RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 is right around the corner, and with an impressive group of queens and star-studded judges set to appear, fans have high expectations when the series returns in January. RuPaul's Drag Race has evolved tremendously since BeBe Zahara Benet was crowned its first winner in 2009, with RuPaul's American venture now a global empire expanded to countries like Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Thailand, and the Philippines. Since Willow Pill's victory on RuPaul's Drag Race season 14 in early 2022, viewers have eagerly awaited the next installment while they've turned into international competitions like Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World.
After months of anticipation and speculation, RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 was finally announced, and RuPaul's Drag Race new network MTV introduced the 16 queens ready to compete for $200,000 on January 6. In addition to a plethora of celebrity guest judges like Ariana Grande, Janelle Monáe, and Hayley Kiyoko set to critique the queens, the contestants on RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 include Miss Continental 2012 Sasha Colby, identical twins Sugar and Spice, and Malaysia Babydoll Fox, who is the first to hail from Miami. While there's a lot to be excited about, here's what fans online are dying to see from RuPaul's Drag Race season 15.
Fans Want RPDR Season 15 To Resemble Earlier Seasons
While RuPaul's Drag Race season 14 brought the drama and entertainment viewers crave, such as the introduction of cisgender heterosexual queen Maddy Morphosis, its twists and non-elimination episodes made the series feel unnecessarily long. Reddit user u/LGB75 was one of many fans to express that RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 should revert to how the original seasons were presented, especially with a large cast list. "I wish whoever goes home first, stays at home," one user commented, while another specified, "I kind of want a stripped back to basics seasons. No non-eliminations, no twists, just everyone goes home, and you have a normal top 3."
RPDR Fans Want Sugar & Spice To Shake Up The Competition
Although Aquaria and Miz Cracker were frequently compared throughout RuPaul's Drag Race season 10, Sugar and Spice are the first real set of twins. While there have been many iconic duos on RuPaul's Drag Race, Reddit users like u/dogboy678 can't wait to see what Sugar and Spice bring to the competition. Many fans who live for the drama hope that Sugar and Spice inevitably end up in the bottom two and have to lipsync against each other, while others hope that the identical siblings intentionally try to confuse RuPaul, their co-stars, and the judges. Some even hope that like Monét X Change and Trinity the Tuck from RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 4, Sugar and Spice are ultimately both declared the winners.
Fans Hope Sasha Colby Succeeds On RPDR Season 15
Several recognizable names have competed on RuPaul's Drag Race over the years, but no other cast announcement has garnered more attention than Sasha's, who is the drag mother of RuPaul's Drag Race season 14 fan favorite Kerri Colby. Described by fans and fellow queens as a legend in the drag community, scores of Reddit users like u/Francescalater have high hopes for Sasha on RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 and already think she could be RuPaul's next victor. However, one fan mentioned, "[Sasha] 100% has what it takes and the hype is deserved, but there’s been plenty of big names that don’t compete as well as predicted." Luckily, it's only a matter of time before fans will be able to see how Sasha, Sugar, Spice, and the rest of RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 queens perform.
RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 premieres January 6 at 8 p.m. EST on MTV.
Sources: u/LGB75/Reddit, u/dogboy678/Reddit, u/Francescalater/Reddit