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Whatcha Packin' is an exit interview series hosted by Michelle Visage for the contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. This series highlights the contestants' run on the show, as well as various garments viewers did or did not see on the Main Stage or in challenges.
The series began in Season 6 and has continued for each subsequent season that followed. For the All Stars series, Whatcha Packin' began in All Stars 3 and has continued over the next seasons.
During the run of All Stars 2, a similar series also hosted by Michelle took Whatcha Packin's place called The Final Lap. Also, on RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under she hosts How's Your Head, Queen?.
Seasons Overview[]
Season | Episodes | Dates | ||
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Premiere | Finale | |||
6 | 13 | February 25, 2014[1] | May 20, 2014 | |
7 | 13 | March 3, 2015[1] | May 19, 2015 | |
8 | 11 | March 7, 2016 | May 17, 2016 | |
AS2 | 9 | August 25, 2016 | October 14, 2016 | |
9 | 14 | April 3, 2017 | July 2, 2017 | |
AS3 | 10 | January 29, 2018 | March 19, 2018 | |
10 | 13 | March 26, 2018 | July 3, 2018 | |
AS4 | 10 | December 16, 2018 | February 17, 2019 | |
11 | 16 | March 1, 2019 | May 28, 2019 | |
12 | 12 | March 13, 2020 | May 25, 2020 | |
AS5 | 12 | June 5, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | |
13 | 13 | January 23, 2021 | April 19, 2021 | |
DU1 | 6 | May 1, 2021 | June 5, 2021 | |
AS6 | 13 | June 24, 2021 | September 6, 2021 | |
14 | 14 | January 21, 2022 | April 24, 2022 | |
DU2 | 7 | July 30, 2022 | September 10, 2022 | |
15 | 16 | January 6, 2023 | April 11, 2023 |
Trivia[]
- Dahlia Sin's interview marks the 100th episode of Watcha Packin'.
- Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Season 13's and All Stars 6's episodes were filmed via teleconference.
- Excluding all the queens that were on a season which wasn't covered by the series, Bianca Del Rio, Violet Chachki, Bob The Drag Queen, Elektra Shock, Karen From Finance, Scarlet Adams and Kita Mean are the only queens to not have a Watcha Packin' interview.
- Blair St. Clair did not get an interview during Season 10, but got one during All Stars 5.
- Eureka! and Ginger Minj are the only queens to have three Whatcha Packin' interviews.
- In 2022 the series received a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Award nomination at the 74th ceremony in the category of Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series, with Michelle being nominated as a producer.[2]
- This makes it Michelle's first Emmy nomination without RuPaul.
Gallery[]
References[]
Check out the video gallery to see Whatcha Packin's videos from each episode.
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