | |||
9 | 12 | March 25, 2017 | June 10, 2017 | 9 | |||
10 | 12 | March 22, 2018 | June 14, 2018 | VH1 | 10 | ||
11 | 12 | February 28, 2019 | May 16, 2019 | 11 | |||
12 | 12 | February 28, 2020 | May 15, 2020 | 12 | |||
13 | 8 | June 5, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | All Stars 5 |
References
- "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1". Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- Corfe, Steven (February 9, 2009). "Under the Hood of RuPaul's Drag Race". The WOW Report. World of Wonder. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- Whyte, Woodrow (8 March 2018). "When Is 'All Stars 3' Released On VH1 and Comedy Central?". PopBuzz. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- Ramos, Dino-Ray (5 June 2020). "'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Brings Back 'Untucked' Aftershow For Season 5". Deadline. Retrieved 10 August 2020.