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You Better Work! ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Gets A Season 5

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Logo has renewed RuPaul’s Drag Race series for a fifth season.

“I live for drag and to witness the excitement surrounding the success of our show, takes my breath away!” says RuPaul.

RuPaul’s Drag Race is a reality TV show, which is produced by World of Wonder for the Logo television network. RuPaul is the host, mentor and inspiration for this series, which shows RuPaul’s search for “America’s next drag superstar.”

The show’s production team is currently auditioning a new cast for season five. As for now, the current season of the reality series has achieved good marks. It is the most watched series premiere in Logo’s history with an average of nearly one million viewers.

RuPaul’s Drag Race proved itself as the most watched series on Logo in its first season, “and it became the most streamed series ever on LogoTV.com during its second. The title of the show is a play on drag queen and drag racing, with the title sequence and theme song “Covergirl (Put the Bass in Your Walk)” both having a drag racing theme. Both the contestants and fans are affectionately referred to as ‘Racers'” (WIKI).

Tom Campbell and RuPaul Charles executive produce the reality series.

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