\n\tShantay you stay! <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race,\u201d \u201cAll Stars\u201d and \u201cUntucked\u201d have all been renewed for new seasons at MTV and Paramount+.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe franchise\u2019s main show, \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race\u201d will return to MTV for its 19th season. This follows a successful season 18 which delivered double-digit growth over the previous season and set a new franchise premiere viewership record. The series was up 19% on P18-49 rating (0.564 vs. 0.472) and up 7% in P18-49 share (2.43 vs. 2.27). Season 18 of \u201cDrag Race\u201d ranked among the Top 3 cable series in 2026 to date in the key demo.<\/p>\n
\n\t Season 18 featured iconic guest judges including Cardi B, Teyana Taylor, Benny Blanco and more. Myki Meeks took home the crown.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race: Untucked,\u201d the aftershow, will also return for season 18.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe show\u2019s production company, World of Wonder said, \u201cNearly twenty years later, what began as a dream has become an extraordinary global movement. We owe endless thanks to our partners at MTV and Paramount+, along with every queen, judge, crew member, and fan who has built \u2018RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race.\u2019 Drag brings people together in powerful ways \u2013\u00a0 and we are honored to keep celebrating new voices and sharing iconic moments with the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tParamount+ has also renewed \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race All Stars\u201d for season 12 following the return of its Tournament of All Stars format, which brought together returning queens to compete for a coveted spot in the \u201cDrag Race Hall of Fame.\u201d Crystal Methyd earned the title during the latest season. The season also featured the franchise\u2019s first all-disco Lip Sync Smackdown for the Crown and welcomed guest judges Kate Hudson, La Toya Jackson, Rene\u00e9 Rapp and others to the panel. \u2018RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked\u2019 will also return for season 9.<\/p>\n
\n\tAs Emmy voting gets underway, the show landed 11 nominations, including an outstanding host for a reality or reality competition program nod for RuPaul. The nomination was historic and was a record-extending 11th consecutive nomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shantay you stay! \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race,\u201d \u201cAll Stars\u201d and \u201cUntucked\u201d have all been renewed for new seasons at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,7047,282],"class_list":["post-594656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-rupauls-drag-race","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}