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In addition to RuPaul, each season of RuPaul's Drag Race has featured two other regular judges. Additionally, each episode has a guest judge (previously, generally two) who only appear in that episode.
Regular Judges[]
| Name | Season | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | |
| RuPaul | |||||||||||||||||
| Michelle Visage | |||||||||||||||||
| Carson Kressley | R | ||||||||||||||||
| Ross Mathews | R | ||||||||||||||||
| Ts Madison | R | ||||||||||||||||
| Law Roach | R | ||||||||||||||||
| Santino Rice | R | ||||||||||||||||
| Billy B | R | ||||||||||||||||
| Merle Ginsberg | |||||||||||||||||
- █ Host/Main Judge
- █ Main Judge
- █ Guest Judge
Guest Judges[]
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 1)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Mackie | Fashion Designer | 1 |
| Mike Ruiz | Photographer | |
| Michelle Williams | Singer | 2 |
| Frank Gatson, Jr. | Choreographer and Director | |
| Debra Wilson | Actress and Comedian | 3 |
| Howard Bragman | Public Relations Practitioner | |
| Jenny Shimizu | Model and Actress | 4 |
| Gordon Espinet | Makeup Artist and Vice President of MAC Cosmetics | |
| Lucy Lawless | Actress | 5 |
| Robin Antin | Singer | |
| Jeffrey Moran | Image Consultant | 6 |
| María Conchita Alonso | Singer-Songwriter and Actress |
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 2)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Ruiz | Photographer | 1 |
| Kathy Griffin | Actress, Comedian, Writer, Producer, TV Host | |
| Kim Coles | Actress, Comedian, Game Show Host | 2 |
| Dita Von Teese | Burlesque Dancer, Model, Costume Designer | |
| Kathy Najimy | Actress, Comedian | 3 |
| Tanya Tucker | Singer-Songwriter | |
| Lisa Rinna | Actress, TV Host | 4 |
| Niecy Nash | Comedian, Model, Actress, Producer | |
| Mathu Andersen | Makeup Artist | 5 |
| Martha Wash | Singer, Songwriter | |
| Henry Rollins | Musician | 6 |
| Terri Nunn | Singer, Actress | |
| Gigi Levangie | Novelist, ScreenWriter, Producer | 7 |
| Jackie Collins | Romance Novelist | |
| Debbie Reynolds | Actress | 8 |
| Cloris Leachman | Actress | |
| Toni Ko | Founder of NYX Cosmetics | |
| Tatum O'Neal | Actress, Author | 9 |
| Marissa Jaret Winokur | Actress |
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 3)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Ruiz | Photographer | 2 | 12 | 13 |
| Bruce Vilanch | Comedy Writer, Songwriter and Actor | 2 | ||
| Vanessa Williams | Actress, Singer and former Miss America | |||
| Lily Tomlin | Actress and Comedian | 3 | ||
| Alessandra Torresani | Actress | |||
| La Toya Jackson | Singer | 4 | 13 | |
| Susan Powter | Motivational Speaker and Fitness Guru | 4 | ||
| Debbie Matenopoulos | TV Host | 5 | ||
| Chloë Sevigny | Actress and Model | |||
| Amber Rose | Model | 6 | ||
| Aisha Tyler | Actress, TV Host | |||
| Eliza Dushku | Actress | 7 | ||
| Sara Rue | Actress | |||
| Arden Myrin | Actress and Comedian | 8 | ||
| Rita Rudner | Comedian | |||
| Cheryl Tiegs | Model | 9 | ||
| Johnny Weir | Figure Skater | |||
| Carmen Electra | Actress | 10 | ||
| Jeffrey Moran | At Vodka marketing/branding executive. | |||
| Jody Watley | Singer | |||
| Wayne Brady | Actor, Comedian and Singer | 11 | ||
| Fantasia Barrino | Singer, Actress and Author | |||
| Margaret Cho | Actress and Comedian | 12 | ||
| Sharon Osbourne | TV Host and Reality TV Personality | |||
| Gigi Levangie Grazer | Novelist and TV Host | 13 | ||
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 4)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Ruiz | Photographer | 1 | |
| Elvira | Actress and TV Host | ||
| Rick Fox | Basketball Player | 2 | |
| John Salley | Basketball Player | ||
| Amber Riley | Actress and Singer | 3 | |
| Natalie Cole | Actress, Pianist and Singer-Songwriter | ||
| Billy B | Makeup Artist | 4 | 6 |
| Max Mutchnick | TV Producer | 4 | |
| Nicole Sullivan | Actress, Comedian and Voice Artist | ||
| Loretta Devine | Actress | 5 | |
| Ross Mathews | Comedian and TV Personality | ||
| Pauley Perrette | Actress, Singer and Writer | 6 | |
| Kelly Osbourne | TV Host and Comedian | ||
| Regina King | Actress | 7 | |
| Pam Tillis | Singer-Songwriter | ||
| Lucian Piane | Music Producer | 8 | |
| Jennifer Tilly | Actress | ||
| Pamela Anderson | Actress | ||
| Dan Savage | Author | 9 | |
| Jeffrey Moran | Absolute Vodka Marketing/Branding Executive | ||
| Jesse Tyler Ferguson | Actor | 10 | |
| Jennifer Love Hewitt | Actress and Singer | ||
| Wynonna Judd | Actress and Singer | 11 | |
| Rose McGowan | Actress | ||
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 5)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Ruiz | Photographer | 1 |
| Camille Grammer | TV Personality | |
| Juliette Lewis | Actress and Singer | 2 |
| Kristen Johnston | Actress | |
| Coco | Model | 3 |
| Paulina Porizkova | Model and Actress | |
| Chaz Bono | Writer and Activist | 4 |
| Travis Wall | Dancer | |
| Downtown Julie Brown | Actress, DJ and VJ | 5 |
| Julie Brown | Actress and Comedian | |
| La Toya Jackson | Singer | 6 |
| Anita Pointer | Singer | |
| Ruth Pointer | Singer and songwritter | |
| Jeffery Moran | VP of Public Relations at Absolute Vodka | 7 |
| Leslie Jordan | Actor | |
| Aubrey O’Day | Singer | 8 |
| Joan Van Ark | Actress | |
| Jamie-Lynn Sigler | Actress and Singer | 9 |
| Maria Conchita Alonso | Singer-Songwriter and Actress | |
| Clinton Kelly | Fashion Stylist | 10 |
| George Kotsiopoulos | Editor and Fashion Consultant | |
| Bob Mackie | Fashion Designer | 11 |
| Marg Helgenberger | Actress |
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 6)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Lambert | Singer, Songwriter and Stage Actor | 1 | |
| Mike Ruiz | Photographer | ||
| Khloé Kardashian | TV Personality | 2 | 11 |
| Lena Headey | Actress | 3 | |
| Linda Blair | Actress | ||
| Lucian Piane | Composer and Music Producer | 4 | |
| Sheryl Lee Ralph | Actress, Singer and Activist | ||
| Gillian Jacobs | Actress | 5 | |
| Heather McDonald | Actress, Comedian and Author | ||
| Eve | Rapper, Singer-Songwriter and Actress | 6 | |
| Trina | Rapper and Model | ||
| Leah Remini | Actress and Comedian | 7 | |
| Lainie Kazan | Actress and Singer | ||
| Bruce Vilanch | Comedy Writer, Songwriter and Actor | 8 | |
| Jaime Pressly | Actress and Model | ||
| Chaz Bono | Advocate, Writer, Musician and Actor | 9 | |
| Georgia Holt | Singer-Songwriter, Actress and Model | ||
| Paula Abdul | Singer-Songwriter, Choreographer and TV Personality | ||
| Neil Patrick Harris | Actor and TV Host | 10 | |
| David Burtka | Actor and Chef | ||
| Bob Mackie | Fashion Designer | 11 | |
| Ian Drew | Entertainment Director at Us Weekly | 12 | |
| Our Lady J | Screenwriter and Musician | ||
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 7)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| Kathy Griffin | Actress and Comedian | 1 |
| Jordin Sparks | Singer and Actress | 2 |
| Olivia Newton-John | Actress and Singer | |
| Kat Dennings | Actress | 3 |
| Mel B | Singer | |
| Jessica Alba | Actress | 4 |
| Lucian Piane | Music Producer | |
| Isaac Mizrahi | Fashion Designer | 5 |
| Ariana Grande | Singer and Actress | 6 |
| Merle Ginsberg | Journalist and former RuPaul's Drag Race Judge | |
| Tamar Braxton | Singer and TV Personality | 7 |
| Michael Urie | Actor | |
| LeAnn Rimes | Singer | 8 |
| Nelsan Ellis | Actor | |
| John Waters | Movie Director | 9 |
| Demi Lovato | Singer and Actress | |
| Alyssa Milano | Actress | 10 |
| Rachel Harris | Actress and Comedian | |
| Santino Rice | Fashion Designer and former RuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Judge | 11 |
| Rebecca Romijn | Actress |
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 8)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicole Richie | TV Personality | 1 | |
| Ester Dean | Singer-Songwriter | 2 | |
| Jamal Sims | Choreographer | ||
| Lucian Piane | Music Producer | 2 | 3 |
| Faith Evans | Singer | 3 | |
| Tasha Smith | Actress and Comedian | ||
| Debbie Harry | Singer | 4 | |
| Chris Stein | Musician | ||
| Gigi Hadid | Model | 5 | |
| Chanel Iman | Model | ||
| Todrick Hall | Singer-Songwriter | 6 | |
| Marc Jacobs | Fashion Designer | ||
| Thomas Roberts | TV Journalist | 7 | |
| Vivica A. Fox | Actress, Producer and TV Host | ||
| David Sedaris | Author, Humorist and Radio Contributor | 8 | |
| Amy Sedaris | Actress, Author and Comedian | ||
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (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 | ||
| Meghan Trainor | Singer-Songwriter | 5 | |
| Candis Cayne | Actress | 6 | |
| Denis O'Hare | Actor | ||
| Jennie Garth | Actress | 7 | |
| Tori Spelling | Actress and TV Personality | ||
| Tamar Braxton | Singer and TV Personality | 8 | |
| Fortune Feimster | Writer, Comedian and Actress | ||
| Noah Galvin | Actor | 9 | |
| Lisa Robertson | Poet | ||
| Kesha | Singer-Songwriter | 10 | |
| Zaldy | Fashion Designer | 10 | |
| Andie MacDowell | Actress | 11 | |
| Joan Smalls | Fashion Model | ||
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 10)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| Christina Aguilera | Singer and Actress | 1 |
| Halsey | Singer-Songwriter | 2 |
| Padma Lakshmi | Author, Actress, Model and TV Host | |
| Courtney Love | Singer, Songwriter and Actress | 3 |
| Nico Tortorella | Actor and Model | |
| Logan Browning | Actress | 4 |
| Tisha Campbell Martin | Actress and Singer | |
| Carrie Preston | Actress, Producer and Director | 5 |
| Shania Twain | Singer-Songwriter | |
| Kumail Nanjiani | Comedian, Actor and Writer | 6 |
| Emily V. Gordon | Writer and Producer | |
| Audra McDonald | Actress and Singer | 7 |
| Kate Upton | Model and Actress | |
| Billy Eichner | Comedian, Actor and Writer | 8 |
| Andrew Rannells | Actor and Singer | |
| Ilana Glazer | Comedian, Writer and Actress | 9 |
| Abbi Jacobson | Comedian, Writer and Actress | |
| Miles Heizer | Actor and Musician | 10 |
| Lizzo | rapper and Singer | |
| Ashanti | Singer, Songwriter and Actress | 11 |
| Lena Dunham | Actress, Writer and Director | |
| Todrick Hall | Singer, Director and Choreographer | 12 |
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 11)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| Miley Cyrus | Actress and Singer | 1 |
| Bobby Moynihan | Actor and Comedian | 2 |
| Sydelle Noel | Actress and Athlete | |
| Guillermo Díaz | Actor | 3 |
| Troye Sivan | Actor and Musician | |
| Tiffany Pollard | Reality TV Personality, Actress | 4 |
| Joel McHale | Actor and Comedian | |
| Cara Delevingne | Actress, Model and Singer | 5 |
| Elvira | Actress and TV Host | |
| Travis Wall | Dancer and Choreographer | 6 |
| Mirai Nagasu | Figure Skater | |
| Adam Rippon | Figure Skater | |
| Amber Valletta | Model and Actress | 7 |
| Kandi Burruss | Singer-Songwriter and Actress | |
| Clea DuVall | Actress, Writer and Director | 8 |
| Tony Hale | Actor and Comedian | |
| Natasha Lyonne | Actress, Writer and Producer | 9 |
| Cheyenne Jackson | Actor and Singer-Songwriter | |
| Fortune Feimster | Writer, Comedian and Actress | |
| Gina Rodriguez | Actress | 10 |
| Katherine Langford | Actress | |
| Lena Waithe | ScreenWriter, Producer and Actress | 11 |
| Wanda Sykes | Writer, Comedian and Actress | |
| Todrick Hall | Singer, Director and Choreographer | 12 |
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 12)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| Nicki Minaj | Rapper and Singer | 1 |
| Robyn | Singer | 2 |
| Thandie Newton | Actress | |
| Olivia Munn | Actress | 3 |
| Leslie Jones | Comedian and Actress | 4 |
| Normani | Singer | 5 |
| Daniel Franzese | Actor, Comedian and Activist | 6 |
| Jonathan Bennett | Actor and Model | |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Politician and Activist | 7 |
| Winnie Harlow | Model | |
| Chaka Khan | Singer | 8 |
| Jeff Goldblum | Actor and Musician | 9 |
| Rachel Bloom | Actress, Comedian and Singer | |
| Daisy Ridley | Actress | 10 |
| Whoopi Goldberg | Actress, Comedian and TV Personality | 11 |
| Jamal Sims | Choreographer | 12 |
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 13)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Sims | Choreographer | 2 | 8 | 14 | ||
| Nicole Byer | Comedian, Actress and Host | 3 | 5 | |||
| Loni Love | Comedian, TV Personality, Actress and Author | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | |
| Ts Madison | Entertainer, Entrepreneur and LGBT Activist | 7 | 9 | |||
| Cynthia Erivo | Actress, Singer and Songwriter | 13 | ||||
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 14)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| Lizzo | Singer | 1 |
| Alicia Keys | Singer | 2 |
| Christine Chiu | Philanthropist and Socialite | 3 |
| Loni Love | Comedian, TV Personality, Actress and Author | 4 |
| Ava Max | Singer | 5 |
| Taraji P. Henson | Actress | 6 |
| Ts Madison | Entertainer, Entrepreneur and LGBT Activist | 7 |
| Alec Mapa | Actor, Comedian and Writer | 8 |
| Nicole Byer | Comedian, Actress and Host | 9 |
| Dove Cameron | Actress and Singer | 10 |
| Andra Day | Actress and Singer | 12 |
| Dulcé Sloan | Comedian and Writer | 13 |
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 15)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ariana Grande | Singer | 1 | 2 |
| Maren Morris | Singer | 3 | |
| Amandla Stenberg | Actress | 4 | |
| Janelle Monáe | Singer and Actress | 5 | |
| Meg Stalter | Comedian | 6 | |
| Harvey Guillén | Actor | 7 | |
| Julia Garner | Actress | 9 | |
| Ali Wong | Comedian and Actress | 11 | |
| Orville Peck | Singer | 12 | |
| Hayley Kiyoko | Singer and Actress | 13 | |
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 16)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| Charlize Theron | Actress | 1 |
| Becky G | Singer | 2 |
| Isaac Mizrahi | Fashion Designer | 3 |
| Sarah Michelle Gellar | Actress | 4 |
| Icona Pop | Musical Duo | 5 |
| Law Roach | Stylist | 6 |
| Adam Shankman | Director, Producer and Choreographer | 7 |
| Kyra Sedgwick | Actress | 8 |
| Kaia Gerber | Model and Actress | 9 |
| Jamal Sims | Choreographer | 10 |
| Joel Kim Booster | Actor and Comedian | 11 |
| Mayan Lopez | Actress | 12 |
| Kelsea Ballerini | Singer | 13 |
| Ronan Farrow | Journalist | 14 |
See: RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 17)
| Name | Short Bio | Episode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katy Perry | Singer | 1 | |
| Doechii | Rapper | 2 | |
| Sandra Bernhard | Actress, Comedian and Singer | 3 | |
| Julia Schlaepfer | Actress | 4 | |
| Paul W. Downs | Actor and Writer | 5 | |
| Hunter Schafer | Actress and Model | 6 | |
| Quinta Brunson | Actress and Writer | 7 | |
| Adam Lambert | Singer | 8 | |
| Jamal Sims | Choreographer | 8 | 16 |
| Betsey Johnson | Fashion Designer | 9 | |
| Whitney Cummings | Comedian and Actress | 10 | |
| Sam Smith | Singer | 11 | |
| Jerrod Carmichael | Comedian, Actor and Writer | 12 | |
| June Diane Raphael | Actress and Comedian | 13 | |
| Tracee Ellis Ross | Actress | 14 | |
Gallery[]
Guest Judges Promos[]
Episode 1 – Miley Cyrus
Episode 2 – Bobby Moynihan
Episode 2 – Sydelle Noel
Episode 3 – Guillermo Diaz
Episode 3 – Troye Sivan
Episode 4 – Tiffany Pollard
Episode 4 – Joel McHale
Episode 5 – Cara Delevingne
Episode 5 – Elvira
Episode 6 – Adam Rippon
Episode 6 – Mirai Nagasu
Episode 6 – Travis Wall
Episode 7 – Amber Valletta
Episode 7 – Kandi Burruss
Episode 8 – Tony Hale & Clea DuVall
Episode 9 – Cheyenne Jackson
Episode 9 – Fortune Feimster
Episode 9 – Natasha Lyonne
Episode 10 – Gina Rodriguez
Episode 10 – Katherine Langford
Episode 11 – Lena Waithe
Episode 11 – Wanda Sykes
Episode 12 – Todrick
Episode 1/2 – Ariana Grande
Episode 11 – Ali Wong
Episode 12 – Orville Peck
Episode 13 - Hayley Kiyoko