Judges

In addition to RuPaul, each season of Drag Race has featured two other regular judges. Additionally, each episode has guest judges (usually two) who only appear in that episode.

Regular Judges

Name	Seasons
Name	1	2	3	4	AS1	5	6	7	8	AS2	9	AS3	10	AS4	S11
RuPaul	Main
Santino Rice	Main							Guest							Main
Merle Ginsberg	Main							Guest
Michelle Visage			Main
Billy B			Main
Carson Kressley								Main
Ross Matthews				Guest				Main
Todrick Hall									Guest	Main	Guest				Main

Guest Judges

Season 1

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Bob Mackie	fashion designer	1
Mike Ruiz	photographer	1
Michelle Williams	singer	2
Frank Gatson, Jr.	choreographer and director	2
Debra Wilson	actress and comedian	3
Howard Bragman	public relations	3
Jenny Shimizu	model and actress	4
Gordon Espinet	Makeup Artistry, MAC Cosmetics	4
Lucy Lawless	actress	5
Robin Antin	singer	5
Jeffrey Moran	image consultant	6
María Conchita Alonso	singer/songwriter and actress	6

Season 2

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Mike Ruiz	Photographer	1
Kathy Griffin	actress, comedian, writer, producer, and television host	1
Kim Coles	actress, comedian and game show host	2
Dita Von Teese	burlesque dancer, model, costume designer	2
Kathy Najimy	actress and comedian	3
Tanya Tucker	country music artist	3
Lisa Rinna	actress and television host	4
Niecy Nash	comedian, model, actress, and producer	4
Mathu Andersen	makeup artist	5
Martha Wash	singer and songwriter	5
Henry Rollins	musician	6
Terri Nunn	singer and actress	6
Gigi Levangie	novelist, screenwriter, and producer	7
Jackie Collins	romance novelist	7
Debbie Reynolds	actress	8
Cloris Leachman	actress	8
Toni Ko	Nyx Cosmetics Founder	8
Tatum O'Neal	actress and author	9
Marissa Jaret Winokur	actress	9

Season 3

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Mike Ruiz	photographer, director, and reality television personality.	2, 12, 13
Bruce Vilanch	comedy writer, songwriter, and actor	2
Vanessa Williams	actress, singer, and former Miss America	2
Lily Tomlin	actress and comedian	3
Alessandra Torresani	actress	3
LaToya Jackson	singer	4, 13
Susan Powter	motivational speaker and fitness guru	4
Billy B	makeup artist	4, 5, 7, 8
Margaret Cho	actress and comedian	12
Eliza Dushku	actress	7
Carmen Electra	actress	10
Fantasia Barrino	singer, actress, and author	11
Gigi Levangie Grazer	novelist and host of Logo's The Arrangement	13
Debbie Matenopoulos	television host	5
Wayne Brady	actor, comedian, and singer	11
Jeffrey Moran	At Vodka marketing/branding executive.	10
Arden Myrin	comedian; former cast member of MADtv	8
Sharon Osbourne	television host and reality television personality	12
Amber Rose	model	6
Rita Rudner	comedian	8
Sara Rue	actress	7
Chloë Sevigny	actress and model	5
Cheryl Tiegs	model	9
Aisha Tyler	comedienne and actress	6
Jody Watley	R&B/pop singer	10
Johnny Weir	professional figure skater	9

Season 4

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Mike Ruiz	photographer	1
Elvira	actress and television hostess	1
Rick Fox	basketball player	2
John Salley	professional basketball player	2
Amber Riley	actress and singer	3
Natalie Cole	actress, pianist, singer and songwriter	3
Billy B	makeup artist	4, 6
Max Mutchnick	television producer	4
Nicole Sullivan	actress, comedian, voice artist	4
Loretta Devine	actress	5
Ross Mathews	comedian and television personality	5
Pauley Perrette	actress, singer, writer	6
Kelly Osbourne	television host and comedian	6
Regina King	actress	7
Pam Tillis	singer and songwriter	7
Lucian Piane	music producer	8
Jennifer Tilly	actress	8
Pamela Anderson	actress	8
Dan Savage	author	9
Jeffrey Moran	Absolute Vodka marketing/branding executive	9
Jesse Tyler Ferguson	actor	10
Jennifer Love Hewitt	actress and singer	10
Wynonna Judd	actress and singer	11
Rose McGowan	actress	11

All Stars 1

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Janice Dickinson	model, photographer, author, and talent agent	3
Beth Ditto	singer, songwriter and model	6
Rachel Dratch	actress and comedian	3
Elvira	actress and horror hostess	5
Rachel Hunter	actress and reality television show host	1
Vicki Lawrence	actress, comedienne, and singer	2
Ross Matthews	comedian and television personality	1
Wendi McLendon-Covey	actress, writer, producer and comedienne	5
Cheri Oteri	actress and comedienne	6
Rosie Perez	actress, dancer, choreographer, director and community activist	4
Busy Phillips	actress	2
Mary Wilson	singer, author, and actress	4

Season 5

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Maria Conchita Alonso	singer/songwriter and actress	9
Joan Van Ark	actress	8
Chaz Bono	writer and activist	4
Downtown Julie Brown	actress and MTV VJ	5
Julie Brown	actress-comedienne	5
Coco	model	3
Camille Grammer	television personality	1
Marg Helgenberger	actress	11
LaToya Jackson	singer	6
Kristen Johnston	actress	2
Leslie Jordan	actor	7
Clinton Kelly	fashion stylist	10
George Kotsiopoulos	editor and fashion consultant	10
Juliette Lewis	actress and singer	2
Bob Mackie	fashion designer	11
Jeffery Moran	VP of public relations at Absolute Vodka	7
Aubrey O’Day	singer	8
The Pointer Sisters	girl group	6
Paulina Porizkova	model and actress	3
Mike Ruiz	photographer	1
Jamie-Lynn Sigler	actress and singer	9
Travis Wall	dancer	4

Season 6

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Adam Lambert	singer, songwriter and stage actor	1
Mike Ruiz	photographer	1
Khloe Kardashian	televison personality	2, 11
Lena Headey	actress	3
Linda Blair	actress	3
Lucian Piane	composer and music producer	4
Sheryl Lee Ralph	actress, singer, and activist	4
Gillian Jacobs	actress	5
Heather McDonald	actress, comedian and author	5
Eve	hip hop recording artist and actress	6
Trina	rapper and model	6
Leah Remini	actress and comedian	7
Lainie Kazan	actress and singer	7
Bruce Vilanch	comedy writer, songwriter and actor	8
Jaime Pressly	actress and model	8
Chaz Bono	advocate, writer, musician and actor	9
Georgia Holt	singer-songwriter, actress, and model	9
Paula Abdul	singer-songwriter, choreographer and television personality	9
Neil Patrick Harris	actor and television host	10
David Burtka	actor and chef	10
Bob Mackie	fashion designer	11
Ian Drew	Entertainment Director of US Weekly	12
Our Lady J	musician and transgender icon	12

Season 7

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Kathy Griffin	actress/comedian	1
Jordin Sparks	singer and actress	2
Olivia Newton-John	actress and singer	2
Kat Dennings	actress	3
Mel B	singer	3
Jessica Alba	actress	4
Lucian Piane	music producer	4
Isaac Mizrahi	fashion designer	5
Ariana Grande	singer and actress	6
Merle Ginsberg	journalist	6
Tamar Braxton	singer and television personality	7
Michael Urie	actor	7
LeAnn Rimes	country and pop singer	8
Nelson Ellis	actor	8
John Waters	director	9
Demi Lovato	singer and actress	9
Alyssa Milano	actress	10
Rachel Harris	actress and comedian	10
Santino Rice	fashion designer	11
Rebecca Romijn	actress	11

Season 8

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Nicole Richie	television personality	1
Ester Dean	singer/songwriter	2
Jamal Sims	choreographer	2
Lucian Piane	music producer	2, 3
Faith Evans	singer	3
Tasha Smith	actress and comedian	3
Debbie Harry	singer	4
Chris Stein	musician	4
Gigi Hadid	model	5
Chanel Iman	model	5
Todrick Hall	singer-songwriter	6
Marc Jacobs	fashion designer	6
Thomas Roberts	television journalist	7
Vivica A. Fox	actress, producer and television host	7
David Sedaris	author, humorist, and radio contributor	8
Amy Sedaris	actress, author, and comedian	8

All Stars 2

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Raven-Symoné	actress and comedian	1
Ross Matthews	comedian and television personality	2,5,8
Jeremy Scott	fashion designer	3
Nicole Scherzinger	singer and actress	4
Graham Norton	television host	6
Aubrey Plaza	actress and comedian	7

Season 9

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Lady Gaga	singer and actress	1
The B-52's	new wave band	2
Cheyenne Jackson	actor and singer	3
Todrick Hall	actor and singer	3, 5
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman	actor and model	4
Naya Rivera	actress and singer	4
Meghan Trainor	singer and songwriter	5
Candis Cayne	actress	6
Denis O'Hare	actor	6
Jennie Garth	actress	7
Tori Spelling	actress and television personality	7
Tamar Braxton	singer and television personality	8
Fortune Feimster	writer, comedian, and actress	8
Noah Galvin	actor	9
Lisa Robertson	poet	9
Kesha	singer and songwriter	10
Andie MacDowell	actress	11
Joan Smalls	fashion model	11

All Stars 3

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Vanessa Hudgens	singer and actress	1
Todrick Hall	actor and singer	2
Vanessa Williams	actor and singer	2
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman	actor and model	3
Constance Zimmer	actress	3
Kristin Chenoweth	singer and actress	4
Nicole Byer	comedian and actress	4
Tituss Burgess	singer and actor	5
Shay Mitchell	actress and model	5
Adam Lambert	singer and actor	6
Emma Bunton	singer and actress	6
Chris Colfer	actor and singer	7
Garcelle Beauvias	actress and model	7

Season 10

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Christina Aguilera	singer and actress	1
Halsey	singer and songwriter	2
Padma Lakshmi	author, actress, model and television host	2
Courtney Love	singer, songwriter and actress	3
Nico Tortorella	actor and model	3
Logan Browning	actress	4
Tisha Campbell Martin	actress and singer	4
Carrie Preston	actress, producer, and director	5
Shania Twain	singer and songwriter	5
Kumail Nanjiani	comedian, actor and writer	6
Emily V. Gordon	writer and producer	6
Audra McDonald	actress and singer	7
Kate Upton	model and actress	7
Billy Eichner	comedian, actor and writer	8
Andrew Rannells	actor and singer	8
Ilana Glazer	comedian, writer and actress	9
Abbi Jacobson	comedian, writer and actress	9
Miles Heizer	actor and musician	10
Lizzo	rapper and singer	10
Ashanti	singer, songwriter and actress	11
Lena Dunham	actress, writer and director	11
Todrick Hall	singer, director, and choreographer	12

All Stars 4

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Jenifer Lewis	actress and singer	1
Ciara	singer-songwriter, dancer, and model	2
Kacey Musgraves	singer-songwriter	2
Todrick Hall	singer, director and choreographer	2, 10
Gus Kenworthy	freestyler skier	3
Keiynan Lonsdale	actor, singer-songwriter, and dancer	3
Zoë Kravitz	actress	4
Erica Ash	actress	4
Yvette Nicole Brown	actress, comedian, and singer	5
Cecily Strong	actress and comedian	5
Rita Ora	singer-songwriter	7
Susanne Bartsch	event producer	7
Francis Bean Cobain	visual artist	8
Ellen Pompeo	actress	8
Jason Wu	artist and fashion designer	9
Todrick Hall	singer, director, and choreographer	10

Season 11

Name	Short Bio	Episode
Miley Cyrus	actress and singer	1

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Regular Judges

Guest Judges