01The take
Season 9.
Drag Race's VH1 debut, and the format's biggest production- scale jump to date. The premiere opened with Lady Gaga at the judge's table, a signal of the cultural altitude the show had reached. The cast leaned charismatic and varied across drag styles, and the workroom-and-runway shape held its weight under the bigger network treatment. RuPaul Charles hosted alongside Michelle Visage and a rotating fourth chair. The season reset the franchise's reach without flattening its craft.
03Where it sits in the canon
The #03 slot.
Slot #03 of 3 in the RuPaul's Drag Race Editor's Canon. The neighbors below frame what we ranked above and below it.
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06Also appears in
Cross-references.
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